Approach
An employment law
advisory system.
AI-native. Personally led.
At Behrendt Legal Studio, employment law counsel does not follow the conventional law firm model. It is built as a system — with clear responsibility, selective use of AI, a new fee structure, and a focus on efficiency, cost transparency, and the quality of the result.
How we work
Personal counsel. Technologically refined. Reliable.
Excellent, personal employment law counsel.
Process improvement through curated use of AI — where efficiency is gained without compromising quality.
Personal handling everywhere else.
AI-native approach
Structure through AI. Responsibility through counsel.
Large language models can process and structure information. They cannot take legal responsibility.
What AI can do
- Analyze documents.
- Recognize structures.
- Organize knowledge.
What AI cannot do
- Legal judgment in the specific case.
- Weighing of complex interests.
- Accountable decisions.
How it is used
- Preparation & structuring.
- A review layer for data sets.
- Every legally relevant statement is personally owned.
Architecture
Three systems. Clear structure.
Work follows three clearly separated, mutually aligned systems.
01 — Research
Structured analysis
Case law, legislation, and legal literature. The basis for legal judgment — not its substitute.
02 — Documents
Analysis & drafting
AI-assisted analysis and drafting. Every formulation with legal weight is personally reviewed.
03 — Knowledge base
Client-specific structure
Information is not generated anew — it is continuously developed.
Outcome
What this structure delivers.
Speed
Faster grasp of complex facts.
Depth
Greater substantive penetration through structured processing.
Predictability
Better assessment of effort and trajectory.
Efficiency
No repetition of work already done.
Guaranteed retrieval
No loss of client-specific knowledge.
Control
An additional review layer for complex matters.
The fee model
Predictable in structure. Clear in billing.
01 — Monthly retainer
Ongoing counsel as a fixed monthly fee.
Assessments, drafts, opinions, research, correspondence — covered by a fixed monthly retainer.
- The scope is defined at the outset.
- No timesheets for standard work.
- No surprises at month-end.
- Full predictability.
02 — Engagement units
In-person work in clearly defined units.
Negotiations, court proceedings, conciliation boards, in-person meetings, workshops.
- Designed around typical project and proceeding patterns.
- Defined milestones instead of timesheets.
The fee model is a consequence of how we work — not a marketing add-on.