Everlaw is a cloud-native e-discovery, litigation, and internal investigations platform founded in 2010, headquartered in Oakland/Berkeley, California. It serves law firms (including 91 of the Am Law 200), corporate legal teams, and government bodies.
Founded by AJ Shankar, leveraging his Ph.D. in CS from UC Berkeley, Everlaw initially focused on document review and quickly expanded to pre‑trial storytelling via its Storybuilder product Growth highlights include:
Recognition by Gartner as a 2015 “Vendor to Watch
80% annual growth, doubling case volumes post-Series C
Everlaw has secured robust venture backing:
Series A (2013?): $8.1 M led by Andreessen Horowitz
Series C (Mar 2020): $78 M from CapitalG, Menlo,
Series D (Nov 2021): $202 M led by TPG Growth, bringing their total funding to ~$305 M and valuation above $2 billion, earning unicorn status
Everlaw offers a comprehensive suite for legal work:
Core review & analysis: fast document ingestion, boolean search, batch processing
Storybuilder: collaborative outline, exhibits, deposition prep, real‑time teamwork
Legal Holds & matter preservation tools
Visualizers: communication network charts, data visualizations.
Generative AI integration: Everlaw AI Assistant in beta, GenAI document review, conversational search
Security & compliance: FedRAMP Moderate on AWS GovCloud, encryption, data access controls
Most recent releases (May 2025) include:
Staging Drive: pre-processing workspace
Legal hold questionnaires, CSV imports for reporting
Updates to Storybuilder navigation
Performance improvements: Difference Viewer, multi-stamp redactions, transcript indexing, data usage alerts
Values include passion, integrity, big thinking, desire to learn, and a commitment to justice through truth, everlaw.com. Employees highlight:
Inclusive hiring and promotion of diversity
Focus on professional growth and career progression
Close-knit, mission-driven environment: no downside to joining Everlaw
Everlaw serves:
Law firms: 91 of the Am Law 200, including large Am Law 50/100
Government: all 50 state AGs, DOJ sponsorship for FedRAMP
Corporate legal teams: clients like Hilton, Lime, Snowflake, Coca‑Cola Europe
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