Where Legal Innovation Meets World-Class Execution
At Legal Chain, we’re building more than a platform, we’re building a movement. Our team unites elite talent across law, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, product design, and go-to-market strategy to redefine how the world creates, understands, and secures legal agreements.
We are operators, engineers, attorneys, researchers, and storytellers driven by a shared mission:
to democratize legal workflows and make the law faster, safer, and accessible to all.
Every member of our team contributes to a culture of excellence, innovation, and integrity. From crafting multimodal AI systems, to engineering blockchain-anchored trust, to designing intuitive user experiences, to forging partnerships that scale globally, we execute with precision, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to our users.
Supported by industry-leading advisors and a growing ecosystem of partners, Legal Chain is shaping the future of legal technology—one contract at a time.
Waleed Hamada Founder & CEO
Ramy Rahman CISO
As a cybersecurity strategist with a deep-rooted passion for building resilient systems, Ramy brings over a decade of experience securing critical infrastructure across enterprise, government, and startup environments. His work has always centered on proactive threat prevention, scalable security architecture, and enabling innovation without compromising trust.
As Chief Information Security Officer at Legal Chain, Ramy is focused on safeguarding the integrity of AI-powered legal operations. From secure data handling and AI model governance to compliance automation and incident response, I lead the charge in protecting our users, partners, and technology. At Legal Chain, I ensure our mission to democratize legal access through AI is built on a foundation of transparency, security, and privacy-by-design.
Miheer Dharwadkar Lead AI Software Engineer
Miheer is our AI Software Engineer extraordinaire here at Legal Chain,
While completing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Virginia Tech (VT), Miheer joined Legal Chain’s founding engineering team. In his role, he contributes to core AI-driven functionality, including smart clause extraction, risk scoring pipelines, legal document generation (e.g. NDAs), and motorizing compliance workflows—all designed to automate contract review and reduce manual legal workload. His work accelerates document understanding and enhances Legal Chain’s mission to democratize access to affordable, high‑quality legal assistance.
Miheer is passionate about programming and AI, bringing strong technical foundations from VT and hands-on product delivery experience at a company rebuilding how legal services are delivered. His contributions reflect his dedication to building real‑world AI systems that reduce inefficiency, increase accuracy, and make legal support more accessible.
Denise Ladely Director of Partnerships
Denise Ladely serves as Director of Partnerships at Legal Chain, leading partnership strategy to expand distribution and drive revenue across law-firms, enterprise legal teams, universities, and technology partners. She plays a central role in building a scalable partner ecosystem that aligns with Legal Chain’s go-to-market goals, and works cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Engineering to support integrations, co-selling initiatives, and partner enablement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops and executes high-value partnership strategies to expand Legal Chain’s reach and grow revenue.
- Engages with law firms, enterprise legal departments, universities, and tech companies to build a broad, scalable partner network.
- Collaborates internally (Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering) to ensure smooth integration, enablement, and co-selling with partners.
Why Denise Matters to Legal Chain
Denise brings a strategic mindset and operational rigor to partnership development. Her ability to translate partnership activity into measurable business outcomes ensures that Legal Chain’s ecosystem scales efficiently. By working across business functions and external partners, she helps build a foundation for long-term growth and expansion.
Advisory Board Members
Aleassa Schambers
Aleassa is a marketing powerhouse known for turning strategy into momentum and brands into movements. With a sharp eye for storytelling and a sixth sense for market resonance, she brings decades of experience leading high-impact marketing initiatives across SaaS, emerging tech, and professional services.
Aleassa provides fractional marketing services and advisory at North10Feet. Prior to that, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Seerist, where she redefined brand positioning in the risk intelligence space, driving global awareness, improving pipeline performance, and aligning teams around a unified vision. Her career is built on bold rebrands, breakthrough B2B campaigns, and a consistent ability to move the needle where it matters most.
Aleassa is the founder of North10Feet, where she provides fractional marketing services and strategic advisory to help companies clarify their positioning, accelerate growth, and build sustainable marketing engines. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Seerist, where she redefined brand positioning in the risk and security intelligence space, driving global awareness, improving pipeline performance, and aligning teams around a unified vision.
