I built a FOIA request filing tool as a practicing FOIA attorney — first request free.
I'm Thomas Miller, a FOIA litigation attorney in Ohio. I built FOIAfile because I kept seeing the same problem from both sides of the courtroom: people want government records but don't know how to ask properly, and agencies use that as an excuse to ignore them.
A well-formatted request with the right statutory citations gets processed. A poorly formatted one gets shuffled to the bottom of the pile — or quietly denied.
FOIAfile generates attorney-grade FOIA and public records requests in under 3 minutes. You pick an agency, describe what you need, and we handle the legal formatting, delivery, and deadline tracking. 65+ federal, state, and local agencies.
The legal language in every request is the same framework I use in actual federal court litigation — segregability clauses, Vaughn Index demands, preservation notices, fee waiver arguments with statutory citations.
Revenue model: first request free, $9.99 per request for the attorney-grade version, $19/mo unlimited for Pro. The real business is the referral pipeline — when agencies deny requests or miss deadlines, we connect users with FOIA attorneys who can take legal action.
Tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Prisma, Neon Postgres, Stripe, Vercel.
Just launched and looking for feedback. What would make this more useful for you?
