2015 – Page 5 – Fastcase

Rubsun Ho

The story is familiar – young lawyers suffering with the long hours and stress of a traditional law firm. What happened next is different: Cognition LLP co-founders Joe Milstone and Rubsun Ho decided to try lowering the billing pressure of their old law firms by starting their own firm. Cognition’s legal team works remotely, or…

Nick Holmes

Nick Holmes is a pioneer of online legal research in the UK. The original version of his site, Infolaw, was the first UK legal resource available online to the public. For over two decades since, his enthusiasm and expertise with regard to legal information have cast him in high relief in both the legal and…

William C. Hubbard

There is a critical mismatch in the law, with vast unmet demand for legal services co-existing in a market where 20,000 law school graduates cannot find legal employment. As ABA President, William Hubbard has united the legal, technology, academic, and business communities in an effort to remedy this market failure and improve the delivery of…

Michelle Hunter

Michelle Hunter presides over one of the largest bars in the nation and has made it a dynamo. Since Hunter took the helm in October 2008, the State Bar has revitalized its host of offerings and programs, created a very impressive array of live and online CLE options through TexasBarCLE, grown the Texas Lawyers’ Assistance…

Natalie Kelly

Law Practice Management advisors need to know a little of everything: from software advice to payroll processing, from trust accounting to filing systems. Natalie Kelly has served as the guide to many lawyers in her role as the Practice Management Advisor to the State Bar of Georgia, as well as through the American Bar Association’s…

Sheldon Krantz

Sheldon Krantz has seen pro bono work from every angle – as a lawyer, a law professor, and as an entrepreneur. As a partner at DLA Piper for nearly 20 years, Sheldon was named the D.C. Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, and he created New Perimeter, DLA Piper’s nonprofit pro bono affiliate. He literally…

Dan LaBert

Bankruptcy law is a tough specialty – people are struggling, and new federal law makes it harder than ever to reorganize debts. Bankruptcy filings, which have already declined over the last five years, are down another 12% as of Q1 2015. That’s why it’s more important than ever to have an organization whose mission is…

Dan Lear

Dan Lear is a community evangelist for Avvo and an unbridled enthusiast for the power of legal tech. Dan is the co-founder of the Seattle Legal Technology and Innovation MeetUp, a group dedicated to solving complex legal problems with clever software solutions. He served on the Washington State Bar Association’s Working Group on the Future…

Joshua Lenon

Clio is the fastest-growing practice management software in North America. Joshua Lenon is an advocate, a liaison for lawyers inside the software company, and an ambassador for cloud computing and ethical lawyering to the rest of the world. Joshua is a frequent lecturer around the country, and not just about Clio, but about topics like…

Daniel Linna

“There is a science behind beauty. There is a science behind persuasion. Scientific methods can be used – and should be used – to improve legal practice.” Dan Linna was an IT manager before law school, and he found that the supply chain and project management skills he learned in business were of great service…