We built this because we watched firms lose matters to their own process.

Before founding Docketwright, CEO Olivia Bennett spent several years in legal operations at Meridian Litigation Group, a DC-area litigation firm with four practice groups and sixty attorneys. The work was substantive — building workflow documentation, coordinating onboarding for lateral hires, tracking matter performance data for partner reviews.

But a consistent portion of every week was consumed by the same operational overhead: conflict check follow-ups, engagement letter status checks, deadline reminder coordination. Not because the attorneys were disorganized — because the processes were manual, and manual processes at scale degrade into status-chasing.

"We tracked conflict checks in a spreadsheet. Partners would hand-mark a cell 'cleared' and email the paralegal. By the time the paralegal saw it and updated the matter record, it was Tuesday afternoon and the new client had already followed up asking when onboarding would start."

Docketwright is the system that should have existed: workflow automation that handles the process layer so the people can do the work that requires judgment. Founded in 2024, backed by angel funding in February 2026, and piloting with mid-size DC-area firms.