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Built for the way law firms actually work

Spend less time on the work around the law.

FernLex takes repetitive, time-consuming work off your team's plate — from intake and email to documents, evidence, drafting, deadlines, and client follow-up — so your attorneys can focus on practicing law and serving clients.

Intake
Matters
Documents
Email
Deadlines
Billing

Product capabilities

14
Email categories
30+
Document types
90+
Court & government forms
6
Practice areas
8
AI employees
24/7
Service availability
The daily reality

Theworkaroundthelawtakestheday.

Attorneys didn't go to law school to retype intake forms, hunt for documents and rebuild the same correspondence. Yet that is where the hours go.

Sarah, a paralegal, starts a typical Tuesday

Intake retyped by hand

Every new inquiry arrives by phone, form or email — and someone enters the same facts into the system again.

The current file, somewhere

The latest document lives in an inbox, a drive or someone's desktop — never quite where the team expects it.

One inbox, many matters

Correspondence for several matters sits together, and working out what actually needs a reply takes real time.

Deadlines held in two places

Court dates, filing windows and follow-ups tracked in calendars and spreadsheets — until someone double-checks.

Drafts rebuilt from scratch

Correspondence, filings and court forms assembled field by field, matter by matter, every single time.

Time written from memory

Billable hours recalled at the end of the week — if they get recorded at all.

None of this is legal work. It is the work around legal work.

The shift

Thesamematters.Lessofthebusywork.

FernLex handles more of the repetitive work around each matter — while your team stays in control of every decision that matters.

Without FernLex

  • New inquiries retyped from scratch
  • Documents chased across inboxes and drives
  • Email sorted by hand, matter by matter
  • Deadlines kept in separate calendars
  • Drafts and forms rebuilt every time
  • Time written from memory at week's end

With FernLex

  • Intake summarized and ready for review
  • Documents organized on the matter
  • Email linked, prioritized and drafted for reply
  • Deadlines on one list with reminders
  • Drafts and forms started from matter data
  • Time captured as the work happens

Your team reviews, approves and decides at every step.

The work around the law

WhatFernLextakesoffyourplate.

From the first client message to billing and follow-up — FernLex handles the steps around each matter, feeding the same file as the work moves along.

STEP 01

Intake

New inquiries arrive from forms, calls and email. The facts are extracted, key details summarized and the inquiry prepared for your team.

Example — family law intake

Case: divorce inquiry

Facts: extracted

Next: consult scheduled

STEP 02

Matter Setup

The new matter is checked for missing pieces, next steps are suggested and the working file gets organized.

Example — personal injury setup

Completeness: reviewed

Gaps: flagged

Next step: suggested

STEP 03

Evidence

Documents and evidence are read, key facts are pulled out and contradictions are flagged across the file for your team to verify.

Example — litigation evidence

OCR: pages extracted

Contradiction: flagged

Chain: mapped

STEP 04

Email

Incoming email is classified, linked to the right matter and drafted into reply suggestions your team reviews before sending.

Example — immigration email

Category: action required

Linked: matter #2418

Reply: drafted

STEP 05

Meetings

Transcripts become structured notes — events, tasks and key facts attached to the matter.

Example — corporate call

Transcript: ready

Tasks: extracted

Key facts: noted

STEP 06

Drafting

Correspondence and filings start from the matter itself and your firm's templates, ready for your review.

Example — estate planning drafting

Draft: prepared

Context: matter-wide

Status: human review

STEP 07

Forms

Court and government forms are filled from matter data, checked for completeness and routed for sign-off.

Example — immigration forms

Fields: pre-filled

Gaps: highlighted

Sign-off: pending

STEP 08

Deadlines

Dates from email, filings and hearings feed one deadline view with reminders and escalation.

Example — criminal defense calendar

Court date: tracked

Reminder: set

Escalation: configured

STEP 09

Billing

Time is captured from activity and invoices are drafted with matter context, ready for your approval.

