Stephen Murphy — Founder
I’m building LawEngine to help lawyers turn primary law into source-backed legal work product they can trust, verify, and use for stronger client advocacy. Legal AI should not just produce polished language. It should show its work: the authority, the quote, the citation, the source text, and the evidence trail behind the answer. LawEngine is focused on workflows where that matters most — research, citation verification, quote checking, argument development, and strategy support grounded in actual primary law. My background is in data systems, analytics, commercial operations, and applied AI. I’ve built forecasting workflows for large commercial teams, designed global commission structures, and served as the business/technical translator for an AI-driven pricing product during Hubs’ $330M acquisition. I also build directly: I recently won First Place in Google’s Kaggle Gemma 3n Impact Challenge by deploying a fully offline voice AI on constrained edge hardware. I care less about AI "theater" and more about systems that help people make better decisions under pressure at stakes. For LawEngine, that means giving legal professionals better tools to find the right authority, verify the words, understand the strategy, and fight more effectively for their clients or themselves.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Legal Tech expert with strong capabilities in AI-driven analytics and sales strategy.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Experience: 12 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Legal Research
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
- Data Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Sales And Marketing
Career Highlights
- Founder of LawEngine, a trust-first legal AI platform.
- First Place in Google’s Kaggle Gemma 3n Impact Challenge.
- Expert in building AI-driven decision support systems.
Work Experience
LawEngine
Founder & CEO (7 mos)
Zillow
Senior Strategic Finance Manager (4 mos)
Senior Sales Planning Manager (5 mos)
Data Strategy
Data Science & Analytics Consultant (8 mos)
55places.com
Director of Analytics (2 yrs 1 mo)
Hubs
Sales Director (2 yrs 2 mos)
Data Strategy
Founder & Principal Consultant (2 yrs 2 mos)
James Walker
Sales Manager (4 yrs 6 mos)
Siemens Energy Products
Regional Marketing Specialist (9 mos)
Siemens Energy
Sales and Marketing Development Program (1 yr 4 mos)
Cisco
Mechanical Engineering Intern (6 mos)
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Engineering Assistant (3 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Bachelor of Science - BS at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Texas McCombs School of Business