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Judy Turchin and the job beyond the job
A real estate lawyer became a global operator, then the CEO of a communications agency. Judy Turchin’s career follows a widening brief: from the terms of a deal to the people who make a business work.
Greenberg Traurig grew big by keeping decisions small
From a Miami deli to 51 locations, Greenberg Traurig built a global law firm around local authority. Its growth offers a useful lesson in delegation - and a costly reminder that trust needs checking.
Procopio Gives Startups a Desk Down the Hall From Their Lawyers
The San Diego law firm has spent decades advising businesses. Its in-house incubator puts it beside founders before the first big financing - while a wider practice handles everything from waterfront deals to a robotic dog petter.
Charles Chacko Made the Closing Table a Technology Problem
He built OS National in the unglamorous machinery of title and escrow - then helped turn that machinery into part of a national digital home-buying platform.
The 109-Year-Old Law Firm That Wins by Staying in One City
Goodmans has no globe-spanning office map to sell. Its bet is more interesting: put 200-plus lawyers in one Toronto tower, give partners the hard files, and make concentration feel like reach.
Orbital
Orbital (formerly Orbital Witness) is a London- and New York-based legal AI company building software that automates the paperwork-heavy work of real estate law. Its flagship product, Orbital Copilot, is a domain-specific AI agent that reads title reports, leases, surveys and contracts the way a real estate lawyer would - extracting key terms, flagging risk and drafting reports in a fraction of the usual time. Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Edmond Boulle, Orbital supports around 200,000 property transactions a year for more than 5,000 professionals at firms including Clifford Chance, Slaughter & May, Mishcon de Reya and BCLP, and raised a $60M Series B in January 2026 to expand in the United States.