AI Law | Business Law | Emerging Technology | Startups | Outside General Counsel
AI law for New Jersey businesses: practical legal counsel for companies developing, deploying or doing business with artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate, contract, market and manage. I help New Jersey businesses navigate.
Legal counsel for founders who need a founder’s perspective.
I’ve been the first general counsel at entrepreneurial firms, worked in Big Law, and served as in-house counsel at a Fortune 500 company. I know what founders need, how investors think, what matters to corporate partners… and where deals break down.
- Harvard, B.A.
- NYU School of Law, J.D.
- NJBIZ Leader in Law 2023 & 2026
- Chair, NJSBA Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Technology Companies Committee
- Published in Slate, Law360, New Jersey Lawyer and ABA Deal Points
RECENT ARTICLES
| Slate “The Trump Immunity Deal Is Neither a Deal Nor Does It Provide Immunity“ August 2026 | Slate “The Supreme Court’s Tolerance Will Be Tested by the Alaska Beer Confiscation Case“ July 2026 | Law360 “How A Founder’s AI Pitch Deck Can Become A Crime Scene“ June 2026 | Law360 “Musk-OpenAI Verdict Shows Value of Early-Stage Governance” May 2026 |
PRACTICE AREAS more details
| AI & emerging technology Compliance frameworks, AI use policies and tech licensing | Startup & venture Formation, SAFEs, founders agreements and financing | Outside general counsel Ongoing legal partnership for companies w/o in-house counsel | Corporate & securities M&A, private placements, joint ventures and capital raises |
RECENT INSIGHTS more insights
| Forfeiture • Constitution The Supreme Court’s Tolerance Will Be Tested by the Alaska Beer Confiscation Case SOTUS will decide whether seizing a $95,000 airplane over a six-pack is unconstitutional. | Tax Law • Slate Trump’s IRS Immunity Deal Is Not Law. It’s Paperwork Why the one-page tax immunity waiver binds no court, agency or future administration. | AI • Law360 How a Founder’s AI Pitch Deck Can Become a Crime Scene Federal prosecutors are now treating inflated AI claims in startup pitch decks as criminal fraud, not boilerplate. | Shadow AI • Employment Your Employees Are Already Using AI. Do You Know How? Most employees use unapproved AI tools. A one page policy is the cheapest protection available. |
Need an AI policy? Have a legal or business issue you want to discuss? Contact me.
New matters, referrals and initial consultations. I’m responsive and direct. If we’re not the right fit, I’ll tell you who is.
alan@waltercounsel.com • 973-937-8636