A proven builder of high-performance teams and a trusted partner to the C-suite, Aleassa bridges vision with execution, aligning demand generation, brand, and product marketing with real business outcomes.
Aleassa holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan
At Legal Chain, Aleassa advises on go-to-market strategy, brand development, and demand generation helping redefine how individuals, SMBs, attorneys, and enterprises engage with legal technology.
Interns
Engineering
Shuhan Chen
We’re excited to highlight Shuhan Chen, a key member of our team and a passionate expert in data science and analytics. Shuhan is currently pursuing a Master of Financial Engineering at USC, graduating in 2026, which complements their strong background in data science and analysis.
Shuhan excels at transforming complex datasets into actionable insights, with hands-on experience in predictive modeling, machine learning, and business intelligence from internships at firms like Haitong Securities, KPMG, and Grant Thornton, as well as impactful research projects. Shuhan thrives on making data work, whether it’s optimizing energy predictions, detecting credit card fraud, or identifying market opportunities.
Sweta Das
We’re excited to introduce Sweta Das, a talented intern joining us from Virginia Tech. Sweta is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree with minors in Human-Computer Interaction and Mathematics. She’s already gained impressive hands-on experience in full-stack development, working with various programming languages and frameworks during her internships at the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
Giriraj Patel
We’re excited to introduce Giriraj Patel, joining us from Virginia Tech. Giriraj is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree with concentrations in Economics and Mathematics. He brings a strong foundation in backend development and AI-assisted tools, with hands-on experience building full stack applications and contributing to research at Virginia Tech. Giriraj has worked on projects involving technologies such as Node.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, and LangChain. His recent work includes backend development for a smart learning catalog and evaluating LLM-generated code for security vulnerabilities. We’re excited to have Giriraj with us as he deepens his engineering skills and contributes to Legal Chain’s mission.
Aditya Rasal
We’re thrilled to introduce Aditya Rasal, our newest intern who has joined our team! Aditya comes to us from Virginia Tech, a true powerhouse in the computer science field.
Aditya brings a wealth of experience to Legal Chain, including expertise in Software Development, Swift (Programming Language), IT Project & Program Management, Networking, and SQL.
Beyond his impressive technical skills, Aditya has hands-on experience resolving hardware and software issues on both iOS and Android devices. He’s also worked with major internet providers like Verizon and AT&T, and has a strong background in customer service and sales for various technology products, including home protection systems.
Hammad Qureshi
We’re excited to introduce Hammad Qureshi to the Legal Chain team as our newest Engineering Intern. Hammad brings a strong foundation in software engineering, mobile development, and backend technologies, with a proven ability to deliver high-impact features in complex technical environments.
Hammad is currently pursuing his Master’s in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, specializing in Machine Learning. He previously worked as an Android Developer at Tata Consultancy Services, where he played a key role in enhancing the Safeway mobile app—improving post-order modules, boosting testing efficiency, and elevating user experience across several grocery brands.
His contributions helped increase positive app reviews by 7% and order placements by 23%, all while leading roadmap presentations and optimizing CI/CD workflows. Hammad also holds a Meta Android Developer certification and has additional experience in web development, QA, and UI design through internships at the City of Brea.
At Legal Chain, Hammad will be contributing to both frontend and backend engineering initiatives, bringing a thoughtful, user-focused approach to our product development. We’re thrilled to have him on board as we build AI-powered tools that simplify and strengthen legal protection for everyone.
Law
Sahar Tariq
We’re excited to introduce Sahar Tariq to the Legal Chain team as our newest Legal Intern. Sahar brings a strong foundation in legal research, regulatory compliance, and customer-focused problem solving, with a keen interest in blockchain, AI, and cryptocurrency regulation.
Sahar is currently pursuing her J.D. at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, DC. She previously interned with Steptoe’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice group, where she developed her expertise in blockchain, stablecoin, and AI regulatory frameworks. Alongside her legal training, Sahar has a background in customer service and sales, equipping her with excellent communication skills and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
At Legal Chain, Sahar will support our legal and compliance initiatives, contributing to research, policy development, and the advancement of AI-powered legal solutions. We’re thrilled to have her on board as we continue building tools that simplify and strengthen legal protection for everyone.