# AI severance review

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**Short answer:** AI severance review uses large language models trained on attorney-drafted contracts and curated market data to analyze your severance agreement and produce a structured review. Done well, it captures most of the value an employment attorney's analysis would, at a fraction of the cost and time. Done poorly (e.g., raw ChatGPT output), it can miss state-specific issues, mishandle citations, and produce generic recommendations. The key differences are training data, benchmark library, and human audit.

## What AI severance review actually does

A well-designed AI severance review:

1. Reads your severance agreement
2. Extracts every clause and matches it to the categories in a curated rubric
3. Identifies negotiable items, market benchmarks, and required carve-outs
4. Generates a structured report with specific recommendations and counter language
5. Cites legal authority for state-law and federal-law claims
6. Goes through human review for quality control before delivery

The result is a delivered PDF analyzing your specific document, not a generic guide or a chat conversation.

## Why AI works for this task

Severance review is well-suited to AI for several reasons:

- The agreements follow consistent structural patterns
- The categories of negotiable items are well-defined (multipliers, equity, healthcare, releases)
- Market benchmarks can be encoded and updated
- Legal citations are deterministic (specific statutes, specific cases)
- The output format is standardized

The repetitive, pattern-matching nature of contract review is exactly what current AI does well. The judgment-heavy parts (when to escalate, how to weigh trade-offs) benefit from human audit, which is why responsible services include human review.

## What AI severance review is NOT

- Not legal advice. AI services analyze contracts; they don't represent you in a dispute.
- Not appropriate for active litigation. If you're in dispute, you need an attorney.
- Not a replacement for licensed counsel on complex matters. Multi-state, M&A-related, or discrimination-adjacent situations need a lawyer.
- Not raw ChatGPT output. Generic AI without curated training, benchmarks, and audit will miss state-specific issues.

## The Counteroffer approach

Our severance review process:

1. You submit the agreement plus context (role, tenure, state, priorities)
2. The model runs the document against our severance rubric with all the negotiable categories, state-specific overlays, and federal law requirements
3. We benchmark against curated comp and severance data
4. A human reviewer audits the output and corrects any errors before delivery
5. The PDF report is delivered to your inbox

Cost: $199 flat. Turnaround: 24 hours.

The result is a delivered analysis that captures most of what an employment attorney's analysis would deliver, at a fraction of the cost.

## When to use AI review vs. attorney

Use AI review when:

- Your situation is within the typical severance framework
- Total package value is $50K-$1M
- No active legal disputes or potential litigation
- You're executing negotiation yourself

Use an attorney when:

- Suspected discrimination, retaliation, or whistleblower issues
- Active or imminent litigation
- Large equity packages or M&A-related separations
- Multi-jurisdiction or international complexity
- Section 16 officer issues

Many people use both: start with AI review for speed and structure, then bring in an attorney for specific complex items if needed.

## What to do next

If you want a delivered AI-powered severance review with human audit, with peer benchmarks and counter language ready to send HR, see [Severance Review](https://trycounteroffer.com/severance). $199, 24 hours, full refund if we miss something material.

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## Get your contract reviewed
If you want a delivered review of your specific document with cited authority and counter language, see https://trycounteroffer.com/severance.

Last updated: Sun May 31 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

_Counteroffer is a contract analysis service, not a law firm. This page is informational, not legal advice._