Meet Our Team
Gavin Carothers
Senior Director of Engineering
As Senior Director of Engineering, Gavin designs, develops and maintains Lex Machina’s web-based application, including its search functions and the data and analytics results it delivers to users. Gavin is also active in international standards groups, currently one of the authors and editors of Turtle, a concrete syntax for the exchange of linked data, at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Gavin’s professional experience includes positions as Semantic Solutions Developer for TopQuadrant and Software Engineer for O’Reilly Media, Banta, Ames on Demand and Opentuit. He also served as Web Systems Administrator for the Christian Science Monitor. He is skilled with Python, Java, JavaScript, RDF, XML and Linked Data and has published on linked data and semantics. He attended Northeastern University and Principia College.
Karen Chadwick
Legal Data Expert – Commercial Law
Karen is a Legal Data Expert in the area of Commercial Law. Karen came to Lex Machina after serving as a tenured Professor of Law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School.Karen previously was in-house counsel for a large automotive supplier in Michigan. In that role, Karen, managed the company’s litigation throughout the United States. Karen was also General Counsel for a start-up company involved in forming a joint venture with a Chinese manufacturing company.
Karen received her BA in Journalism from the University of Michigan and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
Eileen Conner
Senior Software Engineer
As a full stack senior software engineer at Lex Machina, Eileen focuses on analyzing, organizing, and presenting complex legal data in an easily usable format. She designs and develops product features, organizes the development of large releases, and manages a team of engineers.
Before joining Lex Machina, Eileen graduated from Hackbright Academy, where she studied software engineering and web development. Her previous background is in writing and education. Most recently, she was the founder of Pen and Chisel LLC, where she specialized in teaching law school applicants how to write and edit convincing admissions essays.
Eileen holds a BA in English and history from John Carroll University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan.
Sean Davis
Systems Engineer
As Systems Engineer, Sean is responsible for the maintenance and continuity of Lex Machina’s infrastructure — and by extension, the availability of Lex Machina itself.
Sean previously worked as a Security Engineer at Telogis and PEER1 before that, having self-taught nearly everything he knows over the last twenty years.
Shawn Eisenach
Senior Software Engineer
As a Senior Software Engineer Shawn wears many hats, including design and development of customer facing web applications, internal tools, and industry reports.
Shawn previously worked as a Quality Assurance Analyst at O’Reilly Media. They also served as an Art Instructor at City College of San Francisco, Napa Valley College, and the University of Georgia, where they earned an M.F.A.
Andrew Eldenburg
Customer Success Manager
As a Customer Success Manager at Lex Machina, Andrew helps customers obtain the most value from Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics through appropriate training, education, and resources. He is focused on helping law firms and corporate counsel gain insights and win business through the power of Legal Analytics.
Prior to joining the Customer Success team Andrew was a Sales Development Representative at Lex Machina working with customers in the Eastern and Southern United States. Andrew received his B.A. in Business Administration and a Minor in Business Marketing from Southern Adventist University.
David Haraburda
Senior Algorithms Engineer
As Senior Algorithms Engineer, David uses natural language processing, machine learning and other algorithmic techniques to extract, normalize, and model litigation events and processes that enable the display of complex legal data and statistics.
Before joining Lex Machina, David helped build several web- and mobile-based enterprise software solutions: He helped architect and build a high-volume, next-generation platform for administering pre-employment surveys, and also designed and developed key portions of a complex scheduling and logistics platform used by the dairy industry. Prior to that, David served as a construction supervisor for a non-profit homebuilder, directing and training volunteers in all aspects of construction to help make quality homes affordable for low-income families.
David received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Baylor University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Texas, with an emphasis on algorithm analysis and theoretical computer science.
Karl Harris
CEO
As CEO, Karl leads strategy and operations at Lex Machina. Previously, Karl led all product development, product strategy, and engineering efforts at Lex Machina as CTO and Vice President of Products through Lex Machina’s successful acquisition by LexisNexis.
Prior to Lex Machina, Karl worked as a Fellow at XSeed Capital Management, a seed stage venture firm and Lex Machina’s lead investor. He also served as Vice President of Product Management and as Vice President of Engineering for Flurry, Inc., the provider of the largest mobile analytics and monetization platform, where he was a member of the founding team before Flurry was acquired by Yahoo. Prior to Flurry, Karl spent five years building sonar systems for Applied Research Laboratories of the University of Texas at Austin.
