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I'm Ari Hershowitz — an attorney (J.D. Georgetown, California Bar) and software engineer who invented patented legal tech, brought the first AI tools to the U.S. Congress, and teaches lawyers and other professionals the fundamentals of AI.

I lead DreamProIT, a US/Ukrainian software consulting firm building AI, legal, and civic technology for government and enterprise clients.

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Legal Tech Leadership
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AI & Diffing Tools in Congress
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U.S. Patent — Legislative Text Comparison
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California Bar Member Since
Areas of Impact

Thematic Focus

Bringing order, clarity, and modern engineering to complex problems in the public interest across four distinct dimensions.

Core Discipline

Legal Technology ↗

Architecting next-generation drafting, comparison, and legislative XML infrastructure for statutory bodies and legal professionals.

  • Chief Innovation Officer (consultant), Xcential Legislative Technologies (Oct 2012–June 2024)
  • Collaborated with House Office of the Clerk, House Office of Legislative Counsel, Law Revision Counsel, and the Government Publishing Office to introduce XML-based automation and legislative tracking tools.
  • Blog: blog.linkedlegislation.org ↗ — Legislative XML & legal tech
  • Inventor: U.S. Patent 20190354636 for Document Comparison of Legislative Texts
  • Founder & CEO of Tabulaw (2008–2011) — legal drafting software
  • Standardizing machine-readable statutory data & structured text diffing
Innovation

First AI in Congress ↗

Pioneering AI, automated text comparison, and intelligent workflow tools to modernize the United States House of Representatives.

Ari Hershowitz in the Carpathian Mountains, near Delyatin, Ukraine, June 2026 (Personal Collection)
Ukrainian Devs: Ari Hershowitz in the Carpathian Mountains, near Delyatin, Ukraine, June 2026. (Photo: Personal Collection)
Global Engineering

Ukrainian Devs ↗

Building and managing elite software engineering teams with top Ukrainian talent to build state-of-the-art applications.

  • Founder: DreamProIT / MriiaPro (2022–Present)
  • Blog: dreamproit.com/blog ↗ — Engineering leadership & agile teams
  • US/Ukrainian high-performance software engineering & consulting
  • Delivering mission-critical public interest and enterprise tools
  • Championing talent, resilience, and software craft under pressure
Ari Hershowitz windsurfing (Personal Collection)
Windsurfing: Ari Hershowitz in action. (Photo: Personal Collection)
Interdisciplinary Science

Neuroscience & Conservation ↗

From insect neural computation to rainforest conservation and cancer genetics—a lifelong journey exploring complex systems.

  • Insect Brains: M.S. in Computation & Neural Systems at Caltech
  • Wildlife Advocacy: Latin American BioGems Director at NRDC (Belize, Peru, Mexico)
  • Genetics & Oncology: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & B.S. at Yale
  • Cross-domain problem solving from biophysics to public policy

Teaching & Thought Leadership

AI Education for Legal Professionals

I teach lawyers, legislators, and other professionals the fundamentals of AI — how large language models actually work, what they do well (transformation, summarization, drafting), and where they fail (facts, dates, hallucination) — so organizations can adopt AI responsibly.

TalkLLMsLegislative Data
InstaTrac Single State Service Conference · Sept 2025

A plain-language walkthrough of how LLMs work — from transformers to tokenization — with concrete do's and don'ts for using AI with legislative information: link to sources, never trust LLM output on dates and facts, and use LLMs for what they excel at — sophisticated text transformation.

GuidelinesParliaments 9 Languages
Co-author · 2023–2026
Guidelines for AI in Parliaments

Co-authored international guidelines helping parliaments worldwide adopt AI responsibly — translated into nine languages and used to train legislative staff on ethical, effective AI implementation. See more in Publications.

WorkshopsLaw Firms & Agencies
Available for firms, courts & legislatures

Practical sessions for attorneys, policy teams, and executives: what AI can and cannot do, evaluating AI tools and vendors, and building responsible AI workflows for legal practice. Email me to schedule a session.


Career Highlights

Experience

2022 – Present
DreamProIT / MriiaPro
US / Ukraine
CEO and Director of Engineering
  • Leader of US/Ukrainian software consulting firm: full-stack web, cloud infrastructure, AI engineering.
  • Direct distributed development teams on civic tech, law, and enterprise projects.
  • Modernizing legal and legislative data analysis tools for local, state, federal, and international bodies.
June 2024 – June 2026
Ad Hoc LLC
Remote
Director of Engineering, Federal Civilian
  • Led engineering teams for federal agencies including the Library of Congress, NASA, National Weather Service, and SSA, focused on usability, accessibility, and policy-aligned implementation.
  • Drafted proposals and organized software code challenge teams, winning multi-million dollar contracts to modernize government software and software delivery processes.
  • Prototyped new technical approaches, including conversion of US copyright guidelines from PDF to semantic HTML for accessibility and web publishing quality.
  • Supported standards-driven content modernization for government-facing workflows.
Oct 2012 – June 2024
Xcential Legislative Technologies
California / Remote
Chief Innovation Officer (Consultant)
  • Led legal and legislative software innovation, collaborating with the U.S. House Office of the Clerk, House Office of Legislative Counsel, Law Revision Counsel, and GPO to introduce XML-based automation and legislative tracking tools.
  • Invented patented document comparison technology for legislative texts (U.S. Patent 20190354636 ↗). See overview in the Legal Technology section above.
Jan 2009 – July 2013
Tabulaw
California
Founder & CEO
  • Pioneered web-based legal research and drafting tools for lawyers, streamlining citation, snippet organization, and legal writing workflows.
Jan 1999 – Mar 2008
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Latin America
Director, Latin American BioGems Program
1994 – 1999
Caltech & Dana-Farber
Pasadena, CA / Boston, MA
Computational Neuroscience & Cancer Researcher
  • M.S. in Computation and Neural Systems at Caltech: Investigated neural processing and brain mechanics in insects.
  • Molecular biology research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Yale University.
Skills & Methodologies
Tech Stack & Capabilities
Languages
Python · Go · JS
backendautomation
Legal Tech
XML · Document Diff
statutorypatented diff
AI & Automation
LLMs · NLP · Git
Congress AIversion control
DevOps
Docker · Kubernetes
containerscloud
Team Leadership
Agile · Ukrainian Devs
DreamProITconsulting
Science
Neural Systems
Caltechcomputation
Government
Open Gov · Policy
U.S. Housetransparency
Biology
Biophysics & Genetics
YaleDana-Farber
Selected Innovations

