# Discovery response drafter
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Draft defensible responses to interrogatories, requests for production (RFPs), and requests for admission (RFAs) with specific objections, substantive answers, and privilege assertions.

Draft defensible responses to interrogatories, requests for production (RFPs), and requests for admission (RFAs) with specific objections, substantive answers, and privilege assertions. Covers FRCP 26(b)(1) proportionality defense, Rule 34(b)(2) objection-specificity requirements, FRCP 26(b)(5) privilege log drafting, FRE 502 clawback integration, and Rule 26(e) supplement obligations. Use when responding to received discovery requests in federal or state civil litigation, drafting specific objections with identifying particularity, asserting attorney-client privilege or work-product protection with compliant log entries, arguing proportionality as a limiting principle, or preparing meet-and-confer positions on discovery disputes. Generates interrogatory answers (including Rule 33(d) business-records option), RFP written objection and production statements, RFA admissions/denials/qualified denials, privilege logs, and supplementation schedules. US federal primary (FRCP 26-37) with state rules for California (CCP 2030-2033), New York (CPLR 3130-3133), Texas (TRCP 190-199), Florida (FRCP 1.340-1.370), and Illinois (Ill. S. Ct. Rules 213-214).

This skill drafts complete, rule-compliant responses to civil discovery requests on the **responding party's side**. It focuses on the full responding workflow — from reading incoming requests, through drafting specific objections and substantive answers, to building privilege logs and preparing supplementation schedules. **Covers:** - Interrogatory responses (FRCP 33): substantive answers, Rule 33(d) business-records option, contention response strategy, and objections with specificity - RFP responses (FRCP 34): objection statements, production commitments, scope-of-search descriptions, ESI format objections, and withholding statements - RFA responses (FRCP 36): admissions, denials, qualified denials, and lack-of-knowledge responses with proper use of Rule 36(a)(4) - Privilege assertion (FRCP 26(b)(5)): document-by-document and categorical privilege log drafting; attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, common-interest/joint-defense - Proportionality defense (FRCP 26(b)(1)): six-factor proportionality analysis as applied to incoming requests; burden-quantification support; cost-shifting arguments - Boilerplate avoidance: post-2015 specificity requirements under Rule 34(b)(2); Fischer v. Forrest compliance; distinguishing proper objections from sanctionable boilerplate - FRE 502(d) clawback agreement drafting and inadvertent-disclosure procedures - Rule 26(e) supplementation obligations: timing, trigger events, and workflow - State rule variants: California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois **Does not:** - Draft discovery requests to serve on the opponent (see `legalcode-discovery-request-drafter`) - Handle criminal discovery (Brady, Jencks Act, state equivalents) - ...

## Jurisdictions

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