Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

There are no 'samples' other than what you may find in practice books at the law library, covering civil procedure before trial, evidence rules, law and motion practice, etc. I don't believe any amount of free 'tips and hints' from here or elsewhere are going to effectively help in your legal defense. If you don't know how to represent yourself effectively against an experienced attorney intending to 'beat you, and don't have money to hire an attorney who does, you will have to study and learn what and how to do.

You say "thus far, we have done everything anyone else has done". That may be true. But you also say you are the primary defendant. There may well be things you should have done that the others didn't need to do. As the case progresses, it may become more and more important for you to defend the case differently -- and more aggressively -- than the others. Taking your cues from the actions of secondary defendants is reckless.

As Mr. Nelson has explained, you are in too deep to get by with a few tips from this website. You should get a lawyer ASAP.

I've never heard of an "asset freeze" in civil litigation. It sounds like they did a prejudgment right of attachment, in which case you should have hired an attorney last year and opposed the prejudgment attachment.