Above the Law - Technology
APRIL 11, 2024
It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “30 Under 30.” But one thing for certain is that while some products shut down with a whimper, others go out with a bang.
Above the Law - Technology
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Since the very first Startup Alley in 2017, the legal tech pitch competition has helped catapult the success of a long list of startups and become a seminal event of the American Bar Association’s annual TECHSHOW. You were not one of the prior years’ winners selected to present at Startup Alley in 2017-2022. 14-17, 2024.
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Above the Law - Technology
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies.
Xakia
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Six years ago, it felt like both a punch to the gut and a direct challenge: “Your product is interesting, but we’ll see if you’re still around in a few years,” commented several attendees as they strolled by Xakia’s little booth at the 2017 Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting. Lawyers sure are a tough bunch to impress.
Above the Law - Technology
JUNE 15, 2023
Well before launching CoCounsel this year, it had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and had pioneered products such as Compose , to help lawyers draft litigation briefs, and, in 2016 , CARA, the first product to use AI to analyze briefs, which spawned a generation of copycat products.
Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 27, 2024
Subsequently, I received an email from Stefanie Shah , an Austin lawyer with the firm Vela Wood, who represents the defendants. Both the New York and Texas complaints agree that after Diaz-Roa first started working for Hermes in 2017, she began to pursue a graduate degree at Yale, while continuing to work part time for Hermes.
Kevin O'Keefe
JANUARY 25, 2023
The single biggest impediment to blog success for lawyers is failing to focus on a niche. Niche blogs become must reads for an audience, enable a lawyer to build a reputation (often where no other lawyer is playing) and enable relationships to flourish, often for work outside the niche. The tighter the niche the better.
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