Gavel
Part of the Relativity platform.
Acquired by Relativity · 2026-06 · independent brand
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What it is
Gavel (formerly Documate) is no-code legal document automation — the tool solo/small attorneys use to stop creating the same documents from scratch and to build client-facing flat-fee legal products.
Capabilities
Spans 4 product areas: Document Automation and Assembly, Expert Systems and Decision Automation, Chatbots/Legal Bots Development, Client Portals.
Workflow Coverage
Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 7 workflow areas:
- Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
- Communication & Collaboration — Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems
- Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps
- Document Review & Management — Document sets/Packages Supported, Extranets or Portals for Document Sharing, Version Control
- Filing & Compliance — Encryption in transit
- Research & Analysis
- Client & Matter Lifecycle
Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.
Company Info
- Founded: 2017
- Team size: 11-50 employees
- Funding: $8.6M
- HQ: United States
- Sector: In-House Automation
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Integrations
Platforms Gavel integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.
- Microsoft Word
- Clio Manage
- DocuSign
- LegalServer
- Zapier
- DecisionVault
- HelloSign
- SignNow
Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class
Community ratings
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- Dorna MoiniFounder & CEO lawyer-founded female-founded source ↗
- 8.6MTotal funding reported by the TLTF directory · founded 2017 · as crawled 2026-02-09source ↗
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