
Founder & JD/MBA Candidate
“The common man is the future of man.”
Former U.S. Senate aide who traded Capitol Hill for code editors. JD/MBA candidate by day, privacy toolsmith by night. Co-founder and CEO of Sonomos, where the mission is simple: show professionals what they’re about to expose before they hit send. Written about AI, blockchain, and the law for the Journal of Regulatory Compliance, the UC Davis Business Law Journal, Law360, and Westlaw Today. Still learning. Still building.
Sonomos is a local-first privacy layer for professionals who use AI tools but can’t afford to expose sensitive data. Its two core features — Dagger, which detects sensitive information in real time with a traffic-light overlay, and Cloak, which masks that data before it ever leaves your machine — sit between the user and whatever AI tool they’re typing into. No cloud processing, no trust required. Built for lawyers, financial advisors, and anyone in a regulated industry who needs to use AI without violating client confidentiality. Currently running pilot programs with law firms.
Origynl is an early-stage prototype exploring document authenticity for the AI era. It combines multi-factor AI detection with blockchain certification to prove that a file — contract, photo, record — existed at a specific moment in time, isn’t AI-generated, and hasn’t been altered since. Still rough around the edges, but the core idea is simple: a tamper-proof notary for a world where anyone can fake anything.

Glyph is a Chrome extension that puts §, ¶, ©, ™, and 26 other symbols lawyers actually use right next to whatever text field you’re typing in — Clio, Gmail, Google Docs, wherever. One click to insert. No alt codes, no character map, no breaking your flow.
Brief History is an interactive legal research tool. Type in any action — like “terminate an employee” or “collect biometric data” — and get a visual timeline of every relevant statute, regulation, and key case mapped chronologically. Click any entry to expand details, toggle categories on and off to filter by jurisdiction or legal domain. A fast way to see the full regulatory picture around a specific action without digging through Westlaw.
UC Davis Business Law Journal
Journal of Regulatory Compliance
Law360
Westlaw Today
We didn’t lose privacy in some dramatic hack. We traded it, quietly, for convenience. A lawyer pastes a client memo into ChatGPT to tighten the language. A financial advisor runs numbers through a chatbot to save an hour. A doctor drops patient notes into a summarizer to get home earlier. Nobody meant any harm. They were just trying to work smarter. But every one of those moments sent confidential data to a server they don’t own and can’t audit. The good news is this isn’t an unsolvable problem. It’s a design problem. The tools just need to be built differently, so professionals can use AI without choosing between efficiency and the trust their clients placed in them.