Robert Ambrogi Blog
The results are in! Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, March 25-28, 2026, in Chicago.
These 15 finalists will face off in an opening-night pitch competition that is the opening event of TECHSHOW, where conference attendees will get to vote live to pick the top winners. The first-place winner gets a package of marketing and advertising prizes. All 15 also get to exhibit in a special Startup Alley portion of the TECHSHOW exhibit hall.
In November, we issued the call for entries. From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 25, which we posted on Jan. 12 for you, the readers, to select the final 15.
Based on all the votes we recieved, here are the 15 winners in order of their vote tallies. (The descriptions were provided by each company. The full descriptions can be read on the original ballot page.)
Congratulations to all the finalists. To those that did not make the cut, we hope to see you again next year.
And for everyone lse reading this, head over right now and register for TECHSHOW, so you can be there for the pitch competition and all the other great stuff the conference offers.
1. Lawdify
AI-native evidence analysis and claims preparation for construction disputes, akin to a contractor-side equivalent of what EvenUp does for PI plaintiffs. A contractor drops project materials (contracts, emails, daily logs). Lawdify OCRs, parses and organizes everything by parties, dates and issues (delays, variations) and generates a claim (or defense) pack with a fact-checked timeline, a structured claim/response, and flags for weaknesses in evidence.
2. LegalBridge
LegalBridge is AI-powered case management built exclusively for immigration law firms. We automate the entire visa workflow: document categorization, cover letter drafting, recommendation letters, exhibit generation, form filling, client portals, case tracking, invoicing, and final export. Attorneys cut case prep time by 60% while doubling client capacity. Serving 70+ U.S. law firms, from solo practitioners to 20-attorney practices.
3. Sonar Legal
While everyone builds chatbots, Sonar solves the real pain: formatting. Every lawyer knows the frustration: you inherit a document from a colleague, and spend the next hours fighting with the ruler, restarting numbering for the tenth time, or succumbing to the format painter’s dark arts. Sonar eliminates the pain with one click. Your house styles, applied instantly, perfectly, inside Microsoft Word.
4. Candle AI
Candle AI is the legal email assistant that helps small and mid-sized law firms eliminate email overload, freeing up hours for higher-value work. It works right inside Outlook/Gmail and 1) instantly pulls client and case details from systems like Clio and Filevine into the inbox, 2) drafts accurate, context-aware replies in seconds, and 3) manages email templates so you can respond to clients faster. Lawyers and paralegals save up to 90 minutes per day on email and respond to clients up to 75% faster.
5. Immediator
Gut instinct, tradition, and billable hours currently drive the process in determining when to begin settlement negotiations in personal injury litigation. Immediator saves both sides time and money by applying data analytics to signal when settlement negotiations are likely to succeed. Developed by experts in law, data science, and insurance, Immediator is an AI-driven decision support tool that uses data, not speculation, to provide an objective method for evaluating optimal settlement timing.
6. Bradwell
Bradwell is a complete AI workspace for solo and small law firms looking to move faster, integrating domain-specific legal AI into daily practice. Built for modern legal teams, Bradwell unifies drafting, redlining, and research in one secure place. It gives smaller firms big-firm AI capabilities without the overhead through an orchestration layer of specialized AI agents. Bradwell learns your standards and prior work to suggest next steps, clauses, and tailored client-ready service offers.
7. StreamSettle
We believe that if negotiating parties have a safe place to be reasonable, they will be. StreamSettle is a secure platform that instantly resolves cases by acting as a triple-blind “deal detector.” Both sides confidentially input their true settlement threshold. Our system detects if an overlap exists. If it does, the claim settles automatically at the midpoint. If no overlap, the data remains hidden, and no fees are charged, making StreamSettle truly risk-free for both sides.
8. CounselPro
CounselPro is the AI financial intelligence engine for legal professionals. We instantly structure years of raw PDF financial history (bank statements, check images, and credit card records) into audit-ready data. Whether tracing commingled assets or auditing bankruptcy filings, we replace weeks of manual entry with instant precision. Our platform delivers a source-linked audit trail, turning chaotic discovery into defensible legal strategy in minutes.
9. EstateMin
EstateMin modernizes trusts and estates departments. We replace pen-and-paper and fragmented processes with a structured, digital intake workflow that captures accurate client information upfront, reduces administrative burden, and improves the client experience from first contact.
10. VoiceScript (AutoScript, AutoScriptOne, Deposition-AI)
VoiceScript is transforming the legal market with the industry’s only unified litigation productivity platform that integrates court reporting services with next-generation AI to deliver deposition preparation tools, live “Second Chair” assistance, and post-proceeding analysis for attorneys.
11. TwinCounsel
TwinCounsel is an AI delegation platform for solo and small law firms. Our AI teammate lives in the lawyer’s inbox, automatically building case context from emails and attachments. Lawyers delegate tasks like drafting subpoenas or financial disclosures in plain English – just by replying to an email. Every fact is auditable with source citations. We’ve proven 90% time savings, cutting 90-minute tasks to nine minutes.
12. Litmas
Litmas is an AI powered tool designed specifically for litigation attorneys that digitizes the workflows litigators use to move a case through the litigation process, in one unified platform. Litmas AI enables attorneys to responsibly draft motions, pleadings, discovery documents, organize evidence and conduct in-context verifiable case law research. This combination of AI enhanced workflows results in substantial time savings and greater accuracy and visibility.
13. CaseCreate
The world’s first solution for efficiently drafting and automating pleadings and documents for various stages of litigation. Our dynamic and novel selection methodology as well as our optional AI enables you to build custom documents without the need for vast template libraries.
14. CollBox
CollBox helps law firms get paid 40% faster without turning lawyers into bill collectors. We automate and manage accounts receivable using smart reminders, integrated workflows, and a human-first approach that reduces write-offs, shortens payment cycles, and improves cash flow –while preserving client relationships. $100M+ recovered for small to mid-sized firms. Awarded Best Business of Law App in the 2025 Clio Integration Awards.
15. EstateScribe
EstateScribe is an AI-powered drafting platform built specifically for estate-planning attorneys. We turn a client intake data, interviews, and client documents into fully formatted, jurisdiction-specific estate plans in minutes, using context-aware automation designed, built, and tested within an estate planning law firm. From intake, to drafting, and client funding on the backend, EstateScribe automates the entire process, so attorneys can focus on what really matters, advising their clients.