5 Tools Every Medical Malpractice Lawyer Should Use in 2025

Medical Malpractice Lawyer Tools for Better Advocacy

Being a lawyer is tough.  Being a medical malpractice lawyer can be daunting. You need to know the rules of civil procedure.  You need to know the law–not just laws specific to medical malpractice, but laws that govern torts, liens, insurance, evidence, privilege, and potentially even bankruptcy. You must be persuasive on paper, sharp in the courtroom, adept with clients, and capable of wrangling experts. You need a firm grasp of litigation strategy, a working understanding of medicine, and tools that can simplify, clarify, and amplify your advocacy.

Below are some of the most effective tools that can help medical malpractice lawyers both learn and present complex information.

5 Tools Every Medical Malpractice Lawyer Should Use in 2025

Whether you are new to medical malpractice law or have been practicing for decades, you’ve likely searched for tips or tools designed to make you a better lawyer. There is an abundance of websites that offer practice tips, suggest tech gadgets, promote tech services, and try to be helpful. Here are the 5 tools that I think every medical malpractice lawyer should consider using. They are not essential tools, but ones I think are helpful. Please note, this is my opinion and the services below have not asked me to suggest them and I have no financial arrangements with them.

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI has become a game-changer for lawyers. Tools like ChatGPT (OpenAI) and Claude (Anthropic) are reshaping how attorneys research, draft, and strategize. Unlike traditional research databases, these AI assistants interact in plain language, making them incredibly versatile. For medical malpractice lawyers, these two AI systems can assist with:

• Drafting & Editing: Demand letters, deposition outlines, cross-examination questions, or even first drafts of motions can be generated in minutes.

• Research Assistance: Summarize statutes, regulations, case law, or medical literature. AI can also break down complex medical concepts into clear, digestible explanations.

• Idea Generation: Explore potential jury arguments, test themes, or develop alternative case strategies.

• Deposition Analysis: Summarize multiple deposition transcripts–either across one case or involving one expert witness, identify inconsistencies, and develop deposition strategies. Create snippets with page-line citations. AI can do this quicker, and sometimes better, than experienced legal professionals.

AI provides useful insight and perspective, but it does not replace a lawyer’s judgment. Think of ChatGPT and Claude as tireless research clerks who get you 80% of the way there so you can apply the final 20% of strategy, nuance, and persuasion. Like an associate, you need to double and triple check their work, but when used correctly AI will dramatically improve efficiency.

Other popular AI tools used by lawyers include:

• Legal Research & Brief Drafting: Tools like Casetext CoCounsel and Lexis+ AI can quickly analyze case law, statutes, and regulations, cutting down research time while surfacing arguments you might otherwise miss.

• Document Review: AI-powered platforms like NewCase, Relativity, or Everlaw help sift through massive sets of medical records, discovery documents, and emails, flagging key information and spotting inconsistencies.

• Deposition & Transcript Analysis: Tools like Parrot or TranscriptPad with AI integrations allow you to search, highlight, and automatically connect transcript testimony with exhibits or prior testimony.

• Medical Record Summarization: AI-powered platforms like NewCase and Dodon auto-summarize EMRs and highlight deviations from standards of care—saving time and expense compared to initial expert review.

2. TrialPad

TrialPad remains one of the best courtroom apps available for iPad users. It allows seamless presentation of exhibits, medical records, and multimedia. TrialPad includes annotation tools, such as highlighting, a callout tool, and notes, all of which you can save for later reference.  You can also create Key Docs, which allow you to create callouts and annotations ahead of time. Additionally, TrialPad is great with trial exhibits, allowing you to keep track of exhibits that were admitted into evidence. You can blackout the screen instantly, if needed, which is important when presenting to a jury or a focus group.

For medical malpractice lawyers, TrialPad is especially useful for presenting radiology scans, annotated medical charts, and side-by-side comparisons of records in a way jurors can understand. You can easily import exhibits and other documents from Dropbox, Box, and other systems. You can also transfer files from a computer or by connecting a USB drive to your iPad. Windows users can import a .zip file, which lets you create folders and subfolders on your computer, and then maintain those folders when you import them into TrialPad.