Karl holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and while in law school worked in Fish & Richardson’s patent litigation and prosecution groups. Karl also holds an M.S. in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and an A.B. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
Andrew Judson
Lead Product Manager
As a lead product manager, Andy is responsible for the development and delivery of new practice area modules for Lex Machina. Andy uses his legal expertise to design new practice areas then trains and manages our team of legal analysts to deliver high quality legal analytics.
Before joining Lex Machina, Andy worked as an E-Discovery Attorney with Donovan Watkins in Houston, Texas and is also a certified Mediator. He earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law, and has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Rice University.
Jia Yi Lim
Software Engineer
As a software engineer, Jia Yi writes Python and Javascript code for Lex Machina’s web application.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, she graduated from Hackbright Academy, a software engineering training program in San Francisco. She also previously worked as an Associate at the healthcare consulting arm of The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Jia Yi earned a B.Sc in Biological Science from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Wade Malone
Co-Head of Product
Wade co-leads the Product Team at Lex Machina, where he previously served as the lead product manager.
Prior to Lex Machina, Wade worked as an intellectual property attorney in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Wade holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and before attending law school, Wade worked as an Associate Consultant in the Dallas office of Bain & Company. Wade holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Rice University.
Jason Maples
Senior Product Manager
Jason is a Senior Product Manager, who ensures that Lex Machina provides the highest quality case and docket data to its users. In June 2012 he earned an L.L.M in Intellectual Property Law from Santa Clara University Law School, where he also earned his J.D. in 2011.
Jason previously served as a paralegal in the U.S. Army during the invasion of Iraq, where he handled military, criminal, administrative and humanitarian law issues and managed journalists embedded with combat units. He earned a B.A. from San Jose State University and an A.S. from San Jose City College.
Sean Maples
Entity Data Steward
As Entity Data Steward, Sean generates, manages, and performs quality control for all counsel, party, and law firm data in Lex Machina’s PTAB product. Additionally, Sean assists with natural language processing testing and quality control tasks for the greater Lex Machina product.
Sean completed a Masters of Science in Information Technology from Southern New Hampshire University and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects and Animation from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Luke Nezda
Lead Software Engineer
As Lead Software Engineer, Luke works on search, infrastructure and natural language understanding technology at Lex Machina. Luke was previously a Senior Software Engineer developing mathematical modeling software for pre-employment surveys at PeopleAnswers.
Prior to that, he spent 8 years researching and implementing high performance, open-domain natural language understanding systems at Language Computer Corporation. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science, both from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Nick Pilon
Lead Software Engineer
As Lead Software Engineer, Nick designs, develops and maintains Lex Machina’s Web crawler infrastructure, which obtains all of the company’s raw data from third-party sources and refines that data for publication.
Nick previously worked as a Computer Systems Analyst at O’Reilly Media and as a freelance writer and editor for Dream Pod 9, which provides tabletop miniature games. As an undergraduate, he served as a Teaching Assistant and Marker for computer science classes. He earned an M.C.S. and B.C.S. in Computer Science from Dalhousie University.
Ronald Porter
Legal Data Expert – Product Liability
Ron is a Legal Data Expert in the area of Product Liability. Ron joined Lex Machina after working as a product liability lawyer for an automotive company.
Prior to that, he worked as a commercial and product liability lawyer at a mid-sized Detroit law firm. Ron received a BA degree in History from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Michigan.
Jimy Ri
Developer Data Analyst Intern
Jimy is an intern developer on the Advanced Analytics Team, and working on custom data exports, platform improvements, and other data visualization tasks.
Jimy is currently a third-year student at San Jose State University majoring in Management Information Systems. He likes to code and would love to go into the field of Data Science. His other passion is music – In his free time he loves to play the piano, guitar, violin, and the ukulele.
Carla Rydholm
Senior Director of Product Management
As Senior Director of Product Management, Carla leads Lex Machina’s efforts to understand and prioritize bringing legal analytics to new areas of the law and creating new features to delight our users.
Carla previously practiced public interest law with non-profit advocacy organizations and worked on academic policy projects involving the intersection of law and science. She earned a J.D. from Duke University, where she co-founded the Duke Journal for Law & Social Change. She also earned a Ph.D. from Duke in microbial evolution and a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia.
Darren Schleicher
Director of Sales and Sales Strategy
Darren Schleicher has been with Lex Machina since 2013 and currently serves as their Director of Sales & Sales Strategy in the Eastern US where he helps organizations adopt legal analytics to uncover strategic insights about courts, judges, firms, attorneys, and companies. Darren also speaks about the value of incorporating analytics into the business and practice of law at private retreats as well as national and global industry events.
