Fordel StudiosLegal Litigation Research Agent
Case law research, precedent retrieval, brief support — without billing the associate's time.
The problem
being solved
Associates at litigation firms spend hours per case on precedent research — searching jurisdiction-specific case law, cross-referencing citations, building tables of authorities. The work is high-skill but repeatable, and partners are paying for hours that could compound elsewhere. Standard legal research tools surface results; they don't synthesize them.
How this
agent works
We build a litigation research agent that takes a fact pattern or legal question, retrieves relevant precedent across the jurisdictions you specify, returns synthesized summaries with citations, and flags conflicts or recent overrules. Integrated with your existing legal research subscriptions (Westlaw, Lexis, Manupatra in India) — not a replacement, an accelerator. Every output cites its sources.
Productized service customized to your jurisdictional focus and citation conventions. Typically 6-8 weeks from kickoff to first associate using it for live work.
A mid-size litigation firm pilots the research agent on one practice group's active matters. Associates feed in fact patterns and legal questions, review the synthesized precedent summaries, and use them as the starting point for briefs rather than the end of a research day. The partner's billable hour mix shifts toward higher-leverage work.
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Hours per associate per case on precedent research | 8-15 hrs | 1-2 hrs reviewing agent output |
| Time to first draft of brief | Days | Same-day in most matter types |
| Citation validation effort | Manual cross-check | Automated with conflict and overrule flags |
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Domain-trained
Tuned on your firm's specifics, not a generic out-of-the-box model.
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Audit-ready
Every output cites its sources, every decision logs its inputs.
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Senior-built
Architected and shipped by senior engineers; no juniors learning on your matter.
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Integrated, not bolted on
Plugs into your existing matter-management system, not a parallel tool.
Build this agent
for your workflow.
We custom-build each agent to fit your data, your rules, and your existing systems.
Free 30-min scoping call