Annually since 2011, legal research company Fastcase has named the Fastcase 50, an award that honors “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Today, Fastcase named its 2019 honorees, a list that includes practicing lawyers, legal academics, law librarians, corporate counsel, journalists, company executives, bar leaders, and government officials.
[Full disclosure: I was included on the inaugural 2011 list.]
“The Fastcase 50 is one of our team’s favorite events every year, and our ninth class is one of our strongest,” said Fastcase CEO Ed Walters in a statement announcing this year’s 50 honorees. “These honorees are journalists, lawyers, information professionals, pioneers, and entrepreneurs who inspire us. We’re happy to share the light of their work as a beacon for all of us.”
Full information on this year’s winners can be found at www.fastcase.com/fastcase50. They are:
Anette Aav, Director, IT Law Programme, University of Tartu. Charlotte Alexander, Director, Legal Analytics Lab; Associate Professor, Georgia State University. Jason Barnwell, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft. Raymond Bayley, CEO and Co-Founder, Novus Law LLC. Kim Bennett, Founder, K Bennett Law. Jess Birken, Founder, Birken Law Office. Michael Bommarito, CEO and Co-Founder, LexPredict; Adjunct Professor of Law, Michigan State University; Head of Research, ReInventLaw Laboratory. Brenda Castello, Executive Director and CFO, New Mexico Compilation Commission. Jack Cushman, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School. Michael Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice (retired). Marlene Gebauer, Global Director of Strategic Legal Insights, Greenberg Traurig LLP. Anusia Gillespie, U.S. Director of Innovation, Eversheds Sutherland. Gillian Hadfield, Professor of Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law; Author, Rules For a Flat World. Brad Heath, D.C. Justice and Investigations Editor, USA Today. Seamus Hughes, Program on Extremism Deputy Director, George Washington University. Darla Jackson, Research and Electronic Resources Librarian,
