Michael Springman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Meet the Founder
Michael brings a career defined by clinical precision to the world of legal-tech. Prior to founding ExpertClear, Michael co-founded Thrive Orthopedics, where he designed product solutions for highly regulated healthcare environments, both in the US and internationally.
ExpertClear's DNA stems from a background in medical device development, where HIPAA standards, regulatory compliance, and data integrity are non-negotiable. After witnessing the administrative hurdles faced by high-level experts, including his own wife, Michael set out to build the infrastructure that experts deserve. He is committed to ensuring that every expert has the tools to run a secure, profitable, and respected practice.
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ExpertClear was founded on a singular, uncompromising principle: An expert should never work another minute they don't get paid for. ExpertClear is the first audit-ready and HIPAA-compliant practice management ecosystem designed from the ground up to serve the specific, high-stakes needs of subject matter experts. We don't just manage cases; we protect the professional and financial integrity of the people who provide the world's most critical opinions.
The Origin: From Forensic Psychiatry to the Boardroom
ExpertClear didn't start in a Silicon Valley incubator. It started at a kitchen table, watching my wife navigate the complexities of her forensic psychiatry practice.
I saw a brilliant medical professional, highly trained in her field, forced to navigate the "administrative tax" of litigation using fragmented systems. Like many elite experts, she balanced manual time-tracking and complex accounts receivable within a software landscape that simply wasn't engineered for the rigorous cybersecurity and compliance demands of a forensic practice.
Most critically, I observed the systemic vulnerability experts face: the lack of operational safeguards to prevent significant revenue leakage. I saw how easily work performed in good faith could go uncompensated simply because there was no infrastructure to enforce billing transparency and professional accountability.
As the founder of a medical device company, I knew there was a better way. I realized that while experts master their specialties, their software often underserves them. Most are forced to choose between "hand-me-down" law firm software or basic tools like Excel and Word that lack the security, sophistication, and "court-defensible" time-logging required for modern expert work.
ExpertClear was built to bridge that gap.
A Command Center for the Modern Expert
ExpertClear replaces the "manual mess" with a high-performance dashboard:
- Advanced Time Tracking: Log billable hours with a built-in timer linked directly to specific case steps, creating a bulletproof record of billing.
- Case Management: Create and track cases with fully customizable workflows that mirror your actual process.
- Encrypted Document Vault: Organize medical records, transcripts, and evidence photos in a vault that exceeds the highest security standards.
- Rate Sheet & Billing Integrity: Lock in custom rates at case activation and generate detailed, categorized invoices (depositions, reports, testimony) in seconds.
- Automated Collections: Maintain a directory of firms and attorneys while tracking your billing contacts in one place to eliminate the headache of chasing payments.
- Advanced Retainer Management: Automate retainer replenishment and flag "at-risk" work before you perform it, ensuring every billable second is backed by cleared funds.
- Expense & Receipt Integration: Capture and categorize case-related costs in real-time to eliminate reimbursement leakage and ensure audit-ready documentation for every line item.
- Institutional Practice Intelligence: Gain 360-degree visibility with advanced analytics that track performance at both the individual case, firm-wide, and practice levels.