Darren previously served as a Strategic Account Executive at Pivotal where he helped companies build new classes of applications leveraging, deriving insights from, and monetizing big and fast data. Prior to Pivotal he managed the sales relationships between Thomson Reuters and the largest law firms in San Francisco, LA, and Seattle. Earlier he led the North American sales effort for Knowledge Mosaic and their Securities Mosaic product.
Laura Tamshen
Quality Assurance Engineer
Laura is a QA Engineer on the team focusing on test automation. Laura has worked as a quality assurance engineer for most of her career in a variety of industries. She has also been a conference presenter on the topic of test automation.
Laura holds a M.S. IT in Software Engineering from the University of Maryland, a B.A. in Computer Science from Boston University as well as a CTFL-AT certification from ASTQB.
Anne Wise Kann
Product Manager
As a Product Manager, Anne focuses on Lex Machina’s product development and expansion. She previously served as a Legal Data Expert for Bankruptcy, Torts, Tax, and state modules. Before joining Lex Machina, Anne practiced law for several years in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anne holds a J.D. from Emory University School of Law and a B.A. in English Literature from Sewanee: The University of the South.
Frances Wong
Software Engineer
As a software engineer, Frances writes Python and JavaScript for Lex Machina’s web application. Before joining Lex Machina, Frances graduated from Hackbright Academy, a software engineering school in San Francisco. She previously worked as a senior financial analyst at FreshDirect, an online grocery store in New York City, and a biotech equity research associate at Canaccord Genuity.
Frances earned her BS in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT and MBA from Columbia Business School.
Laura Hopkins
Legal Data Expert
As a Legal Data Expert, Laura focuses on developing and maintaining Lex Machina’s Consumer Protection, Securities, and Delaware Court of Chancery modules to deliver useful data analytics and ensure data integrity.
Before joining Lex Machina, Laura served as a civil litigator and bankruptcy practitioner for over thirteen years in the Western District of Pennsylvania and District of Maine. Laura received her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and her BA in Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University.
Ellen Chen
Legal Data Expert
Ellen is a Legal Data Expert in the areas of False Claims and Tax. Prior to joining Lex Machina, she worked as an E-Discovery Attorney and a Specialty Tax Consultant.
Ellen has a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Texas in Austin.
Ann Persin
Digital Marketing Manager
As the digital marketing manager, Ann builds creative marketing campaigns that drive measurable revenue. Prior to Lex Machina, Ann worked as a marketing manager for restaurant and supermarket related magazines designing and managing marketing campaigns around generating sales leads.
Ann holds a B.S. in Marketing from Yeshiva University.
Sherrill Dresnin
Customer Success Manager
Sherrill is part of the Customer Success Team based in Pennsylvania. She works with law firm and corporate clients in the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, D.C. areas. As a Customer Success Manager for Lex Machina, her role is to assist clients in maximizing the value of Legal Analytics in their work flow through training, education and support. She enjoys getting to know her clients and working with them to develop customized training and implementation plans to ensure they have the resources to be successful utilizing legal analytics in their practice.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Sherrill spent the majority of her professional career working in a similar role at LexisNexis. She has experience working with law firms and legal departments of all sizes. Sherrill has her BBA from Emory University and JD/MBA from Widener University Delaware School of Law.
Joshua M. Harvey
Manager of the Customer Success Team
Joshua manages the Customer Success Team whose goal is to help law firms and corporate legal departments revolutionize the way they practice law by using Legal Analytics. The team works directly with Lex Machina clients to ensure they are maximizing the incredible value of our tool.
Joshua graduated with a J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law and with a B.A. from the University of Florida. After graduating from law school Joshua defended the rights of the indigent as an Assistant Public Defender in Florida. He then moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked in civil litigation for a number of large law firms and with the U.S. Department of Justice. He transitioned to the world of legal technology with LexisNexis where he supported, advised, and consulted the largest Federal Government clients on all aspects of legal research, litigation, and workflow needs. After realizing that legal tech was going in the direction of Legal Analytics and A.I. he joined the Customer Success Team at Lex Machina.
Joshua enjoys leveraging his background in both the practice of law and in legal tech to help his clients get the most out of Lex Machina. Joshua has taught dozens of CLE courses on legal research, public records, company research, legal writing, social media in the law, and of course, Legal Analytics. He’s also taught college courses on Criminal Justice, Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Legal Ethics.
