We build software to help people get legal paperwork done.
Legal paperwork is a slog, but it needs to get done. Our mission is to make it as easy and painless as possible, building software to handle the mundane clerical tasks. More businesses get started, more deals get done, and more interesting work for attorneys.
We have products for both startups and attorneys.
Our products for startups help them get routine legal paperwork done either on their own or in collaboration with their attorneys.
With free Attorney accounts, startup attorneys can easily review and keep track of paperwork their clients are doing.
Origins
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Chris and Darby were startup attorneys working in the Silicon Valley office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a major US law firm.
While working at Orrick, they noticed an unfortunate dynamic. Their work involved a lot of work that was clerical in nature, which left them with less time to do more interesting work. As a result, even though they weren't padding their hours, clients were still getting surprised by the size of the legal bill. This led clients to do paperwork on their own or online, which invariably would lead to legal problems that were expensive and time-consuming to fix.
Engineers by training, they realized they could solve these problems by building software to handle the clerical aspects of legal paperwork. The rest is history!
Management
Prior to Clerky, Darby was an attorney in the Technology Companies Group at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Darby has a B.S. in computer science from the University of Washington, as well as a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Prior to law school, Darby was an early software engineer at Redfin.
Prior to Clerky, Chris was an attorney in the Technology Companies Group at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Chris has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford, as well as a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to law school, Chris worked in management and operations at TippingPoint.
Advisors
John V. Bautista is a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. John has more than two decades of experience in Silicon Valley representing startups and investors. Prior to joining Orrick, John co-founded Venture Law Group and also practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Carolynn Levy is a Partner and General Counsel at Y Combinator. Prior to joining YC, Carolynn spent more than a decade representing startups and investors in Silicon Valley as a corporate and securities lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
