Bionic Law — A New Breed of Lawyer for the Lawsuit You Didn't Ask For
For California Plaintiffs & Defendants

Your Whole California Lawsuit. One Flat Fee.

Plaintiff or defense — answer through trial, one number agreed up front. No hourly meter. No third of your recovery. No surprise bills.

Penn Law J.D. • UC Berkeley Haas • California Bar No. 363543

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Answer a few questions and Alec's team will review your matter. If it's a fit, you'll get a flat-fee quote.

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The Three Ways the Legal System Fails Reasonable People.

Whether you're suing or being sued, you've probably already met one of these.

The Rejection.

Three contingency lawyers told you your case is "too small." What they meant: the math doesn't work for their portfolio. The wrong is still real.

The Open Meter.

You called a defense lawyer. The quote was a $10,000 retainer, $400/hour, and "it depends" on the total. You can't sign that. You can't plan around it.

The Settle-from-Weakness.

You'd probably win at trial. But the math says fighting costs more than settling. So you write a check that wasn't fair. The system extracted you, not your case.

Who This Is For.

Be honest. If you see yourself on the left, book the call.

This Is For You If

You're a reasonable person caught in an unreasonable system.

  • You've been served and the lawyer's quote has no ceiling — just a retainer and "it depends."
  • You have a real claim — breach of contract, employment, partnership, defamation — and contingency lawyers said it's "too small."
  • You'd rather know the total cost on day one than discover it on invoice number nine.
  • You want a Penn-trained litigator running point — not a junior associate billing 0.3-hour increments to read your email.
  • Your matter is in California state or federal court.

If that's you, the case assessment call will tell you exactly what to expect.

This Isn't For You If

Some matters belong with a different kind of lawyer.

  • Your matter is criminal, family, bankruptcy, or immigration.
  • Your case is in a state other than California.
  • You want a lawyer who'll tell you what you want to hear.
  • The matter is genuinely frivolous and you want a hired gun to push it anyway.
  • You'd rather pay $50,000 and feel important than pay a flat fee and get the same result.

If that's you, we'll tell you on the call and point you to the right kind of lawyer.

One Lawyer. One Flat Fee. The Whole Lawsuit.

Built around AI. Run by a Penn-trained litigator. Priced for the real world.

At Bionic Law, we handle the entire case — answer through trial — for one flat fee, agreed up front. Not a percentage of your recovery. Not an hourly meter. Not a retainer that runs dry mid-case and demands a top-up. The same number on day one as on day three hundred.

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The Old Way Hourly billing $300–$1,000 /hr Total cost unknowable. Lawyer earns more if it takes longer.
Bionic Law Flat fee, quoted on day one One number Quoted on the first call. Aligned to resolve, not bill.
The Old Way Contingency 33–40% of recovery Cases below threshold rejected. Lawyer keeps a third.
Bionic Law You keep what you win ~90% of recovery Smaller cases welcome. Flat fee, not a percentage.
Alec Willerman, founder of Bionic Law
About the Founder

Alec Willerman, J.D.

Alec Willerman is the founder of Bionic Law. He earned his J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he founded the AI Foresight Initiative, and his B.S. at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he was a repeat teaching assistant at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.

Before founding Bionic Law, Alec litigated complex matters at major plaintiffs' firms, served in federal court chambers on technical and high-stakes proceedings, and led AI implementation work in the Office of the CEO at the American Arbitration Association. He is licensed by the State Bar of California, Bar No. 363543.

Bionic Law is the practical application of work he's been doing for years: figuring out exactly how AI changes the economics of high-quality legal work. The answer, in short — it changes them enough that excellent representation no longer requires a $50,000 retainer.

Penn Law Wharton Cross-Enrollment UC Berkeley Haas Federal Court Experience AAA Office of the CEO

How It Works

From the moment you book to the day your case resolves.

1

Book Your Case Assessment.

A direct call with Alec. You walk through your situation. He tells you straight whether the case is a fit for flat-fee representation.

2

Get Your Flat-Fee Quote.

By the end of the call, you'll have a specific number for your specific case. No follow-up emails to extract a price. No "depends."

3

We Take the Case.

If you accept the quote, we run point on everything — answer or complaint, discovery, motion practice, settlement negotiation, and trial if it gets there.

4

One Number, Start to Finish.

The fee you agreed to on day one is the fee on day three hundred. AI compresses the labor; you keep the savings.

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Common Questions

Things people ask before they book.

The attorney's fee is flat. What can vary are case expenses — court filing fees, process server costs, deposition transcripts, expert witness fees if needed. Those are separate, disclosed up front in the engagement letter, and only incurred with your approval. The legal work itself is one number, locked in.
On the plaintiff side: breach of contract, employment claims, consumer protection, business and partnership disputes, defamation, real estate disputes, will contests, smaller personal injury cases, and cases other firms have rejected. On the defense side: small business defense (sued by employees, vendors, customers, partners), individual defense (debt, contract, landlord-tenant from the tenant side), and most California civil matters in state and federal court.
Criminal defense, family law, bankruptcy, immigration, anything outside California, and genuinely frivolous matters. If your situation is outside our scope, we'll tell you on the call and point you to the right kind of lawyer.
Because we built the firm around AI from day one. Tasks that used to require a team of associates running up billable hours — document review, legal research, first-draft motions, discovery responses — now run on attorney-supervised AI workflows. The labor compresses. The cost compresses. We pass the difference to you instead of keeping it as margin.
No. Every legal decision, every strategy call, every filing, every appearance is made and supervised by Alec personally. AI is the leverage; the lawyer is still the lawyer. Think of it the way a surgeon uses imaging tools — the tools sharpen the work, but the surgeon is still the surgeon.
You tell Alec what's going on. He asks questions, evaluates whether the case is a fit, explains the realistic legal path forward, and quotes the flat fee. By the end of the call, you'll know whether to engage and exactly what it will cost. If we're not a fit, he'll tell you and point you elsewhere. No sales pressure — wrong tone for this work.
Take all the time you need. We don't operate with artificial urgency. The only real deadline is the court's, not ours — and if you're a defendant with a 30-day answer clock running, we'll tell you exactly how much runway you have.
The next step is simple.

Apply For A Case Assessment Appointment.

Answer a few questions and Alec's team will review your matter. If it's a fit, you'll get a flat-fee quote.

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Serving plaintiffs and defendants in California state and federal courts.