When former Wall Street lawyer\u00a0Jonathan Petts\u00a0joined forces in 2016 with\u00a0Rohan Pavuluri, then a research assistant in Harvard Law School\u2019s Access to Justice Lab, and\u00a0Mark Hansen, a software engineer, to create Upsolve, they had a simple but powerful vision: make bankruptcy filing as accessible as online tax preparation for Americans crushed by debt. Today, their nonprofit [\u2026]<\/p>\n
When former Wall Street lawyer\u00a0Jonathan Petts<\/a>\u00a0joined forces in 2016 with\u00a0Rohan Pavuluri<\/a>, then a research assistant in Harvard Law School\u2019s Access to Justice Lab, and\u00a0Mark Hansen<\/a>, a software engineer, to create Upsolve, they had a simple but powerful vision: make bankruptcy filing as accessible as online tax preparation for Americans crushed by debt.<\/p>\n Today, their nonprofit has helped over 16,000 low-income families discharge more than $700 million in debt through Chapter 7 bankruptcy \u2013 all at no cost to users.<\/p>\n In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi is joined by Petts, now Upsolve\u2019s CEO, and\u00a0Ben Jackson<\/a>, an ex-Uber driver who joined Upsolve\u2019s founding team after his first year of law school and who is now chief product officer. They share their personal journeys that led them to create Upsolve, from Petts\u2019 experience as a big firm lawyer helping pro bono clients get fresh starts to Jackson\u2019s own struggles with $60,000 in credit card debt.<\/p>\n They detail how Upsolve works, who it serves, and how they maintain quality while providing free services.They also discuss how they\u2019re leveraging AI to expand their impact, their battle against unauthorized practice of law restrictions in a groundbreaking federal lawsuit in New York, and their mission to help Americans rebuild their financial futures.<\/p>\n Choose from listening to the audio-only version of LawNext or watch us on YouTuble.<\/p>\n Listen here:<\/p>\n Watch here:<\/p>\n