Chuan Qin
Product Manager
Chuan is a product manager at LexMachina. She is responsible for planning and developing new practice area modules and ensuring data quality for these modules. Prior to joining LexMachina, Chuan worked as an IP consultant for ThermoFisher Scientific Inc. in San Jose, and as a research programmer at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Chuan earned her JD from Golden Gate University School of Law, and has a B.S.E. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
Phil Sevenants
Product Manager
As a product manager, Phil is responsible for data realization and alignment in new practice area modules. He organizes data for Lex Machina’s legal analytics and is learning more about data sciences.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Phil managed the collection of PACER and state court content for LexisNexis CourtLink.
Jonathan Zobrist
Sales Director
Jonathan is a Sales Director with Lex Machina and helps identify and develop new opportunities in the Midwestern US. With more than a decade of legal industry experience, Jonathan helps organizations leverage legal analytics to better understand their litigation situations and deliver the best results possible for all stakeholders.
Jonathan received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and began his legal services career shortly thereafter. Prior to joining Lex Machina, Jonathan worked in the IP litigation department for an AmLaw 10 firm and furthered his IP experience at a European based patent consulting company. Outside of work, Jonathan enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife and two young children along with traveling, learning new recipes and playing golf poorly.
Marissa Skudlarek
Software Engineer
Marissa joined Lex Machina after attending Hackbright Academy, where she studied software engineering with a focus on developing full-stack applications in Python and JavaScript. Her Hackbright final project, a web app to identify anachronistic words and phrases in historical fiction by comparing it to fiction written during the selected decade, is deployed at http://wordsworth.us and has been retweeted over 500 times by members of the writing and tech communities. Prior to becoming a software developer, Marissa worked as a paralegal and as a content coordinator for an immigration law firm. She is also active in San Francisco’s independent theater scene as a playwright, translator, producer, and arts writer.
Marissa graduated with honors from Vassar College with a BA in Drama and French.
Gloria Huang
Legal Content Associate
In her role as Legal Content Associate, Gloria creates content-driven materials to provide customers with the most salient information about using legal analytics to uncover strategic insights.
Gloria worked as a consultant at VallotKarp in New York City, advising law firms and investment banks on issues including professional development, diversity, and inclusion. Prior to that, she practiced law for several years at Shearman & Sterling in Manhattan, and worked as an analyst at Lehman Brothers in London.
Gloria holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Stanford University.
Matthew Currie
Product Manager
As a Product Manager, Matthew focuses on product development and strategy.
Before joining Lex Machina, Matthew was the Media Manager for AutoQuotes, LLC., a software leader in the foodservice equipment and supplies industry. While there, he was responsible for the management of a global media team and multiple customer-facing products and services. Prior to that he held support roles at multiple law firms across North Florida.
Matthew received a B.A. in English from Florida State University with additional focuses on business and Russian language.
Subhodip Biswas
Senior Software Engineer
As Senior Software Engineer, Subhodip works on various parts of Lex Machina’s flagship legal analytics web application. His background includes 10+ years of software development experience including in a currency exchange firm and in a top publication company.
Subhodip holds a Bachelor in Technology in Computer Science from West Bengal University of Technology, India.
Mel Seto
As a software engineer, Mel develops and maintains Lex Machina’s crawler infrastructure, API, and web application.
Before joining Lex Machina, Mel was a software engineer at a financial services company, where they developed portfolio management software and data pipelines. They also have a background in academic data analysis and research. Mel graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in environmental science.
Tyler Barabas
Lead Front-End Engineer
As a Lead Front-End Engineer, Tyler helps to design, implement, and maintain the interfaces that enable people to experience and interact with Lex Machina’s legal analytics platform.
Before joining Lex Machina, Tyler led a team of developers at Age of Learning, creating interactive educational materials for children. Tyler also worked at Digital Domain where he helped develop a video platform for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the Nobel Prize Ceremony. Tyler holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Texas.
Matthew Blau
Systems Engineer
Matthew works as a Systems Engineer, responsible for the maintenance and continuity of the Lex Machina infrastructure. Prior to joining Lex Machina, Matthew worked as a Software Integration Engineer at Leaf Home.
Bairma Gyndunova
Associate Product Manager
Bairma is an Associate Product Manager who is based in New York. She helps to develop our internal tools used by our team of legal data analysts to aid them in reviewing cases. Prior she was working as a part-time QA Engineer and a part-time Customer Success liaison at Lex Machina.
