Settlement letter template on firm letterhead
Convert your firm’s PDF letterhead into a Word settlement-letter template — the artwork fixed in place, the body ready for the terms.
Why a settlement letter has to look right
A settlement letter is a careful document. It conveys an offer, accepts one, or records agreed terms, and it is read closely — by opposing counsel, sometimes later by a court. The letterhead is part of how it reads: on the firm’s designed letterhead it looks like a considered position, not a hurried draft.
Settlement letters also carry markings the firm uses on purpose — “For Settlement Purposes Only,” “Without Prejudice,” a confidentiality line — and all of that signals a practice operating with precision.
The difficulty is that most firms hold their letterhead only as a PDF — from a designer, or from a print run. A PDF cannot be typed into. So each settlement letter gets assembled by hand: a logo dropped at the top, the address block rebuilt, the margins guessed at. On a document where every clause is negotiated and every detail is noticed, that improvising is the wrong risk to keep taking.
A settlement-letter template, converted once
Letterhead Lab converts the firm’s PDF letterhead into a Microsoft Word file with the artwork locked into the header and footer. The body between them is left blank and fully editable — room for the recitals, the offer, the conditions, and the settlement markings the firm prefers. That file becomes the settlement-letter template.
Operations converts the PDF once and saves the result to the firm’s shared template folder. After that, drafting a settlement letter starts from the correct file: an attorney opens the template, sets the “Without Prejudice” and confidentiality language the way the firm wants it, writes the terms, and saves it as a new document for the matter. The letterhead is already right — not something to rebuild or proofread.
Because the artwork sits in Word’s native header and footer, it repeats on every page when the letter and its schedule of terms run long, and it cannot be knocked out of place while the body is edited. The Multi-page bundle adds a .dotx template, so Word opens a fresh copy each time and the master letterhead is never overwritten — plus a lighter continuation header for the pages after the first. Convert it, drop it in the folder, and every settlement letter the firm sends carries the same correct letterhead.
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Frequently asked questions
- Can the settlement markings live in the template?
- Yes. Type the markings the firm uses — "Without Prejudice," the confidentiality line — into the body once and save the template. Every settlement letter then opens with both the letterhead and the standard markings in place; the attorney edits only the terms.
- Does the letterhead stay fixed while we draft the terms?
- The artwork is locked into Word's header and footer, so editing the body — even heavily — cannot move or delete it. Only the body, where the settlement terms go, is editable.
- What if the letter and its schedule of terms run several pages?
- The letterhead repeats on every page automatically. The Multi-page bundle adds a lighter continuation header for pages after the first, the usual convention for a long letter with attached terms.
- Is the firm's letterhead PDF uploaded anywhere?
- No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser. The PDF never reaches our servers; only Stripe sees your email and payment.
- What does it cost?
- $39 to convert a single letterhead, or $79 for the Multi-page bundle — up to ten letterheads plus .dotx templates, A4, US Letter, and continuation headers.
Try it on your letterhead
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