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AI in Action: Transforming Your Firm’s Workday
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a luxury for law firms—it’s a necessity. Leveraging the right tools can simplify operations, improve case outcomes, and even redefine how you approach your practice. Here’s a rundown of AI tools that may streamline tasks in your firm.
March 2025Plaud. Plaud acts as your personal stenographer, transcribing, summarizing, and mind-mapping recorded conversations. Perfect for meeting minutes, dictating while driving, or recording calls, it highlights critical details to enhance productivity and accuracy.
OpenAI ChatGPT. ChatGPT has become a reliable virtual assistant, providing invaluable help in writing, summarizing, and understanding complex terminology. From breaking down medical literature to improving intake and case selection, this tool accelerates decision-making and ensures precision in client interactions.
OpenAI Canvas. This interactive drafting tool speeds up document creation by enabling real-time collaboration and editing, making the process seamless and efficient. It does not replace your staff or your attorneys, but it enhances their abilities.
FLUX AI Flux.1. When branding matters, Flux.1 delivers. This AI tool assists with creating and updating firm logos, marketing materials, and event signage, making sure your firm always puts its best visual foot forward.
Microsoft 365 Copilot (for Outlook). Struggling to find that critical email buried in your inbox? In Outlook, Copilot excels in locating elusive messages with partial details. It can then craft polished, professional responses, saving you time and frustration.
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant. This assistant summarizes documents and provides a Q&A interface linked to exact sections of the text. It’s a game changer for document review, ensuring quick data verification through hyperlinks to the sections of the document used to generate the response.
Teams or Zoom Transcription. Live transcription during meetings via Teams or Zoom helps everyone stay on the same page. Whether it’s a strategy session or client debriefing, these tools provide real-time transcription for accurate follow-ups and action plans.
Microsoft 365 Copilot (for PowerPoint). Turning lengthy case documents into professional presentations has never been easier. This AI assistant transforms written content into visually compelling PowerPoint slides, making presentations both efficient and persuasive.
Anytime AI. From drafting interrogatory responses to building medical chronologies, Anytime AI handles repetitive, labor-intensive tasks. It can also compare and summarize thousands of pages from multiple documents, speeding up the review process for even the most complex cases. It also verifies hyperlinks to avoid malware and broken website links.
Microsoft 365 Copilot (for Excel). For data-heavy tasks, Copilot takes the lead by analyzing exports from case-management systems and generating easy-to-interpret graphs and charts in Excel. These visuals simplify complex data discussions from partner meetings to client updates.
Assembly Neos. Integrated with your case management system, Neos summarizes documents, drafts documents, and organizes data for export to Excel. This allows you to analyze case files comprehensively and identify trends or insights critical to client success while monitoring your attorney and staff productivity.
Jonathan H. Lomurro is an attorney at Lomurro Law in Freehold, N.J., and can be reached at jlomurro@lomurrolaw.com. The views expressed in this article are the author’s and do not constitute an endorsement of any product or service by Trial® or AAJ®.
