Lawrence Blackmon & Roger Roman

LegalEase

LegalEase is making legal help simple, affordable, and AI-powered, starting with expungements. Our flagship product, Expungement.ai, automates record-clearing, saving users thousands in legal fees. Built by a team with firsthand experience in the system, we’re tackling a $7.7B market with scalable AI-driven solutions. We’ve processed hundreds of cases, secured key partnerships, and just wrapped Techstars. Now, we’re expanding into background checks and reputation management to make legal empowerment accessible to all.

Roger Roman
Roger is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor focused on tech-driven social impact. Before LegalEase, he co-founded AfriBlocks, a freelance marketplace connecting African talent with global opportunities. A Techstars alum, he has built and scaled startups across multiple industries. Roger’s passion for access to justice stems from his work in economic mobility and his commitment to creating tools that empower underserved communities.

Lawrence Blackmon
Lawrence is a practicing attorney and a Mississippi State Representative, dedicated to criminal justice reform. His firsthand experience navigating the expungement process before law school inspired him to co-found LegalEase. Having provided expungement services through his legal practice, he understands the barriers people face and is leveraging AI to make record-clearing accessible at scale.