I was not able to attend the presentations on Saturday night, but Kubs Lalchandani of Lalchandani Simon provided the details and photos.
This past weekend’s Legal Hackathon Miami kicked off Friday night at Pipeline Brickell. After some networking and then keynote speeches by Alex Donn from AT&T, Brian Breslin from Refresh Miami and Thomas Packert from Orthosensor, ideas for apps were presented and teams took shape. Teams worked for the next 22 hours on their ideas – some brought blankets and sleeping bags – and made their presentations Saturday evening to judges Ben Wirz from the Knight Foundation, Anton Diego from EveryMundo, Andrej Kostresevic from New Frontier Nomads and Kubs Lalchandani from Lalchandani Simon.
The grand prize was $5,000 for Best Legal App provided by the Knight Foundation. “Knight Foundation believes in the power of technology and collaboration as an impetus for community building, which underlies the intent of Legal Hackathon Miami,” said Matt Haggman, Miami program director for Knight Foundation. “In the legal sector specifically, technology innovation can create an avenue for new efficiencies and improved services contributing to progress and supporting a stronger and healthier community.”
About 200 people, including about 30 attorneys, attended the hackathan and about 100 people took part on the teams, some of which included attorneys. Lalchandani, an attorney and the main organizer of the event, said during the opening evening of Legal Hackathon Miami to expect more hackathons with themes spinning off industries strong in South Florida and ripe for technological innovation. One that may be coming soon, he said: a hackathon for the hospitality/tourism industry. Stay tuned!
And the Legal Hackathan Miami winners were:
**Best Legal App - $5000 Knight Foundation Sponsored Prize
"Pocket Docket"** - an application that allows attorneys to track their clients’ cases and communicate that status to their clients via text messages. The winners: Jaime Allauca Palacios, Javier Pablo Carabeo, Pedro Andres Carabeo-Nieva and Gustavo Adolfo Rearte.
**1st Best General App - $500 in Gift Cards & 12 months Medium service from Github
"Odero"** - an app that allows lawyers to quickly access a judges rules of procedure.
**2nd Best General App - $300 in Gift Cards & 12 months Small service from Github
"Locus Lex"** - an app that allows travelers in foreign countries to quickly find a lawyer based on key word searches.
**3rd Best General App - $200 in Gift Cards & 12 months Micro service from Github
"Solve"** - an app that allows clients to find and communicate with lawyers quickly and efficiently based on key word searches.
**Best Idea - Sierra Wireless Unite Devices and 1 month service
"VisaValet"** - an app that guides United States Visa applicants through the application process and then identifies a lawyer that can help them apply.
**Best AT&T API App
"Locus Lex"** - an app that allows travelers in foreign countries to quickly find a lawyer based on key word searches.
Winning team Pocket Docket and Legal Hackathon Miami judges. And above, the judges watch the presentations.