When it’s built thoughtfully, used responsibly, and secured properly, AI can materially improve the way legal teams get their work done...
In litigation, the ability to identify and leverage key information can be the difference between winning and losing. But extracting that information typically has been a grueling process; legal teams spend days, weeks or months sifting through thousands of pages of deposition transcripts, searching for inconsistencies, critical statements, and patterns. But that’s starting to change.
Thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence – particularly in semantic search, multimodal models, and natural language processing – new legaltech solutions are emerging to streamline and accelerate deposition review. What once took hours or days of manual analysis now can be accomplished in minutes, with greater accuracy and efficiency than possible with manual review.
In this Q&A, two legaltech leaders at Lexitas, Nicole Arango, President Court Reporting, and Jason Primuth, Chief Innovation Officer, explore how AI-powered solutions are helping legal teams accelerate their case prep and craft better legal strategy.
Q: What challenges are AI-powered litigation solutions trying to solve?
JP: Litigators are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of evidence in their transcripts and videos. Every day, I speak with attorneys who have a nagging sense that there are valuable facts buried in that data they haven’t yet connected. Our AI is built to make sense of all this information and surface meaningful insights attorneys can use to strengthen their case strategy.
NA: We are also seeing growing pressure on our attorney clients to move quickly, manage large volumes of testimony, and quickly identify critical information for their matters. The traditional review process is quite time-consuming and leaves ample room for human error. With our AI-powered solutions, we provide clients with the ability to accelerate how they consume and connect information within transcripts. The support our technology provides can be truly transformative for both case strategy and efficiency.
Q: How does AI-powered search differ from keyword search?
JP: Keyword search was a powerful tool in the 90s - if you knew the exact words to look for, you could usually find them. But that approach had its limits. Today, technologies like semantic search, vector modeling, and transformer-based AI go much further. Instead of matching exact words, they understand the meaning behind your query whether or not the words were the same. This results in a deeper, more accurate search across vast volumes of information. This means litigators don’t have to guess the right words — they can just ask what they’re looking for in plain language and get results that make sense.
AI-powered search eliminates much of that back-and-forth by understanding what you’re asking for...
NA: From a workflow perspective, keyword search often creates more work and takes longer, since you have to run multiple searches, scan through results, and hope you don’t miss something due to phrasing. AI-powered search eliminates much of that back-and-forth by understanding what you’re asking for, even without exact keyword matches. It surfaces relevant content faster, which boosts productivity and is especially valuable for legal teams working under tight deadlines.
Q: Can AI help identify contradictions across multiple depositions?
JP: By leveraging leading large language models, Deposition Insights + goes beyond surface-level keyword matches. It understands the full context of testimony - not just the words, but the underlying meaning and intent. This allows us to surface not only direct contradictions (like a clear “yes” versus “no”), but also subtle inconsistencies, where testimony doesn’t align with other facts or statements. Our goal is not to draw conclusions about guilt or innocence, but to flag potential issues for attorneys to review and act on as they see fit. This kind of context-aware detection can surface things an attorney might otherwise miss on first (or even second) read-through — especially in high-volume cases.
...context-aware detection can surface things an attorney might otherwise miss on first (or even second) read-through
NA: Yes, and this becomes especially important when looking at it through a case management lens. Without AI, spotting inconsistencies often requires a lot of manual effort, with teams combing through transcripts line by line. With Deposition Insights+, legal teams can flag potential contradictions more quickly and consistently, even across multiple transcripts. This reduces prep time and improves accuracy, helping build a stronger case strategy.
Q: What insights can video analysis offer that a review of transcript text can’t?
JP: The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” applies to deposition video, too. Tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language often reveal more than the words themselves. Deposition Insights+ analyzes these nonverbal cues to highlight moments of heightened stress, hesitation, or potential evasiveness. It doesn’t make legal calls, it just points attorneys to spots worth a closer look. We’re here to sharpen judgment, not replace it.
NA: In many cases, reviewing videos might not be scalable. Attorneys don’t always have the time to watch hours of testimony footage, even though there’s valuable information there. Our AI video analysis offers to bridge that gap by identifying key nonverbal moments worth reviewing. Knowing what’s worth watching can be a game-changer for attorneys.
Q: How do these AI-powered solutions fit into existing legal workflows?
JP: Attorneys shouldn’t have to change how they work to use new tools. That’s why our software fits into existing workflows and makes familiar tasks faster, such as summarizing transcripts, drafting outlines, or spotting inconsistencies. What used to take hours now takes minutes. There's nothing to install or reconfigure. It's designed to enhance what legal teams already do, not disrupt it.
NA: One of the things our clients appreciate the most is how little disruption this creates for their teams. Deposition Insights+ doesn’t require a new system or process; it integrates into the way attorneys already work. That’s critical when you are managing high volumes of testimony and quick turnaround times. The design kept in mind the need for a reduction in manual effort, which is exactly what most law firms are looking for right now.
Q: What privacy and security considerations do these solutions include?
JP: Because of the scale of our client base - and the sensitivity of their data - security has always been our first priority. Our platform runs in encrypted, cloud-based environments with strict controls. We’ve negotiated zero-retention agreements with our foundation model providers, so client data is never stored or reused. Attorneys always stay in full control of their data.
Security is never optional in litigation.
NA: Security is never optional in litigation. For us, it’s both critical and foundational. Operationally, we’ve embedded privacy and compliance into every layer of the product and process. One of our favorite things to walk our clients through is Deposition Insight+’s security framework, because it shows how much emphasis we placed on it while building the product. Having that level of built-in trust gives clients the confidence to use our technology without hesitation.
Q: Can you share examples of how AI-powered deposition analysis has improved case prep or outcomes?
JP: Absolutely! We’ve supported clients preparing for major trials with dozens of transcripts and videos. Deposition Insights + helped them organize their evidence, spot new connections between testimonies, and walk into court feeling more confident and prepared.
NA: Our clients have shared incredible feedback about how Deposition Insights+ streamlined their prep and reduced their team’s time spent in areas such as reviewing, summarizing, and organizing content manually. We had a recent client tell us that Deposition Insights+ was able to assist them with individual witness examination, spotting connections and contradictions across the full case testimony and evidence. As they prepped for trial on a tight timeline, it also provided a strategic edge, that would have been impossible with traditional review.
Q: How do firms evaluate return on investment in AI-powered solutions?
JP: Time is the most valuable resource our clients have. We help them spend less of it reviewing transcripts, and more of it building their case, serving their clients, and living their lives. On top of that, we reduce the risk of missing something important. Sometimes, a fresh perspective uncovers connections that change how a case is handled.
NA: For us, it’s simple: saving time means adding value. Most clients see the ROI immediately through faster transcript review, reduction in manual effort, and reduced reliance on external support for things like issue spotting or summary creation. Beyond that, it’s also about risk mitigation. Deposition Insights+ helps ensure that key details aren’t missed during prep. The blend of increased efficiency and stronger quality is hard to overlook.
Q: Do you have any final thoughts?
NA: AI has been a major focus across industries over the past few years, and for good reason. When it’s built thoughtfully, used responsibly, and secured properly, AI can materially improve the way legal teams get their work done. We are at a pivotal moment where AI tools are more accessible than ever, and I am a strong believer that how they are applied matters. In the legal industry, this means using AI to support human judgment, while driving tangible gains in efficiency, quality, and accuracy.
The legal industry is naturally cautious when it comes to adopting emerging technologies – as it should be. But when you build AI-enhanced solutions with security, compliance, and measurable value at the center of the design, you create something that truly enhances how attorneys prepare, review, and litigate. That is the kind of progress that we’re proud to be driving.
