The intelligent operating system for small law firms

Counsel for your counsel.

Second Chair keeps every matter, deadline, promise, and document in one place, so your team always knows what the firm owes and what comes next.

AI assists. Your team reviews. Judgment stays with you.

Your firm today Monday, August 24
Good morningHere is what needs attention.
Live firm view
Drafts to review 4 client updates
Need sign-off 3 suggested deadlines
Should start now 1 matter needs action
Clark
Across all matters

What needs my attention today?

  • Ramirez Family TrustBeneficiary update awaiting your reviewReview
  • Estate of Eleanor WhitcombInventory deadline suggested from filingConfirm
  • Chen ConservatorshipValuation expert still owes the appraisalOverdue
What Clark readDiary · Commitments · Correspondence · Client updates
One connected firm record Source-grounded AI Human approval built in Designed for small firms

The problem is not a lack of software

Your firm already carries the answer. It is just scattered.

A deadline lives in one system. A promise is buried in email. A key fact is somewhere in the document drive. Client communication depends on someone's memory.

Second Chair connects those fragments into one working record of the firm.

One coherent operating view

See the work. Move the work. Stay in control.

01

Know what needs attention

See matters going quiet, deadlines approaching, promises overdue, drafts awaiting review, and work that needs an owner.

02

Work from one connected record

Search across matters, correspondence, documents, deadlines, commitments, client updates, and billing activity.

03

Keep judgment where it belongs

Second Chair finds, summarizes, drafts, and suggests. Your attorneys and staff confirm, approve, resolve, and decide.

Built for consequential work

Confidentiality is enforced by the database, not by good intentions.

Row-level security walls off every firm and every matter. One logged gateway handles all AI, on your own API key if you choose. A person approves anything that leaves the firm.

Read the security overview

Firm and matter isolation. Postgres row-level security is forced on every table, so even our own code cannot read across firms.

One AI gateway, fully logged. Every model call is recorded with who asked, which matter, what was answered and what it cost.

Your own key, your own agreement. Connect your firm's Anthropic key, or run keyless. Amazon Bedrock isolation is planned for launch.

People send, not software. Client updates, deadlines and invoices need a human sign-off that the database enforces.

Next cohort forming now

Be one of the first firms with a Second Chair.

We bring on a handful of firms at a time, and every one gets a hands-on start. Places in each cohort are limited. Join the waitlist and we'll hold yours.

  • Priority onboarding. Waitlist firms are invited before anyone else.
  • A hands-on start. We connect your mail and documents and check your first deadlines with you.
  • A direct line to the team. Early firms shape what we build next.

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