A pioneer of online legal services — recognized for 25+ years
The work behind JusticeXpress didn’t start last year. Our founder helped build the country’s legal‑aid system, created some of the first legal‑information and document‑automation sites on the internet, and has been recognized by the American Bar Association and the legal‑technology press for decades. Here’s the record.
The last decade
Selected interviews, podcasts, and profiles, 2018–2025.
A career‑spanning video interview — from 1960s civil‑rights activism to founding the first automated legal‑forms site, building DirectLaw, and predicting how AI will reshape legal services.
Podcast / Video InterviewA wide‑ranging interview covering the ABA eLawyering Task Force, the People’s Law Library of Maryland, and lessons for the bar’s involvement with artificial intelligence.
Blog InterviewA Legal Rebels podcast profile tracing his path from early paralegal‑software innovation to MyLawyer.com, SmartLegalForms, DirectLaw, and the People’s Law Library.
Podcast ProfileColumns on virtual law practice and the business of delivering legal services online, where he is profiled as a recognized expert and recipient of the ABA’s Louis M. Brown Award.
Bylined ArticlesFeatured guest discussing secure client portals, the access‑to‑justice gap, and the experience of building legal businesses.
Podcast GuestAn early national television segment on bringing legal forms and information directly to consumers online.
The idea behind the work
“We can’t have a viable legal system unless people can access the legal system.”
The foundation
Awards, testimony, and selected publications that established the track record.
Honored by the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services for work exploring technology to create cost‑effective legal access for middle‑income consumers.
ABA Award · TestimonyCited as CEO of DirectLaw and co‑director of the Center for Law Practice Technology, on technology as a way to reach consumers who avoid resolving their legal problems.
Expert CitationHis blog was named by the ABA Journal among the top blogs covering the business of the legal industry.
Founder’s Blog