“It depends” isn't an answer
your client can plan around.
The question every client asks — how long will this take? — finally has a data-backed answer. Tertius forecasts a federal case's duration, how it's likely to end, and its dismissal risk from 9.1 million cases, each figure shipped with the model's own track record.
Three answers for every matter
How long it runs
A filing-to-resolution distribution with an 80% interval — the number your client actually asks for, and the one your calendar needs.
How it ends
The realistic mix of settlement, dismissal, and judgment for matters like this one — grounding the settlement conversation in base rates, not instinct.
The dismissal odds
How often comparable cases are disposed before trial, as a percentage — a fast read on downside before you commit time or fee.
The three answers, on a real case type
Every case type carries its own timeline and its own way of ending. Here's breach of contract, straight from the benchmark data — a client's matter is computed the same way.
Breach of contract
250,336 real cases · illustrative exampleGroup averages from 273-day median across real federal cases. Your own case is what the free preview computes.
Defensible, not a black box.
You have to stand behind a number before you put it in front of a client or an adjuster. Tertius is built to be checked — see the method and the published benchmarks.
- Tested on cases it never saw in training — out-of-sample, not curve-fit.
- Its accuracy is published, not asserted: coverage and error rates are on the record.
- Every figure cites the group of real cases it was measured against.
- Version-stamped and reproducible — the same inputs return the same numbers, months later.
Where it earns its keep
Client counseling
Replace “it depends” with a range that cites its sources and prints clean enough to forward.
Settlement timing
Know what the clock is worth to each side before you name a number or a deadline.
Docket & calendar
Plan capacity against expected resolution windows instead of the optimistic case.
Case selection
On contingency, timing is cost. See how long capital and attention are tied up before you sign.
Running a whole caseload?
Contingency firms track their book the way funders do — every open matter's timeline, the reserve it ties up, and blind backtests on cases you've already closed. That lives in the platform.
Answer the question they always ask.
Run a matter free in about two minutes. The full client-ready report is $149.
Tertius forecasts timing and disposition, not merits or damages, and is not legal advice. U.S. federal civil cases only.