AI in litigation: bringing structure to complexity
Modern litigation often begins with navigating large volumes of material: client or adversary documents, pleadings, transcripts, correspondence, research, and court orders. It can be time-consuming, if not challenging, to locate the right information, digest it, and structure it into something coherent. AI tools are increasingly being used at this early stage of legal work to organise documents, identify relevant authorities, and convert unstructured records into timelines, summaries, and research insights that lawyers can efficiently harness to their advantage and to that of their clients.
At Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP (“WMHW”), AI tools are now woven into the fabric of the firm’s approach to complex matters at all stages.
Turning dense records into structured analyses
At WMHW, the work is rarely small.
Investigations come with dense fact packets. Commercial disputes arrive with years of history. White collar matters require insight that is not just relevant, but precise.
For a litigation boutique operating at the highest levels, time, fragmentation, and volume are the biggest constraints.
Lucio has become a part of how the firm tackles those challenges.
Chronologies built in minutes, not hours
In complex matters, building a chronology is foundational. Before Lucio, timelines were assembled manually across spreadsheets and notes.
“You would receive case files, map every event, cross-reference dates, and format into a detailed table”, says Christopher Dioguardi, Associate. “It was tedious and time-intensive.”
With Lucio’s Dashboard, the team uploads case documents and generates structured chronologies rapidly and efficiently. Key events are surfaced in one view. Gaps become visible earlier.
“It gives us a clean frame of the record,” Dioguardi says. “You can see the story of the case – the cast of characters, the timelines, and the hot issues – with unparalleled speed.”
Built for litigators
Lucio did not replace the firm’s judgment. It streamlined the mechanical steps around it and gave the firm insights, enabling the firm's lawyers to wield their judgment even more effectively.
Research is grounded in millions of court records
Fact packets become structured chronologies instead of scattered notes
Trends and throughlines are identified rapidly
“We were not looking for novelty,” says Jeffrey Udell, Partner and General Counsel at WMHW. “We were looking for something to help us move more quickly from information to insight. With Lucio’s AI tools and depth of support, we’re simply servicing our clients better.”
Anshul Butani, Head of Business Development at Lucio, adds, “The focus is not only on the tools themselves but also on helping teams adopt them in ways that fit naturally into how lawyers already work.”
At WMHW, clarity is leverage. And when the record is heavy, and the stakes are real, leverage matters.
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