Colin Lachance

A University of Alberta Law grad (1997) and member of the Law Society of Alberta since 1998, Colin has pursued a diverse legal and business career that began in Edmonton and has continued in Ottawa since 2003. He joins us to accelerate our mission and values of leveraging technology in the service of client objectives.

Colin has actively contributed to the advancement of legal AI in Canada and beyond through founding roles in a legal publisher, a legal data non-profit, a legal AI startup and an education startup supporting the AI learning journey of lawyers across North America. As a consultant and speaker, Colin has worked with courts, tribunals, regulators, bar associations, legal insurers, law schools, tech companies and law firms of all sizes to advance their technology and AI understanding, policies and strategies. Executive roles have included serving as Innovator-in-Residence for the Ontario Bar Association, interim GM for North America of global legal publisher vLex; and as CEO of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) from 2011 to 2015. Previous roles included senior legal, advocacy, marketing, and lobbying roles in the telecommunications industry, supporting national telecommunications and cable companies.

He has been named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers” by Canadian Lawyer Magazine, a “Legal Rebel” by ABA Journal and was also named a member of the Fastcase 50 class of legal innovators and visionaries. He is a frequent writer and speaker on legal tech/information/innovation topics, and is highly active in supporting the development of legal information and technology projects.

A mediocre softball player who can hit the occasional dinger, and a wannabe cook, Colin probably makes more Simpson and Rocky references than he should, but is still a decent conversationalist if you sit across from him over coffee or dinner.