Law Firms Are Reporting 1,000% Increase in Growth Using Litify

Law firms are growing at a pace that doesn’t quite match the traditional playbook. For years, expansion has followed a familiar formula: take on more cases, hire more staff, repeat. But that model is starting to break down. As caseloads increase and client expectations evolve, adding headcount alone isn’t solving the underlying problem.

At the same time, the pace of AI adoption is accelerating. According to Litify’s 2025 report on AI in the legal industry, 78% of legal professionals say they’re now using AI tools in some capacity, up from just 23% two years ago. But the same report makes it clear that most of that usage is still pretty basic, focused on things like research or summarizing documents rather than fully transforming how firms operate.

That gap between adoption and impact is where the real shift is happening. Firms that are rethinking how work flows through their organization are starting to grow in a fundamentally different way.

The Real Constraint Isn’t Legal Talent

It’s easy to assume that growth is limited by how many attorneys a firm employs. In practice, many firms run into friction elsewhere first.

Administrative work, disconnected systems, and a lack of visibility into what’s actually happening across cases can slow things down more than staffing ever does. Without cohesive workflows, even high-performing teams are prone to delays and disruptions.

The data backs that up. Most legal professionals using AI today are limiting themselves to basic tasks. More than half (66%) say they’re strictly using it to source information. While that’s a useful capability, it doesn’t address the underlying operational bottlenecks that impact how work actually gets done.

How Richmond Vona Scaled with Litify

One firm that pushed past those limitations is Richmond Vona, a New York-based personal injury practice that saw 1,000% growth over three years after adopting a centralized case management platform: Litify.

John Richmond, the firm’s co-founder and CEO, said the biggest shift wasn’t just speed. It was visibility.

“What gets measured gets done,” Richmond said. “So whether it’s KPIs, overviews of litigation tactics, or how to get cases to settlement faster, we’re able to do it all in Litify — and ultimately make decisions that have really contributed to our growth.”

With a centralized system in place, the firm was able to better track case progression, identify where delays were happening, and reduce reliance on manual handoffs between teams.

In other words, the firm didn’t just get busier; it got more organized. That made it possible to handle more cases without building out the team at the same rate.

Why Firms Are Moving Toward Centralized Systems

Richmond Vona isn’t the only one thinking this way. The industry is seeing a growing number of firms pivot from fragmented tech stacks to all-in-one tools that consolidate their solutions into a single platform.

Instead of juggling separate tools for intake, case tracking, billing, and reporting, they’re merging those functions. The goal is simple: fewer handoffs, less manual work, and better visibility into what’s happening across the firm.

Platforms like Litify are part of this broader shift, helping firms unify data and workflows in a way that supports more scalable operations. According to company data, Litify is used by more than 55,000 legal professionals and 450 enterprise clients.

The Bigger Shift Happening in Legal

What’s interesting is that adoption isn’t the issue anymore. While the data shows that most firms are already leveraging AI and new systems, the challenge now is determining how to use these tools in a way that actually moves the business forward.

The Litify report highlights that gap pretty clearly. While adoption is high, less than half of respondents say they have formal training or policies in place to guide how they should be using AI in the most efficient manner. At the same time, 67% say their organizations increased investment in AI over the past year.

So the interest is there, and the spending is there. What’s still evolving is how those investments translate into measurable results.

For some firms, like Richmond Vona, that connection is already clear. For others, it’s still a work in progress. Either way, the model is shifting. Growth is becoming less about how many people you add, and more about how effectively your systems can support the work.