A hearing rarely turns on the argument you prepared. It turns on the one you didn't. These five checks help find that argument early. For each, here is where a legal AI workspace such as FORHU's ilovelawyer can give you a first draft.
1. List their three strongest arguments, not the easiest ones. Write them as opposing counsel would say them. In ilovelawyer: the Red Team pane lists opposing counsel's likely arguments, ranked by threat, each with a suggested response.
2. Look for places where your evidence disagrees with itself. Check the dates, amounts and durations. These conflicts go to credibility. In ilovelawyer: the Contradiction scan shows each conflict with both documents, the page and a severity, and you can dismiss false positives.
3. Tell the story from their side. Write one paragraph of the facts as the other side will present them. In ilovelawyer: Case Reconstruction writes the narrative three ways (general, for the court, and from the other side), and lists what it does not cover.