AI-Native Litigation. Predictable Monthly Pricing. A New Way to Litigate.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman offers a value-based fee arrangement for business litigation. Clients work alongside their legal team inside a private, AI-native workspace, with a predictable monthly fee in place of the six-minute billing increment.
The AI Workspace
Every subscription engagement includes a dedicated AI-native workspace built inside FRB’s secure environment. Unlike public consumer chatbots, the workspace preserves attorney-client privilege while giving you real-time visibility into your matter’s status, strategy, and next steps.
At the center of every engagement is a shared AI-native workspace where clients and attorneys collaborate on the matter in real time, under attorney-client privilege, inside FRB’s secure environment.
Death of the Billable Hour
For over a hundred years, the billable hour has decided which cases get pursued and which get abandoned. The math is unforgiving, and meritorious claims have walked away from the courthouse because the cost of litigation no longer matched the value of the dispute.
Value based pricing changes that calculus. A monthly subscription covers the recurring work of an active case. Discrete contested events are priced as predictable flat fees when, and if, they arise. Clients know what their litigation will cost before it starts, not after.
Who This Is For
FRB recognizes that litigation needs to be tailored for businesses that want their legal counsel to align with their outcome, not a clock. The model is particularly well suited to small and mid-sized businesses whose litigation budgets have historically been outmatched by hourly billing.
This value-based arrangement is offered for plaintiff and defense engagements in business litigation for new FRB clients. Existing FRB clients should contact their attorney to discuss converting their matter to an alternative fee arrangement. FRB clients who prefer traditional hourly engagements may continue on that basis.
What’s Included in the Monthly Subscription
Your monthly fee covers the ongoing work that keeps an active matter moving forward.
- Pleadings Complaints or answers with affirmative defenses, counterclaims, cross-claims, third-party complaints, and replies.
- Affirmative Discovery Drafting and serving interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission. Non-party subpoenas. Rule 26 disclosures and supplements. ESI protocol negotiation and any meet-and-confers.
- Pre-Suit Work Investigation, demand letters, preservation notices, insurance tender and coverage analysis, and pre-suit settlement correspondence.
- Court and Case Coordination Status, scheduling, case management and discovery conferences. Routine correspondence with opposing counsel, including letters and notices. Calendar, deadline, and file management.
- Client Collaboration Consistent reporting, ongoing strategy, and full access to an AI workspace where you can review your matter, ask questions, and participate actively in your case.
À La Carte: Flat-Fee Add-Ons
Contested events and discrete events are priced as predictable flat fees for when, and if, they ever arise. Clients will know what their litigation will cost before it starts, so there are no surprises when litigation intensifies.
- Motion Practice Motions to dismiss, amend, remand, transfer, compel, quash, or for protective orders. Sanctions and spoliation motions. Summary judgment. Motions in limine. Oppositions and replies.
- Discovery Response Responses to interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission. Privilege log preparation. Document review, tiered by volume. Production preparation and Bates work.
- Depositions Witness preparation. Taking or defending fact depositions. 30(b)(6) preparation and designation. Expert depositions. Deposition summaries.
- Trial, ADR, and Appellate Trial preparation and trial day rates. Mediation and arbitration packages. Settlement agreement drafting. Appellate briefing and oral argument. TRO, preliminary injunction, and receiver applications.
Pricing
Subscription pricing is set far below typical law firm hourly-rate engagements, based on the matter’s scope, complexity, and posture, with rates negotiated at engagement. For a confidential discussion of your matter and a fee quote, contact us below.
Get Started
To enroll or to discuss whether the subscription model is the right fit for your matter, contact Christopher Warren at cwarren@frblaw.com or submit the form below.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s included in the monthly subscription?
The monthly fee covers pleadings, affirmative discovery, pre-suit work, court and case coordination, routine correspondence with opposing counsel, and ongoing client collaboration through the workspace. A full list is available on the subscription overview page.
What is priced as a flat fee instead?
Contested motion practice, discovery responses, depositions, trial preparation and trial days, mediation and arbitration, settlement drafting, appellate work, and emergency applications such as TROs and preliminary injunctions. Each is scoped and quoted before work begins.
How much does the subscription cost?
Subscription rates are negotiated at engagement based on the scope, complexity, and posture of the matter. Pricing is set before work begins and adjusts only on defined Triggering Events such as the addition of parties or claims, removal, transfer, or a material change in case posture. Contact us for a confidential quote.
What is the workspace?
Every subscription engagement includes a dedicated AI-native workspace built inside FRB’s secure environment. Clients and attorneys collaborate on the matter in real time, with AI assisting under attorney supervision. Communications stay privileged, and clients have ongoing visibility into status, strategy, and next steps.
How is the workspace different from using a consumer AI chatbot?
Public chatbots are not designed for privileged communications. The workspace lives inside FRB’s secure environment, so attorney-client privilege is preserved and your matter’s information is not used to train public models.
Does the subscription model reduce the quality of representation?
No. The model changes how clients are billed, not the standard of representation. AI handles the work it is well suited for, attorneys handle judgment, strategy, and advocacy, and every output is reviewed under attorney supervision.
Who is this designed for?
Businesses of any size can subscribe, but value-based pricing is particularly well suited to small and mid-sized businesses whose litigation budgets have historically been outmatched by hourly billing. It puts litigation within reach for clients with legitimate claims that would not survive an hourly-cost analysis.
Can I still hire FRB on a traditional hourly basis?
Yes. Clients who prefer traditional hourly engagements may continue on that basis. Value-based pricing is an option, not a replacement.
What happens if my case changes significantly?
The subscription rate is set at engagement and adjusts only on defined Triggering Events, including the addition of parties or claims, removal, transfer, or material changes in case posture. Adjustments are discussed and documented before they take effect.
How do I enroll or learn more?
Contact Christopher Warren at cwarren@frblaw.com to discuss whether the subscription model is the right fit for your matter and to receive a confidential subscription quote.
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