# AI for solo attorneys that works from your own files Source: https://mikeforlaw.com/firms/solo Updated: 2026-10-13 Mike is AI for solo attorneys built as a private research and drafting assistant: it reads client documents, searches case law, drafts in Word from your templates, and cites the page behind every answer. Cuanto Labs handles installation and upkeep, so the only person who has to learn it is you. A solo practice does everything: intake, research, drafting, filing and billing, often across several kinds of matters in one week. There is nobody to hand a pile of documents to. Mike reads the pile and brings back a summary, a chronology or a first draft that you review and correct. Cuanto Labs connects Mike to the folders where your files already live, loads the templates you actually use, and trains you on it. Because you are the only user at first, setup is mostly a matter of showing Mike your own forms. ## What Mike does for your practice - **Reading a new file.** Drop in what a client brought, such as a contract, letters, a court notice and photos of pages, and Mike summarizes the facts, lists the dates and deadlines it finds, and shows the open questions. Each point links to the page it came from. - **First drafts in your templates.** Ask for a demand letter, an engagement agreement, a motion or a client letter, and Mike drafts it in Word from your own forms and the facts in the file. Revisions to an existing draft show as tracked changes, so you see every edit. - **Case law research.** Mike searches published case law for the question in front of you and reads the opinions before summarizing them. Each case it cites is checked against CourtListener before it appears, and links to the opinion so you can confirm it. - **Comparing documents.** Upload two versions of a contract, or a counterparty's draft next to your form, and Mike lists what changed and where, so you read the differences and not the whole document twice. - **Many documents, one table.** Tabular Review pulls the same fields from a folder of documents, such as invoices, leases or discovery responses, into a sortable table that you can export to Excel. - **Saved workflows for work you repeat.** When you find a prompt that works, such as your intake summary or your closing checklist, save it as a workflow and run it on the next matter. Cuanto Labs sets up the first set with you. ## How we set it up for your firm - **No technical staff needed.** Cuanto Labs installs and maintains Mike. You do not manage servers, updates or backups, and you have a person to call when something needs attention. - **Your files, connected.** We connect Mike to the drive or document system you already use, so you ask about a matter without uploading it twice or changing how you file. - **Your own templates.** We load the forms and precedents you have built over the years, so drafts come back in your wording and not in generic text. - **Your weekly tasks, saved as workflows.** In a working session we turn the jobs you repeat, such as intake notes and deadline lists, into saved workflows you can run on the next matter without retyping the instructions. - **Growing from one lawyer to two.** If you hire a paralegal or bring in a contract attorney, the setup grows with you: shared template folders, access to only the matters that person works on, and no new installation. ## Questions attorneys ask ### Is Mike practical for one attorney with no IT department? That is the setup we plan for. Cuanto Labs installs Mike, connects it to your files, loads your templates, trains you and maintains it afterward, so you never manage servers or updates. You work in a chat window and in Word documents, and a person is available when something needs attention. ### Can Mike work from forms I wrote myself? Yes, and that is the point of the setup. You hand over the engagement letters, demand letters and motions you have refined over the years, and we load them so drafts follow your wording and structure. Mike fills in the facts from the client's file. The more consistent your own forms are, the closer the first draft lands. ### Can I use Mike across different kinds of matters? Yes. Mike is not tied to one practice area. You load the templates and forms for each kind of work you do, and it reads whatever documents a matter holds. Many solo attorneys keep a few saved workflows for the work they repeat, such as intake summaries and checklists, and add more as they go. ### Do I still have to check Mike's work? Yes. Mike drafts and researches, and you review it. Every statement it makes from your documents links to the page it came from, and every case it cites links to the opinion, so checking takes a click. The professional judgment, the advice to the client and the signature remain yours. ### Can I bring in a paralegal or contract attorney later? Yes. You add each person yourself and remove them when the work ends. Cuanto Labs can adjust the setup if your team grows, including adding folders, templates or approved model providers, without a new installation. Your existing files, templates and saved workflows carry over as the practice changes. Nothing about the first matter you set up has to be redone when a second person joins. ### Is it worth it if I open only a few matters a month? Mike earns its place on the heavy matters, not the count. A single file with a few hundred pages, or a contract negotiated over many drafts, is where reading, comparing and tabulating save the most hours. You can start with one matter type, such as the one that buries you in paper, and add others once you have seen it work. ## Related - [Small firms](https://mikeforlaw.com/firms/small-firm) - [Boutique firms](https://mikeforlaw.com/firms/boutique) - [Mid-size firms](https://mikeforlaw.com/firms/mid-size) ## Book a call Book a 30-minute call at https://meet.mike.cuantolabs.com or email office@cuantolabs.com.