Lawyer, legal technologist, instigator.

Dan Lear is a lawyer who has spent most of his career trying to make the legal industry work better: as a technology lawyer, as Avvo’s industry evangelist, as co-founder of a legal payments startup, and now leading lawyer services at LegalShield. Right Brain Law is where he has written about it since 2011.

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Efficiency as an intrinsic good in legalJuly 2024
Are lawyers pharmacists or taxi drivers?June 30, 2018
Goodbye Avvo, Hello Right Brain Law!April 18, 2018
"JD Advantage" is bulls#*t (or, Every legal job is a "JD Advantage" job)March 2, 2018

Recent

An Opportunity with GravityApril 7, 2020
Automate Now. Thank Me (and Avoid the Coming Legal Robot Apocalypse) LaterJuly 5, 2019
Fee splitting in two actsSeptember 11, 2018
Three creative ideas to fund legal innovationAugust 10, 2018
Do we need a legal-specific venture fund?July 26, 2018

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Kind words

“Dan Lear has more energy than a dozen Energizer bunnies and is a lot smarter.”
— Monica Bay
“Dan’s the best kind of lawyer and his passion for improving legal services is obvious.”
— Kyle Hulten
“Great webinar! One of the most useful I’ve heard in the last couple years.”
— CLE attendee
“Dan is a well-recognized legal innovator. If you are looking for an attorney on the cutting edge Dan is your guy.”
— Greg McLawsen
“Daddy’s the strongest guy in the world.”
— James Lear (Dan’s son)
“Thank you for the webinar. It was well-prepared and thoughtful.”
— CLE attendee