For solo & small law practices

Your firm,
running itself.

Built by a solo attorney (Tulane Law '16) who lived the billing gaps, the dropped follow-ups, and the deadlines buried in email.

Never forget a client follow-up.
Never lose billable time to admin.
Never miss a deadline buried in an email.

The Chief of Staff your firm can't afford to hire — and doesn't need to.

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Solo practitioners 2–5 attorney firms Practices drowning in admin

Most solo firms don't have an operations problem.
They have a bandwidth problem.

A good COO can double a small firm's profitability without touching a single brief. Most solo attorneys will never be able to afford one. We fixed that.

"Client emails pile up and follow-ups get dropped"

Every client communication tracked. Automatic follow-up drafts when clients go quiet. Nothing falls through.

"Billing hours lost because I forgot to log them"

Desktop observer watches what you work on, suggests time entries for your approval. Attorneys report recapturing hours previously lost to admin.

"Invoices sent weeks late, collections a mess"

Aged receivables dashboard, automatic payment reminders, collection risk scoring per client. Know which clients need a call.

"Deadlines buried in emails, missed court dates"

Scans your calendar and inbox for deadline language. Court dates, opposing counsel notices, informal deadlines — all surfaced for review.

"Intake is ad hoc. Promising leads call once and never hear back."

Every inquiry captured and followed up automatically. Get a reminder when a promising lead goes cold. One click to convert to a matter when they sign. No more "I meant to call them back."

"No visibility into how the practice is actually performing"

COO dashboard: matters at risk, collection forecast, unbilled time, dormant leads worth reactivating. The view you never had time to build.

Not AI for legal research.
AI for running a law practice.

Harvey, Legora, and Claude are intelligence tools. They make you better at legal reasoning. Cardboard Legal makes your practice better at running — intake discipline, billing capture, collections follow-through, client communication continuity.

The attorneys we've talked to don't need better legal theory. They need to stop losing 30% of their revenue to admin chaos and billing gaps.

  • Tracks every client communication so nothing gets dropped
  • Surfaces deadlines from emails, calendar, and Clio/Filevine
  • Drafts follow-ups, reminders, and retainers — you review and send
  • Watches what you work on and suggests time entries for approval
  • Forecasts whether collections will hit your monthly target
Operations dashboard
🚨3 matters likely to miss deadlines
⚠️14 dormant leads worth reactivating
💰$8,400 in approved time not yet invoiced
📉Collections tracking 18% below target
📬Smith — no client contact in 12 days

What your morning briefing looks like.

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Flat monthly rate per firm. Every plan includes all features. No seat fees.

Solo
1 attorney
$199/month
Everything a solo practice needs to run itself.
  • Unlimited matters & clients
  • Intake pipeline + follow-ups
  • Time tracking + billing
  • Collections dashboard
  • Calendar + email integration
  • Document templates (all types)
  • Audit trail
  • Desktop app observer
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Most popular
Small Firm
Up to 5 attorneys
$499/month
Team access, shared paralegals, firm-level policies.
  • Everything in Solo
  • Up to 5 user accounts
  • Role-based access (principal/attorney/paralegal/admin)
  • Shared paralegal assignments
  • Clio & Filevine sync
  • Priority support
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Growth
Up to 10 attorneys
$799/month
For practices scaling past a handful of attorneys.
  • Everything in Small Firm
  • Up to 10 user accounts
  • COO dashboard + analytics
  • Pattern learning recommendations
  • Custom workflow automation
  • White-glove onboarding
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🔒 Lock in pilot pricing — forever.

Early firms pay today's rate for life. We will raise prices. Your rate won't change.
30-day trial included. Cancel anytime.

Common questions

How is this different from Clio?
Clio is practice management software — it stores your data and tracks time you manually enter. Cardboard Legal is an operations intelligence layer that sits on top. It detects billable time you forgot to log, follows up with clients automatically, flags overdue collections, scans emails for missed deadlines, and surfaces what needs your attention. Most firms use both: Cardboard syncs approved entries back to Clio so you keep your existing billing workflow.
How is this different from Harvey or Legora?
Harvey and Legora make lawyers better at legal reasoning — research, drafting, analysis. Cardboard Legal makes your practice better at running itself — intake, billing, collections, follow-ups, operations. Most solo and small firm attorneys don't need better legal theory. They need to stop losing revenue to admin chaos.
What about attorney-client privilege?
Every firm runs on its own dedicated VM. Your client data never touches another firm's environment or any shared infrastructure. The desktop observer captures app names only — no window titles, no file contents, no email content. Your matter data doesn't train any models. Audit logs are retained 7 years on your VM.
Do I need to change my workflow?
No. Cardboard Legal observes what you're already doing and fills in the gaps. If you use Clio, it syncs with it. If you use Google Calendar, it reads it. You keep using the tools you have. Cardboard is the layer that catches what those tools miss.
When can I start?
Pilot is open now. Small cohort — we want to get it right before opening broadly. You'll get direct access to the founders, your feedback shapes the product, and you lock in pilot pricing permanently.

Your firm shouldn't need a COO.
It should just run.

Pilot is open now. Small cohort — we're taking fewer than 20 firms before we open broadly. You'll work directly with the founders and your feedback shapes the product.

Apply for the pilot →

Built by a solo attorney (Tulane Law '16) who got tired of missing follow-ups, losing billable hours, and doing COO work instead of legal work.