Resources
Practical guides for exhibit prep
Plain-English breakdowns of exhibit stamping, Bates numbering, confidentiality endorsements, and the federal forms that paper over the rest. Written for paralegals and litigators who'd rather not learn this from a sanctions order.
By use case
What are you preparing?
Workflow-specific guides covering the stamping, numbering, and filing details that matter for each stage of litigation.
Trial Exhibits: From Stamped Production to Courtroom-Ready
How to prepare a trial exhibit set — numbering schemes, the AO-187, the combined binder, and the moves that keep you out of trouble at the pretrial conference.
Deposition Exhibits: Marking, Numbering, and Producing Them in the Remote Era
How to pre-mark deposition exhibits, what numbering convention to use per deponent, and how to handle exhibits in remote/Zoom depositions without losing the chain.
Document Productions: Bates Stamping for FRCP Requests and Subpoenas
How Bates numbering and confidentiality endorsements work in FRCP Rule 34 productions to a party and FRCP Rule 45 subpoenas to a third party — and why the stamping matters more than you think.
Declarations and Affidavits: Stamping Exhibits That Get Cited at Summary Judgment
Exhibits attached to declarations have their own conventions — letters, not numbers; alignment with the declaration's text; and the formatting rules that keep summary judgment briefs from getting bounced.
Guides
The three things Stampify does
Deep coverage of exhibit stickers, Bates numbering, and confidentiality endorsements — the core services we offer, with every supporting article grouped under the term that matches what you'd actually search.
Exhibit Stickers & Stamping
Court-ready stickers for trial, deposition, and motion exhibits. Numbering conventions, placement rules, and the federal practice quirks you only learn from a sanctions order.
Bates Numbering vs. Exhibit Stamping: A Plain-English Glossary
Bates numbers and exhibit stamps look similar but do different jobs. Here's how to keep them straight when you're prepping a filing.
Federal Exhibit Numbering Conventions: A Circuit-by-Circuit Cheat Sheet
Numbers vs. letters, P-prefix vs. ranges, single sequence vs. party-split — federal districts disagree on the basics. Here's who uses what.
Where Federal Courts Want the Exhibit Sticker Placed
Upper-right or lower-right? Portrait vs. landscape? Color-coded? A district-by-district guide to exhibit sticker placement in federal court.
Bates Numbering
Sequential page-level identifiers for productions, depositions, and trial. The format that lets every motion brief cite the right page on the first try.
Bates Numbering vs. Exhibit Stamping: A Plain-English Glossary
Bates numbers and exhibit stamps look similar but do different jobs. Here's how to keep them straight when you're prepping a filing.
How to Bates Number a PDF in Adobe Acrobat (and a Faster Way)
Step-by-step Adobe Acrobat Bates numbering, the gotchas that trip people up, and what to use when Acrobat falls over.
Confidentiality Endorsements
CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY, and the protective-order markings that govern who can see a document. Get the tier wrong and you over-claim or under-protect.
Federal practice & procedure
Reference articles
Specific federal court rules, forms, and judge-level practices that touch every exhibit job — the details that determine whether a stamped production reads as competent or rushed.
The AO-187 Form: Federal Court Exhibit Lists Explained
What the AO-187 is, when federal courts require it, and how to fill it out without retyping every entry.
Trial Binders 101: The Hyperlinked PDF That Saves Your Direct
Why every trial exhibit binder should be a single PDF with a hyperlinked index, and how to build one without re-keying every entry.
Pre-Trial Exhibit Exchange Deadlines: A Federal Cheat Sheet
From 48 hours to 35 days — federal districts vary wildly on when exhibits must be exchanged. Here's the deadline by district.
The Standing Order Trap: Why Your Judge's Rules Trump the Local Rule
Every federal district has a local rule on exhibits — and almost every federal judge has a standing order that overrides it in ways you need to read.