Richard S. Granat is the founder and CEO of DirectLaw, Inc., and Epoq US, Inc.,  a Maryland attorney with over 30 years of legal experience, and a nationally-recognized expert in self-representation, legal technology, paralegal utilization, and the delivery of legal services.  Mr. Granat is an authority on the concept of "pro se" representation, its limits and its potential for providing access to the legal system. He is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars and the author of "How to Do Your Own Divorce in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia."

Richard is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar and Co-Chairperson of the ABA Task Force on Lawyers Serving Society Through Technology. Mr. Granat also serves as the Director of the Center for Law Practice Technology, Inc., and was previously the President and Dean of the Philadelphia Institute for Paralegal Training, the nation's first paralegal educational institution where he pioneered the role of the legal assistant as a new career role within the legal profession. Mr. Granat also served as  a member of the initial working group at the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity  that created the National Legal Services Program. Mr. Granat is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law (J.D.); the University of Pennsylvania, (M.S.); and Lehigh University. (B.A.).