ABSTRACT
A·er the immediate assignment has been analyzed and all tasks completed and recommendations considered, it is time to review and document the factual information and evidence. ‚ere are three components to this: evidentiary discovery and disclosures, attorney-client and client, and the legal investigator’s work product. ‚ere are three purposes to this documentation: existing and excluded, cross-referenced across components, and to maintain evidence protocols and procedures. Items to be documented include any evidence logs, photography and video logs, diagrams and details, witnesses and contact information, timelines, and any other data that should be logged and charted for easy reference, as well as a matter of evidentiary and reporting protocol. Maintaining this documentation from assignment to assignment provides a continuous and informative ¸ow of data that is easy to reference and cross-reference. ‚is may become important at any one of several stages of the litigation: nearing deposition, possible settlement, disposition, negotiation, or trial.
