From Paper Piles to Polished Drafts: How Autodoc Transforms Discovery

Law is one of the oldest professions, and it comes with no shortage of pithy maxims. You’ve probably heard: “When you have the facts, hammer the facts. When you have the law, hammer the law. When you have neither, hammer the table” Or “A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.”

Discovery has its own set of colorful aphorisms: “trial by paper,” “a war of attrition,” and, as Judge Victor Marrero of the Southern District of New York once put it, “a virtually unpatrolled no-man’s-land of litigation.”

In litigation, the question often isn’t what you know—it’s what you have the time, money, and staff to prove. Discovery is long, combative, and expensive. And most e-discovery tools are too complex and too costly for small firms.

Discovery, at its core, is reading, summarizing, and responding to questions. And AI is built for that.

Autodoc: AI that Reinvents Discovery Drafting

Briefpoint’s new Autodoc tool delivers on AI’s promise: affordable efficiency and scale. It cuts the drudgery out of discovery. Imagine turning thousands of pages into ready-to-serve responses, complete with Bates numbering and page-level citations in just seconds. That’s not hyperbole. That’s Autodoc’s claim. In 3–10 seconds per request, it finds responsive documents, drafts answers, cites sources, and packages everything into a production-ready bundle.

Autodoc Finds What Matters…Fast

Point Autodoc at a folder, and Briefpoint’s AI will find the documents that matter. It tells you what’s relevant, flags when nothing is, or finds a needle in a haystack. In a recent Lawyerist demo, Autodoc sifted through 1,000 pages in seconds, and surfaced two single-line entries that were directly relevant. The output even cites to the Bates numbers in both the request for production and the production package.

Three Steps to Fast, Accurate Discovery Responses

As an AI-powered tool, most users should feel comfortable with Autodoc’s interface.

All you need to get started are PDFs of your requests for production and the production received from the opposing side.

1. Upload your RFPs and production or case files.
2. Autodoc detects responsive documents throughout the folders.
3. It drafts your responses, adds Bates-stamped citations, and packages everything into a polished, exportable response bundle.

Those three steps are so simple. Yet, done manually, they can be slow, painful, and expensive. Autodoc brings the power of AI to save time, money, and level the legal playing field for discovery.

Autodoc Builds on Briefpoint’s AI Discovery Tools

Briefpoint helps lawyers draft RFPs, interrogatories, and requests for admission, both propounded and responded to, across all U.S. jurisdictions. It’s SOC 2 certified, HIPAA compliant, and uses firm-standard objections and templates to ensure consistency.

For example, Briefpoint’s propounding discovery module takes a PDF of your complaint and auto-generates three sets of outgoing discovery requests: admissions, interrogatories, and production. Each is written to avoid objections like overbreadth or ambiguity.

Autodoc isn’t a standalone feature. It’s a force multiplier, built on Briefpoint’s existing AI foundation.

Autodoc Saves Time, Money, and Sanity

Founded by a former litigator, Briefpoint appreciates the value of “trad[ing] weeks of review for one upload.” But, of course, speed alone is not a virtue. Briefpoint combines quickness with courtroom-ready quality. Autodoc’s drafts are built to meet both standards.

Ultimately, you spend less on grunt work: less time, less money, and less energy. This isn’t about replacing you or your time. It’s about freeing it. With Autodoc handling the rote, you can focus on research, reasoning, and rhetoric—the strategic areas where your litigator’s time makes the biggest difference.

Sign Up for Early Access

For firms ready to save time on discovery without sacrificing quality, Autodoc is worth a look. You can request early access today at Briefpoint’s website.

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