On three real Nevada appeals, the draft and the appendix came back built. The attorney reviewed.

The three matters

Each row is a real Nevada appeal. Identifying details are removed, and no client or case names are disclosed.

What was done on each appeal

On each appeal, DilloLex:

• Wrote the initial draft of the brief from the entire record and its legal library of statutes, rules and opinions.
• Built the appendix volumes and both indexes on the two matters on the appellant side, and pinpointed every record cite in the brief to its volume and page.
• Tied each factual statement in the draft to its document and page, and marked statements the record did not support.

An answering brief carries no appellant appendix. On that matter the time came out of the drafting and the record work alone.

How to measure it on your own appeals

Time savings are only as honest as the manual baseline you compare against. Run the same test on your own file:

1. List the tasks. Drafting, appendix assembly, and the record work around the brief.
2. Time them the way your firm really does them. Use your own drafting speed and your own staff hours, not ours.
3. Count the review. The attorney’s review and revision of the output is part of the DilloLex side of the ledger. It is never hidden.
4. Take the lower, more skeptical number wherever you have a range.

Then price the hours at your firm’s own rates. The pricing page shows what the license costs, so you can set it beside your figure.

Three real Nevada appellate matters. Results vary by firm and matter. Every output is a draft the attorney reviews.

What DilloLex does

These are the jobs DilloLex did on each appeal, from the first draft of the brief to the appendix.

• Issues for appeal. DilloLex read the record and suggested issues for appeal, each with its standard of review and a full explanation, as cards the attorney added or declined.
• The first draft of the brief. DilloLex wrote the initial draft of each brief from the entire record, its library of statutes, rules and opinions, and its own drafting tools and workflows.
• The appellate appendix. DilloLex builds the volumes to the page limit, with continuous pagination and chronological and alphabetical indexes, and tells you which record cites point to a page the appendix lacks.
• Pinpoint record cites. Every record cite in the brief is pinpointed to the appendix volume and page.
• Facts from the record. Each factual statement in a draft points to its document and page, so you can check it at a glance.
• Flags the unsupported. A statement the file does not support is marked, so you can strike it or find a source.
• Drafts on your paper. Briefs are set on your firm’s own pleading paper and formats.