Split-plane boundary
Firm operations and client session content are designed as separate planes. Session content is not used to train models. Operational metadata and security logs may still exist for limited periods.
CounselConduit · Post-Heppner · Attorney-supervised
Research through the firm.
Counsel on the loop.
CounselConduit does not create privilege. The firm hosts client web and AI research on a counsel-directed channel; courts decide privilege — we improve factual posture. Not legal advice.
What CounselConduit does
Attorney-directed AI infrastructure for law firms
Matter-scoped. Contractual no-training. A record of who directed what, when. The buyer is a licensed attorney or a legal department. Never a consumer. Not legal advice. CounselConduit does not create attorney-client privilege. Whether any communication is privileged depends on the facts and applicable law. Privilege, if any, is a function of the relationship between the client and licensed counsel who directed use of the system. Attorney review required. Not legal advice. Automated filing is not available.
Documented direction
The product records who directed the session, the matter, and the time. That is a factual predicate. It is not a privilege grant.
Google wrapper
Gemini only. In the firm's GCP project after their own Google agreement: Web Grounding for Enterprise, Cloud Translation Advanced, Cloud Speech-to-Text with logging off, and Drive later as attorney-selected files only. Drive upload is not live on this site. We set up. Then they go. Google bills the firm directly.
United States v. Heppner
Consumer Claude chats were not privileged. Counsel-directed AI is dicta.
In United States v. Heppner, No. 1:25-cr-00503-JSR (S.D.N.Y., Rakoff), the holding was about AI documents and prompts on consumer Claude, not client internet searches. The court named Anthropic and quoted the consumer privacy policy. The Kovel-agent sentence is dicta. CounselConduit does not create privilege. Not legal advice.
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Attorney-directed channel
The firm directs the AI use. The product documents who directed what, and when. It does not create privilege.
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Retention configured, not asserted
No-training is contractual. Cache, logging, and grounding are configured-state facts on /trust. Universal zero-retention is not claimed.
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Direction log
A tamper-evident authorization-and-interaction record. Courts decide privilege on facts. This is posture, not a stamp.
Platform
Built for Law Firms That Think Like Businesses
CounselConduit is the firm's controlled Gemini service. The firm owns its Google Cloud. Google bills the compute. Courts decide privilege.
Attorney-directed AI
The firm directs the session. The client does not paste facts into a consumer chatbot.
Matter-scoped
Work is scoped to a matter the firm named. Capture is not guaranteed for every inquiry.
Direction log
Who directed what, when, on which matter. Privilege is never automatic.
No-training path
Contractual training restriction on the enterprise channel. Configured-state evidence is on /trust.
Compliance First
SOC 2 Type II assessment is in pursuit — no report is published here. Privilege is not automatic and is never guaranteed.
One price sheet
Service fee only. Gemini and Google Cloud usage bill from Google to the firm. Conversion figures are not published as proved results.
Process
Three steps to a documented direction record
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Engage
The firm buys the channel. The client is invited into that firm's portal after counsel direction.
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Direct
AI use is attorney-directed on a no-training enterprise path. A direction record is written. Privilege status is not determined by the product.
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Show the log
Who directed what, when, on which matter. That is the factual predicate. Courts decide the rest.
Why CounselConduit
Attorney-directed, not a matching network
The product documents a Kovel structure. It does not guarantee attorney-client privilege or nondiscoverability. Courts decide privilege.
| Feature | Consumer AI / matching | CounselConduit |
|---|---|---|
| Who buys | Consumer matching / individual SKU | Licensed attorney or legal department |
| AI channel | Consumer chatbot terms (training, disclosure) | Attorney-directed enterprise path |
| What Heppner held | Consumer Claude documents were not privileged | Direction + no-training + log. Still not a grant |
| Retention claim | Policy-page assertion | Configured-state row on /trust |
| Privilege | "Privileged relationship" as a product line | Does not create privilege. Courts decide |
| Compliance posture | Ad hoc | SOC 2 Type II in pursuit; no false cert claim |
Pricing
The service. Google bills the compute.
Service pricing only. CounselConduit subscription fees cover the software service, onboarding, configuration, support, policy controls, and audit/attestation tooling. Google Cloud and applicable Google Workspace usage are not included in the subscription fee. Each firm establishes and maintains its own Google Cloud and, where applicable, Google Workspace agreements and billing accounts. Google bills the firm directly for Gemini, grounding, Translation, Speech, storage, networking, and other applicable Google services. CounselConduit does not resell or mark up Google usage. CounselConduit assists the firm with initial configuration and validation. The firm remains the Google customer and controls its cloud account, billing, permissions, retention settings, and usage. The firm signs its own GCP agreement. We set up the wrapper. Then they go. Gemini only. Privilege is not guaranteed. Not legal advice. Self-serve checkout is not live.
Solo
$2,000/yr
1 attorneys. Solo practitioner. Service fee only.