3. Radiology Assistant

Understanding medical imaging is vital in malpractice work, and Radiology Assistant (developed by the Radiological Society of the Netherlands) is one of the best free educational resources available. Organized by body system, it provides annotated images and explanations to help lawyers grasp what diagnostic tools such as CTs, MRIs, and X-rays show.

Radiology Assistant is best for educating yourself while investigating a case. The site can also save you money, either on experts or graphics companies, by allowing you to take screenshots of key details. You can find normal imaging that you then use side-by-side with your client’s imaging during depositions.

While experts should always provide courtroom interpretation, this tool helps lawyers prepare smarter questions, understand what they are looking at, and converse with experts on a deeper level. It will enable you to conceptualize key images for deposition and trial, and competently label them with important identifiers.

4. Patient Safety Network

The Patient Safety Network (PSNet) is a product of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. PSNet is a goldmine for staying up-to-date on patient safety trends, medical error reports, and systemic issues in healthcare. It includes literature updates, expert commentary, case studies, and interactive learning modules. This site is a great way to stay up-to-date on issues impacting your practice.

Whether representing plaintiffs or healthcare providers, malpractice lawyers benefit from seeing the bigger picture: what causes errors, what safeguards are failing, and how systemic issues contribute to negligence. The AHRQ Morbidity and Mortality Rounds helps highlight why preventable medical errors occur. Through expert analysis of reported medical errors, Cases and Commentaries, as well as Perspectives on Safety, lawyers can better educate their clients and advocate from a position of knowledge. Hopefully we all agree, whether you represent healthcare providers or victims of medical negligence, the goal should be to improve the quality of care and optimize patient safety.

5. Embodi3D

Visual exhibits are very effective at conveying complex medical information. Embodi3D allows you to create anatomically accurate and patient-specific models.  Nothing beats being able to hand a juror or witness a 3D model of your client’s anatomy. Confusing CT or MRI images become crystal clear when the injury is physically in front of them. They can see, manipulate, and better understand the anatomy and injury from their perspective. This tool can transform testimony, bridging the gap between medical jargon and juror comprehension.

Additional Tools Worth Considering

If you’re looking to expand your toolkit further, here are a few more resources that can improve your practice:

• Medical-Legal Databases (like UpToDate or PubMed): Stay current on medical standards, treatment guidelines, and peer-reviewed research to cross-check against what providers did or should have done.

• Jury Consulting Software: Platforms like JuryBall help test case themes, gauge liability apportionment, and refine narratives before trial.

• Cloud-Based Case Management Systems: Tools like Clio or Filevine streamline case tracking, deadlines, and communication—crucial for large, document-heavy malpractice cases.

Final Thoughts

Medical malpractice litigation demands both mastery of the law and the ability to translate complex medicine into persuasive narratives. The tools above—especially when anchored by AI—equip lawyers to advocate more effectively, educate jurors clearly, and build stronger cases.

Ultimately, technology and resources don’t replace the advocate. They sharpen the scalpel in your hand.

Contact us if you would like to have experienced medical malpractice attorneys analyze the facts of your case to determine if medical negligence occurred.

About the Author

Joseph D'Aguanno

Guided by the belief that being a highly skilled specialist in a narrow field is better than being ordinary in everything, Joseph “JD” D’Aguanno leads Arizona’s best personal injury law firm in Phoenix, AZ. Having extensive cross-training in pre-litigation negotiations and trial lawyer skills, with decades of experience, JD strives to provide clients with the most valuable legal services a personal injury lawyer can provide. Under his direction, Gage Mathers Law Group is an award-winning personal injury law firm providing aggressive representation to victims of a car accident, medical malpractice, dog bite, motorcycle accident, and other injurious events. Gage Mathers is trusted by thousands of lawyers and clients throughout the country because of their reputation for getting clients the maximum compensation they deserve.

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