Built for Legal Professionals

Understanding Legal Workflows

Thea was created by legal professionals who intimately understand the challenges of legal work. We've experienced firsthand the pain points that generic tools don't address.

Legal-Specific Features

Categorization System

Pre-built categories designed for legal contexts:

Contracts & Agreements - Signing dates, effective dates, terminations
Communications - Emails, letters, meetings, phone calls
Financial Events - Payments, transactions, invoices, statements
Filings & Court Events - Pleadings, hearings, decisions, deadlines
Incidents & Occurrences - Accidents, violations, breaches
Custom Categories - Create your own for specific case types

Party Management

Track all participants with legal-specific roles:

Plaintiffs and defendants
Attorneys and law firms
Witnesses and experts
Corporate entities and subsidiaries
Government agencies
Insurance companies

Evidence Linking

Connect events to supporting documentation:

Link exhibits to specific timeline events
Reference page numbers and excerpts
Track document sources automatically
Maintain chain of evidence

Court-Ready Output

Professional exports designed for legal presentations:

PDF - For court filings and client deliverables
Word - For editable reports and memoranda

Pain Points We Solve

1. Document Overload

The Problem: Complex cases generate hundreds or thousands of pages of documents. Finding and extracting chronological information is overwhelming.

Thea's Solution: AI automatically reads through all documents, identifies dates and events, and organizes them chronologically. You review the results instead of manually combing through pages.

2. Multiple Versions & Updates

The Problem: As discovery proceeds, new documents arrive and timelines need updating. Manual updates require hours of work.

Thea's Solution: Upload new documents and regenerate the timeline in minutes. All existing events are preserved, new ones are added automatically.

3. Complex Chronologies

The Problem: Multi-year cases with dozens of parties and hundreds of events are difficult to visualize clearly.

Thea's Solution: Multiple view modes (category rows, unified view, list view) let you examine the same timeline from different angles. Filtering helps focus on specific periods or parties.

4. Presentation Quality

The Problem: Timelines created in Excel or PowerPoint often look amateurish or inconsistent. Formatting is time-consuming.

Thea's Solution: Professional, consistent formatting automatically. Clean design optimized for legal contexts. Customizable but always court-ready.

5. Collaboration Challenges

The Problem: Multiple team members working on the same timeline leads to version control issues and duplicated effort.

Thea's Solution: Cloud-based with version history. See who made changes and when. Revert to previous versions if needed.

Who Uses Thea

Litigators

Prepare for trial with clear case chronologies:

Organize discovery materials
Prepare jury presentations
Create settlement conference materials
Develop case strategy

Corporate Counsel

Track business and compliance matters:

M&A transaction timelines
Regulatory compliance chronologies
Contract lifecycle management
Corporate governance tracking

Associates & Paralegals

Create high-quality deliverables efficiently:

Case summaries for partners
Client updates and reports
Discovery organization
Trial preparation support

Legal Operations

Improve team efficiency and quality:

Standardize deliverable formats
Reduce time spent on administrative tasks
Enable better resource allocation
Track matter progress visually

Practice Area Applications

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Timeline essential cases from inception through trial. Track procedural history, factual events, and key communications.

Employment Law

Organize workplace incidents, performance reviews, communications, and termination events. Essential for discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination cases.

Intellectual Property

Track priority dates, filing timelines, prosecution history, and infringement chronologies. Visualize patent lifecycles.

Real Estate & Construction

Map project timelines, contract milestones, change orders, and dispute events. Track defect discovery and remediation.

Corporate & Securities

Visualize transaction timelines, board decisions, corporate structure changes, and regulatory compliance events.

Insurance & Claims

Create claims chronologies from incident through resolution. Track coverage periods, notifications, and litigation.

Regulatory & Compliance

Document investigation timelines, audit trails, regulatory filings, and compliance events. Essential for government investigations.

Family Law

Track relationship timelines, financial events, custody matters, and court proceedings.

Legal-Specific Intelligence

Thea's AI understands legal documents:

Document Types

Pleadings and motions
Contracts and agreements
Correspondence and emails
Financial statements and records
Deposition transcripts
Expert reports
Court orders and decisions

Date Recognition

Contract effective dates vs. signing dates
Filing dates vs. service dates
Occurrence dates vs. discovery dates
Deadline calculations

Party Identification

Recognizes legal entity types
Identifies roles (plaintiff, defendant, witness)
Tracks entity relationships
Handles name variations (legal name vs. doing business as)

Designed for Confidentiality

Legal work demands the highest level of confidentiality:

No model training - Your documents never train AI models
EU data residency - All processing within European jurisdiction
Encryption - End-to-end protection for sensitive information
Access controls - Only you can see your cases
Audit trails - Track who accessed what and when

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Professional Development

Thea helps legal professionals grow:

For Junior Lawyers

Produce partner-quality deliverables
Learn case analysis through AI assistance
Spend time on legal thinking, not formatting
Build confidence with professional output

For Senior Lawyers

Review instead of create
Focus on strategy and analysis
Delegate effectively to junior staff
Take on more matters efficiently

For Legal Teams

Standardize work product quality
Share institutional knowledge
Reduce training time for new hires
Improve client satisfaction

Client Benefits

Better tools mean better service:

Faster turnaround - Get deliverables in hours, not days
Lower costs - 20 minutes vs. 8 hours means lower bills
Better communication - Visual timelines are easier to understand
Strategic focus - Lawyers spend time on winning, not formatting

Competitive Advantage

Firms using Thea gain advantages:

Win more pitches - Demonstrate advanced capabilities
Command premium rates - Deliver exceptional value
Attract talent - Modern tools attract modern lawyers
Scale efficiently - Handle more matters without more staff

Integration with Legal Work

Thea fits naturally into existing workflows:

Upload documents from document management systems
Export timelines to case files
Include in legal memoranda and briefs
Use in presentations and client meetings
Coordinate with litigation support tools

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