Construction Litigation
However the file arrives, Legati turns it into one chronology.
Emails, daily logs, RFIs, change orders, and contracts, indexed automatically and organized into one chronology, whether your client's production arrives perfectly organized, as a single dumped folder, or somewhere in between.
The problem
Contracts, RFIs, daily logs, change orders, and email. All at once.
Construction disputes generate huge, heterogeneous productions: contracts, RFIs, submittals, daily logs, change orders, email, sometimes architectural drawings. Building a usable chronology out of that by hand is exactly the kind of soul-crushing work an associate ends up buried in for weeks.
Privilege-first workflow
Review before it ever leaves your firm.
Your client’s counsel reviews an AI-written catalog entry for every document, marks include, exclude, or privilege, and Legati keeps the privilege log for you. This is the same pre-production workflow already built into Legati, applied to a construction production: client upload links, review and organize, and email deduplication before anything goes out the door.
Learn more about pre-production →The chronology
Sort by date. The dispute is sitting right there.
Every document gets a date, a type, and a catalog entry. Sort the index by date and an RFI, an email, and a change order from the same day sit next to each other. Filter by custodian to see who said what. Ask which change order followed which RFI and Legati cites the exact document.
Document Index
Riverside Medical Office Building — 8 documents, sorted by date
Sub-Indexes
| Date | Type | Description | Custodian | Bates | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2025 | Contract | Prime contract executed between Owner and General Contractor for the Riverside Medical Office Building. | GC (Meridian Builders) | RIV-000001 | ||
| May 14, 2025 | Daily Log | Site superintendent notes rain delay, foundation crew stood down for the day. | GC (Meridian Builders) | RIV-000114 | ||
| Jul 9, 2025 | RFI | RFI 47: rebar spacing conflict at grid line C-4, structural drawings versus architectural reflected ceiling plan. | Structural Sub (Ferro Steel) | RIV-000247 | ||
| Jul 9, 2025 | Architect flags to Owner that RFI 47 will likely require a schedule adjustment if not resolved within the week. | Architect (Colston Design Group) | RIV-000248 | |||
| Jul 9, 2025 | Change Order | Change Order 12 submitted for rebar rework at grid line C-4, $84,000, requested 14-day schedule impact. | GC (Meridian Builders) | RIV-000249 | ||
| Aug 22, 2025 | Pay Application | Pay Application 6, includes disputed Change Order 12 costs under a reservation of rights. | Owner (Riverside Holdings) | RIV-000306 | ||
| Sep 30, 2025 | Daily Log | Superintendent notes electrical rough-in behind schedule, cites the C-4 rework as the cause. | GC (Meridian Builders) | RIV-000401 | ||
| Oct 11, 2025 | Owner’s project manager questions why Change Order 12 costs were included in Pay Application 6 without prior approval. | Owner (Riverside Holdings) | RIV-000504 |
Shown with illustrative construction litigation data. Riverside Medical Office Building is a fictional case, not a real matter.
- Sort by date to build the chronology
- Filter by custodian to track who said what, when
- A plain-English catalog entry for every document
- Automatic Bates numbering and export to Excel
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Joel Hoover
Co-Founder
Construction and commercial litigation attorney with over 20 years of courtroom experience. Advises on how Legati works for real litigators.
- Super Lawyers Mid-South (2014-2017)
- $11.6M False Claims Act settlement
J. Richard Newland, Jr.
Co-Founder & Business Manager
Attorney and CPA with over 25 years in construction law. Oversees business operations at Legati.
- Attorney & CPA dual-licensed
- Past Chairman AR Bar Construction Law Section