For litigation paralegals and associates reviewing active matters

Organize, analyze, and verify court filings faster.

CourtFile turns messy court filings into structured timelines, parties, claims, deadlines, and source-linked summaries so your team can hand off a verified matter brief before a hearing, deadline, or case transfer goes sideways. Start analyzing filings in minutes with your free API key.

The painful outcome

The problem is not "too many PDFs." It is missed context.

When deadlines live inside orders, claims evolve across motions, and referenced exhibits are missing, teams lose hours rebuilding the matter and still risk reviewing the wrong record.

Missed deadlines buried inside orders or notices.
Case handoffs that depend on someone rebuilding the whole timeline.
Referenced exhibits, motions, or orders that are missing from the file.

What CourtFile Is

CourtFile is court filing review software for litigation teams. It helps paralegals, associates, and litigation support teams turn court filings into a verified matter brief with deadlines, claims, procedural history, and source-linked notes.

matter_brief.json
{
  "matter": "Hernandez v. North Peak Logistics, Inc.",
  "case_number": "24STCV01842",
  "court": "CA Superior Court - Los Angeles",
  "filings_analyzed": 26,
  "summary": "Employment matter with active motion practice. Complaint, answer, motion to compel, and two court orders reviewed for deadlines, party roles, and missing exhibits.",
  "parties": [
    {
      "name": "Sofia Hernandez",
      "role": "Plaintiff",
      "counsel": "Mora Employment Group"
    },
    {
      "name": "North Peak Logistics, Inc.",
      "role": "Defendant",
      "counsel": "Miller Bain LLP"
    }
  ],
  "claims_and_motions": [
    "Wrongful termination",
    "Failure to pay overtime",
    "Motion to compel further responses to special interrogatories"
  ],
  "procedural_timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-01-09",
      "event": "Complaint filed",
      "source": "Docket #1"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-02-03",
      "event": "Answer filed",
      "source": "Docket #7"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03-14",
      "event": "Motion to compel filed",
      "source": "Docket #18"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-04-02",
      "event": "Court order setting compliance deadline",
      "source": "Order, p.3"
    }
  ],
  "deadlines": [
    {
      "date": "2025-04-18",
      "type": "Supplemental discovery responses due",
      "source": "Order, p.3"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-05-02",
      "type": "Sanctions hearing",
      "source": "Notice, p.1"
    }
  ],
  "verification": {
    "source_links": "Every deadline and motion summary links back to the originating filing and page.",
    "consistency_checks": [
      "Case number matches across all uploaded filings",
      "Plaintiff name normalized across caption and declarations"
    ]
  },
  "missing_documents": [
    "Exhibit C referenced in Motion to Compel, p.11",
    "Meet-and-confer letter referenced in Declaration of A. Mora, p.2"
  ],
  "export_formats": [
    "matter-brief.pdf",
    "matter-brief.json",
    "deadlines.csv"
  ]
}

One workflow, one job

CourtFile is not a generic AI legal assistant. It is a workflow tool for turning court filings into a verified matter brief your team can act on quickly.

1

Upload the filing set

Drop in one filing, a docket sheet, or the whole packet for an active matter.

2

Extract the facts that matter

CourtFile pulls out parties, deadlines, claims, motions, citations, and procedural events.

3

Verify against the record

Every extraction stays linked to the source page so the team can confirm quickly and catch gaps.

4

Export a matter brief

Hand off a structured timeline, deadline list, and summary without rebuilding the file in a spreadsheet.

Who it is for

Best fit for litigation teams that need to understand an active matter fast, not for vague "AI productivity."

Litigation paralegals

For the person turning a stack of pleadings, motions, and orders into a usable case file before anyone misses what matters.

Associates inheriting a matter

When you are dropped into an active case, CourtFile helps you see the procedural history, live claims, and next deadlines fast.

Litigation support and ops leads

Standardize how your team reviews filings, checks completeness, and hands off a verified matter brief to attorneys.

What documents it handles

Upload the filings your team already reviews today, from opening pleadings to the order that sets the next hard deadline.

Complaints and petitions

Initial parties, causes of action, requested relief, and referenced exhibits.

Answers and counterclaims

Defenses, admissions, denials, and any newly asserted claims.

Motions and oppositions

Relief sought, arguments, hearing dates, and cited authorities.

Court orders and notices

Rulings, compliance obligations, hearing settings, and new deadlines.

Docket sheets

Matter-wide procedural history across every filing and order.

Exhibits and attachments

Referenced contracts, declarations, notices, and supporting records.

What it extracts

The output is structured around the job litigation teams actually need done: understand the matter, what changed, and what is next.

Filing upload

Start with a single filing or a full docket packet without changing how your team already receives documents.

Party extraction

Identify plaintiffs, defendants, counsel, judges, and third parties across the matter.

Deadline extraction

Pull response dates, hearing dates, compliance deadlines, and scheduling milestones into one list.

Procedural timeline

Build a chronological record of what was filed, what was ordered, and what changed next.

Claim and motion summary

Summarize the live claims, requested relief, and status of pending motions with source links.

Citation and source linking

Keep every extracted fact tied to the exact filing, page, and section it came from.

Missing document flags

Spot referenced exhibits, prior motions, or orders that are not present in the upload.

Exportable matter brief

Package the structured result into something an attorney can review, forward, or save to the matter.

What it verifies

CourtFile is designed to reduce re-reading, not create another black box. Verification is part of the workflow, not an afterthought.

Source-linked facts

Each extracted party, deadline, claim, and motion points back to the original filing for fast verification.

Cross-document consistency

Names, dates, case numbers, and procedural events are checked across the full file for drift or conflicts.

Completeness checks

CourtFile flags references to missing exhibits, prior orders, and supporting documents before they derail review.

Deadline sanity checks

Dates surfaced from motions, notices, and orders are grouped so your team can confirm the operative deadline set.

See it work

Upload a filing, pick the document type, and review the structured matter output. This is a demo, but the workflow is the real job CourtFile is designed to do.

Matter review demo

demo
sample_filing_packet.pdf

What output it produces

The end result is an exportable matter brief that can move with the case instead of living in someone's notes.

The matter brief includes

  • Matter overview with court, case number, and filing inventory
  • Party and counsel table
  • Procedural timeline in chronological order
  • Claims, counterclaims, motions, and requested relief
  • Upcoming deadlines with source references
  • Key rulings, citations, and supporting paragraphs
  • Missing documents and verification notes

Export formats

Matter brief PDFAttorney-ready handoff for hearing prep, motion review, or client updates.
Structured JSONClean matter data for internal systems, litigation dashboards, or downstream tooling.
CSV deadline listFast import into calendaring, spreadsheet, or project-tracking workflows.
Markdown summaryReusable notes for internal wikis, case files, and review memos.

Privacy and trust

Sensitive filings need predictable handling, clear controls, and language your legal team can actually rely on.

Local-first where possible

Parsing, OCR, and document handling stay local wherever the workflow allows before any model step is used.

Bring your own key

BYOK support lets firms route model usage through their own provider accounts and terms.

No training on user data

CourtFile does not train on your filings, summaries, or matter data.

Clear retention controls

Set retention windows by matter, delete when the review is done, and keep policies explicit for the team.

Stop rebuilding the case file from scratch

CourtFile helps litigation teams turn filing review into a repeatable workflow before the next deadline, hearing, or handoff. Get started immediately with your free sandbox API key.