2016 – Page 4 – Fastcase

Alma Asay

When it comes to working with hundreds or thousands of documents during complex litigation, many an attorney has thought “there has got to be a better way.” Alma Asay was a litigator at Gibson Dunn, when she turned that thought into a reality. She created Allegory, a cloud-based software platform for managing case information, so…

Shelby Austin

At the young age of 28, Shelby Austin made partner at Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg, but that was only the beginning. She left Davies to found ATD Legal Services, a start-up focused on cutting the cost of electronic document review and records management services. ATD was named one of Canada’s Hot 50 companies by…

Tim Baran

It’s no surprise that Tim Baran is one of the most prolific writers about the legal profession. Tim has embarked on a coding journey to help further his passion for how human-centered approach to technology can improve the delivery of legal services and access to justice. Tim is a law librarian, entrepreneur, author, and speaker,…

Cathryn Bowie

Cathryn has been with the State of Oregon Law Library since 2003 after years of academic and law firm experience as a law librarian. In 2012, she was named Legal Hero of the Year by DJCOregon. Cathryn’s expertise is negotiations, a skill she has embedded into all duties of her position. She once explained that…

Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen is the founder of Legal Mosaic, the culmination of a career path that has led from Oxford to government service to Big Law to private practice and is now directed not at helping individual clients, but to helping the legal profession as a whole. Mark has become convinced that the former model of…

David Colarusso

David Colarusso has never been wed to just one interest. He has worked as a science teacher, software developer, public defender, and data scientist. David’s passion for democratic dialogue lead him to create CommunityCOUNTS and 10Questions, which were designed to increase communication between political nominees and citizens during political races. David is also right at…

Vincent Cordo

There is more than one way to bring change to law firms — Vince Cordo is doing it from the demand side. As the first Global Sourcing Officer at Shell, Vince brings his experience of managing client value at Reed Smith and Squire Sanders to the task of controlling what Shell spends on its more…

Jameson Dempsey

Jameson Dempsey co-founded DC Legal Hackers in 2013, and has worked to expand the Legal Hackers movement worldwide. The group is a community of academics, attorneys, policy makers, and developers that meets to discuss and develop ways to use technology to enhance legal practice and policymaking. When he is not working with Legal Hackers, Jameson…

Ray Abadin

As past president of both the Florida Bar and Cuban American Bar Association, Ray Abadin made it a point to emphasize the importance of technology competence for lawyers, coming changes in the delivery of legal services, as well as access to justice. Ray is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and partner…

Randy Dryer

Randy Dryer is a Presidential Honors Professor at the University of Utah and a Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law of the University of Utah. He has been of counsel at the law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer for thirty-seven years. As a recognized expert in the field of First…