Tessera Strategy Queens, New York
Evidence Sweep · fixed-fee document analysis
For matrimonial, estate and commercial litigators, and the forensic accountants who work with them

Know where the money went, with the page and line for every figure.

Send the production as it came. In 72 hours you get a workbook of every transaction in the set, each cited to its page and line, with the transfers, payments and balances that bear on your question flagged, so the deposition, the conference or the objections start from records already tied out.

The platform behind this service was built for a New York litigation practice.

Start a matter $2,500 per matter, fixed

Founding terms: the first 8 matters booked by Friday, December 18, 2026.

Want to see it on your own documents first? Send up to 50 pages for a free index.

Run personally by Kevin Matos, Tessera Strategy, Queens, New York.

What changes when the records are tied out

MatrimonialEvery account and transfer in their statements, set against the net worth statement and the filing and service dates, before the deposition.
Estates and trustsThe fiduciary's schedules matched to the bank records line by line, with what doesn't match listed, before the objections are due.
Partnership and shareholder disputesWho paid whom out of the company accounts, and when, from the company's own records, before your expert's report.
Forensic accountantsYour team starts on the analysis instead of keying statements, and the engagement with the ugly production fits the budget.

What a matter includes

One fixed fee. Here is what it buys, and what each piece would take to produce another way.

What you getWhat it isValue
The cited findings workbookEvery transaction in the set, one row per figure, with amount, date, parties, flag, confidence, my reviewer note, and the document, page and line it came from; the rows that bear on your question flagged$6,000
The source indexOne row per document: type, period, pages, parties and a SHA-256 hash. Also as CSV for your review platform.$2,250
Entities and open questionsEvery person, entity, account and alias, marked on or off the sworn statement; every gap and unreadable page, with what would resolve it$750
The summary memoTwo to four pages: the short answer, the key findings with their row IDs, the limits$1,200
The audit logEvery processing step, append-only, with hashes, so the method can be laid out under cross$800
The walkthrough30 minutes on the findings and how to check any row$200
The corrections windowFive business days. Any error fixed, logged and re-versioned. Row IDs never change.$300
The destruction certificateThe set destroyed at close (NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, Purge), signed, item by item, with the custody log$150
The deficiency listMissing statements and documents by account and month, worded to paste into your deficiency letter$300
Questions the records raise10 to 20 entries for deposition or conference prep, each with its citation. What the record shows and doesn't explain; what to ask is your call.$800
The method statementTwo pages on how the work was done, for any disclosure of AI use you decide to make$400
The expert walkthroughThe same 30 minutes for your forensic accountant or expert$200
The protective-order checklistTwelve checks for putting any outside vendor under your orderFree on this site
Total$13,350
Your fee$2,500
Founding matters also getThe first 8 matters booked by Friday, December 18, 2026
What you getWhat it isValue
The follow-up mini-sweepUp to 100 more pages within 60 days of delivery (the missing months, a supplemental production). Send the new pages with your v1 workbook; the rows are added with new row IDs and the old ones never change$500
Priority startThrough June 30, 2027, your next matter takes the next open slot, ahead of the queueIncluded

How values are set. Each value is the hours a person would need to produce the piece, at $150 an hour for staff time and $400 an hour for professional time, or my price for the piece on its own. Both rates sit below Clio's 2025 New York averages ($227 an hour for non-lawyer staff, $426 for lawyers). The hours are my estimates for a production of about 3,000 documents, set low on purpose. Your firm's rates may differ.

Before you pay

At most four matters a month, one at a time

I run every matter myself, one at a time, on one offline machine. That holds Evidence Sweep to at most four matters a month. Email or call before you pay and you'll have the next open start date the same business day. If you pay when the month is full, I send the first open start date within the business day, and if it doesn't work for your deadline, I refund the fee in full before any work starts.

Founding terms, through December 18

The first 8 matters booked by 11:59 PM ET on Friday, December 18, 2026 include the follow-up mini-sweep and priority scheduling through June 30, 2027. A matter is booked when it's paid online or invoiced at your request. Founding terms close at the eighth booked matter or at that time, whichever comes first. Priority is about scheduling, not price. For the mini-sweep, send the new pages with your v1 workbook, because the original set is destroyed at close.

Why they end: Evidence Sweep is new and has no public record yet, so the first clients take a chance on it. After eight matters, or at year end, it has a record of its own, and I set the 2027 terms from it in January. The date won't move.

Sample rows from a findings workbookIllustrative. Names and figures invented.
IDDateAmountFromToSourceFlag
F-001a2024-03-14$48,500.00Bank A ...4417 (joint)Harbor Pt Holdings LLCD-0031, p. 3, line 12Transfer 9 days before filing; LLC not on net worth statement
F-001b2024-03-21$48,500.00Harbor Pt Holdings LLCM. Alvarez (personal)D-0118, GL 2024, row 1,118Same amount, 7 days later; no invoice in production
F-002a2024-04-02$12,000.00Bank A ...4417 (joint)Cash withdrawalD-0032, p. 2, line 4Largest cash withdrawal in 36-month window

Flags are pattern observations for review, not conclusions. The citation gate is structural: a finding cannot be written without a source reference.

What you send

A mixed set, as it was produced. Up to about 3,000 documents per matter.

