:Harvey: In Practice: How to Evaluate Your Arguments

Harvey In Practice is our series where legal experts show real workflows in Harvey in action. In this episode, Ashleigh Whittaker, Australian Country Manager at Harvey and former Associate at Quinn Emmanuel, walks through using Harvey to review and strengthen complex filings like class action complaints.

When filing a complaint, precision matters. Even after multiple read-throughs, there’s always a lingering question: Did I miss anything? Traditionally, getting that assurance meant waiting on peer review or discovering issues too late in the process.

Harvey changes that. Upload your draft complaint and Harvey analyzes the filing and highlights potential issues that opposing counsel might target. You’ll get citation-backed suggestions to tighten reasoning, add specificity, and reinforce arguments with supporting material. You can even provide additional context, like discovery responses or motions, and iterate in real time.

Let’s walk through the example Ashleigh shares in the video, which is that you’re prepping to file a class action complaint. Upload your draft complaint and ask Harvey to analyze it for factual gaps, omissions, or weaknesses.

Harvey then returns targeted suggestions to improve the draft: add factual specificity, clarify reasoning in a few sections, and reinforce arguments with supporting material. Each suggestion is footnoted with citations pointing to the exact section of the draft it’s referring to. You can also upload discovery responses or motions for added context, or ask Harvey follow-up questions about its analysis.

This way, you can draft more efficiently and with greater confidence. By helping you surface potential weaknesses earlier and refine your arguments before filing, Harvey helps litigators better prepare to defend their work under pressure.

Want to file complaints with more confidence? Contact our team to see how Harvey can support your organization.