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FOR COURTS AND CHAMBERS
The court’s work product, drafted from the court’s own record.
The court’s work product, drafted from the court’s own record.
Every filing a judge needs is already in the case. Fortress reads it, prepares the motion docket, drafts the order in the court’s own format with the authority cited, and hands it back for the judge to edit and sign. Live statewide in the Kansas judiciary.
Every filing a judge needs is already in the case. Fortress reads it, prepares the motion docket, drafts the order in the court’s own format with the authority cited, and hands it back for the judge to edit and sign. Live statewide in the Kansas judiciary.
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Bring us a docket
Built on Salesforce Government Cloud · your precedent, your rules, your retention policy
2–3×
2–3×
Work product output reported by the first judicial users on Fortress
Statewide
Statewide
Kansas judiciary live today — judges and clerks drafting daily
3 months
3 months
From pilot to a chief technology officer recommending statewide rollout
Gov Cloud
Gov Cloud
Deployed on Salesforce Government Cloud, inside the branch’s own tenant
THE PROBLEM
Chambers do not have an information problem. They have a time problem.
Chambers do not have an information problem. They have a time problem.
Chambers do not have an information problem. They have a time problem.
Everything a judge needs to decide a motion is already in the case file. What is missing is the hours to read all of it, the draft that should have started from it, and research that can be relied on without checking every citation by hand.
Everything a judge needs to decide a motion is already in the case file. What is missing is the hours to read all of it, the draft that should have started from it, and research that can be relied on without checking every citation by hand.
Everything a judge needs to decide a motion is already in the case file. What is missing is the hours to read all of it, the draft that should have started from it, and research that can be relied on without checking every citation by hand.
Reading before writing
Reading before writing
The record is complete and nobody has time to get through it before the hearing. The reading gets compressed, and the decision gets made on the parts that were read.
A blank page, every time
A blank page, every time
Every order starts from scratch, or from whichever prior order somebody happens to remember. The court’s own body of work is not doing any of the work.
Research that has to be re-checked
Research that has to be re-checked
General AI tools invent citations. A court cannot cite a case that does not exist, so anything a clerk gets back has to be verified line by line — which erases the time it saved.
Work that cannot leave the building
Work that cannot leave the building
Sealed filings, confidential records and unpublished drafts cannot be pasted into a public chatbot. For most courts that ends the conversation before it starts.
01 · DRAFTING
Opinions and orders in the court’s own voice
Opinions and orders in the court’s own voice
Fortress is trained on this court’s published and unpublished decisions, its standing orders and its local rules. The draft that comes back reads like the court that will sign it — and it was written from the filings in the case, not from a prompt.
Fortress is trained on this court’s published and unpublished decisions, its standing orders and its local rules. The draft that comes back reads like the court that will sign it — and it was written from the filings in the case, not from a prompt.
Trained on your own precedent
Trained on your own precedent
Your published and unpublished decisions, standing orders, local rules and preferred authorities — so the voice, the structure and the citation practice are already yours.
Your published and unpublished decisions, standing orders, local rules and preferred authorities — so the voice, the structure and the citation practice are already yours.
Every document chambers produces
Every document chambers produces
Memorandum decisions, journal entries, orders on motions, bench memos, findings of fact and conclusions of law, show cause orders, scheduling orders.
Memorandum decisions, journal entries, orders on motions, bench memos, findings of fact and conclusions of law, show cause orders, scheduling orders.
Written from the record, not a prompt
Written from the record, not a prompt
The motion, the response, the reply, the transcript and the exhibits are read first. The draft cites the filing and the page it came from.
The motion, the response, the reply, the transcript and the exhibits are read first. The draft cites the filing and the page it came from.
The judge edits and signs
The judge edits and signs
Nothing issues without a judge. Fortress produces a draft, shows what it relied on, and keeps every version so chambers can see what changed.
Nothing issues without a judge. Fortress produces a draft, shows what it relied on, and keeps every version so chambers can see what changed.
Formatting that does not drift
Formatting that does not drift
Caption block, paragraph numbering, headings and signature block come out right the first time, in the format the clerk expects to file.
Caption block, paragraph numbering, headings and signature block come out right the first time, in the format the clerk expects to file.
2–3×
2–3×
increase in work product output, reported by the first judicial users on Fortress.
increase in work product output, reported by the first judicial users on Fortress.
02 · THE DOCKET
Walk into motion day already prepared
Walk into motion day already prepared
Fortress takes the whole docket at once. Every matter set for the day comes back with the issue framed, each side’s position summarized from what they actually filed, the governing authority pulled, and a draft order ready where the outcome is clear.
Fortress takes the whole docket at once. Every matter set for the day comes back with the issue framed, each side’s position summarized from what they actually filed, the governing authority pulled, and a draft order ready where the outcome is clear.
