# AI use cases for Legal

Source: https://altivusops.ai/use-cases/legal/
Last modified: 2026-09-14

> Law firms produce judgment, and most of the hours around it are preparation: conflict checks, intake, first-pass contract review, document categorization, billing narratives, deadline calculations. AI belongs in that preparation, with the attorney's judgment untouched and the firm's confidentiality obligations enforced by the architecture. That means access controlled matter by matter, every action recorded, and drafts that arrive with their sources. Because confidentiality and audit are conditions of the work, most legal workflows here are recommended on HeyQuinn.

## 6 AI workflows for Legal

### Matter intake and conflict check

Screens new matter requests against conflict records and related-party data, drafts the conflict report, and flags anything ambiguous. The conflicts attorney clears every matter.

Legal · Compliance · Standard · HeyQuinn recommended

Systems: Intapp, Clio, iManage

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=matter-intake-and-conflict-check

### Contract review, first pass

Compares an incoming contract to the firm's playbook, flags deviations, and drafts suggested redlines. The attorney reviews every change.

Legal · Operations · Advanced · HeyQuinn recommended

Systems: iManage, Microsoft Word

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=contract-review-first-pass

### Discovery document categorization

Categorizes and summarizes large document sets to speed first-pass review. Attorneys make every responsiveness and privilege call.

Legal · Operations · Advanced · HeyQuinn recommended

Systems: Relativity

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=discovery-document-categorization

### Billing narrative review

Reviews time entry narratives against each client's billing guidelines and flags entries likely to be rejected. The billing attorney approves the pre-bill.

Legal · Finance · Starter · Platform-native

Systems: Aderant, Clio

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=billing-narrative-review

### Court deadline calculation

Calculates deadlines from filed documents and the applicable court rules and drafts docket entries. A paralegal confirms every date and the calculation is retained.

Legal · Compliance · Advanced · HeyQuinn recommended

Systems: CompuLaw, Clio

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=court-deadline-calculation

### Engagement letter drafting

Drafts engagement letters from intake data and the firm's templates. The responsible partner approves before it is sent.

Legal · Operations · Starter · Platform-native

Systems: Clio, DocuSign

Discuss: https://altivusops.ai/strategy-call/?workflow=engagement-letter-drafting

## How to read the badges

Two badges on every card. Complexity describes the build. Deployment describes where it runs.

- **Starter** — A contained workflow: one agent, one or two systems, and exceptions simple enough to route to a single person. Often the first workflow an organization automates.
- **Standard** — Several systems or steps, defined exception routing, and human approval points designed into the workflow. Most of the library sits here.
- **Advanced** — Several agents coordinating, regulated or sensitive data, persistent state across sessions, or decisions where an error is expensive. Governance design is most of the work.
- **Platform-native** — Runs directly on Anthropic's platform: Claude models, tool use and MCP (Model Context Protocol) connectivity, with Altivus providing monitoring, governance and ongoing management.
- **HeyQuinn recommended** — Runs on HeyQuinn, the AI runtime by Altivus, because the workflow needs persistent agents, several agents coordinating, granular permissions, approvals, audit and Mission Control visibility, on-premises or customer-cloud hosting, or models from vendors other than Anthropic.

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