AI Conflict Check Agent
Scan every new matter against your firm's conflicts database and ethical walls before you commit. A second set of eyes that never forgets a name.
- Full-text search across prior matters, not just party names
- Related-party detection for spouses, co-counsel, and affiliated entities
- Ethical walls enforced across practice groups and attorneys
- Logged audit trail for every check
Blueprint refunded if we don't leave you with a clear path forward.
The conflict you would have missed
You take a commercial breach-of-contract case. Your practice management system says no conflict. 4 months in, a deposition reveals the defendant's spouse was a witness in a matter your partner handled 3 years ago. The Conflict Check agent would have caught that. It searches full text across every matter, note, and document in your system, not just the party-name field, and surfaces matches with context you can review in a minute.
What the Conflict Check agent does
- Scans the inbound matter facts (names, addresses, entities, counsel) against your full conflicts database, including matter notes and attached documents
- Runs related-party detection for spouses, co-counsel, parent and subsidiary entities, and common beneficial owners
- Enforces ethical walls you've set up between practice groups or specific attorneys
- Produces a conflict memo with the matching records surfaced and a clear recommended disposition
- Logs every check in an audit trail that supports Model Rule 1.7 and state-bar conflict-checking requirements
Integrations
- Clio, MyCase, Practice Panther, or SmokeBall
- Your document management system (NetDocuments, iManage, Clio Drive)
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace for the document layer
- Slack or email for escalation notifications
Built from these legal skills
Each skill is a battle-tested template that codifies how your team already handles this kind of work. The agent orchestrates them into an end-to-end output.
-
case-viability-conflict-check-report.md
Practice-area fit
Every engagement tunes the agent to your firm's specific matter mix. The areas below are where we've seen this agent fit most naturally.
Function
Safety posture
The agent flags, you decide. The output is a memo with matching records surfaced; the call to take or decline the matter stays with the attorney of record.
Frequently Asked Questions
It runs alongside it. Your existing Clio or practice management system check stays in place as the system of record. The agent adds a full-text, related-party layer on top and flags anything the field-level check might have missed.
Start saving time and money on Day 1 with Dodonai
Learn how Dodonai can help take your law practice to the next level.