Court filings
Name complaints, answers, motions, orders, notices, and e-filing receipts by matter, date, document type, and venue.
2026-0142 – 2026-05-29 – Answer – SDNY.pdfFor law firms and legal teams
Rename legal documents by matter, date, and type
Zush reads pleadings, contracts, correspondence, discovery, and scans, then gives them consistent, searchable filenames. Use it with existing folders, shared drives, and DMS exports on Mac or Windows.
- Works with your existing folders
- Offline AI for confidential files
- Preview before every rename
Legal file organization
When the folder is the workspace, filenames become the index
Zush helps legal teams organize the documents that live before, beside, and outside a formal document management system.
Small firms working from shared folders
Keep case files understandable across Finder, File Explorer, OneDrive, Dropbox, or a network drive without buying another document repository.
Litigation and paralegal teams
Turn downloaded pleadings, productions, exhibits, correspondence, and scanner output into a chronological matter folder before filing or review.
Legal ops and DMS administrators
Standardize filenames at intake, migration, and export so documents keep their context when they move between systems or leave the DMS.
Turn every case folder into a searchable matter record
Extract the client or matter number, document date, type, party, court, status, and version already inside each file. Your Template decides what appears in the filename and in which order.
Tap a field to see the result
document (7).pdf2026-0142 – 2026-06-12 – Discovery Order
Your Template decides which fields appear in the filename. Run the extraction locally with Offline AI, or through the provider account your firm controls with BYOK.
Organize confidential legal documents on your terms
Choose local processing, your firm’s approved AI provider, or Zush-managed AI based on the documents in the workflow. The source files stay where your team already keeps them.
Offline AI with local models
Keep files on the machineOrganize supported case files with local Ollama models on the Mac or Windows PC where they are stored. Document content is not sent to Zush or an AI provider.
Use your firm’s AI account
BYOKConnect the AI provider account and model approved by your firm. The API key stays in secure local storage, while the provider processes the documents you choose.
Start with managed AI
Fastest setupUse Zush-managed AI for non-confidential documents and quick evaluation. Choose Offline AI or BYOK when client files require a different processing policy.
Zush never becomes the repository for your case files: it renames documents in place and does not store them. Your firm chooses how document content is processed for each workflow. Read how the modes handle data
Add consistent file organization to the tools you already use
Use Zush as the naming layer between email, court downloads, scanners, shared folders, and your legal document management system.
Define the matter naming rule
Build a Template from the client or matter number, document date, type, party, status, version, and any field your practice uses.
Run it on intake or an archive
Organize a copied case folder, downloaded filings, scanner output, or a DMS export without moving the documents into a new platform.
Approve the matter-ready filenames
Review the whole batch, correct exceptions, and apply it with rename history. Then monitor recurring intake folders with the same rule.
Works with cloud folders
- iCloud Drive
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- OneDrive
- Box
One organizer for the documents around every legal matter
Create separate naming rules for litigation, transactional work, discovery, and client intake while keeping a consistent matter-based structure across the firm.
Contracts and agreements
Keep drafts, redlines, clean copies, and executed agreements distinct across clients and counterparties.
Northwind – NDA – Meridian – Executed – 2026-06-01.pdfCorrespondence
Organize demand letters, client letters, and communications with opposing counsel in chronological order.
2026-0142 – 2026-06-10 – Demand Letter – v03.docxDiscovery and exhibits
Name productions, responses, exhibit sets, deposition materials, and evidence scans by matter-specific fields.
2026-0158 – 2026-06-11 – Exhibit B – Invoice Set.pdfInternal work product
Apply the same convention to research, interview notes, strategy memos, and deposition preparation files.
2026-0142 – 2026-06-12 – Memo – Deposition Prep.docxScanner output
Turn image-only PDFs and paper correspondence with generic source names into searchable matter files.
2026-0158 – 2026-06-13 – Correspondence – Counsel.pdfWhat better legal file organization changes
The goal is not prettier filenames. It is a case file that remains understandable wherever the documents go.
Find the right document before opening it
Matter number, document type, party, and status turn a folder listing into a useful index instead of a wall of downloads and scan numbers.
Read the case chronology at a glance
Put the document date in a consistent ISO format and the matter folder sorts into a timeline of filings, letters, agreements, and events.
Preserve context outside the DMS
Self-describing filenames remain useful in email attachments, client exports, shared drives, discovery sets, and closed-matter archives.
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Legal document organization, answered
How AI file organization works with matter folders, shared drives, legal document management software, confidential files, preview, and undo.
Organize documents by client and matter, then use a consistent filename built from the matter number, document date, document type, party, and version or status. This makes each folder searchable and chronological while keeping the convention portable across shared drives, exports, and document management systems.
Organize one copied case folder with Zush
Start with a matter folder full of downloads, drafts, and scans. Review the proposed filenames, refine the naming rule, and undo the batch if it needs another pass.
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