JND Legal Administration Appoints Nathan Reff as Director of Applied Science

Hire further strengthens the industry-leading innovation team behind JND's AI strategy

SEATTLE, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JND Legal Administration, the U.S. leader in legal management and administration services, today announced the appointment of Nathan Reff as Director of Applied Science within the company's Innovation and Strategy division, the team spearheading JND's AI transformation. Reff joins an established group of AI experts whose work has set the standard for how AI is applied in legal administration. A mathematician and applied AI leader known for a rigorous, research-driven approach to building AI systems, Reff brings more than a decade of experience spanning academic research and applied artificial intelligence.

Reff has spent the past several years at the leading edge of applied AI, building generative AI and machine learning solutions that have reshaped how legal organizations work. He is known for a measurement-driven methodology that treats defensibility as seriously as performance, with careful attention to evaluation, bias assessment, and workflow design. These priorities align directly with the standards JND's Innovation and Strategy team has built its reputation on.

Reff holds a PhD in Mathematics from Binghamton University and spent a decade as a tenured professor, earning the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019. He is a strong communicator across technical and non-technical audiences, a skill he applies in working directly with clients and domain experts.

"AI is changing what clients should expect from a legal administration partner, and JND is defining what that looks like," said Jennifer Keough, CEO and Co-Founder of JND. "Our Innovation and Strategy team is the strongest in the legal industry, and Nathan's expertise adds to that strength as we deliver the next generation of AI-enabled services."

Reff's appointment reflects JND's continued investment in its Innovation and Strategy division, the group responsible for bringing AI into practice across the company's service lines. The division has developed and vetted the AI processes JND uses on behalf of clients and set the standards that govern how those technologies are put to work. That track record has made JND a leader in responsible, client-ready AI, and Reff's addition expands the division's capacity to build on it.

"We've assembled a team of exceptional scientists and engineers, and Nathan is exactly the kind of addition that keeps us ahead," said Ben Sexton, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Strategy. "He shares our commitment to scientific rigor, understands these technologies from first principles, and knows what it takes to make them work reliably for clients."

Reff is a published researcher with more than a dozen peer-reviewed publications in mathematics and machine learning.

About JND Legal Administration

JND Legal Administration, a Sedgwick company, is the nation's foremost legal services management and settlement administration solutions provider. Founded by industry veterans Jennifer Keough, Neil Zola, and David Isaac, the company serves plaintiff and defendant law firms, global corporations, and U.S. government entities across five main service lines. JND eDiscovery has been inducted into the National Law Journal Hall of Fame for Best Managed eDiscovery and Litigation Support Provider, and Best End-to-End eDiscovery Provider. For more information, visit JNDLA.com.

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