PDF tools for lawyers & small firms
Retainer agreements, NDAs, settlement letters, motions and pleadings: AI pre-fills boilerplate from your firm profile and the matter file. Bates numbering across exhibits, true-redaction (text + metadata stripped, not just black rectangles), PDF/A-1b flatten for PACER NextGen, NYSCEF and CM/ECF e-filing. Court-admissible ESIGN signature, full chain-of-custody audit trail.
Drafting the same NDA 50 times a year
Same parties block, same jurisdiction clause, same termination. iFillPDF stores reusable clauses and auto-inserts them — fresh NDA in 90 seconds, replacing copy-paste from your last MS Word version.
Bates-numbering 800 exhibits before a deposition
Drag your discovery folder, set the prefix (SMITH000001) and step. iFillPDF burns Bates stamps + privilege footers across the whole production in one pass — no Acrobat Pro license needed, same workflow Kofax Power PDF and Briefpoint Autodoc charge $400+/yr for.
Redacted PDFs leak text behind black rectangles
Adding a black box in MS Word or generic PDF apps does NOT remove the underlying text — opposing counsel can copy-paste the supposedly-redacted name. iFillPDF runs true redaction: text removed from the content stream, metadata stripped, output saved as flattened PDF/A-1b.
Clients sign in person or never
Send retainer, settlement or substitution-of-counsel via magic link. Client signs from phone, no DocuSign Premier account ($25/mo/user). ESIGN + UETA admissible in every U.S. court; eIDAS qualified equivalent for EU matters.
Pleadings PDF gets corrupted on filing
PACER NextGen, NYSCEF and most state CM/ECF systems reject PDFs with form fields, layered annotations, or non-PDF/A files. iFillPDF flattens to clean PDF/A-1b automatically — meets the federal court 2024 e-filing technical standards.
Tools that save you hours
Pre-configured PDF tools used daily by professionals like you.
Frequently asked questions
Is the e-signature admissible in court?+
Yes. ESIGN Act (15 USC § 7001) + UETA (adopted in 49 states) grant e-signatures the same legal weight as wet ink for retainers, settlements and most pleadings. eIDAS qualified signatures cover EU litigation. We capture timestamp, IP, signer email and a SHA-256 hash in the audit trail — defensible if authenticity is challenged at trial.
Does iFillPDF replace Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther or NetDocuments?+
No — complementary. Practice-management suites handle billing, time-tracking, conflict checks and case files. DMS like NetDocuments holds the master archive. iFillPDF handles the document side: AI-fill from matter data, Bates numbering across exhibits, true redaction, court-ready PDF/A-1b export, magic-link signing. Most small firms keep Clio for matter management and use iFillPDF for the document mechanics that Clio lacks.
Does the Bates numbering work like Adobe Acrobat Pro?+
Yes — same workflow, no per-seat license. Set prefix (e.g. SMITH), starting number, step (1, 5, 10), pad-zeros (000001 vs 1), font, position, and apply across a whole exhibit folder in one batch. Privilege footers (PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL / WORK PRODUCT) supported simultaneously.
How is attorney-client privilege preserved?+
AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, EU hosting (Frankfurt) with US-Pro plan optionally, GDPR-compliant DPA. Documents are never used to train AI. True redaction strips text from the PDF content stream + metadata (Title, Author, hidden layers) — Start plan includes a private workspace.
Can I import a court PDF (e.g. from PACER) that has no fillable fields?+
Yes. AI detects the visible fields on flattened/scanned PDFs (proof of claim, civil cover sheet JS-44, immigration EOIR forms) and lets you fill them, then re-saves as a clean PDF/A-1b — accepted by federal CM/ECF, NYSCEF, Texas eFile and most state portals.