About ZoneLex

Meet the Team Building ZoneLex

We have strong roots spanning legal technology and enterprise infrastructure. Now we’re pointing that wealth of experience at a problem that needs a comprehensive solution: U.S. zoning law.

Trent Livingston, ZoneLex

Trent Livingston

CEO & Founder

The Pedigree

Proven track record of building, scaling, and exiting legal technology. Successfully led ESI Analyst to an acquisition by CloudNine.

The Advantage

25-year legal technology industry veteran with deep, tactical understanding of law firm procurement, legal discovery billing models, and how to position software as a “pass-through” disbursement to avoid budget friction.

Steve Nelson, ZoneLex

Steve Nelson

CTO & Founder

The Pedigree

Deep enterprise cloud architecture background, spanning Oracle, AWS, and Nike. Steve is one of three of the original Oracle Cloud infrastructure architects.

The Advantage

The operational rigor required to architect and build the proprietary ZoneLex SLM environment, paired with the cryptographically secure “Vesting Vault,” and to ensure the RAG pipeline meets the strict evidentiary standards of the AmLaw 500.

Vipin Duggal, ZoneLex

Vipin Duggal

Enterprise Sales

The Pedigree

A high-stakes legal tech revenue architect with an engineering foundation, renowned for securing multi-million dollar partnerships.

The Advantage

A high-fidelity bridge between complex legal technology engineering and Fortune 500 procurement, de-risking go-to-market with a $70m+ Amazon scale-up and a $25m recovery win at Apple while at AWS.

Brandon Leatha, ZoneLex

Brandon Leatha

Security & Advisory

The Pedigree

A 25-year digital forensics authority with GCIH/GCFE certifications. Recognized as a court-appointed neutral expert.

The Advantage

Provides the legal-technical shield required to defensibly manage data at scale, ensuring ZoneLex meets the strict evidentiary standards of the AmLaw 500. His unique experience allows ZoneLex to architect information security protocols that are technically sound, de-risking against discovery liabilities inherent in AI-driven public record aggregation.

Joseph Holsten, ZoneLex

Joseph Holsten

Engineering

The Pedigree

A high-scale systems architect and Oracle Cloud veteran who specialized in hyper-scaling compute control planes for Zoom and Nvidia.

The Advantage

The operational mentality to scale datacenters without increasing headcount. He ensures ZoneLex can aggregate and operationalize massive public datasets with the rigor required.

Jason Graf, ZoneLex

Jason Graf

Engineering

The Pedigree

20-year global infrastructure veteran and Microsoft, Amazon, and CrowdStrike alumnus. Renowned for scaling platforms like Alexa (“Alexa, give us an example of a ‘genius’”) and the Halo live-service backend.

The Advantage

Battle-tested through building high-availability systems for millions of concurrent users across CrowdStrike’s security platform and Amazon’s AI initiatives. He brings the precise technical program management needed to navigate complex strategic resets and ensure global services remain resilient.

Early access

See what we’ve been building.

Our private beta begins in a matter of weeks. Built specifically to solve workflow bottlenecks for land-use professionals, early access spots are highly limited. Sign up now to secure your place in the program as we expand to new regions across the U.S.