Former Google Leader to Drive Everlaw's Next Phase of AI Innovation and Support Ambitious 30% of R&D Team Growth Plan

Everlaw, the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, announces today that Max Christoff will step in as the company’s first Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately.

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Max Christoff is the Chief Technology Officer at Everlaw. Max is passionate about building products that people love and applying cutting-edge technology to practical challenges.

As CTO, Christoff is responsible for working alongside Everlaw’s leadership team to define the company’s strategic vision for innovation in the rapidly evolving legal technology sector.

Before joining Everlaw, Christoff had a 14-year career leading engineering teams at Google. He led the Chrome Browser engineering team, bringing fundamental advances in consumer and enterprise productivity to billions of users. He also helped start Google Wallet in 2011 (Google Pay) and led the engineering team that made it possible to tap a phone to pay contactlessly in stores, ride the subway, or board a plane. Prior to Google, Christoff was CTO of Enterprise Infrastructure at Morgan Stanley and held a variety of software engineering and leadership roles during his 11-year tenure.

"Max’s background in leading incredible, product-focused teams and launching groundbreaking innovation at Google makes him a perfect fit for our focus on reshaping legal work,” said Everlaw Founder and CEO AJ Shankar. “Max will be instrumental in our next chapter as we scale our platform for the legal industry.”

Now at Everlaw, Christoff will apply his expertise in AI, productivity, and large-scale systems to transform the legaltech landscape.

"What drew me to Everlaw is the opportunity to apply AI to solve specific, hard problems for customers that they didn't even know was possible to achieve,” said Christoff. “I believe technology should have a practical, meaningful impact on people's lives, and the legal industry is ripe for that kind of transformation. I'm excited to dive in."

Read more about Christoff in this blog post.

Doubled its GenAI Velocity, Plans to Grow R&D Org by 30%

Christoff’s appointment comes as Everlaw embarks on an ambitious plan to expand its AI-powered platform. Since 2024, Everlaw has increased its development in generative AI by 50%, further strengthening its commitment to critical long-term technology and AI innovation.

The company aims to grow its R&D team by roughly 30% by the end of January 2026. The hiring initiative includes a range of roles, from software developers to senior leaders in engineering, product, and design. Unlike many software companies, Everlaw favors leaner engineering teams that are given autonomy to design entire features, not just a component that they build in isolation. The end result is a development process that yields higher throughput: more features shipped per unit time. Most importantly, the velocity and quality of Everlaw’s features are recognized by customers, who rank Everlaw #1 out of 132 ediscovery vendors globally.

To continue attracting top talent and creating a world-class employee experience, Everlaw has redesigned its Oakland headquarters, which serves as its global R&D hub. Check out our open roles here.

Christoff will lead the Everlaw R&D team through this growth to drive rapid innovation on its cloud-native platform while continuing to meet the highest standards for compliance, privacy and security in the legal industry.

About Everlaw

Everlaw helps legal teams navigate the increasingly complex ediscovery landscape to chart a straighter path to the truth. Trusted by Fortune 100 corporate counsel, 91 of the Am Law 200, and all state attorneys general, Everlaw's combination of intuitive experience, advanced technology, and partnership with customers empowers organizations to tackle the most pressing technological challenges—and transform their approach to discovery and litigation in the process. Founded in 2010 and based in Oakland, Calif., Everlaw is funded by top-tier investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CapitalG, HIG Growth Partners, K9 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and TPG Growth. Follow us on LinkedIn.

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“I believe technology should have a practical, meaningful impact on people's lives, and the legal industry is ripe for that kind of transformation. I'm excited to dive in." -- Max Christoff, CTO Everlaw