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J.P. Mohler

Founder

Founder at General Legal

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGeneral Legal · YC

About

J.P. Mohler studied at Harvard Law and worked as a corporate attorney at Cooley and WilmerHale, representing startups and venture capital clients. He has software development experience and is now building General Legal.

Founder at General LegalYC W26

Intro paths

YC

J.P. went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran General Legal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, J.P. can intro founders to General Legal's investors below.

General Legal's investors · 6

AudaciousSan FranciscoDepth VenturesSan FranciscoHAWKTAILSan FranciscoOrange CollectiveDanvilleScribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at General Legal

RWRyan Walker
Ryan WalkerCo-founder & CEO
JQJaved Qadruddin
Javed QadruddinFounder

Experience

  1. General LegalCo-Founder, CPO, Managing Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. Council on Foreign RelationsCorporate Leader (2025-2027 term)current2025 — present
  3. Thomson ReutersSenior Machine Learning and Applied Research Scientist2023 — 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. Thomson ReutersSenior LLM Prompt Engineer, Casetext2023Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  5. Cooley LLPAssociate2021 — 2023Palo Alto, California | Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  6. WilmerHaleAssociate2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  7. Harvard Law and Technology SocietyFounder & President2017 — 2019Greater Boston
  8. GooglePolicy Fellow2018Washington D.C. Metro Area
  9. SignalFrame (sold to PwC)Lead Mobile Developer2016 — 2017Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  10. KlowdTVtvOS Developer2015 — 2016Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  11. Splash App LLCCo-Founder2014 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  12. Skyward LSAT PrepFounder2013 — 2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  13. University of VirginiaGuest Lecturer, "William Short's Abolitionism", HIUS 45012012Greater Charlottesville Area
  14. Georgetown UniversityResearch Assistant2009Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Skills & more

Swift13Objective-C9iOS Development13Statistics6Data Analysis6Analysis7Leadership3

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Frequently asked questions

Who is J.P. Mohler?
J.P. Mohler studied at Harvard Law and worked as a corporate attorney at Cooley and WilmerHale, representing startups and venture capital clients. He has software development experience and is now building General Legal.
Where does J.P. Mohler work?
J.P. Mohler is Founder of General Legal.
What companies did J.P. Mohler found?
J.P. Mohler founded General Legal.
Where did J.P. Mohler go to school?
J.P. Mohler studied at Harvard Law School (Doctor of Law - JD); Y Combinator (W26); William & Mary (Bachelor of Arts - BA).

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