🇺🇸 United States • Federal • 2 plans
Federal US matter plans cover proceedings and transactions governed by federal law and heard in the United States District Courts, Courts of Appeals, the US Court of Federal Claims, and specialist agencies. Plans cover USPTO trademark prosecution (Lanham Act), patent prosecution before the USPTO (35 U.S.C.), SEC registration and ongoing reporting obligations under the Securities Act 1933 and Exchange Act 1934, federal civil litigation under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, commercial real estate transactions structured under federal tax and FIRPTA rules, and cross-state M&A transactions subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notification. Each plan maps statutory deadlines, agency filing requirements, and role assignments for efficient matter management.
Legal practitioners in Federal can access 2 free, structured matter plan templates across 2 practice areas. Each plan maps the full lifecycle of a matter - from initial instructions through investigation, preparation, and finalisation - with estimated time units, role assignments, and jurisdiction-specific statutory deadlines built in. Open directly in-browser or export to CSV for your practice management system.
The library includes 2 master plans. All plans are maintained by verified legal practitioners, version-controlled, and aligned to the SALI Alliance Legal Matter Standard Specification - making them compatible with legal AI workflows and direct PMS integration via the JSON API.
What Federal legal matter plans are available?
The Open Matter Plans Network has 2 free Federal legal matter plan templates across 2 practice areas, including Real Estate, Intellectual Property. Each plan is a step-by-step workflow checklist aligned to Federal's court procedures and statutory requirements.
Are Federal legal matter plan templates free?
Yes. All Federal matter plans are free to access, browse, and use. You can view plans online, export to CSV for your practice management system, or pull them via the JSON API for direct PMS or legal AI integration.
How are Federal matter plans structured?
Each plan is divided into stages covering the full matter lifecycle - from initial instructions and fact-gathering through preparation, filing, and finalisation. Individual tasks include estimated time units, role assignments, and key date fields. The Federal library includes 2 master plans.
When a practice-management system opens a matter at this level, these are the canonical fields it receives - resolved through the field-set hierarchy (base → area of law → geography → plan). Fields added at this levelare shown below, with inherited tiers beneath; each set's page has the full resolved table. How this works.
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