Alan N. Walter, Esq.
AI Governance | Business Law | Emerging Technology | Startups | Outside General Counsel
Montclair, New Jersey attorney advising companies that build, buy or deploy artificial intelligence. Plus startup formation, venture financing and technology transactions.
Artificial intelligence is now a business law problem, not a technology problem
Your company is already exposed to AI. It is in the vendor contract someone signed without reading the model terms, in the pitch deck that describes a workflow as autonomous, in the tool an employee pasted a client file into last Tuesday. The legal questions that follow do not stay in one practice area. They surface as contract risk, disclosure risk, employment risk, intellectual property risk and diligence risk, usually at the same time.
I help New Jersey and New York companies find those issues before someone else does, and put practical governance in place that a small team can actually follow.
AI legal services • Talk through an AI issue
Founders get counsel who has sat on the other side of the table
I have been the first general counsel at entrepreneurial firms, practiced 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, A.B.
- NYU School of Law, J.D.
- NJBIZ Leader in Law, 2023 and 2026
- New Jersey State Bar Association Artificial Intelligence Committee
- Chair, NJSBA Venture Capital, Emerging Growth Technology Companies and Angel Investors Committee
- Published in Slate, Law360, New Jersey Lawyer and ABA Deal Points
Practice areas
AI Governance and Compliance AI use policies, vendor and model contracting, training data diligence, disclosure accuracy and state AI regulation.
Startups and Emerging Companies Formation, founders agreements, equity structure, SAFEs and the governance investors will ask about later.
Corporate, Securities and M&A Capital raises, private placements, venture financing, acquisitions, joint ventures and exits.
Outside General Counsel Ongoing legal partnership for companies without in-house counsel, including employment, real estate and day to day business matters.
I write about this constantly, which is the point.
Clients hire a lawyer who is already tracking the thing that is about to affect them. My recent work appears in Slate, Law360, New Jersey Lawyer and ABA publications, and covers AI-washing enforcement, shadow AI in the workplace, state AI legislation and early-stage governance failures.
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Need an AI policy? Have a legal or business issue you want to discuss?
New matters, referrals and initial consultations. I am responsive and direct. If we are not the right fit, I will tell you who is.
alan@waltercounsel.com • 973-937-8636 • Send a message