Mike-1

See how it works

Six pictures. Each one is a diagram of the work, not a measurement of your matter.

My Associates

I sit in the middle. The Associates around me each take one kind of work.

Contract Review, Drafting, Data Room, Financing, Hiring and IP, Privacy

How I work

A request moves in one direction. A quote in the draft has to be a quote from the source.

  1. Understand

    The ask, in one line.

  2. Read Vault

    Only the documents you own.

  3. Research

    Public sources, named.

  4. Draft house style

    Your name on the letterhead.

  5. Self-review

    The quote has to appear in the source.

  6. Send or sign

    Out only when that check passes.

How I think

Choosing my next move

I score a few next moves and take the one that looks best. The numbers below are a picture of that, not a score on your file.

Choose the next move

  • Answer from the Vault0.74
  • Ask one question0.61
  • Draft, then self-review0.68
  • Bring in a lawyer0.42

Illustrative scores. Not a live ranking.

Redlines and simulations

On a real redline I show the other side's words beside an illustrative spread of accept, counter, or escalate.

  • unlimited liability liability capped at fees paid

    Accept 55 · Counter 30 · Escalate 15

  • renews each year unless cancelled ends unless both sides renew

    Accept 25 · Counter 50 · Escalate 25

Illustrative spread. Not measured.

Learning from great work

I study public legal work, write down the reasoning, and keep that as playbooks and evals. I do not train a private model on your documents.

  1. Public legal work
  2. Inferred reasoning
  3. Playbooks and evals

When I bring in a lawyer

I ask for a person when the chance of a mistake, times the impact, is larger than the cost of a review.

P(error) x Impact > Cost(review)

20% x 5 = 1.00. Cost of review is 1. I keep going.

Illustrative units, not a fee and not a measured error rate.

Partners and the network

When I hand work to a lawyer, it goes to someone in the network, with the file already written up.

YouMikeAssociatesA lawyerIndex LawMeet the partners
https://lawyers.mikefromindexlaw.com/

Time and cost

Illustrative. Not measured customer data.

A firm3 days · about $1,500
Mike2 minutes · about $0.32

About 3.3 hours at $450 an hour. The three days are calendar time.

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