The whole day, not one motion
The whole day, not one motion
The docket is prepared as a set. Chambers gets one packet covering every matter set, in the order it will be called.
The docket is prepared as a set. Chambers gets one packet covering every matter set, in the order it will be called.
Each side, in its own words
Each side, in its own words
Positions summarized from the motion, the response and the reply — with page cites, so the judge can go straight to the paragraph that matters.
Positions summarized from the motion, the response and the reply — with page cites, so the judge can go straight to the paragraph that matters.
The record, cross-referenced
The record, cross-referenced
Transcript passages, exhibits and prior orders relevant to each motion surfaced against it, instead of being hunted for at the bench.
Transcript passages, exhibits and prior orders relevant to each motion surfaced against it, instead of being hunted for at the bench.
Draft orders where they are obvious
Draft orders where they are obvious
Uncontested and routine matters come back drafted. The contested ones come back framed, with the split in the authority laid out.
Uncontested and routine matters come back drafted. The contested ones come back framed, with the split in the authority laid out.
Nothing unread
Nothing unread
Every filing in every matter is read every time — which is the part a chambers with a real docket can never actually promise.
Every filing in every matter is read every time — which is the part a chambers with a real docket can never actually promise.
Every matter
Every matter
on the day’s docket summarized, framed and cited before the first case is called.
on the day’s docket summarized, framed and cited before the first case is called.
03 · RESEARCH
Research that reaches real authorities — in your jurisdiction
Research that reaches real authorities — in your jurisdiction
Fortress runs against advanced legal databases and against the court’s own body of decisions, and every proposition it returns is traced back to the case, statute or rule it came from. If it cannot find authority, it says so rather than inventing one.
Fortress runs against advanced legal databases and against the court’s own body of decisions, and every proposition it returns is traced back to the case, statute or rule it came from. If it cannot find authority, it says so rather than inventing one.
Your state, your rules, your practice
Your state, your rules, your practice
Statutes, rules of procedure, appellate decisions and the court’s own published and unpublished orders — not a national model guessing at local practice.
Statutes, rules of procedure, appellate decisions and the court’s own published and unpublished orders — not a national model guessing at local practice.
Every proposition traced
Every proposition traced
Each statement links to the authority behind it, with the pinpoint. A clerk verifies by clicking, not by re-running the research.
Each statement links to the authority behind it, with the pinpoint. A clerk verifies by clicking, not by re-running the research.
Splits and outliers surfaced
Splits and outliers surfaced
Where districts or panels have gone different directions, the disagreement is shown rather than smoothed over into a single confident answer.
Where districts or panels have gone different directions, the disagreement is shown rather than smoothed over into a single confident answer.
Sister-state and persuasive authority
Sister-state and persuasive authority
How other jurisdictions handled the same question, pulled and summarized when the local authority runs out.
How other jurisdictions handled the same question, pulled and summarized when the local authority runs out.
AI decision trees
AI decision trees
A thought partner that walks findings of fact and conclusions of law element by element, flagging what the record does and does not support.
A thought partner that walks findings of fact and conclusions of law element by element, flagging what the record does and does not support.
04 · VOLUME
Hundreds of thousands of pages, reduced to what matters
Hundreds of thousands of pages, reduced to what matters
Complex civil, multi-defendant criminal and post-conviction matters arrive with records no chambers can read end to end. Fortress triages the volume, builds the chronology, and produces the memo that says what the documents actually show.
Complex civil, multi-defendant criminal and post-conviction matters arrive with records no chambers can read end to end. Fortress triages the volume, builds the chronology, and produces the memo that says what the documents actually show.
Triage at scale
Triage at scale
Large productions and voluminous records sorted by relevance to the issues in front of the court, with the marginal material set aside rather than skipped silently.
Large productions and voluminous records sorted by relevance to the issues in front of the court, with the marginal material set aside rather than skipped silently.
Chronologies built from the documents
Chronologies built from the documents
A timeline assembled out of the filings, exhibits and correspondence themselves, each entry linked back to the page it came from.
A timeline assembled out of the filings, exhibits and correspondence themselves, each entry linked back to the page it came from.
The memo that says what it shows
The memo that says what it shows
A findings memo identifying the material documents, the conflicts between them and the gaps in the record — in the court’s own format.
A findings memo identifying the material documents, the conflicts between them and the gaps in the record — in the court’s own format.
Transcripts treated as evidence
Transcripts treated as evidence
Hearing and deposition transcripts searched, summarized and cross-referenced against the exhibits and the parties’ characterizations of them.
Hearing and deposition transcripts searched, summarized and cross-referenced against the exhibits and the parties’ characterizations of them.
