Every opinion, assumption, qualification gap, and challenge point, extracted consistently across every expert report, every time.


The challenge

Expert reports are lengthy, technical, and dense. Legal teams must rapidly understand what the expert was asked to do, what opinions are being offered, what assumptions underpin them, and where the methodology is vulnerable to challenge. Without a structured first pass, gaps in scope, qualification, and reasoning go undetected until they surface at the worst possible moment in the matter.

The solution

Apply targeted Question Lists to the expert report, CV, appendices, exhibits, and key underlying materials. Question Lists can be run individually or in combination depending on the review objective, returning structured, citation-backed outputs tied directly to source materials. Teams can identify core opinions, test assumptions, surface weaknesses, and build challenge strategy earlier in the case.


Download 'Qualifications and Fit' Question List

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Download 'Opinions and Extraction' Question List

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Download 'Scope of Instructions' Question List

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Download 'Risk Summary' Question List

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Import a Question List

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Run a Question List

After import, learn how to run a Question List against your document(s)


Question List In Action



Collect the Expert Report, CV, Appendices, Exhibits, Pleadings, Instructions, and key materials relied upon, then Start a review.




Based on your review objective, select and run the appropriate Question List. For example, Expert Qualifications and Fit, Evidence Opinion Extraction, Expert Scope of Instructions, and Expert Risk Summary.

Question Lists allow you to run a consistent list of prompts against all selected documents in just a couple of clicks.




Review outputs to identify weaknesses, assumptions, unsupported opinions, or challenge themes. Use evidence markers to verify findings. Follow-up prompts can also be used to dig deeper.

Ask iManage responses are always grounded in your documents, with evidence markers taking you to the exact citation.




Export and act.

Ask iManage Export allows findings to be used for expert strategy, cross-examination preparation, rebuttal reports, settlement assessment, or client reporting.



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