HeyCounsel completed a voluntary billing practices survey in October 2024 within our community of solos and independent practitioners

Shreyank is a cofounder of SwiftLaw. SwiftLaw is a Microsoft Word plug-in that enhances drafting, research, and contract automation workflows with AI all within Word. Our company was founded with the firm belief that solo and small law firms are in desperate need of affordable Legal AI that just works.

Brittany Hernandez is a lawyer and the Head of Legal Innovation at Gavel. Gavel is a robust document automation and legal productization platform that empowers lawyers to reclaim 20+ hours a week on document drafting and generate new streams of revenue with client-facing legal products.

Otto Hanson is the cofounder and CEO of TermScout and Screens. He hopes to build a world where people understand the contracts they’re being asked to sign.

Scott Leigh is the Co-founder + CEO of AltFee, the foundation of a law firm's pricing system, where firms can confidently scope and price their services and practice law without having to charge by the hour.

Anthony Dey and Hilary Bowman are Co-founders of Querious. Its first tool, QUICK, enhances attorney-client conversations with generative AI. QUICK integrates into Microsoft Teams and prompts attorneys in real-time to consider legal issues and ask clarifying questions.

Daniel Steinberg is the CEO, and Founder of Lawbrokr, a Pre-qualification & Marketing platform for law firms to help optimize the way they digitize the digital intake processes.

Reclaim is an intelligent calendar assistant that works with your existing calendars to help you, your teams, and your company to optimize your schedule for work and life around your preferences and priorities.

PointOne uses AI to automate timekeeping and pre-bill review for more than 50 law firms, ranging from small boutiques to the AmLaw 20.They recently raised $3.5M from Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Cooley’s partner investment fund.

Goodfact is the story management platform that fact-obsessed litigators have been dreaming of. It instantly generates a detailed and fully interactive chronology of your documents (including emails and medical and financial records) putting you in control of your facts, your evidence, and your case.

DecoverAI is a legal technology startup that leverages AI to enhance legal workflows with key functionalities like eDiscovery, AI-powered legal research, case strategy development, and automated generative defense. Its "Legal Brain" integrates these capabilities to provide rapid analysis of large datasets, helping legal professionals efficiently query, analyze, and build strategies for their cases

AI for in-house counsel. Be the legal hero your teams need with great first drafts, counseling docs, up-to-the-minute legal advice, and higher-quality reviews.

Midpage is an AI-powered legal research platform used by thousands of litigators and law students to find cases, take notes, and create work product.

Evalify is a SaaS tool designed to help primarily non-IP experts (such as investors and founders) assess the patent landscape surrounding startup ideas – especially in the early stages. Evalify computes a preliminary freedom-to-operate (FTO) score indicating a startup's likelihood of operating in the market without incurring patent infringement risks.

Responsiv is a legal and compliance automation platform for in-house legal and compliance teams. Responsiv helps customers understand evolving regulations and apply it to their regulatory posture by performing a gap analysis and suggesting necessary changes.

Daniel Diamond is Director of Revenue at Alexi, an AI question-and-answer platform that helps litigators acquire the legal knowledge they need at lightning speed, and with unprecedented depth.

This guide breaks down key financial concepts, review financial levers affecting your business, provide best practices for billing and collecting money, and discuss how to manage and outsource financial work. Finally, we’ll break down what you need to know about insurance and taxes.

The HeyCounsel Community chats about unique and often under-discussed business development strategies

Gavel.io is platform designed specifically for legal professionals to automate document creation and manage client intake efficiently. Created by Dorna Moini to address the time-consuming aspects of legal work, Gavel aims to enhance productivity by automating routine tasks and document drafting. The platform allows users to create custom workflows, integrate dynamic fields into documents, and generate completed document sets based on client-provided information through intuitive questionnaires. This not only saves considerable time but also reduces the potential for errors.

Pincites.com is an AI-powered platform designed to assist legal teams in negotiating and reviewing contracts more efficiently and consistently within Microsoft Word. The platform uses artificial intelligence to automatically redline contracts, highlight potential issues, and offer AI-generated comments based on a company's specific guidelines or "playbooks". This integration allows legal teams to accelerate the contract negotiation process, ensuring that agreements are standardized and aligned with company standards, thereby reducing risks and improving productivity

Join Alumni Ventures and HeyCounsel as we dive into the uncharted territories of Legal AI, exploring untapped opportunities for builders and lawyers alike. We’re asking a panel of lawyers and founders to don their imaginary hats and envision the legal landscape 5-10 years down the road. From yet unseen breakthroughs to dystopian futures, we’ll draw insights from our journey with gen AI so far. This interactive panel will discuss the impacts of AI on the legal profession, the challenges of integrating new technologies in a conservative field, and the potential for AI to reshape the cost and quality of legal services.

GC AI, accessible at getgc.ai, is an advanced AI platform tailored for in-house legal professionals. It provides powerful tools for generating first drafts, handling compliance documents, and offering legal advice efficiently. Users can experience enhanced productivity through features like AI-driven drafting and comprehensive legal document templates. The platform is designed to be especially useful for legal departments looking to streamline their operations and enhance the drafting and review of legal documents.

Kula is an AI-powered sales tool designed to automate and enhance the efficiency of the sales process for businesses. It identifies prospects, sends emails, and nurtures conversations until leads are ready to close, aiming to replace traditional human sales roles with advanced AI capabilities. Kula offers a platform where businesses can define their target audience and use AI to draft and send messages, maximizing email deliverability and engagement.

Paxton is a multifaceted AI first legal research tool that assists with statutory research and contract drafting, among others.

The HC community gets together to discuss the recent developments of AI regulation

Midpage is a legal research tool that uses gen AI to 10x the legal research process, and can run on top of Lexis or Westlaw

A short video on WOM strategies for lawyers

A short clip regarding an authentic way to grow your client list

Sarah Ouis breaks down social media marketing (specifically Linkedin) for aspiring solos and independent lawyers.