From Detroit to Grand Rapids to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan firms handle more matters than their teams can comfortably carry. NewClerk adds delegated capacity for records, intake, and discovery, with every output prepared for your attorneys to review.
Pick a workflow to see the kind of output that comes back to your team.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 02/11/2025 | ER visit, Mercy General. Cervical strain diagnosed. | p. 14 |
| 02/19/2025 | Orthopedic consult. Cervical spine MRI ordered. | p. 38 |
| 03/04/2025 | MRI results confirm C5-C6 disc protrusion. | p. 61 |
| 03/14/2025 | PT visit referenced in billing. Record not in file. | Missing |
| 04/02/2025 | PT progress note. 12 treatment sessions completed. | p. 102 |
| Field | Extracted Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Incident Date | 06/02/2025 | Confirmed |
| Incident Type | Rear-end collision, lumbar pain | Confirmed |
| Insurance Carrier | Not provided | Missing |
| Prior Counsel | None stated | Confirmed |
| Conflicts Check | Queued against firm database | Pending |
| Category | Bates Range | Document Count |
|---|---|---|
| Email Records | DEF-000001 to 004210, custodian J. Reyes | 1,284 |
| Contracts | DEF-004211 to 005030, amendments included | 96 |
| Invoices & Billing | DEF-005031 to 006875 | 412 |
| Near Duplicates | Set aside for human review | 214 |
| Privilege Log | Entries 1 to 38 cross-referenced with privilege rules | 38 |
| Step | Action | Cadence / Status |
|---|---|---|
| Day 0 | Checklist sent: passport scan, I-94 record, employer sponsorship letter | Sent |
| Day 3 | Gentle reminder with secure upload portal link | Sent |
| Day 7 | Second follow-up with direct paralegal assistance offer | Scheduled |
| Day 10 | Escalate directly to managing attorney | Firm Rule |
Michigan firms often describe the same pile: records that arrive in bulk and tasks that repeat every week.
Heavy medical and insurance paperwork is common in injury practice around Detroit and Grand Rapids. Indexing and chronology work is a natural first delegation.
Personal injury workflowsManufacturing and supply chain disputes generate large document sets. Organizing productions and summarizing depositions frees litigators for strategy.
Litigation workflowsEstate plans built from firm templates follow repeatable steps. Checklists, assembly, and client follow-up suit delegation.
Estate planning workflowsEmployers, universities, and medical centers draw steady immigration work. Structured intake and packet preparation keep cases moving.
Immigration workflowsMichigan lawyers work under the state's rules of professional conduct, adopted and enforced by the state's courts, with the State Bar of Michigan serving as a key source of guidance.
Low-risk internal processing the AI Paralegal completes on its own.
Prepared by the AI Paralegal. Reviewed by your staff before any external release.
Professional decisions stay with attorneys. Always.
No firm-wide rollout. Prove the value on one defined workflow, then decide.
We map your repeatable work and rank the best candidates for delegation.
One workflow runs on your real matters under your approval rules.
Add workflows and practice groups once results are proven.
How each duty shapes what a Michigan firm delegates, and where the three review levels fit.
A lawyer's duty of competence now includes understanding the technology the firm uses. Before delegating, a Michigan attorney should know what a workflow does, where it stops, and how its work is checked.
Each NewClerk workflow is defined in advance, with its steps and outputs spelled out. Sources are cited on every item, which gives a reviewer a fast way to test what came back.
Michigan firms hold injury files, business records, and family documents that clients expect to stay private. The duty of confidentiality asks a lawyer to weigh where that information is processed and who can reach it.
We document only what we can verify and say so plainly. Raise your security and vendor questions during the workflow assessment, before any real matter data is involved.
The duty to supervise nonlawyer assistance asks lawyers to direct delegated work and review it before relying on it. Sensible firms apply that discipline to software as well as staff.
Oversight tiers turn the duty into settings. Sorting and extraction run as Automated work, drafts and client messages wait as Review Required, and strategy stays Attorney-Controlled.
The prohibition on the unauthorized practice of law keeps legal judgment with licensed attorneys. The platform does not advise clients or choose a legal strategy.
When facts look unusual or a document falls outside the firm's template, the workflow flags an exception and hands the question to a person.
This page describes professional duties in general terms. It is not legal advice, and rules and guidance change. Confirm current requirements with the State Bar of Michigan and the courts where your firm practices.
We map your repeatable work, the review steps your attorneys require, and one workflow worth piloting for 30 days.
Practice across Michigan's courts is not uniform, and local habits matter.
Circuit and district courts in different counties keep their own filing customs, local forms, and scheduling preferences. A firm working in a large urban county and a rural northern one may need two different checklists.
A firm that files in metro Detroit and in the Upper Peninsula should write its own approval rules and deadline checklists. The platform surfaces dates for review, but attorneys set and confirm every deadline themselves.
Michigan's legal market reflects an economy built on manufacturing, health care, education, and state government.
Detroit and its suburbs carry the largest concentration of firms, with work tied to the auto industry, its suppliers, and the injuries and disputes that follow large industrial employers. Ann Arbor adds university-driven research, health care, and technology practice.
Grand Rapids anchors West Michigan with a strong business community and many midsize firms. Lansing brings lobbying, regulatory, and government-facing work because the capital sits there. Farther north, small firms cover large areas with few lawyers.
Michigan borders Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin by land, and it sits across the water from Canada, so cross-border families, employers, and transportation matters are part of daily practice. Records and witnesses often sit in more than one place, which makes organization a daily chore.
A workflow assessment for a Michigan firm looks at how much document handling your team absorbs each week and which workflow would return the most attorney time. It also asks where review is slowest today, because that is where good oversight settings matter most.
Many state bars and ethics bodies have published or are preparing guidance on lawyers' use of generative AI. Review the current guidance from the State Bar of Michigan, then bring it to your workflow assessment so oversight settings reflect what your firm must follow.
Book a 30-minute workflow assessment. We look at the work your team repeats every week, the review steps your attorneys require, and where one workflow could run as a 30-day pilot on real Michigan matters.
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