About Gavel
Built by lawyers, for lawyers
Gavel was founded by a practising solicitor who was tired of practice management software designed by people who had never run a matter in their life. We built the platform we wished existed.
Our mission
Every matter. Every minute. Managed.
We believe the practice of law should be supported by software that is as disciplined and precise as the profession itself. Gavel brings matter tracking, time billing, documents, and client management into a single coherent workspace.
Our platform handles the administrative complexity so your team can focus on the legal work that matters.
Law firms trust Gavel
Our values
What we stand for
Designed for legal work
Every feature is built around real legal workflows — matter intake, billing, deadlines — not generic project management.
Security by design
Client data is held in trust. AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit.
Craft over features
We ship fewer things, better. Every surface is polished, accessible, and tested before it reaches your firm.
Time is billable
We believe every minute of legal work has value. Gavel is built to capture all of it — not some of it.
Transparent pricing
Clear, predictable pricing. No per-matter fees, no hidden surcharges, no surprise charges at month end.
Outcome-oriented
We measure our success by the profitability and efficiency gains we deliver to your firm.
The team
Built by people who care
A team of lawyers, engineers, and product leaders who all share the same frustration with the status quo in legal tech.
Eleanor Voss
CEO & Co-founder
Former commercial litigator who spent a decade frustrated by practice management software before deciding to fix it.
James Okafor
CTO & Co-founder
Systems engineer with a background in fintech compliance infrastructure and distributed systems.
Priya Sharma
VP of Product
Product leader who spent seven years building legal tech at two enterprise firms before joining Gavel.
Tom Whitfield
Head of Engineering
Full-stack engineer obsessed with reliability, performance, and developer experience.
Nadia Christodoulou
Head of Design
Accessibility-first designer who believes the best legal software is invisible.
Michael Torres
Head of Customer Success
Former law firm administrator who has onboarded over 200 firms onto practice management software.
Our story
The journey so far
2023
The problem
Eleanor, a practising solicitor, tracks how much time she loses every week to billing admin and missed deadlines.
2023
First prototype
Eleanor and James build the first working version and run it live on a small law firm.
2024
Seed funding
Raised seed round and assembled the founding team. First 50 firms onboarded.
2024
Public launch
Launched publicly. 400 firms in the first quarter. LEDES billing and conflict checking shipped.
2025
2,400 firms
Reached 2,400 firms across the UK, EU, and US.