Law Office Organized Case Materials Systematically with SetFN

Emails and files were scattered for each case, making it difficult to find key materials

Legal work is essentially independent by case. Civil litigation, criminal defense, contract review, corporate establishment, etc., each dealing with different clients and different issues. The problem was that materials related to one case were scattered in multiple places.

Emails exchanged with clients were in the mailbox, court documents were scanned and stored in PC folders, and case law and legal materials were saved in separate bookmarks, so it took a long time to find materials whenever preparing cases. "Which case law did I cite in a similar contract dispute case last year?" I repeatedly had to dig through old materials.

Long-term cases were especially complex. To find content exchanged with opposing counsel months ago, I had to dig through the mailbox for a while, and first and second instance materials got mixed up, often confusing which was the latest brief.

Organized case materials in one place with SetFN and increased case law utilization through search

We introduced SetFN to create folders by case and gathered all related materials in one place. Client emails, court submission documents, opposing briefs, reference case law, progress schedules, etc., are organized chronologically within one case folder.

We tagged each file with labels like "defendant's counter-brief," "compensation-related case law," "original contract," so we could quickly find them using SetFN's search function. Combining keywords like "wrongful termination + monetary compensation" brings up related cases and case law at once, significantly reducing brief preparation time.

When taking on similar types of cases, we can search past case folders to immediately reference what issues were raised and what case law was used. New lawyers are also quickly learning work know-how by searching case materials handled by seniors.

Court dates and brief submission deadlines are also managed as metadata, so we don't miss important schedules, and communication history with clients is recorded as file comments, allowing us to check progress anytime.

Now, when asked "Which case law did we use for rental increase in last year's commercial lease dispute case?" we can find exact materials in seconds, enabling us to provide higher quality legal services to clients.