| name | risk-analysis |
| title | Risk Analysis Summary |
| description | Generates structured risk analysis summaries for legal matters, identifying and evaluating risks by severity and likelihood with quantified exposures and mitigation strategies. Use when preparing risk assessments, exposure analyses, liability summaries, or pre-filing risk evaluations across litigation, regulatory, contractual, reputational, and operational domains. |
| author | CaseMark |
| author_url | https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/risk-analysis |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | general |
| language | en |
Risk Analysis Summary
Produces a prioritized risk analysis from matter documents, quantifying exposures and recommending mitigations for attorneys, clients, and stakeholders.
Prerequisites
- Matter documents — contracts, pleadings, correspondence, regulatory filings, insurance policies
- Matter context — jurisdiction, industry, phase (pre-filing / active / settlement), key parties
- Risk tolerance — if known, acceptable exposure thresholds or strategic constraints
Workflow
1. Executive Overview
- Matter snapshot — one-paragraph factual summary
- Top 3–5 risks — ranked by severity × likelihood, one sentence each with estimated exposure
- Immediate actions — time-sensitive deadlines, SOL dates, regulatory windows
2. Risk Register
Assign each risk a sequential ID (R-01, R-02, ...) and complete:
| Field | Content |
|---|
| Category | Contractual / Regulatory / Litigation / Financial / Reputational / Operational |
| Description | Specific risk statement grounded in document evidence |
| Factual basis | Cite provisions, regulatory sections, correspondence, or facts |
| Legal authority | Statutes, regulations, case law — mark [VERIFY] if uncertain |
| Likelihood | High / Medium / Low with reasoning |
| Severity | Critical / Major / Moderate / Minor |
| Financial exposure | Best-case / most-likely / worst-case range |
| Non-monetary impact | Reputational harm, sanctions, operational disruption |
| Mitigating factors | Defenses, insurance coverage, factual counterarguments |
| Interdependencies | Other risk IDs that compound or conflict |
3. Risk Matrix
Plot risk IDs on a 3×3 severity (rows) × likelihood (columns) grid:
│ Low │ Medium │ High
──────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────
Critical │ │ │
Major │ │ │
Moderate │ │ │
4. Mitigation Strategies
