Lex Machina
Legal analytics software for litigation strategy and business development.
At a glance
Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-11-04- Price & billing
No plan amounts appear in the product page text read, so no charge fact is recorded. Access is through requesting a demo, and the page covers all 94 federal district courts, 13 courts of appeal, PTAB, and specialty venues, with over 45 million customer-facing documents and over 10 million cases.
- Free allowance
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- Best suited to
Litigation teams that want insights into the past behavior of parties, counsel, experts, judges, and courts.; Firms that want to win cases and secure new business with case insights beyond the docket, including damages, resolutions, and timelines.; Users of generative analytics who want prompt-based access to structured Legal Analytics data through Protégé.
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Litigation teams that want insights into the past behavior of parties, counsel, experts, judges, and courts.; Firms that want to win cases and secure new business with case insights beyond the docket, including damages, resolutions, and timelines.; Users of generative analytics who want prompt-based access to structured Legal Analytics data through Protégé.
Limits and trade-offs
Teams outside litigation and legal analytics, since the platform is built for law firms, courts, and case strategy.; Users who want self-serve signup or a free trial: the page routes access through requesting a demo, with no self-serve route stated.; Practitioners whose work sits entirely outside the stated federal district, appellate, PTAB, and specialty-venue coverage.
Plans and free allowances
No plan amounts appear in the product page text read, so no charge fact is recorded. Access is through requesting a demo, and the page covers all 94 federal district courts, 13 courts of appeal, PTAB, and specialty venues, with over 45 million customer-facing documents and over 10 million cases.
Evidence
Official product page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)
Official published documentation reviewed; not a product test
Dates: Last reviewed 2026-11-04. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Lex Machina
Lex Machina is a legal analytics platform, now empowered by LexisNexis Protégé: proprietary technology and AI-assisted attorney review convert raw legal documents into comprehensive datasets, revealing judge findings, awarded damages, case resolutions, parties, timelines, and counsel and expert behavior across a court database trusted by over 90 percent of the largest firms.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Lex Machina
- Litigation teams that want insights into the past behavior of parties, counsel, experts, judges, and courts.
- Firms that want to win cases and secure new business with case insights beyond the docket, including damages, resolutions, and timelines.
- Users of generative analytics who want prompt-based access to structured Legal Analytics data through Protégé.
When to choose something else
- Teams outside litigation and legal analytics, since the platform is built for law firms, courts, and case strategy.
- Users who want self-serve signup or a free trial: the page routes access through requesting a demo, with no self-serve route stated.
- Practitioners whose work sits entirely outside the stated federal district, appellate, PTAB, and specialty-venue coverage.
A practical starting workflow
- Request a demo and define the case, court, judge, counsel, or party question to answer.
- Query the Legal Analytics dataset for behavior, findings, damages, resolutions, and timelines beyond the docket.
- Use generative analytics with Protégé to turn complex data into actionable intelligence for strategy and business decisions.
Check before committing
- The product page is hosted on LexisNexis, since Lex Machina is a LexisNexis product; the directory name and product identity match.
- Coverage counts are product-page claims, not independently verified totals.
Common questions
What is Lex Machina?
A Legal Analytics platform that elevates legal decision-making with data science applied to the practice of law, now empowered by LexisNexis Protégé.
Who is Lex Machina for?
Litigation and business teams at firms, including over 90 percent of the largest firms as stated, who need party, counsel, expert, judge, and court insights.
What data does it cover?
Over 45 million customer-facing documents, over 10 million cases, 8,000-plus judges, and 6,000-plus expert witnesses, across all 94 federal district courts, 13 courts of appeal, PTAB, and specialty venues.
How do I get access?
Through requesting a demo from the product page, with login for existing users.
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Sources and checks
Last source review is not a date of product testing. No rating or test result is implied by inclusion. Check the current plan and terms before buying.