The art of “judge shopping” is now a precise science, thanks to AI

An AI-powered algorithm advises lawyers and plaintiffs on how best to invest their resources by predicting how judges will rule in civil cases based on their net worth, political affiliation, and where they went to law school. It’s turned the art of seeking out a sympathetic judge, or judge shopping, into a precise science.

Pre/Dicta Expands Litigation Prediction Platform With New Motion Types, Case Timelines

By looking for a case or judge’s “doppelganger,” Pre/Dicta looks to predict the outcome of four new motion types: summary judgment, class certification, venue transfer and motions to compel. The move comes almost a year after the company acquired litigation analytics platform Gavelytics to offer predictions for state court motions across the country.

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Pre/Dicta’s proprietary algorithms use artificial intelligence to uncover judicial patterns. We’re told that its predictions are 85% accurate for motions to dismiss across all 94 U.S. federal district courts. The newly released augmented capabilities provide insights into additional motions through AI data-profiling. These include the most consequential motions: summary judgment, class certification, and venue transfer.

Using AI To Predict How Judges Will Rule

AI-powered database called Pre/Dicta is helping lawyers and plaintiffs predict how judges will rule in civil cases. The database uses around 120 data points to look…

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he two-day conference, which takes place on June 7 and 8 at the new Bespoke venue in San Francisco, has top speakers from law firms and ALSPs, as well as senior inhouse lawyers and those in legal ops roles, and of course plenty of pioneers from legal tech companies.

Pre/Dicta Adds 3 New Motion Outcome Predictions and “Doppelganger” AI Capability

Founder Dan Rabinowitz built a methodology and an algorithm that is correct 85% of the time. Pre/Dicta has collected, enriched and analyzed more than 35 million docket entries, over 3.5 million cases, and 5.5 million parties and firms. This enables Pre/Dicta to generate a unique fingerprint or ‘DNA’ for each case and predicts judicial decisions.

Pre/Dicta Adds 3 New Motion Outcome Predictions and “Doppelganger” AI Capability

Litigation Timeline Predictions: Pre/Dicta provides legal teams with the predicted case-relevant timelines from filing to trial to plan litigation strategies better, allocate resources, and inform settlement decisions.

The platform contextualizes its motion analysis, comparing that with the judge’s decisions, as well as other judges within the same circuit and those with analogous biographical profiles.

Innovator of the Year, Vendor: Dan Rabinowitz of Pre/Dicta

“[When I was practicing,] if you had offered me a tool that would give an actual, instant prediction on litigation results…well, I might have thought you were crazy. But I also know what a difference it would have made to my practice,” says Dan Rabinowitz, founder and CEO of Pre/Dicta.

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Another example is Pre/Dicta’s platform, which analyzes a judge’s net worth,
political affiliation and law school alma mater, among other factors, to predict
whether the judge will deny or grant a motion. The company claims its
predictions have an 86% accuracy rate.

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What set Pre/Dicta apart was its unique approach. Instead of analyzing a judge’s past rulings to determine the likely outcome, this software collects, classifies, and analyzes the entire federal docket and every judge’s unique personal attributes including age, gender, resumé/background and political affiliation if known to determine the factors that will influence the judge’s decision in a given case.

1 big thing: AI predicts how judges are likely to rule

“We don’t look at the law or the facts — we entirely ignore that,” Rabinowitz said, because judges write opinions in fewer than 2% of cases, and in the case of newly appointed judges, there’s often no case data to work with.

Start up Corner: Pre/Dicta litigation prediction software

For years, companies providing backward-looking statistics dominated the litigation analytics space. Users relied upon those, despite having a limited value in providing accurate and reliable predictions. Exposing users to our advanced capabilities and the algorithmic models and AI is unfamiliar territory for potential users and, at times, requires background beyond our capabilities.

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Using Pre/Dicta requires only that you enter a case number. It will then show a dashboard offering a prediction as to the likelihood of a motion to dismiss being granted. It will also show its analysis of similar cases. The Case Timeline shows likely outcomes for at each of the three states of litigation and the likely timeline to that outcome.

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Law firms adopting an AI legal prediction platform are experiencing a transformative change in their practice approach. They can now offer risk mitigation and case road mapping based on case timelines and outcome probabilities derived from billions of calculations, something previously unimaginable.

A different kind of legal AI

So, when Dan Rabinowitz was founding the legal tech firm Pre/Dicta, he decided to focus on a tried-and-true method: behavioral analytics.

When Dan Rabinowitz was founding the legal tech firm Pre/Dicta, he decided to focus on a tried-and-true method: behavioral analytics.

Generative AI brings new insights to litigation analytics tools

Pre/Dicta collects, classifies and analyzes the entire federal docket and every judge’s unique personal attributes, including age, gender, resumé/background and political affiliation. Then, using what it calls “predictive AI,” it predicts the success or failure of a motion to dismiss before that judge.

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Legal Tech’s Predictions for Litigation, the Courts & ADR in 2024 Stephanie Wilkins’ extensive experience as a legal journalist and former litigator positions her uniquely to discuss Pre/Dicta, legal analytics, and AI-driven litigation prediction. As the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News, she has closely followed the advancements in legal technology and its practical applications within law […]

Pre/Dicta Enhances AI Legal Prediction Platform

Pre/Dicta Adds Timeline, Venue, Motion Types to Predictions David Jolly’s extensive experience as a storyteller, editor, and writer across Europe, Asia, and the United States makes him an authoritative voice on Pre/Dicta, legal analytics, and AI-driven litigation prediction. With over 1,600 bylined articles at nytimes.com and countless more for AP-Dow Jones, David has a proven […]

Enhancing Litigation Prediction: Pre/Dicta Expands Capabilities and Motion Types

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Revolutionizing Law: Pre/Dicta Transforms Litigation Outcomes

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Podcast: Data Science for Judicial Analytics

Using Data Science for Judicial Analytics (Dan Rabinowitz, Founder, Pre-Dicta) Chad Main, an attorney and founder of Percipient, combines a strong background in litigation with a passion for technology. Practicing in Los Angeles and Chicago, Chad established Percipient to leverage innovative software, enhancing the quality and efficiency of legal work. His firm focuses on reducing […]

Pre/Dicta: AI-Driven Litigation Analytics for Strategic Insights

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