Where legal expertise meets technical fluency
Most attorneys understand the legal requirements. Most technologists understand the systems. Very few can work credibly across both: evaluating a platform's architecture against its contractual representations, defining requirements for a custom compliance tool, or designing a workflow that satisfies both operations and outside counsel.
Jason holds a B.S. in Informatics from Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, alongside 15 years of legal practice and a CIPP/US certification in information privacy technology. In his final year at BCforward, he served as Interim Chief Information Officer, taking on direct oversight of the company's technology infrastructure and operations alongside his general counsel role. He is also the founder and architect of Pacta, a production legal technology platform used in active client engagements. That's not a credential line. It's a demonstration that the work gets done.
Legal Tech Assessment & Strategy
Evaluating CLM platforms, e-discovery tools, compliance software, and privacy tech against your actual legal and operational requirements. Build vs. buy analysis. Vendor due diligence from both a legal and technical standpoint.
Custom Legal Tool Development
Requirements definition, architecture oversight, and legal validation for custom-built legal technology. Working directly with development teams to translate legal obligations into functional specifications that hold up in practice.
Contract Automation & Workflow Design
Designing and implementing contract lifecycle workflows: template libraries, clause standardization, intake routing, approval gates, and integration with existing business systems. Automation that reflects how your contracts actually work.
Privacy Technology Implementation
Building out privacy programs with supporting technical infrastructure: data flow mapping, DPIA tooling, consent management configuration, data subject request workflows, and controls aligned to GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and sector-specific requirements. CIPP/US certified.
Legal Operations Infrastructure
Designing the technology stack for a scaling legal function: matter management, document organization, intake and triage systems, and reporting. For companies building an in-house capability or a GC Subscription client adding structure.
AI Governance & Legal Tool Vetting
Evaluating AI-powered legal tools for reliability, compliance exposure, and fitness for purpose. Developing AI use policies and governance frameworks. Advising on contract terms for AI products and services, whether as buyer, seller, or builder.
Who engages this service
- Companies building or procuring legal technology who need a lawyer who can evaluate both the product and the contract
- In-house legal teams designing workflow, automation, or compliance infrastructure
- Technology companies whose products touch legal obligations: contract management, HR tech, privacy platforms, compliance tools
- Founders and operators building legal tech products who need attorney input baked into the build, not bolted on at the end
- Organizations implementing AI in legal or compliance workflows who need governance frameworks grounded in actual legal exposure
- Privacy programs requiring technical implementation, not just a policy document, but functioning controls and tooling
The Pacta proof point
Pacta is a production legal technology platform. Not a side project. It handles contract ingestion, AI-assisted redlining in tracked-changes format, legal memo generation, negotiation lifecycle tracking, and counterparty memory across deals. It is used in active client engagements by JPG Law. Jason designed the legal framework, defined the requirements, and led the build. That background informs every legal tech consulting engagement.
Engagement options
- Assessment: Structured evaluation of an existing or prospective legal tech platform or workflow
- Build advisory: Ongoing technical and legal input during a custom development project
- Implementation support: Hands-on configuration, workflow design, and rollout guidance for legal tech deployments
- GC Subscription add-on: Legal tech consulting integrated into ongoing fractional GC coverage for clients with active build or implementation needs