Repeatable across a docket
Repeatable across a docket
What works on one voluminous matter works on the next one, because the analysis is a configured workflow and not a one-off project.
What works on one voluminous matter works on the next one, because the analysis is a configured workflow and not a one-off project.
05 · HOW IT FITS
Run the whole case management system on Fortress — or put Fortress on top of the one you already run
Run the whole case management system on Fortress — or put Fortress on top of the one you already run
Courts are not in the same place. Some are replacing a system that has aged out. Others just bought one and are not touching it for a decade. Fortress works at either end of that spectrum, and the AI is identical either way — the only thing that changes is where the docket lives.
Courts are not in the same place. Some are replacing a system that has aged out. Others just bought one and are not touching it for a decade. Fortress works at either end of that spectrum, and the AI is identical either way — the only thing that changes is where the docket lives.
Option A · End to end
Fortress is the case management system
Fortress is the case management system
For courts replacing a system that has aged out, or standing one up where there was never a real one. Intake through disposition, with the AI native to it rather than bolted on afterwards.
For courts replacing a system that has aged out, or standing one up where there was never a real one. Intake through disposition, with the AI native to it rather than bolted on afterwards.
Intake, routing and initial review
Intake, routing and initial review
New filings land, get classified by case type and parties, routed to the right division and triaged for urgency — before anyone in the clerk’s office touches them.
New filings land, get classified by case type and parties, routed to the right division and triaged for urgency — before anyone in the clerk’s office touches them.
AI assistants on every matter
AI assistants on every matter
Drafting, research, analysis and volume review live on the case itself, not in a separate tool somebody has to remember to open.
Drafting, research, analysis and volume review live on the case itself, not in a separate tool somebody has to remember to open.
Trackers and dashboards for the whole caseload
Trackers and dashboards for the whole caseload
Case ageing, assignment, time under advisement and disposition by judge, division and case type — for chambers, for the court administrator and for the branch.
Case ageing, assignment, time under advisement and disposition by judge, division and case type — for chambers, for the court administrator and for the branch.
Document management built in
Document management built in
Filings and docket entries are one click away on the case, and work product saves back onto that case — not to a shared drive somebody has to go find later.
Filings and docket entries are one click away on the case, and work product saves back onto that case — not to a shared drive somebody has to go find later.
WHO THIS FITS
Courts on an end-of-life system, courts without one, and branches consolidating several different systems onto one platform.
Option B · Ride-along
Fortress on top of the system you already run
For courts that just bought a case management system, or are not touching theirs for a decade. Nothing is migrated and nothing is turned off — the CMS stays the system of record and Fortress supercharges it.
For courts that just bought a case management system, or are not touching theirs for a decade. Nothing is migrated and nothing is turned off — the CMS stays the system of record and Fortress supercharges it.
It reads your docket
It reads your docket
Cases, parties, events and filings sync in from the existing system. The CMS stays the system of record and the official entries stay where they are.
Cases, parties, events and filings sync in from the existing system. The CMS stays the system of record and the official entries stay where they are.
The AI layer goes on top
The AI layer goes on top
Drafting, docket preparation, jurisdiction research and volume review run against the record your CMS already holds — the same engine as Option A.
Drafting, docket preparation, jurisdiction research and volume review run against the record your CMS already holds — the same engine as Option A.
Work product writes back
Work product writes back
Orders and entries come back out in the format your clerk files, so nobody rekeys a document from one system into another.
Orders and entries come back out in the format your clerk files, so nobody rekeys a document from one system into another.
Document management connected
Document management connected
Filings and the docket are one click away from the matter, and what chambers produces is stored against the case in the system you already use.
Filings and the docket are one click away from the matter, and what chambers produces is stored against the case in the system you already use.
WHO THIS FITS
Courts mid-contract on a CMS, courts that just finished an implementation, and branches that want the AI benefit without reopening a platform decision.
Identical either way
The AI does not change with the deployment model. What changes is only where the docket lives.
Drafting
Drafting
Orders, opinions, entries
Docket prep
Docket prep
The day, prepared
Research
Research
Your jurisdiction
Volume review
Volume review
Records at scale
Security
Security
Your tenant, your retention
SECURITY AND RECORDKEEPING
Built for work that cannot leave the building
Built for work that cannot leave the building
Fortress runs inside the branch’s own tenant on Salesforce Government Cloud. Sealed filings, confidential records and draft opinions stay within the court’s security boundary, under the court’s retention policy, with an audit trail.
Fortress runs inside the branch’s own tenant on Salesforce Government Cloud. Sealed filings, confidential records and draft opinions stay within the court’s security boundary, under the court’s retention policy, with an audit trail.
