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Time is money: Why professional-grade AI is the competitive edge personal injury firms need

· 6 minute read

· 6 minute read

CoCounsel Legal is redefining personal injury practice — bringing precision, speed, and smarter outcomes with AI built for professionals

Highlights

  • Personal injury firms' profitability is tied to efficiently managing high-volume caseloads. Using professional-grade AI like CoCounsel Legal allows them to automate time-consuming tasks and focus on case strategy and client results.
  • CoCounsel Legal enhances personal injury workflows by providing rapid document analysis of medical records, automated timeline creation, and streamlined drafting of demand letters.
  • Attorneys using the platform report significant time savings of up to eight hours per day, enabling them to serve more clients, improve responsiveness, and grow their practice without increasing overhead.

Personal injury firms operate under unique constraints. Their success depends on handling high-volume caseloads efficiently, delivering fast answers, and achieving strong results for clients. As one personal injury law firm leader puts it: “We’re not paid on the hours we work on the case or the time we put in. We have one incentive, and that is to get our client a result.”

Every minute spent manually reviewing documents takes away from building cases or negotiating settlements. In this environment, time truly is money, and the pressure to maximize efficiency is constant.

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The time crunch in personal injury law


How professional-grade AI enhances personal injury workflows


The real-world impact of CoCounsel Legal


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The time crunch in personal injury law

As clients expect prompt updates and clear communication, personal injury attorneys must sift through thousands of pages of medical records, police reports, and expert testimony, often under tight deadlines. The manual review process is not only time-consuming but also prone to human error. Missed details can mean missed opportunities for clients and lost revenue for firms.

So how can personal injury practices serve more clients, deliver better outcomes, and maintain profitability without increasing overhead?

How professional-grade AI enhances personal injury workflows

Legal-specific AI tools address the unique requirements of personal injury practice. Solutions like CoCounsel Legal, which integrates the professional-grade CoCounsel AI assistant, are designed to meet the specific needs of legal professionals. These tools do more than automate routine tasks; they reshape workflows and enable attorneys to focus on strategy, relationships, and results.

Westlaw Advantage Deep Research user interface
Question — Who has jurisdiction over a case where a passenger on a cruise ship was injured when the ship was in international waters?

CoCounsel Legal connects legal research, document analysis, and drafting in one seamless solution. Personal injury attorneys can analyze thousands of pages of medical records in minutes, surface inconsistencies in witness statements, and build timelines and demand letters with enhanced speed and accuracy. The result is more thorough case preparation, quicker client communication, and stronger negotiation positions.

Built for the realities of personal injury law, CoCounsel Legal streamlines work throughout the entire case lifecycle with:

Faster document analysis

Firms can review large quantities of documents and identify the foundation of a strong causation argument. Faster document review means quicker responses to client questions.

Argument intelligence

CoCounsel Legal leverages AI capabilities across Westlaw Advantage to analzye arguments. Get a clear overview of opposing arguments, complete with potential counterarguments and supporting legal authority, helping you anticipate and prepare for challenges.

Timeline mastery

Automated timeline creation and fact pattern analysis reduce preparation time, helping you build stronger cases.

Timeline table of dates and description using CoCounsel creating a timeline skill

A confident drafting process

Draft demand letters faster than ever and easily find the best starting point. Integrating AI into your drafting workflow helps you detect document changes, create preferred clause language, and access negotiation guidance.

CoCounsel Legal is integrated with the tools attorneys use every day, including Westlaw, Practical Law, Microsoft 365, and select document management systems. Its agentic workflows and expert-written prompts guide attorneys through complex tasks, ensuring accuracy and consistency. The solution includes robust security measures and data protection safeguards designed for sensitive client information.

The benefits of professional-grade AI are already being realized by attorneys across the country.

Diane Haar, an attorney at Hawaii Disability Legal Services, transformed her practice’s operations after implementing Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel. “The time savings is massive, and time is money,” Haar explains. The AI-Assisted Research feature handles complex legal research, allowing Haar to serve more clients within her existing overhead structure.

Hawaii Disability Legal Services

Hawaii Disability Legal Services

Attorney-at-Law Diane Haar of Hawaii Disability Legal Services uses AI-Assisted Research to quickly find answers to her questions, enabling her to do her job faster and more effectively

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At Bassford Remele, shareholder Daniel Olsen reports that strategic use of Thomson Reuters solutions, including CoCounsel, has driven the firm’s business growth, strengthened talent acquisition, and elevated client service delivery. “On any given day, I feel like I save six to eight hours of attorney time,” Olsen says.

Ted Schaer, Chairman of Litigation at Zarwin Baum, highlights another advantage: responsiveness.

“What CoCounsel has allowed us to do is efficiently manage massive amounts of data and become more responsive to our clients’ needs, in a timelier fashion. I’m getting back to my clients faster, with more concise and cogent responses.”

Ted Schaer

Chairman of Litigation at Zarwin Baum

Ready to save time and increase efficiency?

In personal injury practice, where time directly impacts profitability, operational efficiency determines competitive positioning. Rather than simply working harder, firms that work more strategically are able to maintain sustainable growth.

Over 20,000 law firms and legal departments already use CoCounsel, including 80% of Am Law 100 firms. By adopting professional-grade AI, personal injury firms serve more clients, improve outcomes, and grow their practices without increasing overhead — and CoCounsel Legal is the most trusted solution for attorneys who want to stay ahead.

Ready to see the difference? Request a free demo today.

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