§ Litigation Desk Practice management for solo & small US law firms
Run your practice
from a single desktop.
Matter intake, document drafting, time entry, invoicing, IOLTA accounting, conflict checks, and audit trail — in one native Windows application built for lawyers who want their data on their own machine.
14-day trial · No credit card · Uninstall cleanly
Platform
Native Windows
Data residency
On your machine
Integrations
Word · Outlook · PDF
Database
SQLite · open standard
Practice · matter management
Every matter, captured properly,
from first call to final billing.
Litigation Desk's intake flow is a four-step process that captures the client, the adverse parties, the conflict check, and the engagement letter — in that order, because that's the order required by the rules.
-
1
Guided intake
Four-step flow: client, adverse parties, conflict check, engagement. Each step is gated; nothing is skipped.
-
2
Conflict checking, automatic
Searches every contact, matter, party, judge, and opposing counsel in your history. Surfaces both direct conflicts and tangential ones for your judgment.
-
3
Procedural posture tracking
Plaintiff, Petitioner, Defendant, Respondent, Appellant, or Appellee — visible at a glance on every matter.
-
4
Stage progression
Eight-stage flow from Intake through Trial. Court-aware deadline rules computed from the stage and jurisdiction.
-
5
Party register
Client, adverse parties, opposing counsel, judges, experts. Every relationship typed; every party reachable.
-
6
Matter alerts
Deadline countdowns, billing thresholds, trust-low warnings, and statute-of-limitations watches — all in the alert band at the top of every matter.
Microsoft Word & Outlook · native integration
Drafted in Word. Sent through Outlook.
Filed to the matter automatically.
No new word processor to learn. No web-based editor that subtly breaks your formatting. Every document opens in the Microsoft Word installed on your machine; every email is composed and sent in the Outlook you already use. Litigation Desk captures the work product as it happens.
Microsoft Word
Document drafting & filing
- Generate from templates — pleadings, demand letters, retainers, engagements. Live matter data merges in automatically.
- One-click open in your installed Word — edits save back to the matter automatically.
- Mail-merge from matter data — caption, parties, dates, case numbers populate without retyping.
- Document tagging — court filing, generated, evidence, correspondence; searchable across the database.
- PDF generation for client delivery; versioned.
Microsoft Outlook
Email · attached to the matter
- Send via Outlook — opens with recipients, subject, and matter reference pre-filled. You compose; Outlook sends.
- Inbound email to matter — drag-and-drop from Outlook to file against the right matter.
- Threaded view per matter — every conversation indexed against the matter, attachments preserved.
- Search by matter, party, or content — across every email ever filed.
- Encrypted at rest — bodies encrypted via Windows DPAPI; local-only.
Billing · time entries · invoices
From timesheet to invoice
in one click.
Tabular nums on every number. UTBMS codes ready for clients who require them. Invoices that look like an attorney prepared them — because, of course, an attorney did.
-
1
Quick-add time entries
Record from any matter with one keystroke. Narrative, hours, rate, UTBMS task and activity codes captured inline.
-
2
Every fee arrangement
Hourly, flat-fee, contingent, hybrid, or pro-bono. Each matter sets its own; the system computes accordingly.
-
3
UTBMS-coded
Task codes (L120, L240, L450…) and activity codes (A102, A103, A104…) on every entry. Generates LEDES-formatted invoices on request.
-
4
Invoice generation
Select entries; click generate. Output is a print-ready invoice with the bar-required Rule 1.5 attestation footer and your firm's letterhead.
-
5
Trust offsets at the moment of billing
If a client has a retainer in trust, the system offers to apply it against the invoice and remit the balance — all recorded as one atomic transaction.
-
6
Send via Outlook with attachment
Click Send; Outlook opens with the invoice PDF pre-attached and the client's billing contact in the To field.
Trust accounting · bar-grade IOLTA
Where general practice software fails,
Litigation Desk insists on getting it right.
Three-way reconciliation — bank statement, book balance, and the sum of all client ledgers must agree to the cent. Not eventually. Every time.
-
1
Per-matter trust ledgers
Every deposit, every disbursement, every fee transfer recorded against a specific client. Nothing commingles with operating funds.
