Discovery stretches on. A hearing is postponed. A fully briefed motion sits for months without a ruling. From inside a single case, these delays can seem random—and therefore impossible to plan around. But although every lawsuit brings its own surprises,
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Early Signals: How a Debt Collection Agency Uses Trellis to Spot Litigation Risk Before It Escalates
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A debt collection agency uses Trellis to track emerging litigation risks by monitoring state trial court filings. This system enhances early visibility while preserving privacy, aiding proactive risk management.
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Table Stakes: What Deposition Transcripts Reveal About Opposing Counsel
Deposition transcripts provide insight into an attorney’s questioning techniques, strategies, and how they manage witness uncertainty, revealing crucial dynamics not evident in typical court records.
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Trellis Expands Agentic Access to the Nation’s Largest State Trial Court Dataset
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For the first time, AI research agents can access the nation’s largest state trial court dataset across Claude, ChatGPT, and Trellis Chat. Trellis announced the launch of the Trellis plugin for ChatGPT and Trellis Chat. These additions follow the recent…
Side by side: lessons from a litigation brief bank
The full picture of how courts rule isn’t hidden. It’s scattered across thousands of trial court filings. Most law firm brief banks capture only a fraction of it. Every litigator knows fraud must be pleaded with specificity. But what does…
No Assembly Required: Prompting Strategies for Judicial Research
According to Trellis, the Hon. Gary Y. Tanaka of the Los Angeles County Superior Court grants 55.5 percent of the demurrers that come across his bench. Should that make you more likely to file one? A grant rate is hard…
Finding Better Cases with Boolean and Natural Language Search
Legal research can yield vastly different results based on the search methodology used. Boolean search provides precise, predictable results but can miss relevant cases due to varying terminology. In contrast, natural language search captures broader case concepts. Effective legal research…
Putting the Biography to Work: Judge Research with the Trellis Connector for Claude
How attorneys can use judge biographies to drive smarter judicial research with the Trellis Connector. Start with data and you’ll learn how a judge rules. Start with a biography and you’ll know where to look next. In part one, we…
The Judge Biography: Reading Between the Lines
What can a judge biography tell you? A judge biography helps focus judicial analysis from the outset. Employment history, educational background, and professional affiliations can surface useful lines of inquiry and shape the questions attorneys bring to state trial court…
Trellis Brings the Largest State Trial Court Dataset in the U.S. to Claude—and Anyone Can Try it for Free
With the Trellis connector, you can ask Claude to research how a specific judge has ruled on motions, profile opposing counsel’s litigation history, pull verdicts and damages awards in comparable cases, surface relevant filings and pleadings, and vet expert witnesses…