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Record-backed Intelligence for PAGA Defense.

Mattera helps California employment-defense teams turn notices, employer records, wage-hour rules, deadlines, assumptions, and evidence gaps into attorney-reviewable work product your team can edit and approve.

Built for California employment-defense counsel.
The problem

A PAGA notice arrives.
The clock starts.

The first decisions arrive before the full picture: what to ask the client for, which deadlines control, and which numbers are safe to say out loud.

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01

Decisions before the record is organized

Cure posture, client guidance, reserves, and early strategy get discussed while the record is still scattered across payroll systems, HR files, and inboxes.

02

The first pass is manual every time

Associates rebuild allegation charts, data requests, evidence binders, and exposure spreadsheets in Word, Excel, and email. Every matter starts from zero.

03

Generic AI is not enough

A polished summary no one can trace is not work product. The sources, calculations, and assumptions still have to be rebuilt before counsel can rely on it.

The packet

Build the matter from the evidence up

Mattera assembles employer records into one continuously updated analysis — showing both the breadth of the available record and the evidence behind each allegation.

01 · Assemble

Know what's covered

Employer records connect to each allegation, showing what the record supports and where more evidence is needed.

02 · Inspect

See what shapes each allegation

Open any allegation to see the records, employee population, time period, and penalty inputs that affect the analysis.

The work product

Less time figuring out the case.
More time deciding what to do.

What the record supports, the exposure range you can defend, the deadlines that control — and what your team should do next.

01 · Validate

What the record supports — and what it doesn't

A red-team pass separates supported allegations from gaps, stale records, and unsupported assumptions — so your team sees exactly what not to lean on yet.

02 · Exposure

Your defensible min–max

A directional penalty range that tightens as records lock in — so you can advise settle-vs-fight with a number you can stand behind.

03 · Deadlines

The cure window, and what's due

Response windows and the cure path tracked from the notice date, with owner-ready next steps so nothing slips.

04 · Action Plan

What needs to happen next

A short action list surfaces the next steps in priority order, so your team knows what to request, what to review, and what to do next.

The standard

Work product a partner can
put their name on.

Every conclusion keeps its source, its rule, and its open questions attached — so review means checking the reasoning, not rebuilding it.

How it works

From employer records to a reviewable first position

Mattera builds the first pass. Counsel reviews the sources, assumptions, and open questions before the work is finalized.

  1. 01 · Add
    Add the matter and its records

    Upload the notice, payroll, time records, wage statements, policies, and supporting materials.

  2. 02 · Build
    Mattera maps the matter

    Allegations connect to the relevant records and rules, with employee populations, pay periods, exposure, deadlines, and open gaps brought into view.

  3. 03 · Review
    Counsel reviews the work

    Trace findings to their sources, test the assumptions, resolve open questions, and add missing evidence.

    Review the work. Don't rebuild it.
  4. 04 · Refine
    The packet moves with the record

    New evidence reruns the findings and calculations it affects. Counsel decides what to accept, revise, or carry forward.

Proof standard

The packet shows its work

Every conclusion keeps its source, rule, calculation, and open questions attached, so counsel can verify the analysis, change an assumption, and rerun what it affects.

Source-linked Visible assumptions Open gaps Controlled updates
What you receive

Start further ahead

Deliverables
01Allegation-by-allegation analysis
02Evidence mapped to each allegation
03Employee and pay-period calculations
04A defensible exposure range with visible assumptions
05Response and cure deadlines
06Missing records, ranked by what they would change
07Source-linked conclusions, updated as records arrive
08An agent that answers questions across the record
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For attorneys
A faster first understanding of the matter
More time for judgment, strategy, and client advice
Confidence in the facts behind every number
For the firm
Consistent first-pass analysis across matters
Associate and partner time spent where it earns most
Capacity for document-heavy matters
For the client
Earlier visibility into potential exposure
Clearer, narrower document requests
Advice grounded in their actual records
Questions

What defense
teams ask first.

A PAGA Notice Decision Packet: allegation map, deadline and cure route, targeted data request, evidence register, reasonable-steps tracker, exposure assumptions workbook, partner memo, and red-team page. It is work product for attorney review, not a client-facing legal determination.
No. The deliverable is a structured packet, workbook, and evidence register. The point is not a conversational answer; it is a first pass counsel can inspect faster than rebuilding from scratch.
Client data is not pooled across firms. Matter data is not used to train shared models. Redacted or closed-matter reviews are available, and live matters use defined access, retention, and deletion windows.
No. Your team reviews the support, edits assumptions, rejects unsupported points, approves language, and reruns affected sections. Mattera does not decide what to rely on, send, file, or argue.
No. Mattera is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Mattera prepares attorney-reviewable work product; counsel makes all legal determinations.
Start with a fictional sample packet or a redacted closed-matter replay. The useful test is simple: can your team review the packet faster than rebuilding the first pass?

See it against a matter
you already know.

Bring an active or closed matter. The useful test is simple: can your team review the packet faster than rebuilding the first pass?

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