Tom Dreyfus

CEO at Josef | joseflegal.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

Building Josef, a knowledge automation platform for legal and compliance. Backed by The LegalTech Fund, OIF Ventures and Carthona Capital, Josef is used by teams in the Fortune 500, ASX 200 and Global 100 law firms.

Experience

  • CEO & Co-founder at Josef
    Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • University of Melbourne (Melbourne Law School)
    • Teaching Fellow at Melbourne Law School
      Jan 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Lecturer in Evidence & Proof in the JD program

    • Research Associate at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies
      Aug 2016 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr

  • Teaching Associate at Monash Law School at Monash University
    Aug 2016 - Dec 2016 · 5 mos

    Sessional Lecturer in Public Law and Statutory Interpretation and Tutor in Constitutional Law.

  • Associate to the Hon Justice P A Keane AC at High Court of Australia
    Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

    My role as an Associate to Justice Keane involved research, editing and proofreading. I assisted his Honour in Court and contributed to the administration and management of his Honour's chambers.

  • Solicitor at Arnold Bloch Leibler
    Feb 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Solicitor working across the Litigation and Public Interest groups. My primary responsibilities included drafting court documents, preparing briefs to counsel and instructing in court, providing research memoranda and advice to clients. Key achievements - Acted in high-profile commercial litigation at the trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria to the appeal in the Court of Appeal and subsequent special leave application to the High Court of Australia. - Advised organisations in the indigenous, religious and environment not-for-profit sectors. - Taught the administrative law component of law graduates' practical legal training. - Facilitated a legal writing group for young lawyers to improve their communication skills.