Bairma enjoys spending her free time running and cycling around NYC.
Tony Minucci
Sales Director
Tony is an experienced sales professional with a diverse background in the information technology and services industry, and has a proven track record. He is skilled in Sales, Sales Management, Team Building, Coaching, and New Business Generation.
Tony is a graduate of Boston College – Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management.
Justin Brownstone
Principal Product Manager
Justin is a Product Manager at Lex Machina.
Justin received his A.B. from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Justin started his career litigating for an Am Law 100 firm and a Los Angeles litigation boutique. Prior to Lex Machina, he helped launch and sell a state court analytics product for a legal technology startup.
Elisa Bennett
Software Engineer
As a software engineer, Elisa writes code on both the frontend and backend for the Lex Machina web application. Before joining Lex Machina, Elisa worked on a Fullstack React Native App for enhancing users’ daily time management with data analytics. She graduated from Grace Hopper Fullstack Academy, where she studied software engineering and web development with a focus on React, PostgreSQL, Node.js and Javascript. Prior to Grace Hopper, she was selected from a highly competitive group of applicants to be a Data Science Fellow at Correlation One with a focus on Python, SQL, and NLT. As a fellow, one of her key contributions involved analyzing the impact of COVID19 on over 1 million apps. Her previous background is in technology integration, second language acquisition, and education.
Elisa holds a BA in Spanish from the University of Richmond and a MAT in Spanish as a Second Language and Culture from Universidad de Granada in Spain.
Kevin Welty
Senior Software Engineer
As a Senior Software Engineer. Kevin develops and maintains Lex Machina’s Web crawler infrastructure.
Before joining Lex Machina, Kevin worked in the Satellite Communications industry for the company Comtech Satellite Networks Technologies. Kevin held a number of positions at Comtech including Network Test Engineer II, Software Applications Developer, and Software Engineer.
Kevin is an Arizona native and holds a Bachelors in Science Degree from Arizona State Universities W.P. Carey School of Business Management.
Nic Feliciano
As Operations Manager and Executive Assistant at Lex Machina, Nic ensures that all functions of office support, administration, and team morale are handled in an efficient manner and that CEO Karl Harris and his team have everything they need to successfully achieve their goals and missions.
Nic holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Having grown up in Manila, Philippines, she is fluent in Tagalog and in her free time, she enjoys cooking and writing short plays that explore the Filipino Diaspora.
Aria Nejad
In-house Counsel
In his role as In-house Counsel, Aria provides guidance to in-house counsel clients with the relevant information about using legal analytics to uncover strategic insights.
Prior to Lex Machina, Aria practiced law as an immigration attorney, representing clients in immigration courts in Utah, Nevada, and California. Prior to that, he worked at two Am Law 100 firms, advising new partners and associates on client development strategies and serving on each firm’s Pro Bono and Diversity & Inclusion Committees. While in law school, Aria assisted the ACLU by drafting memoranda on various bills over two legislative sessions on Utah’s Capitol Hill and testifying in front of the Utah State Senate and Utah House of Representatives on public policy matters. He was awarded the Fabian Law Scholarship for his dedication to pro-bono work.
Aria holds a J.D. from the S.J. Quinney College of Law and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Utah.
Teddy Hook
Customer Success Manager
Teddy is a Customer Success Manager based in Boston, Massachusetts. His focus is helping law firms and corporate counsel gain insights and win business through the power of Legal Analytics by providing training, education, and resources.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Teddy spent most of his legal career working at BARBRI Inc. as a Managing Director of Legal Education. Teddy has a B.A. in Political Science and Government from Furman University and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Teddy is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts.
Elbert Wang
Data Visualization Engineer
As a Data Visualization Engineer, Elbert designs and develops visualizations that distill legal data from court records into analytics and insights, helping users make data-driven decisions.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Elbert was a member of the Graphics team at the Wall Street Journal, where he created charts and maps to explain the news. Elbert earned his B.A. in Computer Science and Classics from Brown University.
Jerome Pokroy
Customer Success Manager
Jerome is a Customer Success Manager based out of Texas. By providing training, education, and resources, he is focused on helping law firms and corporate counsel gain insights and win business through the power of Legal Analytics.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Jerome was the Director of Insurance Services at a boutique financial planning firm. Prior to working in the financial industry, Jerome spent eleven years at LexisNexis working with law firms and law schools.
