Natural Legal Intelligence is the outgrowth of what was once a strictly word-of-mouth business. For nearly 10 years, we’ve been providing other attorneys in Michigan with legal research and writing services, along with a multitude of other services aimed at supporting their practices, helping to identify, develop, and articulate the strongest claims or defenses and achieve the best outcomes for their clients. We’ve worked on a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, with both retained and appointed counsel. In our experience, it’s the solo practitioner or small firms who benefit the most from our services—it’s like having an extra attorney on board when you need one, without having to keep one on your payroll when you don’t.

Over the past few years, with the rise of generative AI legal-research and drafting tools, we’ve seen a corresponding rise in filings that are, at best, sloppy. At worst, they’re bad enough that the attorneys signing them are opening themselves up to potential sanctions or disciplinary action. No ethical attorney would make up a fake case to support their argument or knowingly misstate the proposition or holding of a real case. Yet, generative-AI tools continue to do exactly that, and with alarming regularity. The attorney who relies on an AI tool without vetting everything it produces does so at his or her peril.

That’s where we come in. Although AI is understandably attractive to the terminally overworked attorney, it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It can produce quick results, but it’s bound to be sloppy, which puts you and your practice at risk. To fulfill your professional and ethical obligations, you have to go through it with the proverbial fine-toothed comb. But at that point, how much time have you really saved?

We know that AI tools aren’t ready for primetime, so we do our research, analysis, and writingthe old-fashioned way. No artificial intelligence, just the natural stuff. What this means for you is an inherently more reliable and accurate final product, written by someone who sweats the small stuff so you don’t have to. And while we may not be quite as quick as AI, you might be surprised just how quickly we can turn some requests around (many times, a motion and brief can be produced in just a day or two, if needed, and we’ve even fulfilled a few same-day requests from attorneys in a bind). If this sounds like the kind of help you could use, let’s talk.