Bill of Costs Appeal

CaseMark's Bill of Costs on Appeal skill automates the drafting of itemized cost recovery filings for prevailing parties in appellate litigation. The AI processes your judgment documents, receipts, and invoices to produce a fully formatted bill of costs compliant with FRAP 39 or state equivalents, complete with verification declarations and proper rule citations.

Drafting a Bill of Costs on Appeal requires meticulous itemization of every allowable expense, cross-referencing receipts against applicable rules, and calculating precise totals under tight post-judgment deadlines. Manual preparation is tedious, error-prone, and risks missing recoverable costs or including disallowable ones that invite objections.

CaseMark automates the entire bill of costs drafting process by analyzing your cost documentation, categorizing each expense under the correct allowable category, and generating a fully formatted filing with itemized tables, subtotals, and verification declarations. The result is a court-ready document produced in minutes instead of hours, reducing errors and maximizing your client's cost recovery.

How it works

1. 1. Upload your appellate judgment, cost receipts, and any bond documentation

2. 2. AI analyzes expenses and maps each to allowable cost categories under FRAP 39 or state equivalents

3. 3. Review the itemized bill of costs, verify amounts, and customize as needed

4. 4. Export the finalized filing in your preferred format (DOCX, PDF)