We started Catalex to give exceptional boutique firms the resources of a large platform — without asking them to give up what makes them exceptional.
For most of our careers, we watched large firms out-resource excellent boutiques — not by doing better legal work, but by operating at greater scale. Clients often paid more for less. We built Catalex to close that gap.
Big Law is consolidating and AI is reshaping how legal work gets done. Boutique firms need enterprise-grade support to keep up. That support shouldn't cost them their autonomy, their culture, or their relationships with clients.
Backed by private capital, we've built a model that takes on the business of law — finance, billing, recruiting, technology — so that the firms we partner with can focus on practicing it, and grow on their own terms.
A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Britt built his career in investing and operations. He has run $150mm+ business units at DaVita, advised private-equity aggregator strategies — including the first law firm MSO — and served as a turnaround CEO.
Britt is barred in New York and lives in Pasadena, California with his wife and son.
A graduate of Stanford Law School, Jeff's career began in private practice at Skadden, Arps. He was then the seventh lawyer at Massumi & Consoli, a boutique serving private-equity clients that consummated its own MSO transaction. Jeff also served as the General Counsel of PingPong Payments, a regulated financial institution.
Jeff is barred in California and lives in Irvine with his wife and daughter.
A graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business and BYU, Chapman's career has been spent investing in growing businesses. While at Marlin Equity Partners, he led multiple $250mm+ acquisitions after which he co-founded a boutique investment fund, Ironclad Growth Partners.
Chapman has an MBA and a Masters of Accountancy; he lives in Orange County with his wife and two young children.
Ida oversees accounting and financial operations across the Catalex platform, ensuring the firms we partner with have accurate, timely financial reporting they can rely on.
Ida brings extensive experience in corporate finance, accounting, audit, and operations across multiple industries, and most recently served as Controller of Innova Medical Group. Ida holds an MBA from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UC Berkeley. Based in Arcadia, California, she enjoys traveling and exploring the local dining scene.
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