Justly Prudent doubles case capacity and cuts discovery time in half with CoCounsel

Jordan Howlette founded Justly Prudent in late 2021 as a solo civil rights and constitutional tort practice spanning five states with a largely remote workforce. Cases demanded extensive discovery, complex research, and meticulous document review that typically require a large team, while limited resources made it hard to compete with established firms. Without efficient tools, Howlette faced the prospect of 16-hour workdays and needed technology that could handle large document uploads, streamline discovery, spot issues quickly, and draft timelines—usable by paralegals without heavy prompt engineering.

From inception, Justly Prudent adopted a Thomson Reuters suite: Westlaw for legal research, Practical Law for transactional work, and CoCounsel for AI-powered litigation support. CoCounsel enabled unlimited document uploads so paralegals could prepare discovery, draft event timelines, and review large document sets without platform limits. The firm also used Westlaw AI-Assisted Research to identify persuasive and binding authority on complex civil rights issues, backed by team training and prompt libraries for routine tasks.

Justly Prudent reported roughly a 5x return on investment on its Thomson Reuters package. The firm doubled litigation capacity from 25 to over 50 cases without adding staff, while CoCounsel’s document synthesis cut discovery and review time in half. Efficiency gains improved work-life balance—Howlette moved from facing 16-hour days to more reasonable hours at twice the caseload—and the firm operated at full capacity for over a year with higher-quality work product and increased revenue.

• • Early adoption of AI litigation and research tools can let a lean civil rights practice compete with larger firms without sacrificing quality.
• • Pairing CoCounsel document workflows with Westlaw AI research, plus training and prompt libraries, multiplies ROI across attorneys and paralegals.
• • Capacity gains can translate into better work-life balance when technology absorbs routine discovery and review work.