Office workers who daydream of being their own boss may fantasize about calling the shots, earning sky-high salaries, and setting their own schedules—but stepping into a founder’s shoes would break them from the spell. Logan Brown, founder of AI-powered law firm Soxton, says she’s putting in even more hours now than she did in her salaried legal job.
“I did not have [work-life balance] in Big Law. I am working more than I did there,” she tells Fortune. “I’m coming from a place where people work very long, hard hours, and I’m working harder now than I ever did in my old job.”
The 30-year-old has spent most of her life in the legal industry. The summer before seventh grade, she had already snagged an internship at her hometown’s district attorney’s office, and her career hasn’t slowed down since. After graduating as the valedictorian of Vanderbilt University in 2018, she then attended Harvard Law School, and soon thereafter landed an associate role at Silicon Valley law firm Cooley LLP.
But just two years into her stint at the U.S.-based international law firm, Brown decided it was time to do her own thing. In June of last year she founded Soxton: an AI-powered legal services business serving startups.