-
2
Three-way reconciliation
Bank statement = book balance = Σ client ledgers. The system enforces this on every reconciliation cycle.
-
3
Reconciliation history
Every reconciliation logged with date, period, variance, and the actor who signed it off. Immutable.
-
4
Variance alerts before they're grievances
If a transaction can't be matched, the system surfaces the discrepancy long before the next bank statement closes.
Architecture · data residency · trust
Your data lives on your machine.
Litigation Desk is a native Windows desktop application, not a web service with a Windows wrapper. There is no cloud component, no telemetry, and no server-side dependency for normal operation. The database is open-standard SQLite, queryable by you, backupable by you, ownable by you.
- Platform
- Native Windows 10 / 11 desktop · macOS roadmap 2026
- Architecture
- Tauri 2 (Rust core + WebView2 UI) — hexagonal architecture, fully typed
- Database
- SQLite — open standard, your data, your file, queryable with any tool
- Installer
- Single signed MSI · Authenticode-signed binaries · verifiable build provenance
- Office
- Microsoft Word and Outlook integration via native COM — no plug-in, no add-in
- Backup
- One-click SQLite snapshot to any location you choose · works with your existing backup tool
- Audit log
- Every write recorded immutably with actor, timestamp, and IPC context — exportable for compliance review
- Multi-user
- Two-seat firm minimum · concurrent access via shared file location · firm admin / member roles
Bar compliance · built into the workflow
Rule 1.5
Fee disclosure
Every invoice carries the bar-required attestation footer. UTBMS codes available on request to client.
Rule 1.7 & 1.9
Conflict review
Acknowledgment of conflict-check review recorded on every new matter with timestamp and actor.
IOLTA
Trust accounting
Three-way reconciliation, per-matter ledgers, immutable history — meeting the trust-account requirements of every U.S. state bar.
Pricing
Try it free for 14 days.
No credit card. No commitment.
Download Litigation Desk and run it against your own matters. The trial is fully featured — open matters, generate documents, record time, run reconciliation. If it doesn't fit your practice, uninstall cleanly. Your data stays on your machine in either case.
Trial
0
for 14 days
- Every feature unlocked
- No credit card required
- Your data stays on uninstall
Firm seat
One-time
per attorney
- Two years of free updates
- Perpetual license — yours for life
- Two-seat firm minimum
- Firm admin + member roles
Enterprise
Custom
10+ seats
- Volume pricing
- Migration assistance from CSV
- Onboarding and training
Common questions
Questions we hear most.
Where does my data live?
On your machine. Litigation Desk is a native Windows application — no cloud database, no telemetry, no server-side dependency for normal operation. The database is open-standard SQLite. You can back it up, copy it, and query it with any tool that reads SQLite.
Will it work with my existing Microsoft Word and Outlook?
Yes. Documents open in the Word installed on your machine and edits save back to the matter automatically. Outlook is wired the same way — composed and sent locally, with the resulting email indexed against the matter. We use native COM integration; there is no plug-in or add-in to install in Office.
Does the trust accounting meet bar requirements?
Litigation Desk enforces three-way reconciliation: the bank statement, your book balance, and the sum of all per-client ledgers must agree to the cent. Per-matter trust ledgers prevent commingling, every reconciliation is logged immutably with the actor and timestamp, and variance alerts surface discrepancies before the next bank statement closes. This is what every U.S. state bar IOLTA program requires.
What is the pricing?
A one-time fee per attorney, with two years of free updates included. After that, the license remains yours for life — update plans are optional. A 14-day free trial requires no credit card. Talk to us for firm-wide deployments or volume pricing.
Can I migrate from my current practice management system?
Yes. We import matters, contacts, time entries, and trust ledgers from CSV exports of most major systems. Our onboarding team handles the mapping. Contact us to discuss your current setup.
Is there a Mac version?
A macOS build is on the 2026 roadmap. Litigation Desk today is Windows 10 / 11 only.
Try it free for 14 days
Download Litigation Desk and run it
against your own matters.
A signed MSI installer, no account required for trial activation. Open matters, generate documents, record time, run reconciliation. Your data stays on your machine.