The Best PDF Tool for Lawyers and Law Firms
Redact confidential information, eSign agreements, protect privileged documents, and extract data from court filings — without sending client files to Adobe or a consumer app.
The Document Problems Lawyers Deal With Every Week
Legal work generates a constant stream of PDF tasks — redacting, signing, protecting, converting, merging. PDF.it solves the six problems attorneys and law firms run into most.
Redacting PII and privileged information
PDFs from clients and courts often contain personal data, SSNs, and privileged communications that must be blacked out before sharing. Redact by keyword or by drawing over text with true byte-level removal, not just visual overlays.
Getting signatures on agreements without printing
Printing, wet-signing, scanning, and emailing contracts is a 20-minute process per document. eSign lets clients sign directly on any device, with the signed PDF delivered instantly.
Receiving unreadable scanned court documents
Courts and clients frequently submit scanned PDFs that are image-only. OCR converts them to searchable, copyable text so you can paste into briefs, search for dates, and copy citations.
Massive discovery files that can't be emailed
Production sets from opposing counsel often run to hundreds of megabytes. Compressing them brings large files under email and portal upload limits without losing readability.
Assembling multi-document exhibit packages
Trial binders, exhibit lists, and contract packages require combining dozens of separate PDFs in a specific order. Merge lets you drag and arrange them in seconds.
Extracting financial data from PDF statements
Forensic work, billing audits, and settlement calculations require pulling tables out of PDF financial statements into spreadsheets for analysis.
Seven Tools Lawyers Use Every Week
Every tool runs in your browser. No software to install, no files stored on our servers.
PDF Redaction
Permanently redact text, numbers, and images by keyword search or freehand selection. True byte-level removal — content cannot be recovered by copy-paste or text search.
Redact a documenteSign
Send any PDF for signature and receive a court-ready signed copy. Clients sign on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop — without printing.
Sign a documentProtect PDF
Encrypt PDFs with a strong password and restrict printing, copying, or editing. Essential for attorney-client privileged documents.
Password-protect a PDFOCR Scanner
Convert scanned court filings, deposition transcripts, and discovery documents into searchable, copyable text.
Run OCRMerge PDF
Assemble exhibit packages, trial binders, and contract sets from individual files — drag to set order.
Merge documentsPDF to Word
Convert a PDF contract, brief, or template into an editable .docx to draft revisions without starting from scratch.
Convert to WordSmart Extraction
Extract specific data — dates, party names, dollar amounts — from contracts and filings using AI, and export to a structured report.
Extract dataFour Real Workflows for Law Firms
These are the exact sequences attorneys and legal teams run on PDF.it to handle client documents efficiently.
Preparing a redacted document for third-party disclosure
- 1Upload the confidential PDF to /pdf-redaction.
- 2Use keyword search to find and redact all SSNs, account numbers, and privileged attorney notes.
- 3Apply freehand redaction boxes over any remaining visible PII in images or headers.
- 4Protect the redacted PDF with a password before sending to the requesting party.
Getting client signatures on a retainer agreement
- 1Upload the retainer PDF to /esign.
- 2Add the signature fields and initial boxes where the client needs to sign.
- 3Send the signing link — the client opens it on any device and signs.
- 4Download the fully-signed PDF with the embedded signature record.
Processing a scanned discovery production
- 1Run the scanned production PDFs through /ocr-scanner to extract searchable text.
- 2Search the OCR output for key dates, names, and dollar amounts.
- 3Compress the files at /compress-pdf if they need to go into a client portal.
- 4Merge the relevant documents into a single exhibit file at /merge-pdf.
Extracting financial data from a PDF statement for settlement analysis
- 1Upload the PDF bank or financial statement to /smart-extraction.
- 2Specify the data points to extract (dates, amounts, counterparties).
- 3Download the structured extraction as a table.
- 4Import the data into Excel or your analysis tool for settlement calculations.
Which Plan Fits a Lawyer?
Redaction and eSign are Business-tier features. Most solo attorneys and small firms land here.
Business
$13.99/month— recommended for lawyers- PDF Redaction (true byte-level, keyword + freehand)
- eSign (unlimited signers, any device)
- Protect PDF with encryption
- OCR Scanner for scanned filings
- Merge PDF for exhibit packages
- PDF to Word for draft editing
- Smart Extraction for data from contracts
- Files up to 1GB — handles large discovery sets
- Table extraction from PDF statements (200 pages/month)
- Unlimited conversions + batch processing
Enterprise adds 2,000 pages/month of table extraction and dedicated support — right for firms running forensic billing audits or processing large financial productions.
Client Confidentiality, By Design
PDF.it processes files in real time and permanently deletes them the moment you download the result. Nothing is stored, indexed, or accessible to third parties. For an attorney handling privileged communications, IEPs, medical records in personal injury cases, or financial data in corporate matters, zero retention is the only acceptable standard.
- Files deleted immediately after download
- SSL-encrypted transfers
- No document storage or indexing
- No content analytics run on your files
- Safe for privileged and confidential matter files
- No account required for basic tools
Frequently Asked Questions
Is PDF.it's redaction true byte-level removal?+
Yes. PDF.it's redaction tool removes the underlying text data from the PDF file itself — not just a visual black box drawn on top. After redaction, the hidden content cannot be recovered by copy-paste, text search, selecting-all text, or any other method. This is the correct approach for redacting privileged or sensitive information in legal documents.
Can clients sign PDFs on a phone without downloading an app?+
Yes. The eSign tool sends a signing link that opens in any mobile browser — Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. The client taps to open the document, draws or types their signature, and submits. No app download, no account, no printing required. The signed PDF arrives by download link immediately.
Does PDF.it comply with e-signature laws like ESIGN and UETA?+
PDF.it captures a tamper-evident signed PDF suitable for most routine legal and business agreements. For matters where a specific standard (like qualified electronic signatures under EIDAS) is required by court rule or regulation, verify the specific requirement with your jurisdiction. For standard client retainers, NDAs, engagement letters, and settlement agreements, the output meets ESIGN and UETA requirements.
Can I OCR a scanned deposition transcript?+
Yes. Upload the scanned transcript PDF to /ocr-scanner and the tool extracts all typed text to a searchable PDF. Q&A format, page headers, exhibit stamps, and footnotes are all preserved. If the original scan is sharp, accuracy is very high for printed text. After OCR, you can search the document, copy quotes, and locate page references without reading every page.
What plan should a solo attorney or small firm use?+
Business at $13.99/month. It unlocks redaction, eSign, and files up to 1GB — the three features that matter most for legal work. Pro covers conversions and OCR but does not include redaction or eSign, which are essential for client-facing document work.
30 Days Free — Full Business Tier
Redaction, eSign, OCR, Protect, Merge, Smart Extraction — all included. No charge for 30 days.
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