2022 – Fastcase

Debra Slone

With the pandemic and economic forces pushing many into legal difficulties such as eviction or foreclosure, Debra Slone and her business partner (fellow Fastcase 50 2022 winner Sonja Ebron) decided to tackle the access to justice gap head on, founding Courtroom5. The move came after both Debra and Sonja faced difficulty in civil court, despite…

Sandra Douglass Morgan

Only a week ago, the Las Vegas Raiders announced Sandra Douglass Morgan as their new team president. The child of African-American and Korean parents, Sandra is the first Black woman and first Asian woman to serve as the president of a team in the National Football League. A native of Las Vegas, Sandra began her…

Zach Posner

It’s no secret that law firms have under-invested in technology, but they are rapidly catching up. That’s why in 2020, Zach Posner co-founded The LegalTech Fund, the first venture capital firm laser-focused on law and legal technology. Zach announced last month that he has closed his first fund, which was oversubscribed, at $28.5 million. The…

Thomas Suh

Many companies talk about using artificial intelligence to automate repetitive legal tasks, but LegalMation may be the best example of companies actually doing it. Thomas Suh is a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of LegalMation, a software company that scans complaints, identifies causes of action and key facts, then dynamically produces responsive pleadings, discovery requests…

Elaine Screechfield

Throughout her career, Elaine Screechfield has worked double-time as a leader in the docket management space. Not only was she the Firmwide Litigation Docket Manager at Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) from 1983 until her retirement this month, she is the past president and a current executive board member of the National Docketing Association (NDA). Throughout…

Amy Stein

Amy Stein teaches energy and environmental law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, but Amy also explores the frontiers of legal doctrines applied to artificial intelligence. Her recent work addresses the President’s authority to address energy emergencies, demonstrates how artificial intelligence can help with decarbonization across the electric grid, and provides legal…

Angela Chadwick

In her new role as General Counsel of Wing Aviation, the drone delivery unit of Alphabet, Inc. (nee Google), Angela Chadwick is pushing the frontiers of drone law, delivery, and aviation compliance. With a M.B.A. from Wharton, a J.D. from Harvard, and experience as the Associate General Counsel at Tesla during its historic rise as…

Nicole Clark

As a law firm associate, Nicole Clark was frustrated by collecting anecdotal stories about judges to make strategic case recommendations. One night, after consulting a colleague at her firm about a complex motion for summary judgment, she discovered that he had a ruling from her judge on the exact same motion and type – and…

Alvaro Bedoya

This May, Alvaro Bedoya was appointed commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission by President Biden, a new role that continues his work as a champion of individual rights and protections. Alvaro founded and formerly directed Georgetown’s Center on Privacy & Technology, which focuses on privacy and surveillance issues, using investigations, policy initiatives, and education. Alvaro’s…

Ivan Mokanov

Many people know the pioneering work of CanLII publishing Canadian law online – but CanLII would not be possible without the engineering work done behind the scenes by Lexum, now a part of CanLII. For more than two decades, Ivan Mokanov has propelled electronic legal publishing and legal document management for Lexum (and by extension,…