At Westaway, a New York City firm dedicated to startups, Spellbook helps founder and managing partner Kyle Westaway deliver sharp contract reviews without sacrificing balance outside the office. From the start, Kyle designed his firm differently. A flat-fee model forced efficiency at every step, making tools like Spellbook an obvious fit.
“Spellbook was the first product that we saw that we really felt was going to be a game-changer for us on contract review,” Kyle recalls. The moment came when he loaded a SaaS contract and asked Spellbook to suggest ways to improve his negotiating position. “It was hitting all the points that I would normally look for and then highlighting some stuff that I was like, that's actually interesting… the aha moment for me was ‘how much time is it going to unlock for me?’”
By surfacing issues he might have overlooked and streamlining routine review, Spellbook frees Westaway to focus on strategy and the kind of human judgment clients value most.
For Kyle, great technology “works seamlessly in the background, does the work it can do well, and frees me up to be more engaged with the client.” Instead of getting buried in repetitive edits, he can focus on the high-value work that inspired him to practice law in the first place — solving complex problems and shaping strategy for founders.
“Think about your normal day,” he reflects. “How much of it is actually dedicated to the work you became a lawyer to do? With Spellbook, I get to do the engaging, interesting work — and then go live my life.”
For Kyle, Spellbook isn’t just a workflow tool — it’s a better way to practice law. By removing repetitive review, it helps him deliver sharper guidance to clients while preserving time and energy for both strategy and life beyond the office.
“Tools like Spellbook allow me to get stuff done, get it done efficiently, make clients happy — and then get out of there and get home and put my dad hat on, or my husband hat on, or my friend hat on and enjoy life.”
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