Systems and methods for implementing search and recommendation tools for attorney selection

US11017489B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Clara Analytics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Zhe Jia · Kowloon, CN
• Hari Nathan · Santa Clara, US
• Shengnan Li · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2019
• Grant date: May 25, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0627
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method disclosed herein provides search and recommendation mechanisms for selecting attorneys. In an embodiment, a processor identifies a claim litigated by a candidate attorney. The processor uses historical claim data and a claim score for an attorney who opposed the candidate attorney when litigating the claim to determine a claim score for the candidate attorney. The processor then uses the candidate attorney claim score to recalculate the opposing attorney claim score, and checks to see whether the claim scores have converged. If the scores have not converged, the processor iteratively recalculates the claim scores of the candidate attorney and the opposing attorney until the scores converge. Finally, the candidate attorney claim score is used to determine an overall score for the candidate attorney which can be compared against the scores of other attorneys and used for attorney search and recommendation.