Do you run a defense firm — or work at one?
MaxDockets carries a different weight depending on which chair you sit in. Pick yours.
I run the firm
Deadlines, coverage, collections, malpractice exposure — the things that wake you up at 2am.
I work at one
The sticky notes, the callbacks, the “did anyone calendar that?” — the weight of everyone else’s deadlines.
The things that can end a practice, handled by default.
You didn’t go to law school to be a logistics manager. Every row below is a risk that stops depending on someone remembering.
A Tuesday, handled.
You carry everyone’s deadlines in your head. Here’s what it feels like when the software carries them instead.
Your day is already triaged
The Daily Briefing has every hearing today, every deadline this week, every overdue task, every client waiting on an answer — one screen. No sticky notes. No dread.
A new client signs from their phone
Lead → retainer with the charges prefilled → e-signed (multiple signers if family is paying) → payment plan and case created. You didn’t re-type a single field.
The ALR clock starts itself
You entered the arrest date. That’s it — the deadline computed, calendared, and the hearing request drafted. The scary one is off your plate.
A call becomes a task — by itself
The client mentioned a deadline halfway through a ramble. The call is summarized into the file and the action item is a task, assigned to the right attorney, with a due date. You didn’t take notes.
You fact-check opposing counsel in one click
Their brief gets scanned: every citation verified against the actual opinions — fake cites flagged, weak authority scored, mischaracterizations caught with pinpoint quotes.
You go home
Nothing lives only in your head anymore. The system knows what’s due tomorrow — and it’ll be on the briefing when you walk in.
Real screens. Blurred for privilege.
These aren’t renders — they’re the actual working system. The blur is because the data behind them is real clients with real cases. That’s the point.
A research department that reads every opinion.
Grounded in millions of published opinions — the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and every Texas appellate court. Three tools, one rule: every claim cites a real opinion you can click and read, or it says so.
Ask a question · Scan a brief · Check every citation — built into the same system that holds your cases.
Upload the PDF. Every citation is pulled and cross-examined against the actual opinions:
| Citation in the brief | Verdict | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. 141 | ✓ Supports as cited | 94 · SCOTUS, heavily cited |
| Cited for: “police may always draw blood” | ⚠ Mischaracterized — the opinion holds the opposite, pinpoint quote attached | — |
| State v. Smith, 999 S.W.3d 999 (2025) | ✗ No such case exists | 0 |
| An unpublished 2004 memo opinion | ✓ Exists — but weak; 2 stronger cases on the same point suggested | 38 · unpublished, rarely cited |
Opposing-counsel mode sorts the damage first: the fake, the mischaracterized, and the weak — your cross-examination of their paperwork, done before your coffee cools.
Criminal defense first. The whole practice covered.
DWI, ALR, and expunctions are first-class citizens. And because defense firms also carry PI and family matters, contingent-fee retainers and the rest of the caseload live here too — nothing in your practice is homeless.