Lawgood

Lawgood is a privately held legal technology company that sells a contract and clause drafting tool built on crowdsourced market data. It was founded in 2016 and operates from Los Angeles, California, under co-founder and chief executive William Moriarty. The company remains independent and small, with no acquisition, private equity sponsor or parent group behind it.

Lawgood grew out of startup accelerator programmes, including the LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator, Plug and Play and M Accelerator, rather than large venture rounds. Its most visible commercial step came through Wolters Kluwer, which integrated the tool into Cheetah for Corporate Counsel in 2021 and then into VitalLaw in 2022 as the Agreement & Clause Builder powered by Lawgood. The product has stayed a self-serve subscription rather than moving upmarket into enterprise contract lifecycle management.

Lawgood at a glance:

• Founded: Established in 2016 in Los Angeles by a founding team led by William Moriarty, who continues as chief executive of the business.
• Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States, operating as a single-site business with no separately announced international offices.
• Ownership: Privately held and founder-led, with early support from accelerator programmes including the LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator and Plug and Play.
• Legal Technology Portfolio: Lawgood, the contract and clause drafting workbench listed in this directory, also distributed inside the Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw research service.
• Market Focus: Small in-house legal teams, solo counsel and law firms in the United States buying a low-cost monthly subscription rather than enterprise software.

What legal teams should know: Lawgood fits teams that need better starting language and market context for common commercial agreements, not teams looking for workflow, approvals or a contract repository. Pricing is published and self-serve, so procurement friction is low, but buyers should weigh the small size of the company and confirm that its clause coverage matches their contract types.