Director of Legal @ Malbek | Legal Tech Author and Commentator | Fastcase 50 2022 Honoree | Legal Tech Startup Advisor and Investor

I help legal professionals, legal teams, and technology organizations make sense of legal technology so they can work smarter, deliver stronger outcomes, and lead with confidence in a field that is often noisy, fragmented, and misunderstood.

As General Counsel of Malbek and a long-time educator, author, and advocate, I sit at the intersection of law, technology, and learning. My work centers on translation. I take complex, fast-moving technologies and turn them into clear concepts, practical strategies, and informed decisions that legal professionals can actually use. Whether guiding teams through digital transformation or shaping how legal products are built and adopted, my focus is always on clarity over hype.

Teaching is core to how I operate. I regularly speak to diverse audiences, from military organizations to law firms and in-house legal departments, as well as large professional groups, on AI’s impact on legal work and the responsible, effective use of technology. Across these settings, my goal is the same: to help people understand not just what tools do, but how they change legal work, roles, and judgment.

That same educational mission runs through my writing and publishing. I am the author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem, a foundational guide to understanding the industry and its players, a co-author of CLM for Dummies, and the editor of the Handbook of Legal Tech. I also write regularly, serve as a columnist for Today’s General Counsel, and contribute through podcasts, webinars, and industry forums. Each platform is another way to make legal tech more accessible, grounded, and actionable.

Across every role, my aim is to equip people with the knowledge and confidence to engage with innovation thoughtfully and critically. If you are trying to cut through the legal tech noise, educate your team, modernize how your legal function operates, or build tools that truly serve legal professionals, I help move you from uncertainty to understanding and from learning to execution.

Let’s build what comes next.

Colin Levy

You could say I took the road less traveled to become an attorney by blending law, innovation, and a deep understanding of the fast-moving tech landscape. Before law school, I navigated PR crises, championed human rights on a global scale, and even dabbled in the stock market. This unconventional background gives me a unique edge in providing strategic, forward-thinking legal counsel.

Now, as a transactional attorney and Legal Operations practitioner, I help lawyers trade late nights for smarter systems, blending creative problem-solving with the best of AI and automation.

I’ve led firmwide AI and legal tech initiatives, implemented CLM systems, and trained attorneys to confidently use tools like ChatGPT, Lexis+ AI, Ironclad, and CoCounsel. My approach combines process design, people enablement, and an artist’s intuition, because innovation only matters when humans actually use it.

Clients and colleagues value my creative problem-solving, big-picture thinking, and ability to anticipate challenges before they arise. Efficiency and the user experience are my top priorities.

Beyond contracts and compliance, you'll find me on the trails, at a screening, organizing community events, or analyzing the latest USC Trojans game. My diverse interests help me connect with individuals from all walks of life, because great legal counsel isn’t just about the law; it’s about understanding people.

Simply put, I’m not your typical attorney. I bring a well-rounded, innovative mindset to every matter, keeping the client’s objectives at the heart of every solution.

Let’s connect if you want legal services and strategic counsel delivered through an artistic lens. 

Fight on! ✌️

Technology & Tools (include, but are not limited to): AI & NLP (ChatGPT, LexisAI, Westlaw, CoCounsel, Harvey, Legora), Microsoft Office Suite (Power Apps, Copilot, Copilot Studios, SharePoint), Knowledge Management (iManage, Confluence), Document Automation (ContractExpress, HighQ, Ironclad, Gavel), Project Management (Airtable, Asana, Jira, Trello), Customer Service (Zendesk)

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