2021 – Page 2 – Fastcase

Lluis Faus

As global publishing companies began carving up the world’s legal information markets, Lluis Faus and his team at vLex began creating one of the world’s largest legal research libraries, with libraries from around the world. Today vLex has become a real contender in the global legal information market, and Lluis remains at the helm today.…

Bryon Bratcher

As Director of Practice Solutions at Reed Smith and Managing Director at Reed Smith’s subsidiary, Gravity Stack, Bryon Bratcher is redefining what’s possible in how law firms create, use, and value legal tech solutions. Gravity Stack, a pioneering law firm technology spin-off for delivering collective intelligence in law, is a unique blend of data and…

Dyane O’Leary

A widely-respected professor, Dyane O’Leary leads Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation & Technology concentration. After graduating summa cum laude from both Villanova University and Suffolk University Law School, Dyane remained in Boston where she worked as an attorney at WilmerHale, LLP and gained experience by practicing complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. She later returned to…

Barry Simpson

Barry Simpson is the longest-serving executive director in the history of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He was a pioneer in creating the Association’s free online legal research program and negotiated legal malpractice insurance plans for the benefit of PBA members. Barry has been an advocate for diversity in the bar association community and in the legal…

Joe Borstein

Joe Borstein was part of the team that built juggernaut LPO firm Pangea3, which (as a managing director) he followed through to its acquisition by EY. Now Joe has leveraged this experience to help new legal software companies gain traction in law firms. Joe is the CEO and Co-Founder of LexFusion, a company that works…

Art Lien

Art Lien is one of a handful of sketch artists with a multi-decade career, giving us glimpses into historic moments in courtrooms and congressional chambers that aren’t captured on camera. Since his first job drawing courtroom hearings for CBS in the 1970’s, Art has witnessed many notable criminal trials and Congressional hearings. Although his methods…

Anita Carr Shapiro (In Memoriam)

Anita Carr Shapiro leaves an indelible legacy, both as the first woman president in PLI’s 80-year history, and in the broader legal community she served. During her more than 20-year career at PLI, Anita earned a reputation as an innovative thinker with an instinct for anticipating and driving change. She was responsible for many transformational…

Miriam Childs

Miriam Childs is a protector of the past and a thinker for the future. In her role as Director of the Law Library for the Louisiana Supreme Court, Miriam is a custodian of a wide-ranging collection of civil law materials and a curator of a very impressive French/Spanish/Louisiana rare book collection. She oversees the rare…

Brad Stern

Brad Stern is the County Attorney in Washington County, Wisconsin, where he has implemented several technical improvements to the county’s processes since he was appointed in 2017. Brad identified a problem in Wisconsin’s open records laws – requesters working under the law are due a response from the government “as soon as practicable and without…

Alvin Tedjamulia

Alvin Tedjamulia is one of the original and early-adapters to cloud platforms in the legal industry, and he has continued to serve as a trail guide for many throughout the pandemic-forced work from home/remote working reality. Currently the CTO of cloud tech company NetDocuments, Alvin is entering his fourth decade in the technology space. He…