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DocketDrafter in Practice

One Tuesday at a California personal injury firm.

DocketDrafter works inside Claude and ChatGPT. Ask, and your AI prepares discovery responses, motion packages, demands, and complaint filing sets in your firm’s format. Staff do the prep, and partners review in Word.

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  1. 8:50 AM

    Defense serves four sets of written discovery on three plaintiffs, all at once.

    Served at 8:50. Responses drafted by lunch.

    Claude CoworkOkonkwo – discovery responses
    Vallejo Transit served all four sets on our three plaintiffs. Draft the responses from the intake packets, with our usual objections.
    Read 7 files, used DocketDrafter

    Done: 12 response sets for your review, each with a verification and proof of service. Three answers need the clients, and I left a note on each.

    Responses – Okonkwo – Set One (12)Documents · DOCX
  2. 11:55 AM

    A new matter has to be filed in Long Beach, and the plaintiff is a minor.

    The guardian ad litem application came with the complaint.

    Claude CoworkMarquez – complaint
    Prepare the Marquez complaint for Long Beach from the intake packet and the collision report. Negligence and common carrier. Our plaintiff is 15, so a parent will be guardian ad litem.
    Read 3 files, used DocketDrafter

    Here's the filing set: PLD-PI-001 with both causes of action, SUM-100, CM-010, the LACIV 109 addendum, and the CIV-010 application.

    Filing Set – Marquez v. Harborline Transit (5)Documents · PDF
  3. 1:15 PM

    A paralegal three weeks in has never written a policy-limits demand, and the associate who has is in a deposition.

    The new paralegal writes it the way the firm writes it.

    Claude CoworkRaman – policy-limits demand
    Draft the policy-limits demand for Priya Raman’s dog bite. Records and bills are in Dropbox.
    Read 6 files, used Dropbox and DocketDrafter

    Drafted on letterhead, in the firm's usual order. Specials total $18,412.60. There's no bill yet for the plastic surgery consult.

    Demand – Raman v. CastellanoDocument · DOCX
  4. 3:30 PM

    The partner reviews in Word, on a separate machine, and emails the file back.

    The partner stays in Word. Nobody asks which draft is final.

    Claude CoworkOkonkwo – motion to compel
    The partner marked up the motion to compel in Word. Apply the edits to master.
    Used DocketDrafter

    Done. The facts are shorter and the sanctions paragraph is split in two. Here's a redline against the version that went out for review.

    Motion to Compel – redlineDocument · DOCX
    Page two of the motion to compel on pleading paper, with the partner’s edits shown as tracked changes
    The redline, on the court’s pleading paper.
  5. 9:40 PM

    The motion goes out in the morning, with eleven authorities in it. The partner is checking them from the couch.

    Every citation checked before it’s filed.

    Claude CoworkOkonkwo – cite check
    Cite check the motion to compel.
    Read 11 sources, used DocketDrafter

    Ten of 11 authorities check out. One pin cite is off, so I flagged it rather than changing it. The worksheet is ready for your sign-off.

    Cite Check – Motion to CompelSpreadsheet · XLSX
    Cite-check worksheet for the Okonkwo motion to compel, listing each authority with ten marked valid and one pin cite flagged
    The cite-check worksheet, opened in Excel.
Richard Serpe
“The editing process with co-counsel was seamless, and hours of time came back to me.”
Richard SerpePlaintiff trial lawyerRead Richard's story

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