Dean Petrakis has over 25 years of experience in law firms as a paralegal, investigator, administrator and technical and database consultant with both the plaintiff and defense bar. During that time, he has had the opportunity to learn how lawyers and law firms function, and to observe first hand the obstacles that prevent them from practicing the law in an effective and efficient fashion.

Dean's experience with legal technology and the realities of implementation date back to his work with the City Attorney's Office of San Francisco where some of the first use of video and trial presentation technology occurred. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he began work with the Law Offices of Greene, O'Reilly, Agnew and Broillet, where he assisted with the design and deployment of a database employed in complex litigation for a Los Angeles Unified School District property damage case. He co-founded FIRM-SOLUTIONS in 1996, which provides a full range of consulting and technical services exclusively to the legal profession. He has spoken at Legal Technology seminars in California and Nevada and is a Certified Amicus Consultant, as well as a ProLaw partner.