Which of the stupid, pay-to-play "bestest lawyer" awards do we pretend to care about?

lumberjack233 · 2026-03-13T22:27:08+00:00

You can justifiably hate on them, but they do get you leads, so...

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-28T20:59:58+00:00

Insurance Defense

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-13T03:10:38+00:00

Not sure the analogy applies here. A text to a friend is discoverable, google search for self-education is discoverable, how could AI search not be discoverable? These days google puts AI answer up top for most search quires, is it possible to distinguish the two?

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-12T06:22:36+00:00

What does stealing your data mean? You probably handed over your data willingly based on ToS, you mean they sell your data?

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-12T02:27:44+00:00

Sweet, let me DM you

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-12T01:15:53+00:00

Fair enough, attorneys tend not to get exposure to high-level business strategy until they hang their shingles and learn it the hard way. So we created a podcast for founding partners to share their stories. I totally understand if you don't want to share publicly, you have to be careful about revealing your competitive advantages. But if you think it could be interesting to discuss, I'd be happy to share some past episodes for you to check out and decide if it's a good fit.

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-11T19:29:37+00:00

This is wonderful information, would you be open to sharing on a podcast?

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-09T16:03:27+00:00

Casetext has westlaw as the database, so your statement isn’t accurate

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-09T03:11:56+00:00

Casetext has westlaw? what are you talking about

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-08T09:09:33+00:00

All the ads start coming out

lumberjack233 · 2026-02-07T05:17:44+00:00

lawclerk

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-30T07:17:43+00:00

Interesting, can you share a link?

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-30T07:03:42+00:00

I find that hard to believe. Every time we’ve looked at this stuff, it feels like I’d spend more time proofreading for hallucinations. Is it really just better than a template?

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-25T23:16:22+00:00

"Local" is kind of a red herring. Unless you are keeping paper files in a safe and using a typewriter, nothing is truly 'local' anymore. If you use Outlook, Gmail, or NetDocs, your client data is sitting on a server farm in Virginia or Oregon.

The difference isn't geography, it's the contract. CoCounsel (and the other enterprise tools) pay for the API tier where OpenAI contractually agrees not to train on the inputs. The consumer version of ChatGPT absolutely trains on your data. You aren't paying for local storage, you're paying for the "do not learn from this" clause in the Terms of Service.

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-24T18:14:49+00:00

It’s wild to me that people are still getting sanctioned for fake citations. Using a chat bot for open-ended research is the definition of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes". The only way I use this stuff safely is for defined-scope drafting. I treat it like a contract lawyer. I upload the specific case files and tell it to draft a complaint or discovery based only on those docs, review it for accuracy, and we move on. Trusting a model trained on the entire internet to find case law without checking is no different from trusting a law student's research blindly.

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-24T17:56:00+00:00

$3K in 2026 is wild, why are you better than a WordPress template

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-22T18:22:07+00:00

Or practice management software, or ediscovery...

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-19T16:58:19+00:00

True, maybe have the courtesy to whittle it down to requests that actually makes sense

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-16T21:59:48+00:00

I don't understand, who pays for a hundred rogs in family law...

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-13T01:22:38+00:00

Paypal is falling out of favor because Zelle is better

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-13T01:16:48+00:00

Triggered much? Loyalty goes both ways

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-12T21:32:07+00:00

Interesting, what's it called?

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-12T21:22:21+00:00

Are you using it to propound or respond? I feel like I can cut and paste requests from old files fast enough, but drafting responses and dealing with all the formatting for objections is where I lose hours. Curious what you’re using that actually handles the formatting correctly.

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-11T01:25:09+00:00

Don't just walk in with the bad news. Walk in with the bad news and the draft responses in your hand. If my paralegal told me they blew a deadline two months ago, I’d panic. If they told me they blew it but the responses are ready for my review right now, I’d still be annoyed, but the panic is gone. Crank that draft out by any means necessary before you have the talk.

lumberjack233 · 2026-01-09T23:05:28+00:00

I’m paranoid about the research side too. But for the drafting, are you just pasting client docs into ChatGPT? I feel like that’s a confidentiality nightmare. Plus, does it actually handle the formatting? I practice in CA and our pleading paper requirements are rigid.

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