MikeA legal AI workspace for Social Security disability firms
Social Security disability firms use Mike to read medical files and agency records, build treatment chronologies, match evidence to the agency's evaluation steps, and draft hearing briefs. Every statement Mike writes links to the page it came from, so an attorney can check the exhibit before the brief is filed.
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Attorney: Find every note from Dr. Osei about Mr. Lindqvist's back pain and lifting limits, and tell me whether the ALJ's finding on lifting is supported. Then draft the facts section of the brief.
Mike: The record does not clearly support the finding that Mr. Lindqvist can lift twenty pounds. Dr. Osei limited him to ten pounds in March [1] and repeated that restriction after the June imaging [2]. The decision cites only the consultative examiner's note, which does not address lifting [3]. I drafted the facts section with those points.
- [1] Osei treatment notes, Ex. 7F, p. 12
- [2] Osei treatment notes, Ex. 7F, p. 31
- [3] ALJ decision, p. 8
Mike created Lindqvist brief, facts.docx.
Example matter. Names and documents are fictional.
A disability claim file can run to hundreds of exhibit pages from many providers, and the case often turns on a few lines in a treating source's notes. Mike reads the whole record, finds the findings, limitations and gaps, and keeps the exhibit and page references straight.
Cuanto Labs installs Mike for your firm, connects it to the folders where your claimant files already live, and loads your own brief formats and client letters. Claimants' treatment records stay inside your firm's own installation.
What Mike does for your practice
- Exhibit file chronologies
- Mike reads the electronic claim file and produces a dated chronology of visits, diagnoses, tests, medications and functional findings, each linked to its exhibit and page. Attorneys use it to prepare for a hearing without rereading the whole record.
- Functional limitation summaries
- Mike pulls statements about sitting, standing, lifting, concentration and attendance from treating and examining sources into one table, with the quote and page, so the strongest evidence of each limitation is easy to find.
- Hearing brief drafts
- Ask for the statement of facts or an argument section and Mike drafts it in your firm's brief format from the record, with an exhibit and page cite after each sentence. Drafts arrive as Word documents, with revisions as tracked changes.
- Medical source statement requests
- Mike drafts a letter to a treating provider that asks the questions the agency's form requires, using the claimant's records so the request refers to the right visits and findings, for the attorney to review before sending.
- Decision review and appeal issues
- Upload an unfavorable decision and Mike lists the findings, the reasons given and the evidence cited, then compares them with the record to identify statements the exhibits do not support, for the attorney to evaluate on appeal.
- Case law research
- Mike searches published case law on the standards a claim turns on, such as weighing a treating source or evaluating subjective symptoms, reads the opinions, and checks each case it cites against CourtListener before the answer appears.
How we set it up for your firm
- Your claimant folders, connected
- We connect Mike to the drive or document system where your claim files live, so attorneys ask about a claimant without uploading the exhibit file twice.
- Your brief and letter formats
- We load your hearing briefs, pre-hearing letters, provider requests and client letters, so drafts come back in your format and your voice.
- Record review templates
- We build tabular review templates that pull the same fields from every exhibit, such as provider, date, finding and limitation, so a large record becomes one sortable table.
- Agency rules and rulings
- We connect the regulations, agency rulings and research sources your firm already uses, so Mike works from the standards your attorneys cite.
- Exhibit citation style
- We set how Mike cites the exhibit list, such as 7F or 12E followed by a page, so every cite in a draft matches the exhibit numbers the hearing office sent.
- Claimant intake workflow
- We turn your intake questionnaire into a saved workflow covering work history, treating providers and medications, so each new claimant file starts with the same gaps listed.
Questions attorneys ask
How large a claim file can Mike read?
Mike reads the whole file, including exhibit files of several hundred pages, once scanned pages have been through text recognition. It reports which pages it could not read, so the attorney knows what a person still has to check. Size is a matter of the hardware behind your installation, which we plan with you.
Does Mike evaluate whether my client is disabled?
No. That is a legal and factual judgment for the attorney and the agency. Mike finds and organizes the evidence on each question, quotes it with the exhibit and page, and drafts the brief language you ask for. Every statement links to its source so the attorney can verify it against the record.
Does Mike know the agency's rules?
Mike searches published case law and reads the opinions it cites, and we can connect the regulations, rulings and research sources your firm subscribes to. It does not replace an attorney's judgment about the standards in your circuit. Every citation links to its source so the attorney can check it before relying on it.
Can it keep exhibit citations accurate?
Mike cites the exhibit and page it relied on for each statement, taken from the file as it was loaded. If the agency renumbers exhibits, load the updated file and Mike cites from that version. An attorney should still spot-check the cites in a filed brief, which the links make quick.
Can Mike help prepare for the vocational expert?
Mike reads the work history reports and the vocational evidence in the file, lists each past job with the duties and exertion described, and drafts topics for questioning the expert from those pages. It does not supply occupational data of its own. If your firm uses a published source for job requirements, we can connect it during setup, and the attorney decides which hypotheticals to put to the expert.
Can it help establish the onset date?
Mike builds a chronology that shows when each restriction, diagnosis and treatment change first appears in the record, with the exhibit and page for each entry. That lets the attorney see where the medical evidence supports an earlier date and where there is a gap in treatment. The onset date you allege, and how to explain gaps to the judge, remain the attorney's decision.
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