January 14, 2020

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PITTSBURGH, PA – LegalSifter, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Judge Susan G. Braden, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to its Board of Directors.

 

“We are pleased to welcome Judge Braden as a new independent director to the LegalSifter board,” said Kevin Miller, LegalSifter’s CEO. “She joins us at an explosive time in our history. We are growing at dramatic, accelerating rates, and our combined intelligence strategy of artificial intelligence and human expertise, blended with great software, requires great perspective on the legal profession. Judge Braden brings a lifetime of relevant experience, operating at the highest levels of the law. She complements our board of directors’ current strengths, and we are confident that she will bring innovative contributions that will drive value for all LegalSifter clients, team members, and shareholders.”  

 

“A.I. is the future of business; and, for business, LegalSifter is the FUTURE," said Braden. "I am proud the be on the front lines!"

 

Judge Braden will serve a three-year term, joining Chairman Sean Ammirati of Birchmere Ventures and Carnegie Mellon University, Rob Marsh, Vice President and Treasurer of Matthews International, and Kevin Miller, CEO.

 

About Judge Susan G. Braden

 

Judge Susan G. Braden was appointed to the United States Court of Federal Claims on July 14, 2003, by President George W. Bush, after being confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate. Her investiture was conducted on October 24, 2003 by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. On March 13, 2017, she was appointed Chief Judge, and she assumed status on July 13, 2018. In December 2019, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint Judge Braden to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

 

On January 28, 2015, Judge Braden was appointed by the American Law Institute as one of seven Judicial Advisors to the Restatement of the Law on Copyright. In 2013, Judge Braden was appointed to the Judges Special Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and was named as Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Advisory Council of the United States Court of Federal Claims. On March 23, 2012, Judge Braden received the Linn Inn Alliance Distinguished Service Medal at the New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Annual Dinner for her work with the American Inns of Court, dedicated to intellectual property law. On February 7, 2012, Judge Braden was appointed as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law Task Force to consider how to more efficiently adjudicate "small" patent infringement cases. During 2010-2011, Judge Braden served as President of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, which is affiliated with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She was recognized at a ceremony in the United States Supreme Court in November 2011, when she received the American Inns of Court’s Platinum Distinction Award. Judge Braden also served as a Member of the Editorial Board of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

 

In July 2009, Judge Braden was appointed as a Member of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility-Judges Advisory Committee to the American Bar Association, on which she served until 2012. On February 14, 2007, Judge Braden was elected as a Member of the American Law Institute and was active in drafting Restatement of Law Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment. On October 22, 2004, she was inducted as a Senior Fellow of the ABA’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Section by Justice O’Connor at a ceremony held at the United States Supreme Court.

 

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Braden litigated complex federal and administrative law cases in private practice in trial and appellate courts. In particular, her work in the intellectual property area received favorable notice in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Law Journal, and the Journal of the American Bar Association, and was featured in Interfaces on Trial: Intellectual Property and Interoperability In The Global Software Industry. In 1996, Judge Braden was honored by the Computer Law Association for winning multiple decisions in the Eastern District of New York, the Eastern District of Texas, the Second Circuit, and a certified question to the Supreme Court of Texas in Computer Assocs. Int’l, Inc. v. Altai Inc., a landmark case that changed the application of copyright law to computer software. In 1998, she also won a companion case brought in France before the Cour de Appel de Paris.

 

In private practice, Judge Braden represented a wide variety of client interests before almost every major department and federal agency, testified before the United States Congress on a variety of matters, and was a principal lobbyist for the Emergency Oil and Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999, that established a $1 billion federal loan guarantee program to assist bankrupt and troubled steel mills and small oil companies.

 

Judge Braden worked for the Cleveland Field Office of the United States Department of Justice, was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Energy Section, and served as Senior Attorney Advisor and Special Counsel to the Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. In private practice, she worked for Baker & McKenzie before serving as Special Assistant Attorney General for the state of Alabama, and

 

Judge Braden received a B.A. degree (1970) and J. D. degree (1973) from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She also attended post graduate courses at the Harvard Law School in the summer of 1978.

 

About LegalSifter

 

LegalSifter is dedicated to bringing affordable legal services to the world by empowering people with artificial intelligence. LegalSifter intends to achieve its mission by working with the legal profession, not against it. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), LegalSifter offers its products directly to organizations as well as through and with law firms.

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Contacts

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LegalSifter, Inc.

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

724-221-7438

help@legalsifter.com