Since 2011, Fastcase has consistently published the Fastcase 50, an annual recognition honoring 50 individuals identified as the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” This enduring tradition continues, even following Fastcase’s merger with vLex earlier this year, with the recent announcement of the 2023 honorees.
The Fastcase 50 list is widely regarded within Human&Legal as the preeminent collection of individuals spearheading legal innovation. Throughout its history, the honorees have represented a broad and diverse spectrum, including lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and various professionals dedicated to advancing the legal profession.
Ed Walters, Fastcase co founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of vLex, commented on the selections. “This has been an amazing year of change for legal tech, including at vLex and Fastcase,” Walters stated. “This year’s list of honorees reflects a year of transformation for legal services. The Fastcase 50 class of 2023 is also the most international group of honorees in our history, which reflects the growing scale of vLex and Fastcase.”
The esteemed Fastcase 50 honorees for 2023 are listed below, recognizing their significant contributions to the legal field:
- Daniel Acevedo, Senior Manager and Legal Operations Services Leader, LatAm North, Ernst & Young.
- Ben Alarie, Professor & Osler Chair in Business Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law; Founder & CEO, Blue J Legal.
- João Alberto de Oliveira Lima, Legislative Information Systems Analyst, Senado Federal (Brazil).
- Joe Breda, President, Bloomberg Law.
- Junior Browne, Officer in Charge, Faculty of Law Library, The University of the West Indies.
- Ana Buitrago, Senior Advisor, PWC.
- Wendy Butler Curtis, Chief Innovation Officer, Chair eDiscovery & Information Governance Group, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
- Rodrigo Camarena, Director, Justicia Lab.
- Erick Rincón Cárdenas, Director, TicTank.
- Kevin Colangelo, Senior Director, Professional Learning, Law School Admission Council.
- Ken Crutchfield, Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory US.
- Anthony Diana, Co Chair of IP, Tech & Data Practice Group; Enterprise Data Risk Management Partner, Reed Smith LLP.
- Diana Didia, Senior Vice President; Chief Information and Innovation Officer, American Arbitration Association.
- John DiGilio, Firmwide Director, Library Services, Sidley Austin LLP.
- Mark Doble, CEO and Founder, Alexi Inc.
- Chris Dralla, Founder and CEO, TypeLaw.
- Tim Fox, Director of Practice Intelligence and Data Analytics, Ogletree Deakins.
- Bill Girdner, Editor, Courthouse News Service.
- Gordan Glover, Founder, Glover Law Firm.
- Mónica González Contró, Director, Institute of Legal Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Dirk Hartung, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Legal Technology and Data Science at Bucerius Law School.
- Daniel Hoadley, Head of Data Science & Analytics, Mishcon de Reya LLP.
- Douglas Keith, Counsel, Democracy Program at Brennan Center for Justice.
- Scott Kelly, Senior Manager of Product, NetDocuments; Co Founder, Afterpattern.
- Linda Kruschke, Director of Legal Publications, Oregon State Bar.
- Jamie Maclaren, Founding Executive Director, Access Pro Bono Society of BC.
- Conor Malloy, Supervising Attorney & Rentervention Director, Law Center for Better Housing.
- Maya Markovich, Executive in Residence – Justice Tech, Village Capital.
- Theresa McCue, Member Support Manager, NELLCO Law Library Consortium.
- Sara Molina, Senior Manager in Legal Management Consulting, Deloitte Legal.
- Francesc Muñoz, CIO, Cuatrecasas.
- Joy Murao, Founder & CEO, Practice Aligned Resources.
- Aaron O’Brien, CEO, Parrot.
- Mark C. Palmer, Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois College of Law.
- Marcos Ríos, Partner, Carey; Chair, American Bar Association International Law Section.
- Julia Rodgers, CEO and Co Founder, HelloPrenup.
- John Sheridan, Digital Director, The National Archives, UK.
- Andrew Solomon, Senior Rule of Law Advisor, United States Agency for International Development.
- Quinten Steenhuis, Practitioner in Residence and Adjunct Professor, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab, Suffolk University Law School; Founder, Lemma Legal.
- Holly Stevens, Chief Data Officer, Legal Services Corporation.
- Nicole Stone, Director of Product Management, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory US.
- Alex Su, Head of Community Development, Ironclad.
- Joaquim Matinero Tor, Banking Finance & Blockchain Associate, Roca Junyent.
- Kelly Twigger, Founder and CEO, eDiscovery Assistant.
- Joshua Walker, CEO, System.Legal; Co Founder, CodeX; Author, On Legal AI.
- Caroline Walters, Collection Development Librarian for US and Materials Budget, Harvard Law School Library.
- Nick West, Chief Strategy Officer, Mishcon De Reya LLP.
- Laurent Wiesel, Litigation Knowledge Lawyer, Simpson Thatcher.
- Keli Whitnell, Director of Firm Intelligence, Troutman Pepper.
- Stephanie Wilkins, Editor in Chief, Legaltech News.
Human&Legal extends its congratulations to all the individuals recognized for their outstanding contributions.
