Don’t expect to see a lot about legal tech on his Twitter, it’s mostly football. But Michigan Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh has been using his reach to help close the justice gap. He advocated through most of the last year on behalf of Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an independent nonprofit established by Congress in…
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Pieter Gunst
It’s hard to find a lawyer, and it’s equally hard for lawyers to find new clients. Pieter Gunst decided to help address this conundrum by founding legal matching and identity service Legal.io, whose mission is to make legal help universally accessible. Today more than 1,000 lawyers use Legal.io to find new clients and to refer…
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Amy Porter
Every year there are Fastcase 50 nominees who we are sure have already been honored. Amy Porter is one of those nominees this year. Surely by now, the Fastcsae 50 has included one of the most established legal tech entrepreneurs? We right this wrong today by honoring Amy Porter, the CEO and founder of LawPay,…
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Adam Camras
Podcasts have become more popular in recent years, providing a forum for discussion and learning that can be easily consumed during a commute or workout. But they weren’t always so prolific, especially in the legal space. Recognizing the convenience of podcasts, Adam Camras has expanded the Legal Talk Network to distribute legal marketing advice and…
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Wilson Tsu
When Wilson Tsu, an engineer at IBM, went back to school to earn his JD-MBA, he expected note-taking would have evolved beyond a handful of colorful highlighters and typing case notes on a laptop. He was wrong. He developed an online platform for law students to categorize case information and organize briefs and outlines with…
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Darren Fancher
With a diverse background as a lawyer, entrepreneur, and finance professional, Darren Fancher has a wealth of experience to help him navigate the legal tech industry. He uses his diverse knowledge base to lead CASEpeer, an all-inclusive practice management solution he and fellow Fastcase 50 classmate Gabriela Cuberio developed for meeting the needs of personal…
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Jae Um
As the Founder and Executive Director of the insights firm Six Parsecs, Jae is helping law firms and their client understand legal services through analytical thinking, collected data, and beautiful visualizations. She’s an alum of an AmLaw 100 firm who has also worked with several Fortune 100 clients and is a frequent contributor at the…
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Andrea Ferster
Andrea Ferster is a public interest advocate in private practice who works to enforce federal environmental laws on behalf of local governments and citizens groups, and serves as General Counsel for the Rails to Trails Conservancy, which helps turn old railway tracks into pedestrian and bike paths. Motivated by the idea that lawyers are agents…
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Shawnna Hoffman
As the Global Co-Leader for the IBM Cognitive Legal Practice, Shawnna Hoffman is pioneering the future of artificial intelligence and its capacity to deliver legal services. The IBM Watson Legal project Shawnna leads is transforming the way firms mine through data in the discovery context and beyond, identifying patterns that have the potential to save…
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Amy Wan
Named one of the 10 Women to Watch in Legal Tech by the ABA Journal in 2014, Amy Wan, the mind behind Bootstrap Legal’s project Sagewise, is working to democratize access to legal counsel and capital. Through Sagewise, Amy is building a dispute resolution infrastructure for smart contracts, and she is helping real estate investors…
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