We build AI systems for law firms.
Our principal runs these systems in the law firm he leads. We design them, build them into the tools your firm already uses, and set them up so nothing a model drafts leaves your firm until a lawyer decides.
At a glance
- What it is
- AI systems designed, built and installed in the tools your firm already uses, with a lawyer deciding before anything leaves.
- What it costs
- $10,000 to $20,000 for the AI readiness assessment, credited in full if you go on. $25,000 to $75,000 to build. Or start with one workflow, $7,500 fixed. Support after launch is optional, $3,000 to $10,000 a month.
- How long
- Two to three weeks for the assessment. Six to twelve weeks to build. About three weeks for one workflow.
- What you keep
- The workflows, prompts, configuration and documentation, in your own accounts.
- Who leads it
- Anthony Clemenza leads every engagement.
- The legal side
Anthony Clemenza also owns Clemenza Law Group, a separate New York law firm that advises companies on the legal side of AI, like AI policies and vendor contracts. You hire it separately, under its own agreement and fees: clemenzalaw.com, (212) 365-4875.
What we build for a law firm.
- 01
Matter intake
A guided form collects the facts and the parties up front, books the call, and records the result of your conflict check next to the inquiry. Your lawyers run the check and make the call.
- 02
Documents from your own templates
Engagement letters and routine documents assembled from templates you supply and own, with a fingerprint on every version issued.
- 03
A private assistant over your own records
Answers drawn from your firm's own documents and matter records, with the source named, and a hand-off to a lawyer when the record does not settle the question.
- 04
Client portal and e-signature
Each matter's stages in plain language, documents, messages, invoices and signing in one place. A signature is refused if a word of the document has changed.
- 05
Review gates
Nothing a model drafts is sent, filed or signed until a lawyer decides. The system records who approved it and when.
- 06
Operating controls
Who may use which tool, what each tool can see, a log of what happened, and access that ends when someone leaves.
Your lawyers decide what goes out, what a matter needs, and whether and how your firm uses any tool. Whether your use of AI meets your professional duties is for you and your own counsel. We build the systems and put in writing what they do with client information, so you and your counsel have the facts in front of you.
Running now, in the law firm our principal leads.
These are our own systems, not results for anyone else. Designed and built under the direction of our principal, Anthony Clemenza.
Client intake
A guided form with bot protection, booking, and a confirmation the moment a person finishes.
A client portal you can tour
Each matter's stages in plain language, documents, messages and invoices, on sample data at clemenzalaw.com/tour.
Tamper-evident engagement letters
Generated from versioned templates. The text is fingerprinted, and a signature is refused if a word has changed.
A trademark clearance pipeline
Searches the full USPTO register, live and dead filings, and confirms every material result at its primary record before an attorney signs.
A client assistant, held for approval
Answers clients from their own matter record, routes each question by type, and holds anything that needs legal judgment for the attorney's approval. It is built and tested, and an attorney switches it on matter by matter.
Questions people ask before they begin.
How much does AI implementation cost for a law firm?
$10,000 to $20,000 for the readiness assessment, then $25,000 to $75,000 to build, fixed in writing once the scope is agreed. The assessment is credited in full against the build. If you would rather start with one job, the First Workflow is $7,500 fixed, and that fee is credited against Implementation if you continue within six months.
What is an AI readiness assessment for a law firm, and what do I get?
It is two to three weeks of study and a written report. We interview you, walk through how your firm really runs day to day, and write down where AI could take work off your people and where it should stay out. You also get a ninety-minute review with Anthony Clemenza. The report is yours to use with us or without us.
How long does it take to get AI working in your firm?
About three weeks for one workflow, and six to twelve weeks for a full implementation. For a full build, the two-to-three-week assessment comes first. Your part is a few conversations, access to the people and records we need to see, and your approval at each step. We confirm the dates in writing before work starts.
What happens after launch, and do we need a monthly plan?
No plan is required. Everything we build is documented and yours to run. If you want someone watching it as your tools and staff change, Operate is $3,000 to $10,000 a month, covers monthly tuning and a quarterly review with Anthony Clemenza, and ends on notice.
Will our data be used to train anyone's model?
No, not under the business terms we set model access up under. OpenAI's API data policy says data sent to its API is not used to train its models unless you opt in, and Anthropic's commercial terms say it may not train models on your content. Terms can change, so ask us which providers a build uses before you sign.
Does using AI put attorney-client privilege at risk?
That is a legal question for your firm and its counsel, and we do not answer it. What we do is build so client information goes only where the firm decides, through business-account services whose data terms we read first, and we write down what each tool does with it. You and your counsel then have the facts in front of you.
Who owns what you build?
You do. The workflows, prompts, configuration and documentation are yours at handover, in your own accounts, and you can run them without us. Operate, our monthly support, is optional and ends on notice, so leaving us never means losing what we built. Your data stays in your own accounts too.
Do we need an AI policy before we start, and do you write it?
We do not write AI policies or tell you what the rules require of you. That belongs to your own counsel. Anthony Clemenza also owns Clemenza Law Group, a separate New York law firm that advises companies on the legal side of AI, like AI policies and vendor contracts. You hire it separately, under its own agreement and fees: clemenzalaw.com, (212) 365-4875.
How is this different from buying everyone an AI subscription?
A subscription gives each person a chat window. We decide with you which of your workflows should use AI at all, what information each one may see, and who approves anything that leaves. Then we build it into the tools you use and write down how it works. You get a working system, not a license.
Can you work inside the tools we already use?
Where the tool allows it, yes. During the assessment we list what you use today, such as email, document storage and practice-management software, and say which can be connected safely and which cannot. We build around what you already have before suggesting you replace anything, so your people are not learning a new system.
Can we see a working system, not a slide deck?
Yes. The law firm our principal leads runs a client portal you can tour on sample data at clemenzalaw.com/tour, with no sign-in. Ask us what else we can show you on sample data when you request the assessment. We never show a client's records.
Does ABA Formal Opinion 512 apply to what you build?
Opinion 512 is guidance for lawyers, so applying it is for your firm and its counsel, not for us. We build so you can show what each tool does with client information, who approved each output, and who could see what. You can rely on that record however your counsel reads the opinion.
Can the system run our conflict check?
It collects the parties and facts up front and records the result of your conflict check next to the inquiry. The check itself, and the decision to take a matter, stay with your lawyers. We do not automate the judgment about whether the firm should act.
Who reviews what the AI drafts?
A lawyer at your firm. Every workflow is built so nothing a model drafts is sent, filed or signed until a lawyer decides, and the system records who approved it and when. The model prepares the draft. The lawyer stays responsible for what leaves the firm.
Is the fee fixed, and what changes it?
Yes. Each fee is fixed in writing before the work begins. What changes a fee is scope: how many workflows, systems and people are involved. If the scope grows partway through, we agree the change and its price in writing before doing the extra work. The assessment is credited in full against the build, so nothing is paid twice.
Start with an assessment, or with one workflow.
Based in New York and South Florida. We take engagements anywhere; travel outside those areas is billed at cost.
- The Diagnostic
$10,000 to $20,000, two to three weeks
- Implementation
$25,000 to $75,000, six to twelve weeks
- Operate
$3,000 to $10,000 a month, ongoing
- The First Workflow
$7,500 fixed, about three weeks