Legal Tech StartUp Focus Podcast

You do not need a computer science degree to build something genuinely useful for legal work, but you do need a clear problem and the willingness to experiment. That’s why I invited Matt Pollins (Lupl, https://www.lupl.com/) and Alex Baker (Legal Tech Collective, https://www.legaltechcollective.com) to talk about vibe coding and what it means when software can be built with natural language instea...

We sit down in this episode of the LTSF podcast with Justin McCallon, CEO and founder of StrongSuit , to get concrete about what modern litigation AI looks like when it’s built around real attorney workflows. Justin shares how his experience in legal transformation and early gen AI product work shaped StrongSuit’s approach: help litigators from intake through trial with research, drafting, doc rev...

This podcast conversation goes into a corner of the legal industry that quietly runs on trust, process control, and confidentiality: alternative dispute resolution. With this topic on the agenda, it's a pleasure to welcome to the Legal Tech StartUp Focus podcast, Gary Doernhoefer, founder of ADR Notable (https://www.adrnotable.com). Gary brings the perspective of a longtime in-house counsel,...

We sit down with Matthew Dickinson, founder and CEO of Vable, (https://www.vable.com)  for a wide-ranging look at a problem every lawyer and law firm/in-house knowledge team recognizes: too much content and not enough time. Matthew walks us through how Vable grew from monitoring law firm content into a SaaS platform built for legal current awareness, helping information professionals and knowledge...

Deals don’t stall because people are lazy; they stall because the right people can’t see the right risks at the right time. We sit down with Rick van Esch, CEO and co‑founder of Emma Legal (https://www.emma.legal), to unpack how AI-driven playbooks, structured data rooms, and permissioned collaboration can turn due diligence from a slog into a strategic advantage. Rick traces his path from capital...

Charlie Uniman, your podcast host, and Pat Utz, CEO and co-founder of Abstract (https://www.abstract.us/), explore how Abstract turns legislative and regulatory noise into real-time, client-specific strategy, and why deterministic workflows beat agentic dreams for now. Pat shares candid lessons on funding, traction, hiring, and building a product that actually moves the needle. • origins in AI res...

What if your legal stack worked like a true operating system—one place for documents, deadlines, tasks, client messages, and billing—and then used that context to power AI that actually helps? We sit down with Michael Anderson, Chief Product Officer at Filevine (https://www.filevine.com), to explore how “owning” matter operations unlocks real gains in speed, accuracy, and collaboration without sac...

What if missing a payment by one cent could cost a company its billion-dollar patent? This eye-opening conversation with Mads Vibor Jørgensen, CEO and co-founder of PatentRenewal.com (https://www.patentrenewal.com), reveals the hidden complexities of global intellectual property management and how specialized technology is transforming this critical but overlooked field. Most people assume patent...

Matt Lhoumeau never expected to build a contract lifecycle management platform. After being kicked out of his home at 17 when he came out, he built and sold a gaming website, worked for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and found himself tasked with renegotiating 500 vendor contracts at a major telecom company. That frustrating experience—hunting for contracts in file cabinets, building unwieldy s...

Ever wondered how legislative affairs professionals keep track of rapidly changing bills across multiple states? The answer increasingly involves artificial intelligence, and Paul Rava, co-founder of Roboro, is at the forefront of this transformation. In this enlightening conversation, Paul reveals how Roboro's AI-powered legislative intelligence platform is revolutionizing government affairs...

What happens when a hardworking corporate lawyer joins forces with an MIT AI researcher? A revolutionary solution to one of the legal profession's most notorious pain points: due diligence.    Connor Acle, co-founder and CEO of Marveri (https://www.marveri.com/), shares his journey from Morrison Foerster associate to legal tech entrepreneur in this illuminating conversation. After experiencin...

What happens when you combine the rigor of legal research with the power of data analytics? In this illuminating conversation with Carla Rydholm, General Manager and Head of Product at Lex Machina, we explore how legal analytics is transforming litigation strategy. Carla's unconventional journey from biology PhD to legal tech pioneer offers unique insights into how cross-disciplinary thinking...

