™Tworooms.
In one, the law was explained. In the other, self-represented litigants faced it alone. George was built to close that distance.
George began in July 2025. Its founder, David Gibson, was a student in a constitutional law course at Georgetown University when he met James J. Sandman, President Emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, and first heard about the research on the justice gap. Curious to see it for himself, he sat in the gallery of the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the District of Columbia Superior Court, where eviction cases are heard, and later in Virginia's general district courts, and watched self-represented litigants work through a process no one had explained to them. The justice gap was obvious to David, as it would be for any observer.
Builtin the open.
George is in supervised testing by members of the Virginia Access to Justice Commission. George is governance-native; its governance library was developed in parallel with the platform and was adopted before launch.
- July 2025The concept begins, with first observation of eviction proceedings.
- September 2025Development of George begins with its core innovation: the legal decision tree.
- November 2025First attendance at the Virginia Access to Justice Commission, and first visits to Virginia general district courts.
- February 2026Meeting with the Commission's AI for Self-Represented Litigants Committee.
- June 2026George Legal Technologies, PBC is organized as a public benefit corporation, formally adopting the mission in its charter.
- July 2026Governance library adopted, effective July 30. Test environment opened to Commission and Committee members.
- August 2026George presented to the Virginia Access to Justice Commission. Sandbox launched for supervised testing and evaluation by Commission members.
- September 2026James J. Sandman, President Emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, formally joins George's advisory board.
Integrity. Duty.Restraint. Service.
The name is a nod to George Washington, and to the commitment he embodied.
"The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government."
George Washington to Edmund Randolph, September 28, 1789.
The missionis in the charter.
George Legal Technologies, PBC is a public benefit corporation. That's what the PBC in our name stands for, and we're proud of it.
"To improve access to justice for self-represented litigants in civil proceedings by developing and providing software and technology products to provide accurate, accessible, and court-adjacent legal information and procedural guidance."From the charter of George Legal Technologies, PBC
A permanent commitment.
George's commitment to that mission is permanent. As a public benefit corporation, George's directors must weigh that purpose, and the interests of those the platform affects, alongside the interests of stockholders. George's governance charter adds that where commercial interests conflict with the public benefit or with the accuracy of legal content, the public benefit governs.
George takes no side.
It is built for self-represented litigants, and should not be used by represented parties. It gives a self-represented litigant the procedural information a represented party already has, it leaves the merits untouched, and it is not an advocacy engine.
Start withone scenario.
25 minutes, one eviction scenario. We will walk it through George, end-to-end, and talk about a fit for your court or program. George is seeking institutional partners today.
davidgibson@georgeva.com
469.763.0775