Build a chronology of demands and correspondence for an involuntary bankruptcy petition
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- List each demand, invoice, and reply in date order, with the amount the document states and the date. Do not write a petition and do not count creditors.
- What the lawyer must review
- 11 U.S.C. § 303(a): an involuntary case may be commenced only under chapter 7 or chapter 11, and not against a farmer, a family farmer, or a corporation that is not a moneyed, business, or commercial corporation. Section 303(b) commences the case by a petition. If there are 12 or more holders of the kind of claim the subsection describes, three or more entities holding claims that are not contingent as to liability or the subject of a bona fide dispute as to liability or amount must join, and those claims must aggregate at least the printed statutory amount of $10,000 more than the value of any lien securing them. The statute marks that dollar amount with an adjustment footnote. If there are fewer than 12 such holders, excluding an employee or insider and a transferee of a transfer voidable under the sections § 303(b) names, one or more such holders may file, again at the printed $10,000 floor with the same footnote. The lawyer confirms the dollar amount in force on the petition date. This version does not state an adjusted figure. The lawyer writes the petition. Bankruptcy Rule 9011(b) certifies it.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Confirm that the wording reflects the client’s instructions and contains no unintended admission, concession or commitment. Check the recipient and tone.
- Verify dates, people and sequence against contemporaneous records. Preserve uncertainty and identify gaps or conflicting accounts.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.