The Geek In Review

Trellis' Nicole Clark on State Trial Court Docket Analytics

Apr 27, 2022

Nicole Clark, CEO and co-founder of Trellis, shares her journey to access and analyze state trial court dockets. Trellis aims to add a county court a day and use AI to analyze the data. The value of trial court data extends beyond the legal field. Trellis provides complimentary access to its state trial court research & analytics platform. The podcast discusses advancements in search technology, organizing state trial court docket analytics, AI and machine learning in Trellis, analyzing judge tendencies and case analytics, and using court docket analytics for business development.

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Quick takeaways

Trellis aims to make state court trial dockets easily searchable and provide valuable analytics through a single interface, assisting litigation practice areas in making informed decisions.

Trellis employs machine learning and advanced search technology to save significant time for lawyers by conducting searches using full sentences and retrieving conceptually similar cases.

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Trellis: Revolutionizing Access to State Court Trial Dockets

Trellis, a legal tech company, aims to make state court trial dockets easily searchable through a single interface and provide valuable analytics. By gathering fragmented data from thousands of individual county courts, Trellis offers insights on judge analytics, settlement figures, and individual attorney performance. Its analytics helps litigation practice areas such as employment, product liability, and class actions make informed decisions about judge preferences, opposing counsel strategies, and case evaluation. Trellis also assists in business development by providing valuable data on potential clients' legal history and granting access to a vast brief bank that spans state trial courts.

Introduction

2min

Advancements in Search Technology

5min

Organizing State Trial Court Docket Analytics

2min

AI and Machine Learning in Trellis

18min

Analyzing Judge Tendencies and Case Analytics

3min

Using State Trial Court Docket Analytics for Business Development

8min

When it comes to dockets, the holy grail for most of us has always been state trial court dockets. Nicole Clark, CEO and co-founder of Trellis also felt that way when she was practicing, and decided that she would find a way to access and obtain that treasure trove of data that was always just out of reach. Nicole sits down with us this week to tell us the story behind her mission to seek out local court information, clean up the data, and create a method of analyzing that data. As anyone who has ever worked with trial court dockets, you understand how difficult a task this really is.

Nicole says that Trellis is on a mission to add a county court a day and to find additional ways that the information can be sliced, diced, and analyzed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) processes like natural language processing (NLP) and through upcoming API access. She also walks us through some of the unique ways her customers use the data, and that the value of trial court data isn't just limited to the legal field. The once elusive state court data is now becoming more and more available through platforms like Trellis, so the opportunities for legal researchers to take advantage of this wealth of information is expanding, literally by the day.

Listener Perk: Trellis is providing Geek In Review podcast listeners with complimentary 14-day access to its state trial court research & analytics platform! Gain insights and intelligence on judges, verdicts, opposing counsel, motions, rulings, dockets and other legal issues. Click here to try Trellis for free today.

LegalWeek Crystal Ball Question

This week we ask Casetext's Robert Armbruster to look into his crystal ball and tell us what he sees in the next few years when it comes to our expectations on how search tools like Casetext will evolve.

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