Every decent legaltech startup needs a celebrity association, like Andrew. Many of you probably already know all about him. Some of you likely have his posters up on your walls. As the founder of the ultra-hot legal research platform, ROSS intelligence, he has been featured in more gossip magazines than we can count for pioneering the use of artificial intelligence in the law.

When we have a mess we can’t solve, we call Ashif. If Hollywood gave James Bond a knack for tech entrepreneurship and a desire need to give back, Bond might have been named Mawji. He has scaled more tech and participated in more exits, nonprofits and top secret national security briefings than all our founders combined. He’s an international man of excitement but with fewer bullets and much more family time.

We accidently started the meme about “sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads” by describing Braden at a public event. Half human, half shark; pure insuretech badass. He’s the guy you want helping you navigate the waters with the big insurance companies. We’re not sure if it’s out of fear of him or respect for him, but we do know that the big guys stopped trying to push us around since he joined.

Colin is a legaltech OG. He’s a rebel who doesn’t colour within the lines. He shook up the legal industry for over 25 years just because he felt like it. And he’s not sorry either. His peers call him “persistent,” “disruptive,” and “an instigator,” but mostly, they just call him “visionary.” When the robots finally take over and then sue everyone, it will be because of his pioneering work opening up legal data and applying Artificial Intelligence.

Ed has been democratizing the law as the head honcho at Fastcase since 1999.  He’s an advocate for strong coffee, streamlined Keynote presentations, short meetings, open law, and the Oxford comma. Although he couldn’t get admitted to either Georgetown Law or Cornell Law School, he somehow manages to also teach at both schools in alternating semesters — you just never know how things will turn out.

A cosmic accident merged the wonderful world of Disney with the stodgy world of law and we got Kyla, the founder of De Novo inc. She is basically an imagineer for legal service delivery. When lawyers, law firms and corporate counsel get tired of living in the dark ages, she injects a little bibbity-bobbity magic, innovation and creative thinking, that makes problems disappear.

Sean is a tech guy, a software guy, an Amazon plus Martini guy, but mostly he’s an expert insurance guy—he’s kind of has to be, as the head of one of western Canada's largest insurance brokerages. He advises in any of those areas where appropriate; though he might advise more, or less, depending on the number of martinis he's had.

This is the legal brain who mapped out the processes to disrupt the personal injury process. Ryan is no longer operationally involved but he continues to cheer from the sidelines while supporting other emerging entrepreneurs in Vancouver, BC.