The Lex Machina team is excited to launch Legal Analytics for Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton County State Court (together, “Fulton County”), DeKalb County Superior Court, and DeKalb County State Court (together, “DeKalb County”). These courts cover state capital Atlanta, a major government and business epicenter in which upward of 5 million citizens conduct business. Including a combined total of over 100,000 civil court cases filed January 2016 or later, these are significant venues for state court litigation. They are key courts for civil cases involving contracts, torts, property, and other civil matters.

Lex Machina provides valuable data-driven insights about judges, law firms, individual attorneys, and parties in state courts. In addition, the Georgia modules incorporate notable features such as filters for orders regarding summary judgment, appointment of special masters, class actions, and trials. They also incorporate an extensive collection of case types and document tags, including document tags for orders regarding summary judgment, jury verdicts, and judgments. The inclusion of these unique parameters enables users to find the most relevant information and analytics quickly and easily.

With our new Georgia state court modules, you can quickly and efficiently discover insights such as:

  • The total damages awarded at trial, including attorneys’ fees, is $122,318,303
  • The judge with the highest number of cases is Judge Alvin T. Wong (currently at 4,095 cases)
  • The number of cases filed in 2020 was 19,301
  • The median time to trial (currently at 2,338 cases) is 482 days

Lex Machina allows users to filter Fulton County and DeKalb County cases by the following information in order to find the most relevant cases:

Fulton County Superior Court Case Types – Appeal/Judicial Review, Contracts, Civil Writ, Property, Tax Appeal, Torts, and Other Civil

Fulton County State Court Case Types – Contracts, Torts, and Other Civi

DeKalb County Superior Court Case Types – Appeal / Judicial Review, Civil Writ, Contracts, Property, Tax Appeal, Torts, and Other Civil

DeKalb County State Court Case Types – Appeal / Judicial Review, Contracts, Property, Torts, and Other Civil

Case Tags – Order re: Summary Judgment, Special Master, Class Action

Document Tags – Order re: Summary Judgment, Jury Verdict, Initial Complaint, Answer, Judgment

Trial Damages – General Damages (Judgment on the Merits), General Damages (Jury Verdict), Attorneys’ Fees / Costs

Trial Rulings – Bench Trial, Jury Verdict, Consent Judgment, Default Judgment, Other Judgment

Trial Resolutions – Plaintiff Win, Defendant Win, Likely Settlement, Procedural

 

Lex Machina gathers raw information from state court cases, including downloading millions of state court documents, to present the most comprehensive and accurate data possible. Both new and existing Legal Analytics users will appreciate the easy-to-use interface that lets them access a wealth of new state court features including:

  • Understanding timing to key litigation milestones
  • Analyzing the record of a specific judge, law firm, attorney, or party
  • Reviewing previous trial resolutions, trial damages, and trial rulings for case strategy
  • Court-specific filters such as case types and case tags
  • Keyword searching within docket entry text and downloaded documents
  • Viewing analytics across all state courts or in one particular court

The introduction of this new state court module expands Lex Machina coverage to a nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second state court, which is an exciting milestone in accomplishing the company’s mission of bringing Legal Analytics to all areas of the law. Lex Machina has previously released modules for the:

  • Delaware Court of Chancery
  • California state courts, including:
    • Los Angeles County Superior Court
    • Orange County Superior Court
    • San Diego County Superior Court
    • San Bernardino County Superior Court
    • Sacramento County Superior Court
    • Riverside County Superior Court
    • Alameda County Superior Court
  • New York state courts, including:
    • New York County Supreme Court
    • Kings County Supreme Court
    • Queens County Supreme Court
    • Bronx County Supreme Court
    • Richmond County Supreme Court
  • Clark County District Court
  • Houston area state courts, including:
    • Harris County District Court
    • Harris County Court
    • Fort Bend County District Court
    • Fort Bend County Court

Depending on your subscription, users can access Fulton County and DeKalb County data now.

To learn more, contact our sales team.