Nicole Clark is a litigator turned technology company CEO.
As a litigator, she saw a pain point in state court litigation. She wanted to be able to access and search state court data. She was often frustrated by sending internal emails and collecting anecdotes on judges in order to make strategic case recommendations.
Continue readingToday on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi talk to CEO and Co-Founder of Trellis Research, Nicole Clark. Trellis Research is a legal analytics platform that uses AI and machine learning to provide litigators with strategic legal intelligence and judicial analytics.
There’s a shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and math. But within the legal tech community, there are many women with thriving careers. Legaltech News presents our latest “STEM Cell” profile. Alma Asay recently interviewed Nicole Clark.
This profile is a continuation of the Women of Legal Tech series originally published by Editor Monica Bay “in order to inspire girls, women (and men).” From July through September, we’ll feature women who have founded legal tech companies.
What is your name and role?
Nicole Clark, CEO of Trellis
What is your company’s origin story?
I was a litigator practicing in state trial courts and couldn’t believe how difficult it was to access information on state trial court judges or get better insights on opposing counsel’s prior cases. I began aggregating data in the courts across California in which I was appearing. Armed with this data, my motion win rate improved dramatically. It became obvious that I had stumbled upon a massive opportunity. I jumped from practice in 2018 to devote my full-time effort to building Trellis—a single, structured, unified system to search and gather insights across the US State Trial Courts.
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