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Draft a demand letter that moves money

This page lists three turns, the messages you send to the AI one after another in the same chat, and then a check of the answer. Keep it open next to your chat. Each turn shows the next thing to paste, with the values you entered already filled in. Nothing is sent from this page, and your conversation stays in the AI tool you are using.

Name and a short identifier the reader will recognize.

Who receives the letter, and their counsel if they have one.

What happened, with dates, plus the legal theory. Mark which facts are documented.

The number and how you built it. If a component is an estimate, say so.

The law that governs and the court you would actually sue in. Drives interest, fees, and notice requirements.

How long the recipient has to respond before you act.

Suit is drafted and you are ready to file, or the relationship continues and you want a landing zone.

Watch for these throughout

  • Demand letters become trial exhibits and get attached to complaints. Assume a jury reads every sentence, including the ones written in frustration.
  • Many claims carry mandatory pre-suit notice with specific required content: consumer protection, construction defect, professional liability, claims against public entities. A defective letter can cost a filing date or a fee award.
  • Rule 408 and its state analogues do not protect everything. Marking a letter "for settlement purposes only" also limits how you can use it later to prove notice and refusal.
  • Threatening criminal charges, regulatory complaints, or bar discipline to extract payment is a disciplinary risk in most jurisdictions and can be extortion in some.
  • The model will state damages more confidently than your evidence supports. Confirm every component of the number ties to an invoice, a contract, or a witness.