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Practitioners, builders, and operators who have spent careers at the intersection of law and technology

Why We Built Versus

Raza Khan holding Rachael's crying son outdoors

Yes, that’s Raza holding Rachael’s son, and yes, he’s screaming. Raza is smiling, but this is closer to how he felt inside when he became a client in a draining legal dispute and then met the tools that came with it.

Raza Khan has done hard things. He co-founded MyRichUncle, a fintech company that grew to trade on Nasdaq, and he knows software from the inside. Nothing prepared him for becoming a client. 

He was in the middle of a complex and exhausting dispute with a former business partner when he asked Rachael Kierych, a trusted friend and colleague, to take over as his counsel. The case was already in discovery. As Rachael walked him through the tools lawyers rely on, Raza saw the problems clearly. Where was the security? Why did sensitive information sit with outside vendors? Why did the tools cost so much, and why, after paying for all of it, did the client not even have a login to his own case?

Raza is a technologist, and he didn’t settle for a workaround. He bootstrapped a tool of his own, with Rachael advising on the build, and ran discovery on his case with it. Lawyer and client used it together, through discovery and into trial, and Raza won a $5M verdict.

That first version became Versus. Rachael and Raza have now worked together for almost 15 years, and living both sides taught them what mattered: the client gets a login, the lawyer gets the full picture without the scavenger hunt, and everyone works on the same case in what is designed to be one secure place.

The Team

Practitioners, builders, and operators who have spent careers at the intersection of law and technology

Rachael Kierych, Co-founder and CEO at Versus

Rachael Kierych

Co-founder and CEO

Seasoned litigator and trial lawyer in state and federal court, JAMS, FINRA, and AAA known for a track record of courtroom success, including numerous favorable outcomes and high-value verdicts. General Counsel to startups, including in the tech industry. Licensed to practice in New York, California and New Jersey. Recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for Litigation.

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Raza Khan, Co-founder at Versus

Raza Khan

Co-founder

Majority co-founder of MyRichUncle, a NASDAQ-listed fintech that raised $750 million from Battery Ventures, Nomura, Merrill Lynch, and DZ Bank. Lobbied to eliminate subsidies to corrupt lenders, saving taxpayers $300 billion to date. Co-founded EIFC and grew to $6 billion in assets using algorithms. Forced to spend several million dollars litigating to recover stolen assets, he discovered critical flaws in contracts and courts.

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Bill Van Emburg, Chief Product Officer at Versus

Bill Van Emburg

Chief Product Officer

30+ years developing enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 clients across finance, retail, entertainment, and security sectors. Three-time startup founder with proven track record of building products from concept to successful exit, including a 2x Deloitte Fast 500 company. Led security strategy and implementation at startup and enterprise scale, with expertise spanning security architecture, SIEM, penetration testing, compliance solutions, and advanced threat simulation.

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Hemanthkumar Salem, Chief Technology Officer at Versus

Hemanthkumar Salem

Chief Technology Officer

30+ years scaling SaaS platforms from startup to enterprise, serving Fortune 100 clients and processing billions in transaction volume. Serial technical leader with three exits and proven track record transforming early-stage companies into acquisition targets for industry leaders like Epiq and Ldiscovery. Deep expertise spanning AI, security, high-performance computing and petabyte-scale data architectures in advanced eDiscovery, information governance, M&A, law enforcement and customer relations.

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What We Believe

The client belongs in the room.

Legal collaboration has always excluded the person who matters most. We are changing that.

Security is not a feature. It is the foundation.

Sensitive case information deserves an architecture built around confidentiality: not email threads, not vendor platforms, not AI models that do not know where one matter ends and another begins.

AI must be governed, not just used.

The legal profession is at an inflection point. AI is powerful. Ungoverned AI in legal practice is a liability. The answer is matter-isolated AI under attorney supervision, not a ban, and not a free-for-all.

Collaboration and confidentiality are not opposites.

The legal industry has accepted a false choice between working openly with clients and protecting sensitive information. We reject that tradeoff entirely.

Versus is currently available by invitation only.

We are onboarding a select group of law firms. If you would like to be considered for an invitation, tell us about your practice.

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The Versus Brief

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