AI playbooks for Lawyers

It's 11:47 PM on a Saturday. Someone just got into a car accident. Their phone is out, they're searching "personal injury lawyer near me," and they land on your website. You're asleep. Your office is closed. There's a contact form, but by tomorrow morning, they've called three other firms and signed

You've been burned before. Missed a case that opposing counsel found. Spent 8 hours on research that a partner dismissed in 5 minutes. Or worse—cited something that wasn't quite what you thought it was.

It's 9 PM and you're still in the office. The SaaS agreement needs to go out tomorrow, and you're on clause 47 of the template, manually replacing the client name, adjusting the liability cap, and wondering if you remembered to update the governing law. Meanwhile, the contract management system show

Your next deposition is in 72 hours. The transcript pile on your desk is 600 pages across three prior depositions. Somewhere in those pages is the testimony you need to nail this witness. The question is whether you'll find it by reading until 2 AM—or whether technology will surface it in 20 minutes

Your phone buzzes at 4:47 PM. It's the third "just checking in on the status" email from Mrs. Patterson this week. Nothing has changed since Monday. But now you're choosing between writing another "we're still waiting on opposing counsel" email or finishing the brief that's due tomorrow.