Trellis’ new state court analytics tools provide much needed insights into litigators and their law firms which will lead to better strategic decisions. But the real value of the tools may be to firm management, especially for large firms with offices in multiple locations.
Lost in the hoopla recently from the announcements of big players in legal tech of their generative AI offerings (as impressive as they were) was an announcement by Trellis of an important new set of analytic tools.
Trellis is a state court legal research and analytics platform. I have written before about Trellis’ laser focus on state court analytics. While other bigger players focus on federal court—where the data picking is easier—or offer state court analytics as another product line, Trellis understands the state court game better than anyone.
Most of the litigation lawyers in the US practice in state court either exclusively or in large part
Why is that important? Despite all the talk about litigation analytics, most litigation occurs in state court. Most of the litigation lawyers in the US practice in state court either exclusively or in large part. And that’s why Trellis is such a player. Need plus commitment.
And recently, Trellis released a new, stand alone product called Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis. Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis, according to Trellis, will offer insights into law firms’ business and competitive intelligence. Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across a platform. It enables users to look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm, such as how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm.
I talked about the product to Nicole Clark, Trellis’s co-founder and CEO. She told me that a platform that provides insights to