Train your law clerk to research smarter - without starting from scratch.
Tired of repeating your Office Action (OA) method every time a new clerk joins?
The Start the Shadow Draft™ Bundle helps you delegate pre-drafting research without a call, course, or 10-page SOP. It’s built for trademark attorneys who already have a method — and want to document it so support staff can take action as soon as the OA hits the docket.
The Start the Shadow Draft™ Bundle was designed for trademark attorneys who want to delegate smarter — without sacrificing accuracy or strategy.
Inside, you’ll find the exact tools I built to help law clerks take meaningful first steps on Office Action responses before you ever open the file.
Instead of wasting hours explaining your method or rewriting vague first drafts, this bundle lets you:
✅ Give your clerk a clear starting point
✅ Document your response style once — and reuse it again and again
✅ Turn issued OAs into a smooth, semi-automated workflow that supports your judgment and saves your time
This isn’t a generic template. It’s a bridge between your legal reasoning and your clerk’s practical output — so you can train, delegate, and scale your Office Action system with more ease and consistency.
Reduces the learning curve for No More Explaining the Same Things: Your response style, structure, and strategy get documented once.
Faster Prepping: You receive focused, consistent summaries — not disorganized research.
Async-Ready Delegation: Hand it off even if you only have 5 minutes.
Better Results, Less Handholding: Build clerk confidence without sacrificing legal precision.
Clear Research Prompts: No guessing what the attorney wants. They get structure and guidance.
Confidence Without Waiting: They can start preparing right after the OA is issued — no need to wait for a meeting or reply.
Real-World Practice: Helps them see how refusals tie to strategy, evidence, and tone.
Fill out your Attorney Response Framework once, or tweak it per client/project.
When an OA is issued, assign the Shadow Draft™ Template to your law clerk.
They complete the research, fill in the draft, and organize your options - ready for your review.
This template will be displayed in Google Docs for easy organization and customization by your firm.
You’re not ready to hand off full response drafting
You want your law clerk to take smart first steps — research, summaries, and prep
You’re too busy to train someone live, but still want help on deck
You already have a method — you just haven’t documented it yet
✨ OA Shadow Draft™ Template
A pre-research worksheet for law clerks to complete when an OA is issued. It walks them through refusal type, key facts, relevant firm precedent, and research sources - so you review summaries, not scattered notes.
✨ Trademark Attorney Response Framework Template
Your response style and strategy - mapped. This template prompts you to jot down your usual tone, preferred citations, and argument layers so your support team can prep in sync with your voice, not a generic script.
✘ A done-for-you SOP
✘ A full training course
✘ A one-size-fits-all response template
This isn’t a full-blown SOP. It’s a system starter — your first brick in building a smart, repeatable OA response system without rewriting your whole workflow.