About Ed Walters

Headshots Ed Walters VP of Legal Innovation Strategy at Clio

Ed Walters is Vice President, Legal Innovation & Strategy at Clio, responsible for coordinating Clio’s legal innovation collaborations with global law firms and corporate legal departments. He oversees the strategic sharing of Clio’s vision with the world while serving as a key advocate for subscribers within the R&D team, ensuring active listening to Clio Work and Vincent users helps shape future product development. With 29 years of experience in the legal industry, Ed is a recognized leader in legal technology. He is known for building the largest legal database in history, comprising over 1 billion structured documents across 110 countries, and is the inventor of nine U.S. legal tech patents. Before joining Clio, Ed served as the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase, Inc., and later as Chief Strategy Officer at vLex. He maintains active leadership in the legal community as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School and an Adjunct Law Professor at Georgetown Law.

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