The founder of a $2.5 million AI-powered legal business started work at her DA’s office at just 12 years old |
The founder of a $2.5 million AI-powered legal business started work at her DA’s office at just 12 years old
The average worker will switch jobs six times before they hit their mid-20’s, in pursuit of bigger paychecks and a career they find fulfilling. Others find their true calling much earlier in life—but few can top Logan Brown, a legal AI entrepreneur who watched court cases unfold before her recess days were over.
Brown is the founder of Soxton: an AI-powered law firm serving startups in their budding business journeys. The 30-year-old founded her company in June of last year, and less than six months later, Soxton emerged from stealth with $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Moxxie Ventures. Her business is seizing the moment as AI radically transforms workflows, including that of lawyers, but her initial passion for the career came much earlier in life.
Born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, the entrepreneur first discovered her passion as a sixth-grader watching Legally Blonde and Law and Order SVU. As just a preteen, she knew what she wanted to do with her life: become a prosecutor. So she had her parents drive her to the district attorney’s office with a cover letter and resume on hand; her qualifications included fundraising for her middle school, alongside student government and yearbook club. As they waited in the car, she went inside and applied for an internship. And at just 12 years old, she snagged a gig that taught her the ins and outs of law throughout middle school and high school.
“My job was to file and dust, and I would go to attorney’s offices to see if they had mail that I could deliver for them,” Brown tells Fortune. “The judges would text people in the DA’s office if there was a hearing I should listen to…I grew up in the DA’s........