Jerome received his law degree from the University of South Africa and was admitted to practice as an attorney in the Supreme Court of South Africa–Transvaal Provincial Division.
Jesse Carver
API Lead Engineer
As API Lead Jesse Carver works on design, development, deployment and ongoing operation of Lex Machina’s data driven API offerings.
Jesse’s background is in large scale automation and engineering. He previously worked for AWS Cloudfront, propagating web caches worldwide. Before that he spent over a decade in the Airline IT industry automating tasks and rules for revenue experts. He may have been responsible for you being charged by American Airlines for a checked bag between 2009 and 2017.
Dave Slusher
Developer Advocate
Dave Slusher is a developer advocate with Lex Machina. He serves as a liaison between the API product and the developer community that uses it. He is responsible for creating instructional content, fostering the development community, and representing developer concerns to product management.
Dave is a software developer, science fiction fan, and pioneering podcaster. He was the co-founder of a technical and social media conference in Myrtle Beach, SC called CREATE South. He earned a B.S. degree in chemistry at Georgia Tech and an M.S. in computer science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Previously, he was a developer advocate for ServiceNow.
Maggie Zamora
Customer Success Manager
Maggie is a Customer Success Manager based in Ohio. She provides training and guidance in the use of Lex Machina to attorneys and other legal professionals, so they can leverage the power of Legal Analytics to develop winning strategies in their practice and business of law.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Maggie spent more than 20 years at LexisNexis in roles across several business divisions working closely with customers in both the public and private sectors. Utilizing her background in legal research and big data in the information services industry, she now focuses on the value that legal technology brings to law firms, corporate counsel, legal consultants, and litigation funders.
Maggie received her B.A. from Xavier University and her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Elaine Chow
Elaine is a Legal Data Expert in the area of Patent Law. Before joining Lex Machina, Elaine practiced patent litigation at an IP litigation boutique and at an AmLaw 100 firm, representing multinational technology companies as well as startups. She is a registered patent attorney and speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Elaine received her AB in Applied Mathematics with a Concentration in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, her MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and her JD from the Georgetown University Law Center. Before she became a lawyer, Elaine was a newspaper reporter in Southern California.
Whitney Kyles
Client Relationship Specialist
Whitney is a Client Relations Specialist based in Ohio. She supports the Customer Success Team that works with law firms, corporations and litigation sponsors. She enjoys working with clients to ensure their user experience with Lex Machina is effective and efficient.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Whitney spent her post-law school career at LexisNexis as a Practice Area Specialist and Telephonic Solutions Consultant. She has experience working with Am Law 200 Law Firms and ABA Law Schools. She received her BA in Journalism from the University of Cincinnati and her J.D. from the New England School of Law in Boston, MA.
Charles Greer
Principal Search Engineer
As a software engineer with a longtime focus on databases, data, search and scaling, Charles is responsible for Lex Machina’s search infrastructure.
Charles has worked in a variety of data-intensive engineering and solutions roles in the last two decades. Prior to Lex Machina he architected solutions at Anyscale for a wide variety of large-scale machine learning projects. He was also a principal engineer on MarkLogic’s document-oriented database. Educated in Slavic languages and linguistics and in thrall to complex human information constructs, Charles attended Yale University and U.C. Berkeley. He is a practicing musician and poet.
Becky Sharp
Principal Data Scientist
As Principal Data Scientist, Becky works on legal-domain natural language processing and machine learning at Lex Machina. Becky was previously an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona, where she specialized in information extraction, multimodal emotion detection, and other applications of machine learning.
Becky holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and a M.S. in Human Language Technology from the University of Arizona, as well as a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in French from Virginia Tech.
Brian Stewart
Vice President of Sales
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Brian expanded his sales depth and breadth by heading the Storj sales team where he managed Sales, Business Development, Partnerships, and Emerging Technologies. Brian has also held leadership positions at eGain, Vesta, and Avangate/2Checkout/Verifone, and established his career while employed by VeriSign from 2000 to 2008, where he led his sales organization as both a manager and individual contributor.
A graduate of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and a Scholar Athlete, Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in I.T. As a person who is committed to both professional and personal growth, he is a member of several technology and innovation groups focused on enlightening thought and networking opportunities.
Brian lives in Northern California with his wife and two sons. He enjoys participating in a myriad of sports (basketball, baseball, softball, hiking, swimming, just retired from snowboarding) as well as enjoying watching his two boys compete nationally in soccer. When it is time to truly relax, Brian enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time with extended family.
