Work / Independent / 2025
Legal Document Analyzer In progress
Started Jan 2025 · working MVP, used on real case files
Upload a legal document and get back its type plus a structured timeline of events. I built it because I was the paralegal doing that review by hand.
The problem
At high case volume, reading every medical record and filing to rebuild “what happened when” is slow and easy to get wrong. I lived that problem at Marz Law and Full Focus Law.
What it does today
The MVP takes an uploaded document, classifies it (contract, motion, deposition, medical record…) and extracts a dated timeline of events. I’ve used it on my own real case work.
What broke, and the fix
Version one sent documents to the ChatGPT API. When that AI component stopped working, I didn’t wait on it. I hard-coded the classification and extraction logic so the tool kept doing its job. Rules are less flexible than a model, but they’re predictable and they never make things up, which matters with legal documents.
What’s next
Public repo with a README and a demo, then deciding where a model really earns its place on top of the rules. This page will update as it ships. Follow along in the journal.