# BriefCatch

> BriefCatch is an AI-assisted legal writing and editing platform founded by bestselling author and legal-writing authority Ross Guberman. It plugs directly into Microsoft Word to give lawyers, judges, and courts real-time, expert-informed suggestions that sharpen clarity, precision, and persuasive impact, drawing on a library of thousands of edits and examples from top legal writers. Trusted by 45+ Am Law 200 firms, 80+ courts, and government agencies, BriefCatch raised a $6M Series A in December 2025 and acquired editing-software maker WordRake in February 2026.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Arlington, Virginia, United States
- **Founders:** Ross Guberman (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~34 employees
- **Products:** BriefCatch (Word add-in), BriefCatch 4 / Next, BriefCatch for Outlook, Examples & analytics
- **Notable:** Award-winning, patented legal writing tool, 11,000+ expert-informed editorial suggestions with real-time rescans, 3.6 million suggestions accepted by users

## Products & services

- **BriefCatch (Word add-in)** — An editing tool that integrates into Microsoft Word and delivers 11,000+ real-time, expert-informed suggestions to improve clarity, concision, flow, and persuasion, plus draft analytics and scores.
- **BriefCatch 4 / Next** — The latest generation adding AI-driven Bluebook citation correction and a context-aware writing advisor; Mac-compatible and increasingly AI-powered.
- **BriefCatch for Outlook** — Brings BriefCatch editing into email so legal professionals can sharpen correspondence as well as briefs.
- **Examples & analytics** — Side-by-side examples from respected legal writers and detailed draft reports that score and benchmark a document's writing quality.

## Achievements

- Award-winning, patented legal writing tool
- 11,000+ expert-informed editorial suggestions with real-time rescans
- 3.6 million suggestions accepted by users
- 99% customer retention; 100% gross retention among law firms/courts; 126% net enterprise revenue retention
- Trusted by 45+ Am Law 200 firms and 80+ courts
- Acquired WordRake (Feb 2026) to expand its editing platform
- Raised $6M Series A as a significant upround (Dec 2025)

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — BriefCatch acquired WordRake, a Seattle-based developer of patented clarity-and-concision editing software.
- **2025-12** — Closed a $6M Series A led by Full In to accelerate acquisitions and AI-assisted product development.
- **2025-01** — Released BriefCatch 4 with AI-driven Bluebook citation correction and a context-aware writing advisor.

## Links

- Website: https://briefcatch.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/briefcatch
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/legalwritingpro

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Last updated: 2026-06-15