The TRAILblazers series highlights Penn Carey Law alumni working at the intersection of law and technology. After more than 30 years at the intersection of law, finance, employment, and technology, David Perla C’91, L’94 is bringing AI to the employee side of the table.
David Perla C’91, L’94
When a company and a professional sit down to negotiate a separation, they rarely start on equal footing. “Companies go into a separation or a pay negotiation with data, benchmarks, and seasoned counsel,” said David Perla C’91, L’94. “Most professionals go in with far less.”
Closing that gap is the idea behind FairPlay Law, the AI-native employment law firm Perla co-founded with Sanjay Kamlani L’94. The firm exclusively represents employees and professionals during their career transitions. Its affiliated MSO, FairPlay Global, builds the firm’s AI and analytics platform: AI-driven compensation benchmarking and document analysis, plus robust AI tools, used to inform attorney judgment for professionals facing separations, negotiations, workplace disputes, and other career transitions.
Perla has seen this pattern before. “My career has always blended technology and law,” he said.
He was Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at Monster.com, then the world’s leading online careers site before co-founding and serving as Co-CEO of Pangea3, the Sequoia-backed legal-process outsourcing provider that grew to more than 1,000 employees and was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010. Later,...
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