Professional Experience

Cheryl is an experienced legal tech strategist with over 20 years of developing products and services that enable the business and practice of law. She has built and led innovation teams at top 25 international law firms, launched two successful legal tech startups, and serves as a strategic consultant to venture capital and private equity firms. Cheryl is currently the VP of Advisory Services at Legaltech Hub, the premier provider of insights, expert guidance, benchmarks, and consulting services tailored to the legal technology industry.

Experience

2024-Present
Legaltech Hub

VP of Vendor Advisory

Lead strategic advisory and consulting services for legal technology companies, law firms, and investors, delivering guidance on product strategy, go-to-market execution, fundraising, operations, privacy, and security
2023-Present
AI for Smart People

Founder and CEO

Founded AI for Smart People (TM), a consultancy committed to demystifying AI for legal use, helping teams with practical guidance and clear, actionable advice on integrating AI into the business and practice of law
2021-2022
Lupl

COO

Joined Lupl as a founding executive and launched its legal project and case management platform internationally. As COO, led strategic operations, established the company’s customer success strategy, and oversaw engineering, support, compliance, and financial planning. Served as both Security Officer and Data Privacy Officer (for GDPR), passing a SOC 2/I audit in the first year and establishing a 24/7 Security Operations Center. Held budget responsibility and led a global team of 50 engineers.
2020-2024
Legal Tech Consultants

Founder and CEO

Founded and led Legal Tech Consultants, a boutique consultancy serving law firms, legal departments, legal tech startups, and investors, until its acquisition by Legaltech Hub in July 2024. Advised on product-market fit, go-to-market strategy, and business growth, and conducted strategic due diligence for major investments, including a $350M private equity acquisition of a B2B SaaS company.
2018-2020
King & Spalding

Director of Legal Technology Solutions

Pioneered King & Spalding’s first legal innovation department, advancing the firm’s commitment to modernizing legal practice through technology and strategic operations. Served as a strategic advisor to C-level leadership and practice groups, led the technical PMO overseeing a $45M+ portfolio, and established governance processes that delivered the firm’s first 0% variance on IT projects. Re-launched the firm’s legal tech training program using just-in-time and adult learning methodologies.
2016-2018
Opus 2

Director of Client Relationships

Launched the Opus 2 case management platform for US Enterprises with responsibility for all aspects of the client relationship, including: business development, marketing, sales, renewals, customer success, and support. Launched and scaled the company’s first Customer Success function, supporting adoption of its litigation-focused, collaborative case management solution. Delivered strategies that drove 330% growth in active users and a 220% increase in annual contract value.
2013-2016
Mayer Brown

Legal Tech Manager

Established the firm’s first team centered on delivering technology solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of litigation teams, including creation of new revenue stream of over $1,000,000 by monetizing support on remote trial sites, and business process redesign.
2005-2013
Kirkland & Ellis

Senior Trial Technology Specialist / Trial Consultant

Established new trial consulting team within the Litigation Support function, which leveraged experience in legal, sociology, and communication to create compelling narratives that resonated with judges and juries.
2004-2005
Rosenberg Consulting Services (RCS)

Project Manager / Trial Consultant

Rosenberg Consulting Services is a boutique litigation consulting practice that provides visual strategic consulting services to law firms at trial. They help communicate complex information in an easy to understand format and translate them into building blocks for fact finders.
2002-2004
ARCCA

Project Manager / Trial Consultant

2001-2002
Latham SRM

Account Executive

2000-2001
Lead2Gold

VP of Marketing

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