  • Bank and brokerage statements
  • General ledgers and QuickBooks exports
  • Invoices, receipts and checks
  • Contracts, operating agreements, leases
  • Tax returns and K-1s
  • Email and message exports

What comes back

Everything in the table above. The workbook is a first pass your attorney or CPA verifies, built to drop into a brief or an exhibit list.

What it is not

Why a litigator can hand it privileged material

Who handles your documents

I'm Kevin Matos, founder of Tessera Strategy in Queens. I'm a fractional CTO to law firms. I built and operate an air-gapped legal AI platform for a New York litigation practice, and Evidence Sweep runs on it.

I run every matter myself. I'm not a lawyer or a CPA. That is why the workbook is a first pass your attorney or CPA verifies, and why every figure points to its page and line.

  • Earlier: product lead for Account Level Management at Mastercard.
  • Direct line: 929-487-7415

Matters it was built for

Matrimonial financial disclosureTransfers, new accounts and entities that appear in the statements but not on the net worth statement.
Contested estates and trust accountingsReconcile a fiduciary's accounting against the underlying bank and brokerage records.
Partnership and shareholder disputesWho paid whom, when, and whether the ledger agrees with the bank.
Embezzlement and fraud investigationsPatterns across 36 months of statements, invoices and payroll, with every instance cited.
Creditor and collection litigationTrace proceeds and transfers across accounts after a judgment.
Forensic accounting engagementsA cited first pass of the production for your team to verify and build on. You keep the analysis and the opinion.

How a matter runs

  1. SendEncrypted transfer or a hand-delivered drive. Protective order signed first.
  2. Sweep72 hours from the clock start (the full set, the signed order and cleared payment, whichever comes last), on offline hardware. Extraction, cross-referencing, citation check.
  3. DeliverWorkbook, source index, memo and audit log, with a 30-minute walkthrough.
  4. CloseFive business days of corrections, then the set is destroyed and you receive the signed certificate.

Not ready for a matter? Four free ways to see the work first.

Each one is useful on its own, whether or not you ever start a matter.

The Hidden-Transfer SheetTwelve patterns that show up in contested productions, how to spot each on a statement page, and what to ask for next. Rules and cases cited.Get the sheet
The Tie-Out TemplateA free Excel workbook that ties a fiduciary account or a net worth statement to the bank records. Fifteen checks, no macros.Get the template
A 20-minute read of your productionTell me about the set; no documents change hands. You get a one-page read: what's likely missing, what to check first, and whether this fits.Ask for a read
A free index of 50 pagesSend up to 50 pages from a live production. In 48 hours you get a cited index and up to 10 first findings, run the same way as a paid matter.Request a free index

Price and terms

$2,500per matter
ScopeUp to about 3,000 documents. Larger sets and rush turnaround are quoted in writing before anything starts.
Turnaround72 hours from the last of three things: the full set received, the protective order signed, and payment cleared.
PaymentCard, bank debit, or invoice. Work starts when payment clears.

Founding terms for the first 8 matters booked by December 18, 2026.

How you bill the work to your client is your call. The workbook is yours to put in front of the court, the client, or the other side's expert. Full terms, in plain words.

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Common questions

Can I see the work before I pay?Yes. Send up to 50 pages from a live production for a free index: a cited index of what's there and what's missing, plus up to 10 first findings, back in 48 hours, under the same confidentiality rules as a paid matter. Request one.
Why at most four matters a month?I run every matter myself, one at a time, on one offline machine, and I read every finding against its page before delivery. Four a month is the most that allows without cutting the review.
How do I know it won't make things up?A finding can't be written without a source reference. That is enforced in the structure. Entity matches and ambiguous items are flagged for a person to review. It can still misread a page, which is why every row points to its page and line so your team can check it.
Will it hold up under Daubert or Frye?Admissibility is the court's call, and your expert's opinion is what gets tested. The audit log records every step, append-only, so the method can be laid out and disclosed.
We already have a forensic accountant.Good. The workbook is built to hand to them. They get a cited first pass in 72 hours, and their hours go to analysis and testimony.
Why is the price fixed?The scope is fixed: up to about 3,000 documents, 72 hours, everything in the table above, and at most four matters a month. Larger sets and rush turnaround are quoted before anything starts.
How do the documents get to you?Encrypted transfer or a hand-delivered drive, after I sign your protective order. Send the set as it was produced. No sorting needed.
Can the other side's expert see the workbook?Yes, if you choose to share it. It is yours to put in front of the court, the client or the other side's expert.
What are founding terms, and why do they end?The first 8 matters booked by Friday, December 18, 2026 include a follow-up mini-sweep of up to 100 pages within 60 days of delivery and priority scheduling through June 30, 2027. They exist because the service is new and has no public record yet. After eight matters, or at year end, it has one, so they end. The date doesn't move.
What happens to the 50 pages I send for a free index?They're handled exactly like a paid matter: offline, your order's acknowledgment signed first, logged from receipt. Five business days after delivery they're destroyed and you get a signed certificate, unless you start a matter and ask me to keep them.
What do the values in the "What a matter includes" table mean?They're estimates of what each piece would take to produce another way: the hours at $150 an hour for staff time and $400 for professional time, or the price I charge for the piece on its own. Your rates may differ. The fee is $2,500 either way.

Start a matter

Three steps: pay, confirm the matter, send the set. The 72 hours start when the last of those is done.

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Questions first? [email protected] or 929-487-7415. You'll have an answer the same business day. Send no documents by email.

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