# Introducing the Motion to Dismiss Workflow, Co-Developed With LexisNexisⓇ

By Steven Van · 2026-10-07

Lawyers review ranked dismissal arguments before agents research U.S. law, check cases through Shepard's, and draft a court-specific motion.

Lawyers can upload a complaint to [Harvey](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/harvey>) and work through a review-and-approve process to produce a researched first draft of a motion to dismiss. The [new drafting workflow](<https://www.harvey.ai/en-US/blog/motion-to-dismiss-workflow-lexisnexis>) is the first co-developed with LexisNexis, using its U.S. primary law content and Shepard's® Citations Service.

## Review the proposed arguments

A planning agent identifies the forum and governing law, then researches up to eight candidate grounds for dismissal. It checks those grounds against the claims pleaded, considers choice-of-law issues, and ranks each argument by strength with a short explanation. The lawyer can approve the strategy or request changes before deeper research begins.

## Check the research

Research agents investigate each approved argument using jurisdiction-filtered searches. Each argument gets a memo with the applicable legal standard and three to five leading cases, including Bluebook citations, links to opinions in Lexis+, key holdings, and their application to the complaint. The memos also address weaknesses and adverse authority. Cases are validated through Shepard's Citations, with their Shepard’s Signals reported alongside them.

## Draft for the relevant court

A drafting agent combines the approved arguments, complaint allegations, and retrieved authority into a motion. It uses the appropriate state-court procedure or, for federal complaints, the Rule 12(b)(6) standard and any other available threshold Rule 12(b) grounds.

The draft includes a Table of Contents, a Table of Authorities, and forum-specific formatting. Every factual assertion cites the complaint, and every legal proposition cites case law so the lawyer can check the draft against its sources.

## Availability

Harvey says the workflow is available to customers with Ask LexisNexis access, and to Harvey customers who also subscribe to Lexis+ with Protégé, even without the Ask LexisNexis integration. A Motion for Summary Judgment workflow is next.

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