Small firms lose their most expensive hours to intake, document wrangling, and billing cleanup. We go into your practice, map where partner and paralegal time actually goes, and build AI that gives the billable hours back.
A lead that calls at 7pm and hears nothing until the next day hires whoever answered first. We build intake that responds to inquiries immediately, collects the facts you need for a conflicts check and fit assessment, drafts the engagement paperwork, and books the consult — logged straight into Clio, MyCase, or PracticePanther. Your staff reviews and confirms; nobody types the same client details three times.
Discovery productions, client uploads, opposing counsel’s PDFs — someone has to open, rename, file, and summarize all of it. We build document handling that classifies incoming files to the right matter, extracts key dates and parties, flags what needs attorney eyes, and produces first-pass summaries your team verifies rather than writes.
“Any news on my case?” is the most common client email and the least billable. We wire matter milestones to proactive, plain-English status updates — clients feel informed, your inbox quiets down, and the calls you do get are the ones that matter.
Reconstructing time from calendars and sent-mail at month end writes down real revenue. We build capture assistance that drafts time entries from the day’s actual activity for attorney review — tightening the gap between work done and work billed.
We start with an operations audit: 1–2 weeks inside your workflows, ending with a prioritised map of where AI actually pays off and what each opportunity is worth. Audits run $2,500–$5,000 depending on size. Builds are scoped and priced before any work begins — most land between $8,000 and $25,000 and take 3–6 weeks. No hourly billing, no surprises. See how we work →
The question you should ask every AI vendor, answered plainly: we design systems where client data stays in your systems, is never retained by third-party AI providers or used for model training, and nothing AI-generated reaches a client or a court without attorney review. We’ll walk you through exactly where data flows before anything is built, in writing, so you can satisfy yourself on your ethical obligations — including your duty of technological competence.
Cerebrum is led by a former CTO of a VC-backed startup who has designed, shipped, and scaled production AI systems. We’re tech-agnostic — no reseller kickbacks, no pushing the tool that’s easiest to sell. We build it, deploy it, and stay until your team runs it confidently without us.
Engagements start with a 1–2 week operations audit ($2,500–$5,000), valued in recovered billable hours. Builds are scoped and priced before work begins and typically run $8,000–$25,000, delivered in 3–6 weeks. No hourly billing.
Yes — we build on the practice management software you already run. Intake, document handling, and status updates log directly into your existing system.
Client data stays in your systems, is never retained by third-party AI providers or used for model training, and nothing AI-generated reaches a client or a court without attorney review. Data flows are documented in writing before anything is built.
Book a free 30-minute operations call. No pitch — just an honest look at your workflow.
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