Second Seat.
AI for Criminal Litigation.
Public defenders, prosecutors and private practice defense attorneys are the heart of our justice system and they are drowning under massive caseloads. Second Seat is building AI-powered agentic tools designed specifically to automate criminal litigation workflows so lawyers can focus on their clients. Every American deserves a fair shot at Justice. Justice needs better tools. Now.
We are now in active beta testing with practicing litigators in NY.
An AI support team for
criminal cases.
- Support across stages of a criminal case: research, strategy, drafting, preparation
- Built specifically for how criminal litigators work (not generic legal tech)
- Starting with trusted relationships in defense and prosecution communities
- Robust against Hallucinations with custom Caselaw and Statute verification
AI you can trust, built by people
who have lived the work.
Having worked as a Public Defender in NYC for over 20-years, we know what criminal litigators need and are building Second Seat with guardrails designed to reduce unsupported assertions, including workflows for case law sourcing and verification before anything is relied upon in practice.
- Source-aware drafting and research support
- Case law citation support and review workflows
- Attorney review by design