- ✓Attorney-directed Gemini channel
- ✓Direction log of who directed what, when
- ✓Setup in the firm's own GCP project, then they go
- ✓Google bills the firm directly; CounselConduit does not mark up usage
- ✓Book a pilot — checkout is not live
Boutique
Small / Boutique
$8,000/yr
2–50 attorneys. 2 to 50 attorneys. Service fee only.
- ✓Every attorney included, no seat charge
- ✓Attorney-directed Gemini channel and direction log
- ✓Wrapper onto the firm's Google Cloud after their GCP agreement
- ✓Google bills the firm directly; CounselConduit does not mark up usage
- ✓Book a pilot — checkout is not live
Midsize
$20,000/yr
51–500 attorneys. 51 to 500 attorneys. Service fee only.
- ✓Every attorney included, no seat charge
- ✓Attorney-directed Gemini channel and direction log
- ✓Wrapper onto the firm's Google Cloud after their GCP agreement
- ✓Google bills the firm directly; CounselConduit does not mark up usage
- ✓Book a pilot — checkout is not live
Big Law
$60,000/yr
501+ attorneys. 501+ attorneys. Service fee only.
- ✓Every attorney included, no seat charge
- ✓Attorney-directed Gemini channel and direction log
- ✓Wrapper onto the firm's Google Cloud after their GCP agreement
- ✓Google bills the firm directly; CounselConduit does not mark up usage
- ✓Book a pilot — checkout is not live
Frequently Asked
Common Questions
What is the Kovel Doctrine?
United States v. Kovel, 296 F.2d 918 (2d Cir. 1961), addresses when communications with certain non-attorney agents working under an attorney's direction may be protected. Whether that doctrine applies to any particular AI or tooling use is fact-specific and not determined by this product. CounselConduit is infrastructure that law firms may use under their own supervision; it does not create privilege and is not a substitute for legal judgment.
Is my client data stored anywhere?
CounselConduit is designed with retention controls intended to limit persistence of session content. Some operational metadata (for example billing timestamps and token counts) and security logs may be retained for limited periods. Universal zero-retention or zero-metadata is not claimed. Subpoenas and legal process can still apply to whatever records exist. See the Privacy Policy for current practices.
What happened in United States v. Heppner?
United States v. Heppner, No. 1:25-cr-00503-JSR (S.D.N.Y., Rakoff, written opinion Feb 17 2026), held that about 31 AI documents and prompts a defendant created with consumer Claude were not privileged and not work product. The court named Anthropic and quoted the consumer privacy policy on inputs, outputs, training, and disclosure to third parties including regulators. Counsel conceded they did not direct the use. A sentence that counsel-directed AI might arguably function as a Kovel agent is dicta, not a holding. Heppner involved consumer Claude, used independently by the client under terms the court found inconsistent with confidentiality. CounselConduit is deliberately structured differently: attorney direction begins before use, the firm contracts directly for its enterprise cloud environment, and the system records the facts supporting that structure. CounselConduit does not create privilege. Courts decide on facts.
How does billing work?
The buyer is the law firm. Solo, Small/Boutique, Midsize, and Big Law are yearly service fees. Service pricing only. CounselConduit subscription fees cover the software service, onboarding, configuration, support, policy controls, and audit/attestation tooling. Google Cloud and applicable Google Workspace usage are not included. Google bills the firm directly. CounselConduit does not resell or mark up Google usage. Paid access starts with a pilot booking; self-serve checkout is not live. Privilege is not sold as a product guarantee.
What AI model does CounselConduit use?
CounselConduit routes model inference through firm-configured enterprise channels (for example Google Gemini via Vertex AI where enabled). Models are not a source of legal conclusions. Automated legal conclusions and automated court filing are not supported.
Does this include Judge 6?
No. Judge 6 ships only inside UphillSnowball, sold by ShadowTagAI Inc. on shadowtagai.com. It is not a CounselConduit or HeadFade feature.
Does CounselConduit support SOC 2 / HIPAA-aligned practices?
CounselConduit is pursuing SOC 2 Type II assessment work and designs architecture with regulated-industry customers in mind. No SOC 2 Type II report is published here. HIPAA applicability depends on the firm’s use case and agreements — no blanket HIPAA certification is claimed.
CounselConduit does not create attorney-client privilege. Legal status is not determined by this product. Attorney review required. Not legal advice. Automated filing is not available.
Insights
From the CounselConduit Blog
Why Heppner is about Claude documents, not Google searches
The holding in United States v. Heppner named Anthropic and quoted the consumer privacy policy on inputs, outputs, training, and disclosure. Counsel did not direct the use. Counsel-directed AI is dicta. The product documents direction. It does not create privilege.
Get Started
Consumer Claude is not a privileged channel. Direct the use.
Book a pilot of attorney-directed CounselConduit infrastructure. No self-serve checkout until payment is proved. Privilege is not guaranteed; attorney review required. Not legal advice.