She is the founder and CEO of Legl (legl.com), a platform that gives law firms the tools to succeed in a digital-first world. Julia’s first company, CrowdJustice, changed the way people fund legal matters and enabled thousands of people to get legal advice.
Julia has been recognised as the Financial Times’ Legal Innovator of the Year, one of Debrett's most influential people in law, Legal Week's Outstanding legal innovator of the year, CityAM's digital innovators power list, and by Marie Claire as a Future Shaper.
Julia was previously a lawyer at Linklaters and at the United Nations, where she led on the UN’s work on online dispute resolution. She studied at the University of Virginia, Oxford University and the London School of Economics.