How Caselane grew from a pilot to 60 law firms on one codebase

Caselane’s pilot with one firm worked, and three more firms signed within a month. The founders, both litigators, now had questions they couldn’t answer themselves: would this hold for dozens of firms, each with confidential client files and strict rules about who may see them?

Larger firms sent security questionnaires and asked for ethical walls, so lawyers with a conflict are kept out of a matter entirely. The founders didn’t know whether they needed a rebuild, who to hire, or what to ask a technical candidate if they did.

Our lead engineer became Caselane’s technical lead: every decision explained in plain language, a roadmap review with the founders each month, and a straight answer on what to build next and why. The pilot had been built for many firms from the start, so growth meant hardening it, not starting again.

The team’s size followed the roadmap. Two engineers carried the pilot, five handled the push to larger firms, and three keep it moving today. Caselane never had to hire ahead of revenue or let anyone go when a push ended.

Two and a half years on, sixty firms run on the codebase Caselane piloted with, and it has passed every firm’s security questionnaire it has been sent. The founders never had to choose between a rewrite and standing still.

Caselane has now hired its own engineering lead. The team interviewed the candidates alongside the founders and is handing over at the new lead’s pace, with nothing undocumented and nothing to rebuild.