When Bommarito Consulting was founded in 2011, the landscape of AI and legal technology looked fundamentally different. The firm began as a general technology consulting practice, but quickly found its niche at the intersection of artificial intelligence, legal systems, and governance.
The intervening years brought a series of pivotal developments. The founding of LexPredict in 2013 represented a bet on the commercial viability of AI-powered legal technology — a bet that paid off with a successful acquisition in 2018. The experience of building, scaling, and exiting a legal technology company informed everything that followed.
By 2019, the firm's focus had sharpened considerably. Rather than broad-spectrum technology consulting, we found our highest-value work at the intersection of AI governance, privacy compliance, and institutional advisory. Our clients increasingly needed help not just adopting technology, but governing it responsibly.
The shift wasn't just strategic — it was credentialed. The team's CPA background combined with emerging privacy certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E) and eventually one of the first Certified AI Auditor credentials positioned the firm to serve a growing market. Continued research output, including the landmark GPT bar exam study, ensured our advisory work remained grounded in frontier knowledge.
Looking ahead from that vantage point, the firm was poised for what would become an era of unprecedented demand for AI governance expertise. The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 would transform the market — but we had been preparing for years.