DocketDrafter in Practice
One Tuesday at a New York civil litigation firm.
DocketDrafter works inside Claude and ChatGPT. Ask your AI for motion papers with tables of authorities, discovery letters, and demands on your firm’s letterhead. Spend your attention on the argument, not rebuilding the caption, fixing the tables, or explaining your preferences again.
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9:10 AM
9:10 AM
The answer came in with eleven affirmative defenses, most of them pleaded without facts.
The whole motion. Down to the table of authorities.
Claude CoworkWren – affirmative defenses Read the complaint and answer. Prepare a motion to strike the unsupported affirmative defenses, with the supporting papers.Read 4 files, used DocketDrafterFour drafts for your review, including the memorandum with contents and authorities tables. I targeted payment and release; waiver and mitigation need more facts.
Motion to Dismiss Defenses (4 documents)Documents · DOCX11:35 AM
11:35 AM
Three months of demands, follow-ups and a conference order, none of it in one place.
The discovery history is already in the letter.
Claude CoworkWren – outstanding discovery Draft a good-faith letter about the missing responses. Use the demands, our follow-up emails, and the conference order.Read 6 files, used DocketDrafterThe draft identifies the outstanding demands and ties the history to the conference schedule. I left the proposed response deadline for your approval.
Good-Faith Letter – WrenDocument · DOCX2:20 PM
2:20 PM
The firm cites Tanbook in state court and Bluebook in federal. A partner has said so before, more than once.
One correction. Not a recurring instruction.
Claude CoworkFirm citation preferences In state court, use Tanbook citations. Keep Bluebook for federal filings. Remember that for everyone.Used DocketDrafterSaved as a firm-wide standing instruction. I updated this draft to match.
Firm drafting instructions – updatedStanding instructions4:45 PM
4:45 PM
A refund was approved months ago and never paid.
Your letterhead. Not Claude’s idea of a law firm.
Claude CoworkWren – refund demand Draft Wren’s $4,800 refund demand from the purchase statement and correspondence. Put it on our letterhead.Read 3 files, used DocketDrafterThe draft traces the approved but unpaid refund and asks for payment or a transaction record. It's on the firm's letterhead, with the proposed deadline for your review.
Demand Letter – WrenDocument · DOCX
The letter, on the firm’s own letterhead. 8:40 PM
8:40 PM
A partner has the argument right, but in the wrong order, and the evening is the first quiet hour to fix it.
Change the argument. Don’t rebuild the filing.
Claude CoworkWren – evening revision Lead with the unsigned release, then address payment. Update the headings and tables, and give me a redline against the draft I sent this afternoon.Used DocketDrafterReordered. Here's the redline against this afternoon's draft, plus a clean copy with the contents and authorities tables.
Memorandum – redline and clean copyDocuments · DOCX
“I don’t think that people realize how much lawyers have to switch gears from analyzing legal issues to making sure that it’s Times New Roman 12-point font. Like, that’s a difficult thing to do.”
Your firm can be working this way next week.
No onboarding work, no manual setup.
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