LawNext: From Product to Practice – Why Casetext’s Former CTO Founded General Legal, An AI Native Law Firm

Short summary

Ryan Walker, former CTO of Casetext who helped build CoCounsel — the generative AI legal assistant that led to Casetext's $650M acquisition by Thomson Reuters — left unsatisfied that better legal tech tools weren't translating into client benefits. He founded General Legal, an AI-native law firm, to close the gap between product capability and practice outcomes. The LawNext episode explores his transition from building legal AI products to running a law firm built around them.

• •Ryan Walker built CoCounsel at Casetext, leading to its $650M Thomson Reuters acquisition
• •He founded General Legal, an AI-native law firm, because clients weren't benefiting from better legal tech tools alone
• •Episode covers the strategic shift from building AI legal products to practicing law with them

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