Nerve for solo lawyers
Run your solo practice with an agent team for the work that isn't billable.
Client follow-ups, document requests, status emails, meeting prep. Nerve drafts that work from your inbox and calendar so your time stays on legal work.
The problem
Why this is broken today
Running a solo or small-firm practice means every hour you spend on operations is an hour you didn't bill. New-client intake, followups on outstanding documents, status emails to existing clients, invoice management, the matter that needs a check-in this quarter even though it's been quiet. None of this is billable; all of it is necessary; most of it falls into the cracks when you're heads-down on actual legal work.
The standard answer is to hire a paralegal or an office manager. Both work, both cost money you'd rather not spend, both require onboarding time that takes you away from billable work in the short term, and neither replicates your judgment on the gray-area calls.
The actual constraint isn't the legal work. It's the structural layer around the legal work. An agent team can absorb the structural layer without onboarding cost and without erosion of your hourly rate.
What Nerve does
What changes when an agent team is in the loop
Client threads that need you, every morning
Nerve reads your email and calendar and flags the client waiting on an answer, the documents you're still chasing, and the client you haven't been in touch with lately. You see it before the day fills up.
Client communications drafted and queued
Status emails, document requests, billing follow-ups. Nerve drafts them and picks up your writing voice from the edits you make. Nothing reaches a client until you approve it.
Follow-through after intake calls
After an intake call, Nerve drafts the follow-up and keeps the promises you made on your follow-up list. If you record with Fireflies, or your meeting tool emails you notes, the draft starts from what was actually said.
Straight about what it separates
Nerve keeps your data in your account and never trains AI on it. It doesn't wall off one matter from another inside that account, so decide what you connect with that in mind.
How it works
Three steps to the agent team running
Connect email and calendar
Connect Gmail or Outlook and your calendar. Nerve doesn't connect to practice management software today, so it works from the inbox and calendar where client follow-through already happens.
A morning briefing replaces the operations review
Client follow-ups due, documents still outstanding, meetings that need prep, clients you haven't checked in with. A short read each morning instead of the Friday catch-up.
Approve drafts between billable hours
Client emails, document requests, billing nudges. Nerve drafts; you approve. Nothing goes out without you.
FAQ
Common questions
What about attorney-client privilege?
Your data stays in your account, isn't pooled with other customers, and Nerve never trains AI on it. Nerve does not separate data by matter inside your account, and drafts never go out without your approval, so the judgment on privileged communications stays with you.
Does this integrate with my practice management system?
Not today. Nerve connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Outlook, Slack, HubSpot, Asana, Fireflies, and Mercury. Most solo lawyers start with email and calendar, which is where client follow-through lives. Tell Patrick which system you use.
Will it send emails to clients without my approval?
No. Every external communication is a draft you approve. Legal communications carry too much weight to autopilot.
Can I share access with a paralegal or co-counsel?
Not by matter. A Nerve account belongs to one person today. If your firm wants shared access, talk to Patrick.
What about regulated data (PII, PHI for medical malpractice, etc.)?
Nerve keeps each account's data isolated and never trains AI on customer data. It is not SOC 2 certified yet (its infrastructure providers are) and makes no HIPAA claims, so read getnerve.ai/security and talk to Patrick before connecting a matter that holds regulated data like PHI.
Workflows and guides
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