As home to some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, Chicago has also seen its legal tech sector bloom. From AI-driven e-discovery platforms to streamlined workflow tools, Chicago legal tech companies are reshaping how the industry handles everyday tasks from case management to corporate compliance.
Here’s a look at some of the legal tech industry’s key players in the Chicago area.
Top Chicago Legal Tech Companies
- Adaptibar
- CSC
- CPI OpenFox
- iManage
- Nextpoint
Top Legal Tech Companies in Chicago
Smokeball is a cloud-based legal practice management platform that combines case management, automatic time tracking, document automation, legal billing, trust accounting and business reporting in one system. The software includes Archie AI, which helps legal professionals draft correspondence, review and summarize documents and complete routine work more efficiently.
CPI OpenFox develops software for law enforcement agencies that enables secure messaging, record keeping, file sharing and database creation and management. The company serves federal and state agencies across multiple U.S. states, with clients including the Illinois State Police, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the U.S. Navy and Interpol.
Nextpoint provides cloud-based eDiscovery and litigation software for law firms, corporations and government organizations. Its platform manages document review, depositions, trial preparation and case building through a browser-based interface, with per-user pricing and unlimited data hosting. Nextpoint also operates Nextpoint Law Group, an Arizona-based law firm offering data-driven legal services.
Page Vault offers technology to help legal professionals capture web content such as websites, social media and videos and turn it into court-ready evidence that keeps users out of the digital chain of custody. The company offers both browser-based software and outsourced capture services for lawyers and legal teams across litigation, intellectual property, investigations and other practice areas.
Relativity helps law firms, government agencies and corporations organize and understand complex legal data through RelativityOne, its AI-powered platform. The company’s generative AI capabilities — including aiR Assist, aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege — aim to accelerate document review, case strategy and data breach response.
iManage manages documents, emails and knowledge for over one million professionals worldwide, including over 80 percent of the AmLaw 200 and over 40 percent of Fortune 100 companies. Its platform captures institutional knowledge and connects it securely to AI systems through an architecture that works to preserve governance and security controls, enabling organizations to deploy AI agents against their own knowledge at scale.
CSC provides business administration, compliance and legal services to corporations globally, including registered agent services, Uniform Commercial Code filings, entity management and business license solutions. The company serves Fortune 500 companies, operating offices in Chicago and across more than 140 jurisdictions worldwide.
AdaptiBar serves law students and graduates preparing for the bar exam with personalized practice and detailed answer explanations. Its MCQ Simulator is a law study tool that uses adaptive technology and nearly every licensed multiple-choice question from past bar exams released by the NCBE (including NextGen UBE), adjusting difficulty and focus based on student performance.
