BigFork Technologies

BigFork Technologies is a privately held legal operations software company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was founded by Christine N. Jones, formerly executive vice president and general counsel at GoDaddy, with co-founder Tanya M. Avila, who began her legal career at the same company and serves as chief legal counsel and chief operating officer. The business remains founder-owned, with no disclosed outside investment.

BigFork Technologies was built around a single product, ALOE, which its founders designed after running a large in-house legal department and finding existing tools either too heavy or too narrow. The company has stayed small, selling directly and configuring the platform with its own consultants rather than through integrators, and it has extended ALOE into project management and packaged editions including one for education. It has traded under the Bigfork Technologies LLC entity since the late 2010s.

BigFork Technologies at a glance:

• Founded: Founded by former GoDaddy general counsel Christine N. Jones with co-founder Tanya M. Avila; the Bigfork Technologies LLC entity dates from the late 2010s.
• Headquarters: Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, operating from a single United States location with a small product, consulting and support team.
• Ownership: Founder-owned and privately held, with no publicly disclosed venture capital, private equity or strategic investment behind the business.
• Legal Technology Portfolio: Sells one product, ALOE, listed in this directory, covering contract lifecycle management, matters, projects, documents, workflow and reporting.
• Market Focus: Serves small and mid-sized in-house legal departments and legal operations teams in North America, selling to corporate legal rather than to law firms.

What legal teams should know: BigFork Technologies suits legal departments that want one configurable system, direct access to the people who build it, and pricing below enterprise contract platforms. Buyers should weigh the small team and single product line against that responsiveness, and confirm support coverage, integration scope and roadmap capacity before committing.