casemark/certificate-of-interested-persons
skills/legal/certificate-of-interested-persons/SKILL.md
Drafts a FRAP 26.1-compliant Certificate of Interested Persons identifying all parties, entities, and affiliates with financial or legal interests in a federal appeal. Adapts to circuit-specific local rules. Use when filing appeals, corporate disclosure statements, or conflict-of-interest certificates in U.S. Courts of Appeals.
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SKILL.md
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- description:
- Drafts a FRAP 26.1-compliant Certificate of Interested Persons identifying all parties, entities, and affiliates with financial or legal interests in a federal appeal. Adapts to circuit-specific local rules. Use when filing appeals, corporate disclosure statements, or conflict-of-interest certificates in U.S. Courts of Appeals.
Certificate of Interested Persons
Discloses all persons and entities with a financial or legal interest in the outcome of a federal appeal per FRAP 26.1 and circuit local rules.
Prerequisites
- Case caption — appellate case number, full party names as on the notice of appeal
- Lower court filings — complaints, answers, corporate disclosure statements, settlement agreements
- Corporate structure — ownership charts, parent/subsidiary relationships, merger/acquisition records
- Representation details — all law firms and attorneys of record per party
- Target circuit — specific U.S. Court of Appeals (requirements vary)
Process
1. Identify Circuit Requirements
[VERIFY] Research the destination circuit's local rules. Key variations:
| Requirement | Variation | |---|---| | Document title | "Certificate of Interested Persons" vs. "Corporate Disclosure Statement" vs. "Disclosure of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests" | | Listing order | Alphabetical vs. categorical by party | | Amici disclosure | Anticipated amici vs. only filed briefs | | Negative statements | Some circuits require explicit "none" for empty categories | | Formatting | Single- vs. double-spaced; page limits |
2. Extract Interested Persons
Search all uploaded documents for every disclosable person/entity:
| Category | Disclose | |---|---| | Named parties | All parties including dismissed/settled; complete legal names | | Counsel | Law firms, office locations, individual attorneys of record | | Parent corporations | Every layer to ultimate parent; note wholly-owned subsidiaries | | Subsidiaries | Those affected by litigation outcome | | 10%+ stockholders | Publicly held companies owning ≥10% of a party's stock | | Insurers | Companies covering claims at issue | | Litigation funders | Third-party financiers with recovery interest | | Indemnitors/guarantors | Entities obligated to satisfy judgment | | Bankruptcy parties | Trustee, DIP, creditors' committee if applicable | | Amici curiae | Orgs that have filed or indicated intent to file |
3. Draft the Certificate
Caption: Full court name, appellate case number, party names exactly as on notice of appeal, document title per local rule.
Disclosure body:
- Complete legal name for each person/entity — no abbreviations or trade names
- Relationship descriptor (e.g., "Parent corporation of Defendant XYZ Corp.")
- Full corporate ownership chain for corporate parties
Certification statement:
- Reference FRAP 26.1 and applicable local rule by number
- Attest completeness after reasonable inquiry
- Acknowledge continuing duty to supplement
- Include FRAP 32(g) certification
Signature block: Attorney name, signature (CM/ECF compliant), bar number, jurisdiction, firm name, address, phone, email, date.
4. Quality Checks
- [ ] All names spelled correctly; complete legal names used (no trade names)
- [ ] Every required category addressed, including negative statements where required
- [ ] Corporate ownership chains fully traced
- [ ] Consistent with prior trial-court disclosure statements
- [ ] Changes in corporate structure or representation since trial court flagged
- [ ] Formatting meets circuit specifications (margins, typeface, spacing, page limits)
- [ ] Properly dated and signed
Guidelines
- Completeness over brevity — omitting an interested person risks recusal motions and procedural delays; when in doubt, disclose
- Verify corporate structures with client — public filings may be outdated; confirm current ownership before filing
- Flag changes from trial court — note any corporate structure or representation changes explicitly
- Never abbreviate entity names — courts use these for automated conflict checks
- Supplement promptly — file a supplemental certificate immediately upon discovering new interested persons
- Circuit rules control — FRAP 26.1 sets the floor, not the ceiling; always check local rules
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