Example — general practice billing

Time: captured

Invoice: drafted

Approval: your firm

STEP 10

Client

Client updates, requests and status stay tied to the matter so nothing gets lost between handoffs.

Example — personal injury client

Update: prepared

Request: logged

Status: shared

AI Team

MeettheAIteambehindyourfirm.

Marcus keeps work moving. Atlas keeps every matter understood as a whole. The specialists handle intake, evidence, drafting, forms and email — with your team setting permissions and approving what matters.

Marcus

Active

Firm Orchestrator

Coordinates the AI team

Keeps work moving across the firm: assigns jobs, passes matters between specialists and brings anything that needs your judgment to a person.

Assigns and routes work
Connected work

Keepyourworkinoneplace.

Your email and calendar are part of the work your firm does every day. FernLex brings them into the same place as your matters, documents, tasks, and client work — so your team spends less time switching between applications and more time getting legal work done.

Today — across apps

  1. Email
  2. Calendar
  3. Matter management
  4. Documents
  5. Tasks
  6. Back to email

One matter, checked across six places.

Moves into one FernLex workspace
FernLex
One workspace

Matter

Smith v. TechCo — Contract dispute

OverviewTasksCalendarDocumentsMailBilling

Mail

with this matter

Settlement agreement attached

Jul 28

from legal@techco.example

Smith v. TechCoReply drafted

Correspondence stays where the team can find it.

Calendar

FirmCourt
2:00PM

Client intake call — Okafor

Google Meet

Okafor — Car Accident Claim
Aug8

Opposition to motion to compel

Filing deadline

Smith v. TechCo — Contract dispute

Illustrative product view — sample data.

Email, connected to your matters

Connect your firm's email accounts, keep correspondence with the right matter, draft and respond with AI, and keep important client communication where your team can find it.

Email

Settlement agreement

Matter

Smith v. TechCo — Contract dispute

Work

Reply drafted for your review

Replies are drafted for your team — nothing is sent without review.

Calendar, connected to your work

Connect your calendars, see meetings and deadlines alongside your matters, prepare for calls and meetings, and keep your team's schedule connected to the work that needs to get done.

Calendar

Client intake call · 2:00 PM

Matter

Okafor — Car Accident Claim

Action

Prep and follow-up on the matter

Meetings, deadlines and follow-up stay next to the matter they belong to.

Less switching. Less searching. More time for the work that matters.

Matter Intelligence

Yourmatters,understoodasawhole.

FernLex connects documents, evidence, email, meetings, people, deadlines, forms, tasks, billing and matter history in one place.

Instead of asking AI about one document at a time, Atlas understands the context of the matter.

DocumentsEvidenceEmailMeetingsPeopleDeadlinesFormsTasksBillingMatter history

Example product view below

Explore Matter Intelligence
One matter, fully understood

See what Atlas sees

One contradiction, its evidence, and the fix — surfaced automatically from your documents.

Client Matter — Contract Dispute

OpenMedium
Atlas Analyzed

Contract.pdf

Contract · executed

12 pp

Effective date: June 4, 2023

3-year gap

Contradiction detected

Receipt_Notice.pdf

Court notice · filed

2 pp

Filed: May 12, 2026

Atlas found a discrepancy

Cross-Document

Contract effective date is June 2023, but the court filing is dated May 2026 — a 3-year gap. This could indicate an expired agreement or a delayed filing.

Contract.pdf → Receipt_Notice.pdf7 docs cross-referenced

Recommended next step

by Atlas · today
1
Resolve date discrepancyUrgent

Contract (Jun 2023) vs filing (May 2026) — confirm correct dates with the client.

0%

Matter understood

0

Docs cross-referenced

0

Risks flagged

0

Action items

Evidence

Thecasefile,readforyou.

FernLex reads documents and evidence as they arrive — including scans — pulls out the facts, and flags what contradicts what.

