LEAP Legal Software explained

LEAP Legal Software is a privately held technology company that develops practice management software for the legal profession which includes legal accounting, document assembly, management and legal publishing assets.^[1]

History

LEAP Legal Software was founded in 1992 by Christian Beck.^[2]

In 2010, LEAP Office 10 was launched at the NSW State Legal Conference.^[3]

LEAP also purchased BING! Software, a family law precedents business.^[4]

In 2012, LEAP Expedite was replaced with a rewritten cloud product. LEAP began rolling out the cloud version of its software to law firms in Australia in January 2013.^[5]

LEAP expanded to the UK and US markets in 2014^[6] and 2015.^[7]

LEAP 365 was the first software-as-a-service legal application for the Australian market.^[8] LEAP 365 was released for the UK and US markets at an event at Yankee Stadium on September 12, 2016.

In 2019, LEAP entered into a joint venture with LexisNexis Legal Professional to operate PCLaw.

In 2024, a Melbourne lawyer using LEAP's AI software was referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court.^{[9] [10]}

Software

All LEAP data is stored in AWS (Amazon Web Services) in dedicated facilities around the world.

LEAP Legal Software introduced mobile app integration in mid-2013.^[11]

Integration with Microsoft

LEAP was integrated with Microsoft Office in 2002. In January 2016, LEAP completed an integration with the new Microsoft Office 365 software allowing complex document assembly to occur in the cloud rather than the desktop.^[12]

Leadership

• Christian Beck, Founder^{[13] [14]}
• Nik Samuelson, Chief Operating Officer
• Vahdat Dastpak, Chief Technology Officer, LEAP Dev

Corporate development

Acquisitions

LEAP Legal Software has acquired several companies and brands:

• Law Perfect in 2007^[15]
• BING! in 2008^[16]
• LegalPax in 2008^[17]
• LawWare in 2012^[18]
• Peapod Legal Software in 2013^[19]
• Edgebyte in 2014^[20]
• Easysoft, Perfect Software (Perfect Books) in 2015^[21]
• DivorceMate, Softdocs & Infinitylaw in 2021^[22]
• Bradley Software in 2022^[23]
• WealthCounsel in 2023^[24]

Internal start-up: InfoTrack

Initially a division of LEAP known as LEAP Searching, InfoTrack was launched as a separate company in 2012 and has since been brought under the umbrella company of Australian Technology Investors.^{[25] [26]} It had a reported annual revenue of A$144 million in 2015.^[27]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-04-06 . LEAP Legal Software Acquires WealthCounsel and ElderCounsel LawSites . 2025-09-29 . www.lawnext.com . en-US.
2. Blackbird Ventures "LEAP Co-Founder Christian Beck" 4 June 2015
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607011425/https://www.legalpracticeintelligence.com.au/300-people-attend-launch-of-leap-office-10/ "300 People Attend Launch of LEAP Office 10"
4. Squillante, Neil. "LEAP 365 Offers Practice Management and Document Assembly Everywhere You Go" TechnoLawyer 22 September 2016
5. Web site: 2019-06-06. LEAP Legal Software Announces Major New Expansion Initiative Into The United States. 2022-02-15. Today's Conveyancer . en-GB.
6. https://www.legalpracticeintelligence.com.au/leap-legal-software-is-now-in-the-uk/ "LEAP Legal Software is now in the UK"
7. Needham, Lisa. "LEAP Moves Document Assembly to the Cloud with Office 365's Web Apps" Lawyerist.com, 13 September 2016
8. Butler, Stephen. "Cloud computing explained for a law firm" Australasian Legal Practice Management Association, 25 June 2013
9. News: Taylor . Josh . 2024-10-10 . Melbourne lawyer referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court . 2025-09-29 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
10. Web site: Lawyers . Sydney Criminal . 2024-09-09 . Lawyer Caught Out Submitting AI Generated List of Fabricated Cases to Court . 2025-09-29 . NSW Courts New South Wales Courts . en.
11. Legal Practice Intelligence "How Lawyers Are Using Mobile Devices - The LEAP Experience" Legal Practice Intelligence, 23 June 2016
12. Needham, Lisa. "LEAP Moves Document Assembly To the Cloud With Office 365's Web Apps" Lawyerist.com, 13 September 2016
13. Web site: LEAP Leadership - Christian Beck. 2021-11-29. www.leaplegalsoftware.com. en.
14. Web site: Leadership LEAP Legal Software . 2025-09-25 . LEAP GLOBAL.
15. Web site: LEAP Leadership - David Hill.
16. https://www.legalpracticeintelligence.com.au/leap-legal-software-pty-ltd-acquires-the-bing-family-law-software-business-2/ "LEAP Legal Software Pty Ltd Acquires the BING Family Law Software Business"
17. Web site: LEAP Legal - Legal Software for Law Firms and Conveyancers . https://web.archive.org/web/20081212025321/http://www.leap.com.au/. dead . 12 December 2008 . December 12, 2008.
18. LEAP Legal Software Acquires LawWare "LEAP Legal Software Acquires LawWare" Legal Practice Intelligence, 29 April 2012
19. Venables, Delia. "Cloud-based software for lawyers" InfoLaw, September 2016
20. Insight Legal "Lawbyte from Edgebyte"
21. Web site: Interview with Richard Hugo-Hamman, Executive Chairman of LEAP . 3 November 2015.
22. Web site: A Powerful New Partnership Emerges in Canada . 2022-02-15 . www.newswire.ca. en.
23. Web site: Bradley Software . 2025-09-28 . www.bradleysoftware.com.
24. Web site: Company LEAP Legal Software . 2025-09-28 . LEAP GLOBAL.
25. News: Rich lister raises $350m in super money to disrupt the legal sector. 2017-11-20. Financial Review. 2018-04-27. en-US.
26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170626020016/https://www.legalpracticeintelligence.com.au/the-launch-of-infotrack-online-searching-service-and-information-broker/ "The Launch of InfoTrack Online Searching Service and Information Broker"
27. Thompson, Sarah et al."InfoTrack Moves Towards IPO Starter's Gun" The Australian Financial Review, 21 March 2016