2019 – Page 3 – Fastcase

Jack Cushman

As a member of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, Jack Cushman brought Perma.cc to life, an amazing tool that stops legal reference link rot in its tracks. That accomplishment alone makes him a Fastcase legend, but Jack’s career has been peppered by similarly amazing accomplishments in the fight to make the law more accessible. For…

Michael Bommarito

Michael Bommarito is the CEO and Co-Founder of LexPredict, which since 2013 has been one of the most interesting and fun combinations of legal analytics, data science, and strategy in the game. Alongside former Fastcase 50 honoree Dan Katz, Michael has worked with the LexPredict team to create a host of amazing products, such as…

Tony Mauro

Tony Mauro is a legal journalism icon. For 40 years he’s covered the U.S. Supreme Court, from its history, traditions, and major cases, to the records and recusals of the justices, as well as their personal lives and personalities beyond the bench. Tony has kept us informed on the lawyers and firms arguing cases before…

Jess Birken

Jess Birken owns Birken Law Office, a solo firm for nonprofits. That’s where she offers an innovative, highly automated, subscription-based legal program for nonprofits called Mission Guardian. Jess doesn’t believe attorneys need to be tied to the way things have always been done – or even to their office. She works out of her backpack…

Kim Bennett

Kim Bennett brought a wealth of different life experiences to the table when she started her law firm. She formerly studied medicine, researched psychology, and worked in Google’s legal department. It’s no surprise these diverse experiences give her a different perspective on the practice of law. Today, Kim is helping create a new model for…

Keith Porcaro

Keith Porcaro is a Co-Founder of Digital Public, a project dedicated to educating and assisting communities and organizations in managing data more intelligently. Together with fellow Georgetown Law Professor (and fellow Fastcase 50 2019 honoree) Jason Tashea, Keith has built simulations designed to demonstrate to lawyers and students the transformative effects that risk assessment technologies…

Christian Lang

Christian Lang is a business strategist at Reynen Court, a cloud platform where law firms can easily select and deploy pre-approved artificial intelligence technologies. In addition to his work at Reynen Court, Christian is a founder of the New York Legal Tech Meetup, a community of lawyers, software developers, and legal tech enthusiasts. A self-described…

Marlene Gebauer

Marlene is a visionary in the application of legal technology, and was one of the first to bring data analytics into the day-do-day functions of law firms. She applied analytics across the entire firm, not just in one practice group or the other. Through her work at Greenberg Traurig she has boldly reinvented the way…

Jason Barnwell

Jason Barnwell has been a nationwide leader in promoting better process and measuring the quality of legal services, both inside his corporate legal department and with outside counsel. As the leader of Microsoft’s Legal, Business, Operations and Strategy team, Jason has leveraged his background in software development (he has a degree in Science and Engineering…

Roberta Tepper

As the head of the State Bar of Arizona’s Lawyer Assistance Program, Roberta Tepper plays an unsung role in the legal world. She organizes mentorship programs and advises members on key practice management skills that law school might not have covered. Her career spans a wide variety of roles that inform her current expertise. Roberta…