Baretz+Brunelle and LexFusion Unite
Together, delivering the one thing all businesses in the legal industry want: growth.
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Baretz+Brunelle Acquires LexFusion, Creating Unparalleled Growth Firm
ABOUT LEXFUSION
Together, Accelerating Legal Transformation
LexFusion, co-founded by Joe Borstein, Casey Flaherty, and Paul Stroka—now B+B partners—acts as outsourced chief revenue officers and industry advisors to leading legal tech companies. In regular conversation with thousands of in-house and law firm lawyers, law firm leaders, and legal operations professionals, LexFusion translates these insights into market intelligence.
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Mike McNamara, B+B CEO
B+B and LexFusion are a perfect match. Joe, Casey, and Paul are three of the top advisors in the legal industry. What they have built into the industry’s top technology accelerator is a wonderful complement to B+B. Now together, we will be even more powerful agents of growth for our clients.
LEXFUSION LEADERSHIP
Together, Leading Legal Business Innovation
The LexFusion team are legal innovation veterans and tech evangelists, with an unmatched level of understanding of the legal tech landscape and the real-world experiences of law firms and corporate law departments.
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Joe Borstein
Partner and LexFusion Co-Founder
Joe is an engine of innovation in the legal industry, accelerating the growth of many of the most promising legal technology companies and facilitating the adoption of technologies that make law firms and legal departments more effective.
Joe co-founded LexFusion, the premiere legal tech accelerator and advisor to innovation-minded law firms and corporate legal departments, and served as its chief executive officer before its 2025 acquisition by Baretz+Brunelle.
Former global director at Pangea3 Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters.
Former managing director at EY Law after its acquisition of Pangea3.
Former director of innovation for Thomson Reuters.
Former lawyer at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.
Co-author of alt.Legal column on Above the Law.
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Joe Borstein
Casey Flaherty
Paul Stroka
LEXFUSION Clients
Together, Creating a New Legal Tech Business Paradigm
LexFusion’s company portfolio is comprised of ground-breaking innovators across a wide range of categories. The team integrates insights from law firms and corporate legal departments in supporting these companies’ growth.
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Baretz+Brunelle has the blueprint for growth in the new legal economy.
Baretz+Brunelle, the growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the legal industry, announced today its acquisition of LexFusion—the accelerator of premier legal tech companies and driver of innovation for the world’s largest law departments and law firms in the age of legal transformation and AI.
Founding member of the advisory board of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law’s Institute for the Future of the Legal Profession.
Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School.
D. Casey Flaherty
Partner and LexFusion Co-Founder
Casey empowers law departments and law firms to identify and integrate innovative processes and technology to drive business at the scale and pace necessary to deliver maximum value. He brings nearly 20 years of deep legal market understanding, shaped by his work as a former in-house lawyer, outside counsel, and legal operations consultant. Casey co-founded LexFusion, the premiere legal tech accelerator and advisor to innovation-minded law firms and corporate legal departments, where he served as chief strategy officer before its 2025 acquisition by Baretz+Brunelle.
Former director of legal project management at Baker McKenzie LLP.
Helped establish the world’s largest project-management team inside the world’s largest law firm.
Co-founder of Procertas, a developer of technology training tools.
Former advisory board member, Nextlaw Labs.
Author of Unless You Ask: A Guide for Law Departments to Get More From Their External Relationships (ACC).
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Graduate of Loyola Marymount University and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
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Paul Stroka
Partner and LexFusion Co-Founder
Paul is an evangelist for innovation in the legal industry, helping law firms and legal departments find the mix of people, process, and technology that allows them to perform most effectively. Paul co-founded LexFusion, the premiere legal tech accelerator and advisor to innovation-minded law firms and corporate legal departments, where he served as chief client officer of LexFusion before its 2025 acquisition by Baretz+Brunelle.
Former EY Law executive responsible for its legal process outsourcing business, Pangea3.
Former director of legal solutions at Pangea3 Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters.
Former employment lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and Jackson Lewis P.C.
Graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Virginia Law School.
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