Everlaw Expands Public Records Capabilities to Deliver Unified Workflows for Government Agencies

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everlaw, the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, today introduced Everlaw Prime, short for Public Records Intake Management and Ediscovery, to support public records and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for government agencies, extending its platform to address the full lifecycle of FOIA and public records requests.

Government agencies face increasing pressure to respond to public records requests quickly, accurately, and transparently. At the same time, most FOIA and public record programs rely on fragmented systems – one tool for request intake and tracking, and another for review and redaction – creating inefficiencies, higher spending, and increased risk.

“FOIA teams are being asked to manage rising request volumes and increasing scrutiny, often with the same resources and across disconnected systems,” said Pauline Day, Product Director at Everlaw. “Everlaw already supports agencies with fast ingestion, search, AI-assisted review, and robust redaction. With Prime, we’re extending those capabilities into public-facing request intake portals and case management tools – bringing those pieces together so teams can focus on the work itself instead of managing the gaps between tools.”

The expanded offerings of Prime include:

• Public Records Request Portal: A public-facing interface for submitting and tracking requests, integrated with FOIA.gov and connected directly to downstream review workflows
• Case Management: Centralized tools to manage request intake, perfection, assignments, deadlines, and correspondence across the full request lifecycle
• Automated Review Workflows: Seamless connection to Everlaw review workspaces, with auto-created databases tied to each request for faster ingestion, search, and analysis
• AI-Assisted Review and Redaction: Ediscovery-grade search, analytics, and redaction tools – including predictive coding and AI-assisted workflows – to accelerate review and improve consistency
• Integrated Production and Delivery: Generate and deliver responsive records directly from Everlaw, with audit trails and compliant, text-searchable outputs

"As a former FOIA director, I've seen plenty of tools that expect officers to adapt to the software. What I value about Everlaw is that they listened to FOIA officers, built to our workflows, and created something that fits the way FOIA processing actually works," said Michael Sarich, former Director of FOIA, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; founding co-chair, Chief FOIA Officers Council Technology Committee.

“Before Everlaw, a single public records search could return thousands of broad results and take more than a day to manually sort through. Now, with Everlaw’s smart search terms and OCR, we can zero in on what’s actually responsive much faster and spend our time reviewing records instead of wrestling with the system. We’re excited to see Everlaw continue expanding its public records capabilities for agencies like ours,” said Angela Martin-Van der Baan, Records Manager, City Clerk’s Department, City of Murrieta.

Everlaw Prime brings together request intake, review, redaction, and production into a single, unified platform. Everlaw anticipates full commercial availability this summer. Interested organizations should reach out to Everlaw here.

Everlaw will host Everlaw Connect: Virtual Gov Forum 2026 on May 13, bringing together federal, state, and local legal professionals for a government-only virtual event focused on training, insights, and peer exchange. Register here.

About Everlaw

Everlaw helps legal teams navigate the increasingly complex legal landscape to chart a straighter path to the truth. Trusted by Fortune 100 corporate counsel, 91 of the Am Law 200, and all state attorneys general, Everlaw's combination of intuitive experience, advanced technology, and partnership with customers empowers organizations to tackle the most pressing technological challenges—and transform their approach to discovery and litigation in the process. Founded in 2010 and based in Oakland, Calif., Everlaw is funded by top-tier investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CapitalG, HIG Growth Partners, K9 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and TPG Growth. Follow us on LinkedIn.