Monica Zent joins us to share her journey as a seven-time founder and legal tech pioneer who has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly three decades. She discusses her evolution from creating some of the earliest ALSPs to investing in and advising the next generation of legal tech startups. • Starting as an entrepreneur in the 1990s with domain name and music industry technology companies...

What if personal injury attorneys could say "yes" to every promising case that came through their door? That's the problem Finch Legal (https://www.finchlegal.com) is solving with a groundbreaking approach that combines human expertise with AI-powered automation. In this conversation with founders Viraj Bindra and Ben Weems, we explore how Finch Legal transforms the pre-litigation p...

Israel's innovation powerhouse isn't just transforming cybersecurity and consumer tech—it's also transforming the delivery of legal services through technological advancement. In this fascinating conversation with Idan Sivan, CTO at Fisher Law Firm and founder of the LawIT Forum, and Omri Rahum-Tweg, partner and co-head of the firm's law and technology practice, we explore how...

When you're a patent attorney facing the challenge of creating high-quality patents in half the time you once had, technology isn't just a luxury—it's survival. FX Leduc, co-founder and CEO of DeepIP (https://www.deepip.ai), joins Charlie Uniman to reveal how artificial intelligence transforms intellectual property practice from the ground up. Patent practitioners who once had 40 ho...

The immigration legal landscape is shifting dramatically, creating unprecedented challenges for attorneys navigating complex cases under heightened scrutiny. Enter CaseBlink (https://www.caseblink.com), an innovative AI-powered platform transforming how immigration lawyers handle their caseloads. Co-founders Khalil Zlaoui (CEO) and Tina Zedginidze (COO) join us to unveil how their technology helps...

What happens when a venture capitalist with CIO experience meets the evolving world of legal technology? Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures (https://ridge.vc), brings a refreshing perspective on what makes legal tech startups truly investable in today's market.   Our conversation reveals why Ridge Ventures takes the unusual step of including customer introduction targets directly in their...

What if raising capital for your startup could be 10x cheaper and dramatically faster? Anthony Rose, founder and CEO of SeedLegals (https://seedlegals.com), reveals how the SeedLegals platform has revolutionized fundraising for UK startups and why he's now bringing this game-changing solution to the US market. This conversation sheds light on some hidden pitfalls of startup seed and Series A...

Introducing the first in a series of podcast episodes from Legal Tech StartUp Focus that feature legal tech power users.  Discover the transformative power of legal technology with Karl Seelbach, the visionary litigator who co-founded the Austin, Texas-based Doyle Seelbach law firm (https://www.doyleseelbach.com) and Skribe (https://skribe.ai), a legal tech startup committed to revolutionizing dep...

Beyond Generic AI: Luminance's Specialized Approach to Legal Contract Intelligence - Episode 65 of the Legal Tech StartUp Focus Podcast -- A conversation with Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance In this episode, recorded at the Legal Tech Fund Summit in Key Biscayne, Florida, host Charlie Uniman interviews Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance, about the company's innovative AI-powered leg...

In this episode of the Legal Tech Startup Focus Podcast, host Charlie Uniman interviews Jack Weinberger, co-founder of Ajax ( www.joinajax.com ), a cutting-edge AI-powered timekeeping solution designed specifically for law firms. Join Charlie Uniman, your podcast host, and Jack as they explore: The challenges lawyers face in accurately tracking their billable hours and their impact on law firm rev...

In this episode of the Legal Tech Startup Focus podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Gary Senga, the CEO of LexCheck. This company has been at the forefront of legal technology for nearly a decade. We delved into Gary's journey as an entrepreneur, including his previous startup, Intelligize, which LexisNexis acquired, and how that experience shaped his approach to LexCheck. Gary provi...

In this episode of the Legal Tech Startup Focus podcast, I welcome Damien Riehl, VP, Solutions Champion, at vLex and a leader at SALI (Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry). Damien provided an insightful overview of vLex, a legal data/legal data science company that boasts an impressive repository of over a billion legal documents from the United States and worldwide. He explained how vLex...

After Charlie introduces Mike and congratulates him on the recent Time of London article about Contend, Charlie and Mike discuss: Just what it is that Contend (at https://contend.legal) does to provide safe, accessible, and affordable information for "regular people" when those people confront a legal issue (principally, providing both signposts to information resources (often secondary...