2020 – Page 3 – Fastcase

Noah Waisberg

Amazon introduced the world to Alexa. Noah Waisberg is introducing the legal world to AI-based contract analysis. Kira Systems is providing law firms and corporations with software to assist with contract analysis in the key areas of leases, deals, due diligence, compliance, and finance. Its contract analysis software uses lawyer-trained artificial intelligence to scan contract…

Olga Mack

Olga Mack is the CEO of Parely Pro, a next-generation, collaborative contract management software company. Parely Pro, under Olga’s leadership, has pioneered online technology focused on improving all aspects of contract negotiations. Olga’s work is focused on making the legal profession more resilient and more inclusive through technology. Outside of her dedication to promoting legal…

Ona Alston Dosunmu

Ona Alston Dosunmu is building one of the largest bar associations in America. Only a few years after the State Bar of California split into a regulatory bar (the State Bar of California) and a voluntary membership organization (the California Lawyers Association), Ona is charged with building an association that will compel California’s more than…

Rachel Zahorsky

Rachel Zahorsky does groundbreaking communications work centered around the future of legal practice. She is currently the Director of Marketing and a Senior Leader for Novus Law, a global legal services firm, where she works with marketing, media content, and new business strategies. Rachel is a 2020 Fellow-Elect of the College of Law Practice Management.…

Ronald Drescher

Ronald (Ron) Drescher has been practicing bankruptcy law in Baltimore, Maryland for 30 years, where he has become a valuable coach and mentor to lawyers new to the practice. Ron created the course Complete Bankruptcy to help prepare lawyers in anticipation of the tsunami of bankruptcies to come as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Hon. John Tran

Judge John Tran has stayed ahead of the curve on electronic courtroom technology, and his forward-thinking is now paying dividends. As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced courtrooms to lean on tech across the country, John has stepped up to help teach others about the tools needed to maintain operations. He has taught video conference software…

Jeff Kelly

Jeff Kelly is working to #makelawbetter and bust the barriers of access to justice. In his role as the chair of the North Carolina Bar’s Future of Law Committee, Jeff is using technology to create access to justice solutions and to connect legal learning with legal doing in law schools. In addition to his legal…

James Dimos (In Memoriam)

When the Deputy Executive Director job became available at the American Bar Association (ABA), Jim Dimos jumped at the opportunity. After serving as the President of the Indiana Bar Association, Jim said that leading bar associations was sort of his professional hobby, so the leadership job was a perfect fit. “I couldn’t think of a…

Ian O’Flaherty

Since the dawn of the iPad, software developers have sought to find ways to harness the tablet’s intuitive interface for use in the courtroom. Few have been as successful as Ian O’Flaherty and his company Lit Software, creators of the litigation apps TrialPad, TranscriptPad, and DocReviewPad. Ian’s experience as a trial attorney and trial presentation…

Graham Smith-Bernal

Graham Smith-Bernal is the Mark Zuckerberg of British legal tech. Both young entrepreneurs dropped out of school and within a few years had revolutionized the way people communicate. Zuckerberg made codes that made social media social and Graham created technology that made the legal industry more digital. Graham left high school at 16 for a…