Founder; President of the Board of Directors
Nonprofit institute — the International Institute for Intelligent Technology Adoption in the Law — helping the legal profession adopt AI responsibly and ethically.
Visit site(opens 3ITAL in a new tab)Ecosystem
The pillars aren't a slide. They're a portfolio.
Juan doesn't just advise on AI readiness — he builds across all three pillars. A nonprofit institute educating the legal profession. Companies building and auditing AI tools. An organization that delivers readiness assessments. Each one sharpens the counsel clients get.
Education
Teaching the profession and the market how to adopt intelligent technology responsibly.
Chair
Leads the State Bar committee guiding Texas lawyers on emerging technology, including its Artificial Intelligence Toolkit.
Visit site(opens State Bar of Texas Emerging Technology Committee in a new tab)Technology
Building and assessing the tools themselves — legal tech, auditing, defense, and medicine.
Lab Director
Research lab applying artificial intelligence in biotechnology.
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AI tools built specifically for legal practice.
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COO
Protective and defensive AI tools, starting with SpearShield, a scam-detecting phone case.
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MAIA Innovations LLC
CEO
AI for the medical field, beginning with tools for first responders.
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Cipher Ranch Development
COO
The ecosystem's software development arm.
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Technologies IP
Consultant
Blockchain technology for electronic health records.
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Governance
Turning readiness into practice through assessment and posture work.
GovernAIable
COO
AI posture and readiness assessments — the delivery organization for the Assessment offered through the AI practice ("Govern-AI-able").
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COO
Auditing of AI usage — verifying that organizations use AI the way they say they do.
Visit site(opens SertifAI LLC in a new tab)The AI Readiness Assessment
Lead offer
GovernAIable is the delivery organization for the readiness assessments offered through the AI practice.
A note on independence
The ventures and organizations on this page are independent of Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC and do not provide legal services. Juan's roles in them are non-legal. Legal services are provided only through the firm — see the AI practice and IP practice pages.