Several years ago, I sat in my office as a young lawyer feeling overwhelmed. The barrage of deadlines, emails, filings, client appointments, hearings and depositions seemed unrelenting. All of these things had to be done at a high level of quality, punctuality, and detail. Legal careers depend on accuracy, professionalism and follow-through. I felt the weight of those responsibilities every day.
The claims on my time were unforgiving. And yet, so many of my challenges were unrelated to actual legal work. I remember getting questions from clients, knowing the answer was “somewhere in the file” but could not be found. I’d delegate an assignment to a paralegal, only to follow up a week later and have him tell me he didn’t remember the assignment. I’d wake up in the middle of the night convinced I had missed a deadline, only to find out an extension had been granted without my knowledge.
Filevine wasn’t built because lawyers are perfectly organized; on the contrary: Lawyers are busy and stressed. We built Filevine so that you can sleep at night. We built Filevine so you can deliver value without overwhelm. When you talk to a judge, an opposing lawyer, a colleague or a client, we want you to be informed, up-to-date. Credible. We built Filevine because we know your work is critical. Filevine will not make all the pressures of being a lawyer disappear. But it will help you manage.
Our customers are protagonists in our great system of justice. We have customers on the front lines of racial and gender equality. We have customers who devote their careers to rooting out discrimination. We have customers fighting for their clients' freedom in criminal cases and prosecutors, working to keep us safe. We have customers who fight for accountability for those harmed by others. We have insurance customers, who fight to make sure claimants are not taking unfair advantage. We have corporations fighting to protect their shareholders.
Our customers may disagree with a position one of our other customers might take--indeed that is the point. No system of justice would be needed if everybody agreed about everything. The justice system exists because we will disagree. And the system relies on the principle that both sides get to make their case. So what is the case? It is made up of documents, decisions, deadlines, evidence, and legal analysis all held together with communication between lawyers, paralegals, law clerks, judges, experts, consultants, witnesses and parties. For tens of thousands of our users–the case is in Filevine.
Every day our team strives to bring the same tenacity, seriousness, and inventiveness to our product that you bring to your job. Welcome to Filevine. We can’t wait to work with you.
Best Regards,
Ryan M Anderson
CEO & Founder, Filevine