Counsel and Code
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I'm a corporate lawyer with 15+ years in M&A. After watching colleagues pay $500/month for "AI legal assistants" that underperform a $20 Claude subscription, I started reviewing tools after hours.
My thesis: wrappers don't beat the model—workflow does.
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My Client Asked an AI About His Case. The AI Told Him What He Wanted to Hear.
The real danger of AI in legal work isn't hallucination. It's that the model agrees with whoever asked the question—and most clients don't know how to ask.
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Most Lawyers Are Doing Mediocre Work With Extra Steps
An M&A lawyer with 15 years of experience on what AI is actually doing to legal work, why most senior partners are wrong about their irreplaceability, and what the legal industry won't admit out loud.
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I'm a Lawyer Who Uses Claude Code Daily. Here's My Honest Take.
A practicing M&A lawyer's honest review of using Claude Code for legal work. Why I stopped paying for "AI legal assistants" and what actually works.