2021 – Page 4 – Fastcase

Margo Schlanger

Margo Schlanger has been living and breathing access to justice for her entire career. As a professor of constitutional and civil rights law at the University of Michigan Law School, she inspires students to work outside their casebooks and contribute to the community at large. To that end, Margo founded the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse,…

Devin Stone

While he sometimes calls himself “The Big Bird” you might otherwise know Devin Stone by his YouTube moniker LegalEagle. A D.C. trial attorney and Georgetown Law faculty member, Devin has been helping the public understand legal issues in a fun and entertaining way since 2017. Often tapping into pop culture topics (think the time-honored attorney…

Mirra Levitt

As CPO of Priori, which she co-founded with fellow female entrepreneur (and Fastcase 50 honoree Basha Rubin), Mira has become one of legal tech’s most trusted matchmakers, connecting companies with outside practitioners. Priori analyzes RFPs to find the right lawyer for projects – a major time saver for Fortune 500 companies, which spend millions of…

Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson is using tech tools to tackle common problems in immigration law. He was awarded the Access to Justice Tech Fellowship and the Equal Justice Foundation fellowship while attending The Chicago-Kent College of Law. Since then, Ben has worked with fellow Fastcase 50 honorees Jonathan Petts and Rohan Pavuluri to create consumer bankruptcy solution…

Ben Crump

Touted by Rev. Al Sharpton as “Black America’s Attorney General”, Ben Crump has been the attorney of choice for the families of victims of police violence, including Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and George Floyd. Beyond representing the families of victims, Ben is a tireless advocate for social and legal change, testifying in Congress, city councils,…

Nick Rishwain

There are a few sources of legal tech news and reports that are invaluable to the market – among the most important is LegalTechLive, which is hosted and produced by Nick Rishwain. On the podcast, which has more than 100 episodes, Nick has been a tireless community builder and supporter of startups in the legal…

Rick Merrill

After Graduating from UCLA Law school and working for a decade as a litigator at Greenberg Traurig, Rick Merrill entered into the nascent market of legal analytics when he started Gavelytics in 2015. Gavelytics provides detailed analysis of state trial court data, tagging and categorizing its fast-growing data set to enable litigators to learn from…

Jelena Madir

It’s challenging being a general counsel in normal times, but not many GCs can also boast the publication of books and the creation of courses on cutting-edge and innovative topics in the law during a pandemic. As the world endured a year of lockdowns and quarantines, the light at the end of the tunnel came…

Jay Kim

As the legal profession had to adjust to the new conditions mandated by COVID-19, Florida Bar Board of Governors member Jay Kim stepped up to the plate. He led by being a pathfinder. As Chair of The Florida Bar Board of Governors Technology Committee, Jay was instrumental in producing and publishing The Florida Bar Recommended…

June Liebert

June Liebert brings her extensive background in information management to bear as Director of Information Services at O’Melveny & Myers. Her impact on the legal world began before law school with an early interest in using computers for legal matters when she worked at a startup that created an early PC-based system for complex litigation…