60-day evidence-pack pilot for specialist firms

A careful pilot structure for firms that want an evidence desk for online-harm matters: intake rules, capture standards, review boundaries, handoff cadence, and success metrics without outsourcing legal judgment.

What this is

A 60-day evidence-pack pilot is a limited operating model for specialist firms that receive online-harm matters but do not want associates, clients, or security contacts managing screenshots and links ad hoc. Finium acts as evidence and monitoring infrastructure: it captures, preserves, timestamps, structures, and exports source-aware evidence files. The firm remains the legal actor, controls advice and strategy, and decides what the record means.

Best fit: firms handling threats, impersonation, reputational attacks, doxing, NCII-related incidents, synthetic-media incidents, or executive-protection referrals.
Not a consumer complaint app, not a law firm, not emergency response, and not a result-promise service.
Useful when matters arrive with scattered URLs, partial screenshots, fast-changing accounts, and unclear chronology.
Designed to produce evidence packs first; a white-label evidence desk can follow after the operating pattern is proven.

Pilot objective and scope

The pilot should answer one operational question: can the firm receive cleaner, earlier, more source-aware evidence files without changing who gives legal advice? Keep scope narrow enough to measure and safe enough to run through existing firm review.

Matter types: choose two or three categories the firm already sees, such as impersonation, doxing, threats, synthetic-media incidents, or cross-platform harassment.
Volume: start with a small batch of representative matters rather than every inbound contact.
Output: one structured evidence pack per matter, with chronology, source list, custody notes, uncertainty labels, and recommended next-evidence gaps.
Boundary: Finium prepares the evidence file; counsel decides legal theory, correspondence, escalation, and client advice.

Evidence checklist: pilot intake packet

A firm-side intake packet should make the first capture useful without asking the client to relive or curate the incident. Treat the checklist as the intake table for each referred matter.

Matter reference — firm matter ID or temporary intake ID, without unnecessary sensitive detail in the routing channel.
Protected person or organization — role, public exposure, and relationship to the firm or referring security team.
Source inventory — URLs, handles, screenshots, screen recordings, forwarded messages, and platform names.
Urgency note — safety, privacy, press, employment, or executive-protection timing flags routed to the firm, not decided by Finium.
Authorization and handling limits — who may access material, whether sensitive imagery is involved, and what must be minimized or restricted.
Known report history — platform reports, police reports, security logs, or prior counsel actions with dates where available.
Requested export format — firm memo attachment, chronology spreadsheet, source bundle, or client-facing summary subject to firm review.

Workflow: capture → preserve → timestamp → structure → export

The pilot should run the same operational loop each time so the firm can compare matter quality before and after Finium. Consistency is the point: a small predictable evidence desk beats heroic manual cleanup.

Capture: preserve URLs, profile states, posts, replies, reposts, media objects, visible timestamps, and report history as found.
Preserve: store originals and derived review copies separately, with restricted handling for intimate or otherwise sensitive material.
Timestamp: record capture, source-visible, discovery, review, and export times as separate events.
Structure: label observed facts, reported client context, and inferred patterns; avoid turning evidence notes into legal conclusions.
Export: deliver a lawyer-ready pack with evidence IDs, chronology, custody notes, source appendix, open questions, and handling limits.

Operating cadence for 60 days

A good pilot has a calendar, not just a promise to help. Use weekly review points and a final decision gate so the firm can decide whether to expand, keep the workflow narrow, or stop.

Days 1-7: define eligible matter categories, intake channel, access rules, export format, and escalation boundaries.
Days 8-21: process the first small matter set and compare evidence-pack completeness against prior screenshot folders.
Days 22-35: refine intake questions, custody labels, and related-content links based on firm reviewer feedback.
Days 36-50: add a second matter category or referral source only if the first category is stable.
Days 51-60: review metrics, sample packs, handling issues, and whether a branded evidence desk is justified.

Success metrics that avoid overclaiming

The pilot should measure operational clarity rather than legal outcomes. That keeps the review honest and avoids confusing evidence infrastructure with advice, enforcement, or guaranteed platform-action results.

Time from referral to first structured evidence pack.
Percentage of evidence items with source URL, capture timestamp, custody event, and uncertainty label.
Number of missing-source gaps identified before counsel review.
Reviewer time saved in reconstructing chronology from screenshots and messages.
Number of sensitive-material handling exceptions caught and routed correctly.
Firm confidence in whether to continue, expand, or narrow the evidence desk after 60 days.

Frequently asked questions from firms evaluating a pilot

The short answer: the pilot gives a firm a controlled evidence operations layer for online-harm matters while preserving the firm’s role as counsel and decision-maker.

Does the pilot replace lawyer review? No. It prepares source-aware evidence files for the firm to review faster and more consistently.
Can the workflow be white-labeled? Later, if the firm wants a branded evidence desk and the pilot shows stable handling rules.
Does Finium promise platform action or matter results? No. The pilot measures capture quality, custody discipline, and handoff clarity.
Who should triage emergency issues? The firm, security team, emergency services, or other appropriate professionals; Finium is evidence infrastructure.
What matters should not enter a pilot? Matters without authorization, matters requiring immediate safety intervention, or sensitive material the firm has not approved Finium to handle.
What is the first internal route for firms? Start with For Law Firms, then Security, How Finium Works, and the chain-of-custody resource.