Featured Projects & Talks

PatentLegal XMLDiff
U.S. Patent Office · 2018

Patented system for comparing complex, hierarchical legislative texts, providing accurate semantic diffing and track-changes for bills and statutes.

KeynoteGitBrussels
Git Satellite Brussels

Presentation on using version control concepts, structured document models, and open technology to revolutionize lawmaking and public transparency.

CongressOpen Gov
House Modernization Committee

Collaborating with the U.S. House Clerk, Law Revision Counsel, and GPO to implement machine-readable law and automated comparison tools.

Ukrainian DevsConsulting
DreamProIT / MriiaPro

Connecting U.S. technology leaders with top-tier Ukrainian software engineers to build resilient, high-grade software solutions. Read our insights at dreamproit.com/blog ↗.

Scholarly & Policy Contributions

Publications & Research

Book 2024 / Mar 2026

Guidelines for AI in Parliaments (Lignes directrices pour l'IA dans les parlements)

Fotios Fitsilis, Jörn Von Lucke, Franklin De Vrieze, Ari Hershowitz, Marci Harris, et al.

Comprehensive guidelines empowering parliaments worldwide to implement responsible, ethical, and effective artificial intelligence solutions while minimizing risks and upholding democratic integrity.

Available Languages: EN FR DE UA ES PT SQ EL ZH
Book Chapter Dec 2023

Executing United States Bills into Law ↗

Ari Hershowitz

Analysis of digital pipelines, legislative data structures, and automated drafting workflows converting Congressional bills into codified U.S. law. Published in Immersive Technology and the Law.

Book Chapter Dec 2023

“Comparative Prints Suite” of the United States House of Representatives ↗

Ari Hershowitz

Detailing the architecture and deployment of the automated text comparison suite built for the U.S. House of Representatives to show legislative changes in real time. Published in Immersive Technology and the Law.

Journal Article 2008

A Solid Foundation: Belize's Chalillo Dam and Environmental Decisionmaking ↗

Ari Hershowitz

Analysis of environmental impact assessments, legal advocacy, and decision-making frameworks surrounding the dam project and habitat protection in Belize. Published in Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy.

Research Article Nov 1995

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) Gene Transduction Inhibits Tumor Growth ↗

R. Zhang, A. Hershowitz, et al.

Experimental study demonstrating tumor growth inhibition through viral vector-mediated MCP-1 gene delivery in animal models. Published in Human Gene Therapy.

Research Article Feb 1995

Parameters Affecting the Efficacy of Adenovirus-Mediated Gene-Transfer to Breast-Cancer Cells ↗

A. Hershowitz, et al.

Investigating viral transduction efficiency parameters for gene therapy applications targeting breast cancer cells. Published in Cancer Gene Therapy.

Academic Foundation

Education

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Juris Doctorate (J.D.)
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
  • California Bar Member since 2009
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M.S., Computation and Neural Systems
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
1996 – 1999 · Pasadena, CA
  • Investigated neural processing and brain mechanics in insects
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B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University
1989 – 1993 · New Haven, CT
Beyond the Code

Neuroscience & Conservation

Belize Scarlet Macaw: Wild Ara macao macao in flight over Yasuní. Photo by Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0
Belize Scarlet Macaw: Wild Ara macao in flight. Photo: Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Belize Macaw Defense
Led NRDC campaigns saving pristine habitats and the Scarlet Macaw in Belize. Featured in The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw (NYT Excerpt ↗) & JSTOR ↗.
Pacific Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus breaching off coastal waters. Photo by Merrill Gosho / NOAA Fisheries (Public Domain)
Pacific Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus breaching. Photo: Merrill Gosho / NOAA (Public Domain)
Environmental Policy Advocate
Wildlife protection advocacy across Peru and Mexico's marine ecosystems. Article on Outside here.
Locust Projection Neuron: In vivo two-photon microscopy image of an OGB-1 filled projection neuron in the locust antennal lobe. Photo by Laurent Moreaux & Gilles Laurent / Frontiers in Neural Circuits (CC BY)
Locust Projection Neuron: In vivo 2-photon microscopy of a projection neuron in the locust antennal lobe. Photo: Laurent Moreaux & Gilles Laurent (Frontiers / CC BY)
Neural Networks and Insect Brains
Studied neural processing, signal transmission, and brain computation models at Caltech.
Contact Info

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