2017 – Page 5 – Fastcase

Sam Harden

Due to a strongly held belief in increasing public access to legal services, Sam Harden decided to step away from practicing law in 2016 to advance his skills in coding and data analytics. Soon thereafter, he launched three Internet-based platforms: courtdatesearch.com, mycourtcase.org, and legaloptics.com. Sam saw that one key way to innovate in the law…

Cisselon Nichols Hurd

Cisselon Nichols Hurd knew that she wanted to practice law as early as 4th grade. Making her childhood dreams into reality, Cisselon graduated from the University of Texas and went on to work at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Attorney General’s honor program. She is now Senior Counsel for Shell Oil (where she…

Belinda Johnson

Airbnb sits squarely at the intersection of landlord-tenant law, one of the oldest and most established areas of law in any country, and legal tech, a source of much legal innovation and theory. Belinda, as Chief of Business Affairs and Legal Officer, has been at the heart of this innovation. From her early beginnings as…

Sun Kim

Navigating the forms needed for family, estate, and housing law in New York is easier thanks to the tireless efforts of Sun Kim. As Special Counsel for Technology Initiatives in the New York State Courts Access to Justice Program, Sun focuses on the development of self-help tools for unrepresented litigants. She is responsible for designing,…

Kevin Lee

Law students will enter a fast-changing legal profession, and Campbell Law professor Kevin Lee is training a new generation of lawyers to keep up. Kevin is the Chairman of the North Carolina Bar Association Committee on the Future of Law, he has been a frequent participant and leader in projects of the NCBA. He is…

Thomas G. Martin

As a lawyer and founder of multiple technologically based legal tools, Thomas G. Martin is on the cutting edge in the future of small-firm practice. Thomas is the Founder of the country’s first online law firm and legal chatbot based on Facebook Messenger. Along with his influence in multiple applications to assist individuals with legal…

Anna McGrane

Speaking five languages and practicing in Moscow and Beijing was just the beginning of Anna McGrane’s legal career. She left practicing international law in 2014 to join her brother, fellow Fastcase 50 honoree Gavin McGrane, as COO of PacerPro, a software service that simplifies access to the PACER system. Having spent many years in countries…

Brooke Moore

As the founder of MyVirtual.Lawyer, Brooke Moore has helped countless lower and moderate income clients access the law. The platform uses a web interface to streamline client intake and document generation processes at the outset so fees are greatly reduced. Brooke’s model provides all of the convenience of an online service, but with personal attention…

Mary Shen O’Carroll

Since becoming Google’s first Head of Legal Operations, Technology, and Strategy, Mary Shen O’Carroll has changed the way corporations think about legal. Mary is part of a new wave in corporate law, working with the nonprofit Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) to provide guidance to other legal departments on how to manage legal work, both…

Rohan Pavuluri

Rohan started his career at Harvard intending to study government or social studies. Instead, he became fascinated with technology, an interest that eventually led him to found Upsolve as an undergraduate with fellow Fastcase 50 honoree Jonathan Petts. The nonprofit was an idea the duo formulated at Harvard Law School’s Access to Justice Lab to…