AI meeting notes and billable hours for civil litigation firms
Strategy calls, witness interviews, meet and confers and discovery planning all leave a record in Astrid: a note on the matter, todos split by who owes them, and a draft time entry for each call.
How civil litigation firms use Astrid
Meet and confer calls
What each side agreed to produce, and by when, written down while it is fresh.
Witness interviews
A transcript and a note you can search later, separate from your client's calls.
Discovery time
Calls, drafting and research on discovery become draft time entries for review.
The calls Astrid recognizes
Astrid sorts each civil litigation call by type and writes the note in that type's template, set up with you during onboarding from the file notes you already write.
A first call that decides whether the firm will take the case: a screening conversation, often ending in a retainer or sign-up.
A long fact-gathering call with a new client: what happened, who is involved, background, records needed.
A routine check-in with the client on where the matter stands, with no major new development.
A call about settlement: an offer, a demand, valuation, or whether to accept.
A call updating the client on a filed case: pleadings, hearings, discovery, deadlines, court rulings.
A call between the attorney and opposing counsel to resolve a discovery or procedural dispute.
A call where the attorney interviews a witness (not the client) about what they saw or know.
A call planning or reviewing written discovery, document production, depositions or experts.
Billable hours, from the same calls
Billed by the hour, so Astrid drafts a time entry for every call and the rest of your billable work. See how billable hours works.
Billable hours add-on
Or $590 per timekeeper per year, billed annually (2 months free). Added to the $40 notetaker seat.
Add it for the people who bill by the hour. Staff who do not bill do not pay for it.
- A time entry for every call, meeting, email thread and document you work on
- Measured durations for calls and meetings, explained estimates for everything else
- Your week of time on one page, approved one at a time or all at once
- Approved time files to Clio, Smokeball, Lawcus and 8am MyCase
- Included in the 14-day free trial
Frequently asked questions
Does Astrid have note templates for civil litigation?
Yes. Each civil litigation call type gets its own note template, set up with you during onboarding from the file notes your firm already writes. You can change them any time.
Does Astrid draft time entries for this practice?
Billed by the hour, so Astrid drafts a time entry for every call and the rest of your billable work.
How is recording consent handled?
Your firm sets one-party or all-party consent for each matter, and Astrid keeps a consent record for every call. The meeting notetaker and the dial-in both announce the recording.