Epoq's Management Team

Richard Granat is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of DirectLaw, Inc., and Epoq US, Inc. He is presently Co-Chair of the ELawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section and is a member of the Section Council of the American Bar Association and serves on the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services of the ABA. Richard is also a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar and was, chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the Maryland Bar Association. Richard has been involved in developing innovative legal services delivery systems for over 30 years, first as part of the initial working group that created the National Legal Services Program, and then later as Director of the Center for Legal Studies at Antioch Law School in Washington, D.C., the nation's first clinical law school, and later President and Dean of the Philadelphia Institute for Paralegal Training, the nation's first paralegal school. He was the founding CEO of Automated Legal Systems, Inc., an affiliate of The Philadelphia Institute, one of the first legal software companies to publish legal applications for the personal computer. Richard has taught at the University of Maryland School of Law, the District of Columbia School of Law, Rutgers School of Law of Law, courses in Computers and the Law and Law Practice Management. Richard is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law (J.D.), the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.) and Lehigh University (B.A.).

Grahame Cohen graduated from City University in 1991 with a First Class BSc. Honours degree in Property Valuation and Finance. In 1994 he founded and began trading as Epoch Software (now Epoq Group). In 1996, in conjunction with Richard Cohen development began on the Desktop Lawyer CD-ROM, which was launched in 1997. Since then Grahame has been focusing the Company and its resources on the continuing development of its Rapidocs document automation software and Epoq's technology platform for the delivery of legal services. Along with Richard Cohen, Grahame is a regular speaker for the English Law Society, Scottish Law Society, American Bar Association, Society for Computers and Law and private seminar organizations.

Qualified in 1981 as a solicitor, Richard Cohen has extensive experience in a number of legal areas, and founded the firm of Landau & Cohen which has become a specialist conveyancing firm providing services to a number of high street mortgage lenders. He is a recognized expert on the commoditization and unbundling of legal services and their delivery over the Internet and is a regular speaker for the English Law Society, Scottish Law Society, American Bar Association, Society for Computers and Law and private seminar organizations.

He is one of the founders of and is also the Joint Chief Executive Officer of the Epoq Group, and has been instrumental in the Epoq Group developing a blue chip international customer base. His role focuses on general strategic direction and forging alliances with major corporates and government departments.

Richard has a long history of involvement with community legal advice particularly with the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaus ("NACAB"), chairing Grahame Park CAB for four years and the Barnet CAB Management Committee for three years.

Peter is currently Senior Vice President, Marketing & Client Development for Bacon's Information, Inc. The nation’s leading Public Relations software and information services company. He is responsible for all of the marketing, sales, business development and client management teams across North America. Previously he was the Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development at MediaMap, which was acquired by Bacon's in late 2003.

Since 1992, Peter has been instrumental in the development of on-line products and services to enable effective communication between the PR and media communities. He has worked closely with clients to deliver solutions that address a wide range of agency and corporate communications needs. Peter is also responsible for establishing alliances with industry leaders to enable Bacon's to provide one-stop solutions for PR professionals. Before joining MediaMap, Peter worked for Springer-Miller Systems in Stowe, Vermont, a leading provider of software based property management solutions. He holds a BA from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

Gregor is a graduate of the University of Scranton and has completed his J.D. at the University of Maryland School of Law. His critical role in our organization includes the development of our web-based applications and relational databases, as well as maintaining all online operations. Gregor was previously an Intranet Administrator with Planning Systems, Inc. and Technical Assistant at the Office of Naval Research.

Mendy Janke is a Senior Document Automation Specialist and manages the company's employment law web site at http://www.hrlawinfo.com. Mendy is a graduate of the University of Maryland (Baltimore County) and the University of Baltimore School of Law. In her previous positions, she served as both Project Manager and Applications Developer at The Technology Group. Mendy is a member of the Maryland Bar.

Elden is a graduate of the University of Rochester (Master's degree), University of Maryland and the University of Maryland School of Law. He has worked most recently as a Systems Analyst with a federal defense agency.

Lynette is a graduate of the University of Maryland, has extensive paralegal experience and was previously employed with Kubovcik & Kubovcik, a Washington DC law firm specializing in patent and trademark law.

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