Meet the Team

Get to know the leadership team that is working hard to meet your legal AI needs.

Austin Brittenham
Austin Brittenham

CEO

Austin recently received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi where their primary focus was Air and Space law. Previously, he co-founded CognitZEN, a B2B machine learning and education technology business that used gamification to teach argumentation and public speaking.

Drew Kristensen
Drew Kristensen

CTO

Drew has a Master's in Machine Learning and 9 years of experience in the field. He has a love for all things Machine Learning, researching novel regularization methods in his (limited) free time. Over the years, Drew has developed products using various approaches within Machine Learning, such as Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.

Dr. Penny Rowe
Dr. Penny Rowe

Software Engineer

Penny is a software engineer with years of experience working with data in a complex technical environment and securing funding competitively. With a PhD in Physical Chemistry, she spent over a decade pursing research related to Antarctic clouds before joining 2nd Chair.

Safwan Sipai
Safwan Sipai

Software Engineer

Safwan is a computer science graduate experienced in Data Science and Machine Learning. He has been part of early-stage startups where he developed data and machine learning solutions in domains like agriculture, eCommerce and aerial imagery.

Dr. America Chambers
Dr. America Chambers

Advisor

Dr. America Chambers is an associate professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at the University of Puget Sound. Her research focuses on machine learning, natural language processing, and statistical models of text.

Dr. Tony Mullen
Dr. Tony Mullen

Advisor

Tony Mullen is a teaching professor at Northeastern University and has been active in natural language processing, computational linguistics, and machine learning research for over 20 years at institutions including the National Institute of Informatics in Japan and the University of Groningen, Netherlands, as well as several start-ups.

Rishi Mullur
Rishi Mullur

Intern

Rishi is a M.S. student in Technology Innovation, an interdisciplinary engineering and business program at the University of Washington's Global Innovation Exchange. His background spans software engineering, product management, and entrepreneurship. His experience includes developing video-focused platforms and managing product development for tech startups across both B2B SaaS and B2C sectors.

Jeva Rhoden
Jeva Rhoden

Intern

Jeva is a 3L Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Wisconsin Law School, with a focus on Business and Tax Law. She brings a strong professional background in tax advisory, business startup support, contract drafting, legal research, and intellectual property law. Jeva is especially passionate about exploring the intersection between artificial intelligence and law, and how it is shaping business transactions in the legal sector.

Evan McGoogan
Evan McGoogan

Intern

Evan is a graduating senior from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. He is a finance major with experience in strategic marketing at a satellite communications company. Evan has a strong passion for how machine learning, AI, robotics, and other transformational technologies are effectively integrated into enterprises.