Selected Work

Josh Nelson

Chief A.I. Strategist — building software and AI systems for Dorf Nelson & Zauderer and the companies in its orbit.

joshnelson@dorflaw.com

How It Started

Josh Nelson joined Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP as the firm's A.I. Coordinator — a focused mandate to bring artificial intelligence into the firm's day-to-day legal and administrative work.

His turning point was the firm's billing system. Rather than treat billing as a back-office chore, he rebuilt it into a secure, self-updating billing portal and an automated origination–commission calculator that replaced hours of manual spreadsheet work and gave the firm's owner a single, always-current view of the entire financial picture. The value of that work reached well beyond his original title.

On the strength of that work, he grew from A.I. Coordinator into the firm's Chief A.I. Strategist — and from there into a consultant for other businesses and law firms, building dashboards, investor portals, booking platforms, websites, and AI tooling end to end for the companies and clients in the firm's orbit. The work below traces that arc.

Selected Work

[01] — Where it began

Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP

This is where Josh started — and where AI changed how the firm runs. He brought Dorf Nelson & Zauderer onto Anthropic's Claude and trained the team to use it day to day, then built the firm's entire billing portal: one secure, AI-run login where the owner sees the whole financial picture of the firm, always current. It replaced hours of manual spreadsheet work and made the firm dramatically more efficient — the numbers update themselves from the firm's accounting exports, and the portal writes a plain-English read-out of what changed after every update.

Inside the billing portal
  • One secure dashboard giving the owner an at-a-glance, always-current view of the firm's finances
  • Receivables and collections — what's outstanding and where to focus follow-up
  • Profitability, cash position and work-in-progress, refreshed automatically from the firm's reports
  • Plain-English summaries of what changed after every update
The origination calculator
  • An automated tool that allocates incoming payments to the right attorneys and exports a clean, ready-to-use Excel summary
Also built
  • Brought the firm onto AI — onboarded the team to Anthropic's Claude and trained them to use it day to day
  • An AI-driven portal that refreshes itself from the firm's reports and writes its own plain-English insights — no manual work
  • Rebuilt the firm's public website — attorney profiles, practice areas and news
  • Improved the firm's visibility in AI-powered search
  • Encrypted and owner-only — data unlocks in the browser after login
For
Dorf Nelson & Zauderer (law firm)
Built
AI adoption, AI-run billing portal, origination calculator, website & AI search
[02]

ASA

For a custom team-uniform manufacturer, Josh rebuilt the public website and built an AI-run command center for the business — a private, owner-only portal that reads the company's reports and rebuilds itself every pass, turning raw operations and finance data into live dashboards the owner can read at a glance. Same AI-loop approach as the firm: drop in the reports and the portal re-crunches everything and refreshes every chart.

Inside the portal
  • A private executive dashboard that turns the company's operations and finance data into live, always-current views
  • Revenue, collections, production and shipping performance — all at a glance
  • A built-in assistant that answers plain-English questions about the business
  • Auto-generated Excel and PDF exports, refreshed automatically from the company's reports
  • Encrypted and owner-only — the data unlocks in the browser after login
For
ASA (custom team-uniform manufacturer)
Built
Website + AI-run operations & finance command center, with live dashboards and AI coaching
[03]

Third House Capital

For a private-equity family office with a multi-sector portfolio across real estate, technology, healthcare and finance, Josh built and maintains the investor-facing website and a private, login-only investor portal.

  • Secure investor portal — sign-up, login, and full password reset, so only approved investors get in
  • Portfolio showcase — the companies the fund backs, with logos and links
  • Performance dashboard — portfolio metrics on one screen
  • Investor documents — press releases and downloadable PDF reports served straight from the site
  • Team and contact pages, plus the public marketing site
Leafwell Farm — a Third House Capital portfolio company

One of the businesses under Third House's management is Leafwell Farm, an eco-wellness cabin retreat. Josh built its entire guest-booking platform end to end.

  • Browse cabins with a detailed listing page for each retreat
  • Live availability calendar — guests pick their dates and see what's open
  • Stripe checkout — real card payments, with automatic email confirmations after each booking
  • Admin dashboard — the team sees and manages every booking in one place
  • An investor page, an interactive 3D globe and map of the location, and an FAQ
  • Wired to a custom backend API that handles availability, bookings and payments
For
Third House Capital (private-equity family office)
Built
Investor portal & portfolio site; Leafwell Farm booking platform

Get In Touch

Reach Josh directly at joshnelson@dorflaw.com.