William Lavis
Sales Development Representative
William has over 15 years of customer service and sales experience. He has provided creative solutions to clients in multiple industries including healthcare, financial services, and real estate.
As an attorney, he focused primarily on residential and commercial real estate closings. He also represented clients in civil and criminal matters. Additionally, he has held several volunteer positions including food server and crisis help desk representative at nonprofit organizations. He received his JD from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and his BA and MBA from Loyola New Orleans.
Michelle Love
Customer Success Manager
Michelle is a Customer Success Manager for Lex Machina supporting law firms and corporate clients in the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, D.C. areas. Michelle enjoys working with her customers and providing them with training, education, and resources to help them gain insights and win business and cases through the power of Legal Analytics.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Michelle spent 15 years working for LexisNexis as a Research Consultant providing exceptional support and training to her Am Law 200 law firm customers. Michelle received her B.A. from The George Washington University and her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Samantha Pallini
Legal Data Expert – Civil Rights Law
Samantha is the Legal Data Expert in the area of Civil Rights Law. She has several years of experience as a civil litigator focused on 42 U.S.C. §1983 litigation–first in the public sector in New York City, and then in the private sector in Chicago.
Samantha received her Juris Doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York and her Bachelors of Arts in both Public Relations and Spanish from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.
Di Rivera
As a Legal Data Expert, Di is dedicated to ensuring that Lex Machina’s Trademark, Copyright, and Internet Law data maintain their integrity, reliability, and relevance to our client’s needs. Di has extensive career experience in the intellectual property field, serving as an in-house legal professional for various entities, and as a practicing attorney for a boutique law firm.
Di received her Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School, B.A./M.A. from the City University of New York and an M.B.A. in Ethical Leadership from Marist College.
Autumn Callan
Customer Success Manager
Autumn Callan received a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Point Park University and her JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Autumn started her career as a legal operations manager for Lawgix Lawyers, LLC. She joined RELX in 2021 with LexisNexis as a Solutions Consultant for Specialized Law.
She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has recently relocated with her daughter, Rosemary, to Denver, Colorado. Autumn is a life-long ballet dancer and avid adventure-seeker. Whether it is running, hiking, biking, or camping, she spends as much time in nature as possible.
Sachin Sawe
As a Senior Architect, Sachin designs and develops systems that use natural language processing, machine learning / AI techniques for information retrieval and extraction. These systems provide Lex Machina’s users with useful insight into relevant data and analytics of their interest.
Sachin is an engineer, mentor and leader with 24+ years of experience building software and solving problems across different industries, including but not limited to e-commerce, travel, grid computing, product manufacturing, HR services.
Sachin holds a Bachelor in Electronics Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai University and a Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Management Studies from Harvard University. Outside of work and family, Sachin is a passionate photographer interested in capturing nature and wildlife.
Lou Regla
Lead Software Engineer
As a Software Engineering Lead, Lou works on development tools, operations, and frontend components at Lex Machina. He brings to the table over 20 years of experience with full-stack web development, software engineering, SEO, and team leadership. When away from the keyboard, he is an avid motorcyclist having toured much of the western United States.
Anthony Pegues
Account Executive
Anthony is an Account Executive with a focus on law firms practicing in state courts.
Anthony graduated from Montana State University with a Marketing degree. He has been in sales his entire professional career. Previously, Anthony worked at Dell Technologies where he was an enterprise account manager who supported the largest account that does business with Dell.
Byron Pedrosa
National Sales Manager
Byron grew up in New York City, currently lives in Seattle, and leads our Inside Sales TAE and SDR team. Byron is an experienced Sales & Sales Management professional with over 20 years in the B2B segment. He has been the trusted advisor for multiple law firms in the U.S. given his diverse background in the Legal Research, Practice Management, and Marketing industries for Legal Professionals. He has a proven track record and is highly skilled in Sales, Sales Management, Team Building, Coaching, and New Business Generation.
Byron has been a member of several organizations across the legal landscape including Martindale-Avvo, Thomson Reuters (WestLaw, FindLaw), and LexisNexis. After 10 years of service in the US Military, Byron began his sales career and has performed exceptionally well leading to his coaching, mentoring, and training Account Executives, Account Managers & Sales Development Representatives, both Inside/Virtual and Field Sales. During active duty in the US Military, Byron attended Central Texas College while stationed in Europe where he studied Communications, as well as Western Governors University for his B.S. in Business Administration Management.
