For criminal defense firms

Software for criminal defense, built inside a law firm.

From arrest and bail to plea, trial or dismissal: conflicts checked against co-defendants and witnesses, and discovery read and indexed with every statement's page. Docketing court dates, for attorney confirmation, is in build. DuraLex is in early access.

Criminal defense

One matter, start to finish.

Each step is marked live, proven in our firm, in build or planned. Rules illustrated in this sample: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure and the county's local rules.

  1. Intake and conflict checkLive

    Arrest, charges and bail captured; conflicts checked against co-defendants and witnesses.

  2. Engagement in writingProven in our firm

    Engagement letter with a flat fee by stage, signed the same day.

  3. Open the matterLive

    Matter opened; Robert as trial counsel, Jen S. tracking discovery.

  4. Docket every deadlineIn build

    Preliminary hearing, arraignment and the Rule 600 run date docketed.

  5. Gather the factsLive

    Discovery read and indexed; every statement with its page.

  6. Draft, verify and fileProven in our firm

    Omnibus pretrial motion drafted and checked; filed within 30 days of arraignment.

  7. Keep the client informedLive

    Court-date reminders to help the client avoid missed appearances.

  8. Resolve and closeLive

    Plea, trial or dismissal recorded; final invoice and closing letter.

A sample matter with made-up names and numbers. See it on the practices page.

Client portal

Your clients follow the case on their phone.

The portal demo includes a federal criminal case: the complaint and charges, release conditions, the next dates, documents to sign and the balance, previewed in six languages.

Questions

What firms ask first.

Does the AI make decisions on its own?

No. AI supports your legal knowledge; it never substitutes for it. Every fact shows its source and page, and nothing enters the record or goes to a client until an attorney approves it.

Where are my firm's files kept?

In your firm's own cloud storage. DuraLex organizes and reads the files where they are.

Can we move over from our current system?

Yes. Early-access firms have their data moved over at no charge.

Can clients use it in their own language?

The intake interview runs in the client's language today, and status updates by email go out in the client's language. The client portal is previewed in six languages: English, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek. Texting and WhatsApp are coming.