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About the Firm

A new kind of
law firm

General Legal is an AI-native law firm, delivering commercial contract work faster and more predictably than traditional firms.

Every part of a businessruns on contracts.
You reserve outside counselfor the moments that justify the cost.
With General Legal, now you can haveelite attorneys on every matter.
Customer MSA
Order form
Mutual NDA
Data processing addendum
Complex regulatory
IP
Vendor contract
Reseller agreement
Contractor SOW
Employment offer
Terms of service
Privacy policy
Equity grant
Trademark filing
M&A
Litigation

AI is only as good as the lawyer behind it.

Most legal AI learns from documents. It can only average what it has read.

Ours learns from elite attorneys and real outcomes, making legal guidance smarter with every matter.

Together they can produce legal work at a pace that neither a traditional law firm nor an AI model could carry alone.

Sharpened by every negotiation we have run and deepened by every engagement, so the guidance grows more tailored to your business with each matter.

Elite Attorneys
Advanced AI
&
CompoundingLegal Intelligence
Legal Playbooks
Market Intelligence

Why we built it

We started General Legal to accelerate the transformation of legal services to an AI-native model. After spending years building successful AI tools for law firms, we concluded that the law firm plus AI vendor approach will take years to produce the efficiency gains that are already possible today. For those who need justice, this is far too long to wait.

Instead we are building a law firm where AI is built into attorney workflows from the ground up. Technology automates the routine and manual parts of practice so our attorneys can focus on delivering exceptional service to our clients. Our approach has already accelerated commercial contracts delivery by a factor of 10. We've also seen that attorneys using AI make fewer errors and produce far more complete reviews.

We're just getting started and we're looking for great attorneys and engineers to join our team for this journey. Check out our open positions or get in touch.

Who we are

General Legal was built by technology and AI leaders from Casetext (YC S13) and attorneys with top-tier practice backgrounds. We're building a firm where great lawyers can do their best work and where clients get the speed, clarity, and service they should expect from outside counsel.

Our Founders

  • Ryan Walker
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Ryan Walker
    Math PhD · CTO at Casetext
  • Javed Qadrud-Din
    CTO & Co-Founder
    Javed Qadrud-Din
    Harvard Law · Meta Engineer
  • J.P. Mohler
    CPO & Co-Founder
    J.P. Mohler
    Harvard Law · Cooley LLP

Backed by

Y Combinator
SUSA Ventures
Audacious
SV Angel
BOX Group
95%
Customer satisfaction
650+
Companies represented
≤ 3hrs
Median first turn

We're just getting started.

We're looking for great attorneys and engineers to join our team for this journey. Check out our open positions, or get in touch.