Fortress runs inside the branch’s own tenant on Salesforce Government Cloud. Sealed filings, confidential records and draft opinions stay within the court’s security boundary, under the court’s retention policy, with an audit trail.
Inside your own tenant
Inside your own tenant
Deployed on Salesforce Government Cloud in the branch’s environment — not a shared consumer service, and not a vendor-hosted copy of your record.
Deployed on Salesforce Government Cloud in the branch’s environment — not a shared consumer service, and not a vendor-hosted copy of your record.
Your data is not training data
Your data is not training data
Court material is not used to train models. What goes in stays the court’s, and the contract says so in language procurement can read.
Court material is not used to train models. What goes in stays the court’s, and the contract says so in language procurement can read.
Access follows the case
Access follows the case
Role-based access mirrors how the court already works — chambers, clerk’s office, administration. Sealed means sealed inside Fortress too.
Role-based access mirrors how the court already works — chambers, clerk’s office, administration. Sealed means sealed inside Fortress too.
Retention and destruction
Retention and destruction
Configured to the branch’s records schedule, including drafts and work product, so retention is a setting rather than a habit.
Configured to the branch’s records schedule, including drafts and work product, so retention is a setting rather than a habit.
Auditable by design
Auditable by design
Who accessed what, when, and what the AI relied on — logged, exportable and reviewable by the court’s own auditors.
Who accessed what, when, and what the AI relied on — logged, exportable and reviewable by the court’s own auditors.
Work product stays work product
Work product stays work product
Drafts, bench memos and internal analysis are held as chambers work product, separate from anything that becomes part of the public record.
Drafts, bench memos and internal analysis are held as chambers work product, separate from anything that becomes part of the public record.
DEPLOYMENT
From one division to the whole branch
From one division to the whole branch
Courts do not buy on a demo. Start with a real docket in a real division, measure what it did, and expand on the evidence — on procurement paper the branch already has.
Courts do not buy on a demo. Start with a real docket in a real division, measure what it did, and expand on the evidence — on procurement paper the branch already has.
01
Ground it
Ground it
2–3 WEEKS
Your precedent, standing orders, local rules and templates loaded. The system learns this court before a judge ever touches it.
Your precedent, standing orders, local rules and templates loaded. The system learns this court before a judge ever touches it.
02
Pilot a real docket
Pilot a real docket
8–12 WEEKS
A division works live matters on Fortress. Chambers keeps its own record of what changed — not a vendor’s slide about it.
A division works live matters on Fortress. Chambers keeps its own record of what changed — not a vendor’s slide about it.
03
Measure
Measure
WITH THE PILOT
Output, time under advisement and clerk rekeying measured against the same docket before. The branch decides on its own numbers.
Output, time under advisement and clerk rekeying measured against the same docket before. The branch decides on its own numbers.
04
Expand
Expand
BRANCH-WIDE
Additional divisions and courts added on the same platform, administered centrally, with per-chambers configuration preserved.
Additional divisions and courts added on the same platform, administered centrally, with per-chambers configuration preserved.
Procurement
Procurement
Fortress is a Salesforce ISV partner and is purchased through Salesforce paper — typically one Government Cloud license plus platform licenses for the branch. Named Salesforce Partner of the Year for System of Agency, 2027.
Fortress is a Salesforce ISV partner and is purchased through Salesforce paper — typically one Government Cloud license plus platform licenses for the branch. Named Salesforce Partner of the Year for System of Agency, 2027.
IN PRODUCTION
The statewide user results speak for themselves
The statewide user results speak for themselves
Judges and judicial personnel reported two to three times the work product output.
Judges and judicial personnel reported two to three times the work product output.
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[PULL QUOTE TO BE APPROVED — paraphrase of the Kansas Courts CTO’s assessment after the three-month pilot. Needs his actual words and sign-off before this goes live.]
Alex Wong
Chief Technology Officer, Kansas Courts
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Three-month pilot before any commitment
Three-month pilot before any commitment
Judges reported 2–3× work product output
Judges reported 2–3× work product output
Statewide rollout across the branch
Statewide rollout across the branch
Reference conversations available on request
Reference conversations available on request
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[PULL QUOTE TO BE APPROVED — paraphrase of the Kansas Courts CTO’s assessment after the three-month pilot. Needs his actual words and sign-off before this goes live.]
Alex Wong
Chief Technology Officer, Kansas Courts
Watch the judiciary demo
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START WITH REAL WORK
Bring us a docket and a chambers.
Bring us a docket and a chambers.
We will ground Fortress in your own precedent and your own rules, then show you the output on matters you actually have set. You should not have to run a procurement cycle to find out what it does.
We will ground Fortress in your own precedent and your own rules, then show you the output on matters you actually have set. You should not have to run a procurement cycle to find out what it does.
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Kansas judiciary live statewide
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