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AI training and consulting for law firms

Your associates are already using AI. Is your firm?

I help law firms turn scattered, unofficial AI use into work the firm can stand behind: trained people, tested workflows, and clear rules. I'm independent. No AI vendor pays me, so the advice is only about your firm.

  • 3,500+ attorneys trained
  • 200+ legal AI use cases built
  • 305 articles since 2023
Steve Smith, founder of Intelligence by Intent
Steve Smith Former CEO and CFO Wharton MBA
Steve is an exceptional AI trainer who makes complex tools feel simple and practical.
Elise Greenberg Founding and Managing Partner, ECG Family Law

What most firms are dealing with right now.

None of these is solved by buying another tool.

What changed at firms I worked with.

Case support · Insurance premium dispute

A seven-figure premium audit, rebuilt from the ledger up.

For a litigation team disputing the audit, I classified more than 280,000 general-ledger transactions against the policy's exclusions, reproduced the insurer's own premium math to the dollar, then had a second AI system rebuild the analysis blind to check the first.

85 to 90% below the premium the insurer claimed, in a fully reproducible, audit-ready record

Case support · Email archive review

Email archives, turned into a review set a paralegal can run.

I built the firm a tool that runs entirely on its own computer. It converts Outlook and MBOX archives into individual email documents, extracts every attachment, and builds an Excel index with a summary of each message and a link to its file.

Minutes to process tens of thousands of emails, with client data kept on the firm's own machine

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One conversation, then one clear first step.

Most firms start with a workshop. Some start with a usage policy or a matter that can't wait.

  1. A 30-minute call.

    Tell me what the firm is trying to do. I'll tell you where I'd start, and whether I'm the right person to help.

    Choose a time
  2. A firm-wide workshop.

    AI On Purpose is two and a half hours on work your people recognize. Everyone leaves with the same picture and a shortlist of where to begin.

    Workshop details
  3. Keep it going.

    1:1 training for the people leading it, office hours for everyone else, and case support when a live matter needs the work done.

    1:1 training Office hours Case support

Who you'd work with.

I ran companies before I trained lawyers: 25 years as a CEO, CFO and SVP. I start with the business problem, not the tool, and I test every major AI model the week it ships. I'm not an attorney. Your lawyers keep the legal judgment.

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Let's talk

Where should your firm start?

Thirty minutes. You describe the firm and what it's trying to do. I'll give you a straight answer, including when the answer is to wait.

Prefer to reach me directly? steve@intelligencebyintent.com (805) 876-4847

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