You can't afford an attorney
The average civil attorney charges $300–$500 per hour. A simple case can cost $10,000+. You shouldn’t have to give up your rights because you can’t write the check.
Practice Area · Pro se
Roughly 30 million Americans end up in court each year without an attorney. Most lose not on the merits but on the paperwork — wrong format, missed deadline, no answer filed. SynthCounsel levels that field.
Where you might be
You were quoted a flat fee you can’t justify
A $3,000 retainer for a debt case where the alleged amount is $1,800. The math doesn’t work. You need tools, not a billable-hour relationship.
Legal aid turned you down
Legal aid is overwhelmed and only takes a fraction of qualifying cases. If you fall into the gap — too much income for aid, too little for counsel — you’re on your own.
You just want to understand what’s happening
Even if you eventually hire a lawyer, you need to know what the filings mean, what the deadlines are, and what your options look like. Knowledge changes the dynamic.
Toolkit
Not a practice management suite. Not a billing engine. The tools that actually decide cases.
Guided document generation
One question at a time. The wizard only asks what the template actually needs. No blank 40-field forms.
Rule-based deadline calculator
Enter a triggering event; get the deadline computed from your state’s civil procedure rules. Every computed deadline shows its derivation: event + rule + service method + safety buffer.
Case law research
Search millions of court opinions via CourtListener. Find precedent in the same jurisdiction on the same issue.
50-state rule library
Every state’s civil procedure rules, encoded. Look up a rule, see its text, and see how it applies to your case.
Consumer protection scanner
Upload a collection letter or credit report dispute. Get an instant violation report with FDCPA / FCRA citations.
Case phase tracker
Know where you are in the case lifecycle: filed, served, answered, discovery, dispositive motions, trial. Know what comes next.
Honest about scope
We’re honest about our limits. Scrivener, not attorney.
- 01Generate court-formatted filings from your case context
- 02Compute deadlines from your state’s civil procedure rules
- 03Search opinions and surface the rule text you need
- 04Scan collection letters and credit reports for violations
- 05Show you the options available at every phase
- 01Tell you which defense to assert
- 02Recommend which motion to file
- 03Predict whether you’ll win
- 04Evaluate the merits of your claim
- 05Form an attorney-client relationship
SynthCounsel is a document preparation tool. It does not provide legal advice. If you can afford an attorney, hire one. If you can’t, we help you show up prepared.
Not every case needs a lawyer. Every case needs a person who knows the rules, the deadlines, and the format.