  • Text read from scans and photos — 30+ document types
  • People, dates and amounts pulled into the matter record
  • Contradictions between documents flagged for your team to verify
Explore evidence intelligence

Example view — evidence review

OCR: 23 pages extracted

Contradiction found in deposition §4.2

Citation verified: 3 matches

Simulated example — your team verifies before anything enters the case record.

Email

Correspondence,alreadysorted.

Incoming email is classified, linked to its matter and scanned for dates that turn into deadlines — with reply drafts ready for your review.

  • 14 categories of email recognized as it arrives
  • Every message linked to the right matter
  • Dates in the thread extracted as deadlines
  • Replies drafted — nothing sent without your review
Explore email intelligence

Example view — inbox triage

Filing deadline tomorrow

Urgent

Draft response needed

Action

New document uploaded

FYI

Simulated example — replies are drafted, never sent on their own.

Drafting & Forms

Firstdrafts,notblankpages.

Correspondence, filings and legal documents start from the matter itself — and court forms arrive pre-filled, checked and ready for sign-off.

  • First drafts written with matter context and your firm's style
  • 90+ court and government forms pre-filled from matter data
  • Missing fields highlighted before anything is submitted
  • Everything routed to your team for review and sign-off
Explore drafting and forms

Example — drafting

Draft prepared with matter context

Deadline language checked

Sent to attorney for review

Example — form filling

Fields pre-filled from matter data

Missing fields highlighted

Routed for human sign-off

Simulated examples — every draft and form goes to your team first.

Deadlines

Everydate,ononelist.

Dates pulled from email, filings and hearings come together in a single deadline view — with reminders that escalate until someone acts.

  • Court dates, filings and follow-ups on one list
  • Reminders that escalate at 30, 14, 7, 3 and 1 days out
  • Conflict detection before the date becomes a problem
  • Court holiday awareness with Google and Outlook sync
Explore deadline tracking

Example view — deadlines

Response due — Mar 28

3 days out

Hearing — Apr 15

Reminder set

Client follow-up — Apr 18

Owner assigned

Simulated example — escalation continues until the date is handled.

Governance

AIthatworkswithinyourfirm'srules.

Your firm's rules determine what AI can access and what it can do. FernLex assists your team — it does not replace them.

Firm-level controls, user permissions and matter-scoped access

Approval gates before anything is sent, filed or finalized

Audit trail: what was done, by which employee, under which policy decision

Every AI employee acts as an assistant to your people: work is proposed, reviewed and approved under the permissions your firm sets.

Practice Areas

Worksacrossyourpractice

Examples of how firms use FernLex — available forms and workflows vary by practice area.

Immigration Law

H-1B, I-485, I-130, asylum, U visa and N-400 filings with a broad forms library, auto-fill and eligibility screening.

Form library

Family Law

Custody, divorce, adoption and support matters with deadline tracking and document generation.

Deadlines

Personal Injury

Case intake, evidence collection, medical record analysis and settlement preparation.

Evidence

Corporate Law

Entity formation, contracts, compliance and governance with AI-assisted contract drafting and review.

Contracts

Criminal Defense

Case intake, evidence organization, court deadlines and client communication for defense work.

Case workflow

Estate Planning

Trusts, wills, probate and power of attorney with template-driven document generation.

Templates
The outcome

Moretimeontheworkonlylawyerscando.

Intake, files, correspondence, deadlines and billing stay connected to the same matter — so work keeps moving while your team reviews, approves and decides.

1

Intake

New inquiries captured and screened

2

Matter setup

Completeness checked, next steps suggested

3

Evidence & email

Documents read, messages linked to the matter

4

Meetings

Transcripts turned into tasks and key facts

5

Drafting & forms

Documents prepared for your review

6

Deadlines & billing

Dates tracked, time captured, invoices drafted

7

Client

Updates and requests stay tied to the matter

Nothing left to chase. Every step sits on the same matter, with your team in charge of the calls that matter.

Put FernLex to work on your own matters.

Start free and see how much of the work around the law your firm can hand off.

Your permissions, approval gates and audit trails apply to every action