How Fortress Gives Litigators a 30% Time Savings

In 2025, the legal sector hit a tipping point with AI tools, as the lawyers who say they use AI now outnumber those who do not.

However, if we examine exactly how attorneys are using AI, it’s clear that there is still a long way to go. Law firms remain very tactical in their deployment and adoption of AI, according to SurePoint’s State of the Legal Industry:

• The most popular use for AI, “legal research in general”: 40 percent.

• Drafting communication: 25 percent.

• Reviewing legal documents: 19 percent.

• Reviewing discovery: 11 percent.

These are strong test cases for law firms that are experimenting with AI, but they will not deliver the fundamental change that most organizations are seeking with their AI investments. Indeed, in a SurePoint survey, 94 percent of midsize firms hope the use of AI will increase revenue and improve client service.

What’s missing in their execution: A platform to bring it all together.

How Platform Powers Performance

While most legal AI tools layer capabilities on top of existing systems – or operate wholly independent of them – Project Fortress takes the opposite approach.

We have built a unified Salesforce platform where all legal operations, documents, research, docketing and knowledge management live in one accessible environment. Through strategic partnerships with industry mainstays like iManage, NetDocuments and Microsoft, Fortress integrates a firm’s document management systems, AI capabilities, communication tools and organizational knowledge into one cohesive environment.

What that means: AI work product is grounded in live matter data, firm-specific precedent and attorney workflows, not generic hypotheticals. Armed with more relevant and accurate outputs, lawyers can move beyond one-off tactics into transformative territory.

Litigation Workflows in Fortress

Popular litigation workflows in Fortress include:

• Matter-specific legal and factual research

• Drafting support for pleadings, motions and discovery

• Strategic modeling to test arguments and case posture

• Deconstruction of opposing briefs and motions

None of these functions operate in a vacuum. In the Fortress platform, they are tied to the case record; grounded in precedent, matter context and client history; and informed by the firm’s universe of inputs, from emails to client data sets.

Moreover, because Fortress is integrated into the document management system and communication platforms, attorneys and litigation support staff don’t have to toggle between apps or import material from disconnected sources.

This results in true value for the firm and the client. Polsinelli, an AmLaw 100 firm that adopted Fortress, found:

• 80% faster redline analysis

• 30%+ reduction in litigation drafting and research time

Polsinelli’s implementation – and results – led to the firm being named a finalist in the International Legal Technology Association’s 2026 Trailblazer Awards.

Watch the Fortress discovery workflow in action or contact us to learn how Fortress can drive productivity and performance in your litigation department.