“The SimpleAI Word Add-In has quickly become an everyday tool used by partners across our firm.”

— Christina Wojcik, Chief Innovation Officer, Pierson Ferdinand LLP

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Pierson Ferdinand (“PierFerd”) is a Partner-led, tech-driven, and fully distributed law firm providing high-quality legal services across 25+ markets. With more than 270 global partners, the firm brings deep experience across 90+ areas of law including corporate, M&A, litigation, intellectual property, employment, and regulatory matters - while placing a strong emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and client service.

From its founding, PierFerd has taken a deliberate approach to technology adoption: tools must streamline delivery of legal services, enhance judgment rather than replace it, increase transparency, and deliver tangible value to clients.

That philosophy led PierFerd to partner with SimpleDocs and roll out the SimpleAI Word Add-In across its practice.

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The Opportunity: Modern Legal Work Without Workflow Disruption

As client expectations continue to rise and matters grow more complex, lawyers face a familiar challenge: balancing high-value legal thinking with time-intensive drafting, review, and revision work.

Much of this work happens where lawyers already spend their time – inside Microsoft Word. Introducing new systems or standalone tools often creates friction, slows adoption, and fragments workflows. PierFerd sought an AI solution that could live inside Word, supporting lawyers as they draft, review, and refine contracts in real time.

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The Solution: SimpleAI, Embedded Where Lawyers Work

SimpleAI integrates directly into Microsoft Word, allowing lawyers to draft, review, summarize, and improve contracts without leaving their documents. The rollout at PierFerd focused on practical use cases and hands-on training, ensuring attorneys could immediately apply the tool to real client work.

Since implementation, partners across the firm have consistently used SimpleAI to:

  • Accelerate first drafts and revisions
  • Quickly extract and analyze key clauses
  • Summarize long agreements for internal and client-facing discussions
  • Reduce repetitive manual edits while maintaining full control over legal judgment – delivering value to clients quickly and effectively

“The team at SimpleDocs have been exceptional partners, combining flexibility, hands-on training, and a highly collaborative approach to meet PierFerd’s unique needs,” said Christina Wojcik, Chief Innovation Officer at Pierson Ferdinand. “The SimpleAI Word Add-In has quickly become an everyday tool for partners across our firm.”

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A Shared View of the Future of Legal Work

For SimpleDocs, the partnership reflects a broader shift in how law firms are adopting AI, moving away from experimental tools and toward embedded solutions that support real legal workflows.

“Lawyers don’t need AI that forces them to change how they work,” said Preston Clark, CEO and Co-Founder of SimpleDocs. “They need AI that shows up in the moments that matter – inside the document, during drafting and review. Pierson Ferdinand is a great example of a firm adopting AI thoughtfully, in a way that strengthens efficiency, client service, and legal judgment.”

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