When he’s not hard at work, you can catch Byron on the golf course, at the gym, meditating, listening to music, or watching sports (he’s a huge NY Giants fan!). He also loves to travel and is a big supporter of the local charities in his community.
Kate Soucy
Sales Development Representative
As a sales development representative, Kate is focused on contacting new leads and setting appointments for Sales Directors. Prior to joining Lex Machina, Kate studied Health Sciences at Sinclair College and worked in the medical field for 3 years.
Based out of Ohio, Kate enjoys fishing with her husband if it’s not too cold. She is also an avid reader, and loves movies and popcorn.
David Friedman
Customer Success Manager
David is a Customer Success Manager who helps Lex Machina’s clients best utilize Lex Machina’s state of the art legal analytics to save time, save money, and win cases. David received his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law, and he is licensed to practice law in Ohio. He also has a B.S. in Political Science/Sociology from Excelsior College (formerly University of the State of New York/Regents College).
Prior to working in the legal industry, David worked as a freelance sports writer (including opportunities to cover the 2007 NBA Finals and six NBA All-Star Games) and as a chess coach (David has reached an Expert level U.S.Chess Federation rating).
Wendy Haskell
Account Executive
Wendy is an Account Executive working with law firms that utilize Lex Machina’s state legal analytics. Prior to her current position, she has had an extensive sales career in multiple industries, and most recently served as a Territory Account Manager with True Value. She also leads the Indianapolis chapter of the Karen Wellington Foundation and spent many years as a volunteer “Wish Granter” with the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Wendy has a BA in Economics from DePauw University and is an avid world traveler in her spare time.
Jontae Torok
Sales Development Representative
At Lex Machina, Jontae is focused on driving new leads and business to the organization. Prior to joining the team, Jontae spent the majority of his working career in Tech Sales.
Outside of work, Jontae owns his own clothing line. Jontae enjoys staying active by playing lots of golf and spending time in the gym. He also enjoys reading books on business and self development and listening to podcasts. Jontae is constantly looking for ways to improve his skills.
Kelly Gibbs
Customer Success Manager
Kelly is a Customer Success Manager based in New Bern, North Carolina. Kelly enjoys helping her law firms and corporate clients gain insights and win business and cases through the power of Legal Analytics by providing training, education, and resources.
Prior to joining Lex Machina, Kelly spent most of her legal career working at BARBRI Inc. as a Director of Legal Education and most recently as a Director of Student Experience. Kelly received a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Virginia Tech and her J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. Kelly is licensed to practice law in North Carolina.
Kristal Mendoza-Bautista
Product Manager
Kristal is a Product Manager at Lex Machina. She is responsible for the development of new practice area modules for Lex Machina and leads our team of legal analysts in ensuring data quality for these modules. Prior to joining Lex Machina, Kristal worked as a Project Manager for Reed Elsevier Philippines, a shared services arm of RELX, under its Primary Law Operations division.
Kristal is a Lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines.
Joseph Audi
Customer Success Manager
Joe is a Customer Success Manager based in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. Joe’s role involves providing law firms and corporate counsel the training, education and resources needed to gain strategic insights and win business through the power of Legal Analytics.
Joe worked in various Sales and Customer Success roles at LexisNexis for 17 years. The past seven years Joe has worked in other areas of legal services supporting law firms and corporate counsel and is pleased at this juncture to be back within the LexisNexis umbrella. Joe received his B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University and his J.D. from The Ohio State University. He is licensed to practice law in Ohio.
Dianne Bennett-Clarke
Sales Development Representative
As a member of the Sales Development Team, Dianne is focused on driving and assisting new business revenue of Lex Machina products, services and content. Prior to joining Lex Machina, Dianne has over 20 years of experience in sales roles in technology, telecommunications and financial industry.
Dianne is a proud Jamaican girl who loves to share her culture and also open to embracing and experiencing the culture of others.
Meeko Owan-Dobson
Sales Strategy & Operations Manager
As Sales Strategy & Operations Manager at Lex Machina, Meeko is focused on ensuring the Sales team has everything they need to run their day-to-day activities efficiently. She also works closely with management and cross-functional teams on reporting and analysis to help achieve the company’s strategic goals.
Meeko originally started at Lex Machina in 2014 after which she has held various roles across the LexisNexis organization including a 4-year term in Japan. In all her roles, she has covered a wide range of responsibilities including HR, Accounting, Finance, Sales Operations, Customer Support, and Fulfillment.
She received her B.A. in Economics and Japanese from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
