The paperwork, already done.

The twelve statements Federal Rule 30 wants before testimony begins — caption, jurisdiction, appearances, and the swearing of the witness. Fill in the case and read straight down the page.

How to close the record properly — volume number, custody stipulations, read-and-sign, and the time. Read it before you deactivate anything, not after.

Thirty rows for attorney, exhibit number, timecode, and description — so the exhibit list you hand over at the end matches what actually happened on the video.

Sixty timestamped slots across two columns. When designations get fought over months later, this is the document that saves an afternoon of scrubbing.

Every exchange between counsel that isn't testimony, with the time it happened. Sixty rows, same two-column layout as the objection log.

The disinterested-third-party attestation that the recording is unaltered, unedited, true, and complete. Set in the Guild's ceremonial type, ready to sign.

The whole job on one landscape sheet — gear list, ten-step setup from surveying the room to concluding the record, the announcements verbatim, and a framing figure. Print it and put it in the bag.

Arrival to departure, twelve media files with start, end, and duration, billable hours, total time on the record — and the copy orders for four counsel, all on one page.

The standalone copy order — format, delivery method, rush, and signature for three counsel, with the format menu explained in plain terms for the paralegal filling it out.

Everything you need off the first call — firm and attorney, caption and cause number, trial date, exhibit exchange deadline, scope of work, and an office-use block for the retainer trail.

A consulting agreement template covering scope, rate, payment terms, a non-refundable equipment-reservation retainer, and work-product privilege. Adapt it to your state before you use it.

A client-facing proposal on Guild letterhead — pre-trial prep, in-courtroom time, travel at half rate, airfare, hotel, equipment, and per diem, totalled and ready to send.

Compute, display, signal routing, audio, and power — with the items federal courtrooms usually provide flagged, so you don't haul a projector you'll never plug in.

Two wiring schematics — the full multi-input setup with a switch for shared display, and the simpler splitter-only version when you're the only party presenting.

Offered, objected, admitted, and the date — against exhibit number, Bates range, and witness. The running answer to "is that one in yet?"

Which exhibit ranges are imaged, which are loaded into your presentation software, and what the export is called in each system. Worked examples included.

Per witness: transcript received and loaded, video received, format, synchronized, copied to storage, loaded to presentation. The one page that tells you what's still missing.