The paralegal proofread the defendant's appellate brief for errors. A number of required items were missing from the initial draft, including a table of contents, table of cases, and certification statement. The paralegal added these items and corrected spelling, grammar, punctuation and citation errors. Once the final brief is complete, 10 copies must be filed with the court along with 3 copies to each party and one electronic copy, with a red cover.

1. To: Atty. Richard Opie
From: John Vaughn, Paralegal
RE: Proofread of Atty. Newleaf’s Defendant-Respondent Appellate Brief
Drueck Appeal (GoTo Mutual Insurance)
Date: December 11, 2014
I have finished proofreading Atty. Newleaf’s response brief from the Drueck appellate case. There are a
number of items that were missing from his first draft, which include the following:
1. Table of Contents pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 819.19(a)
2. Table of Cases (Table of Authorities) pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 819.19(a)
4. Statement as to reasons whether oral argument is necessary and whether the opinion should be
published pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 819.19(c)
5. Affidavit of Service and Certification pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.19(2)(b)
6. Appendix pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.19(2)(a)
Please note that I have added both a Table of Contents and a Table of Cases (Table of Authorities). I also
drafted the Certification statement.
Atty. Newleaf could exclude a statement of the issues and the statement of the case—if he chooses—
since it is included in the defendant-appellant’s brief pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 819.19(3)(a)(2). Since his
version is slightly different than that of the opposing counsel, he may wish to leave it in.
The brief had a number of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Many of the statutes and case law
references were incorrectly cited. I have corrected these areas to the best of my ability. I did not edit any
of the legal substance in the brief aside from a few questions I wrote in the right-side margin.
Once the final proofread version of the document is complete, we must provide the Court of Appeals with
10 copies of the brief and appendix and 3 copies on each party pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.19(8)(a)2. We
must also provide the court with one electronic copy of the brief and appendix according to Wis. Stat. §
809.19(8)(a)4. The color of our cover for the defendant-respondent response brief for the Court of
Appeals must be red. See Wis. Stat. § 809.19(9).