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Maureen Lepatan is redefining legal access, identity verification, and entrepreneurship one AI breakthrough at a time.
Her incredible career journey defies the odds. Maureen started out as a fashion model walking runways across Asia. She is now the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Creative Innovation at Renzaire Group, a global innovation firm founded by Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard alumni.
Her latest venture, Verdicta, is quietly revolutionizing one of the most overlooked spaces in tech: legal access and fraud prevention. Through Verdicta, Maureen is building an AI-powered notary and legal tech platform which is both able to digitize processes and humanize them.
With AI at its core, Verdicta is tackling identity fraud and inaccessibility, among the most persistent challenges in legal systems worldwide. “AI isn’t just about speed,” says Maureen, “It’s about trust. Trust requires thoughtful, transparent, human-centered design.”
The problem with legal access
In the U.S. alone, millions of people struggle to access basic legal services due to high costs, bureaucratic hurdles, and language barriers. Notarization is required for everything, from immigration paperwork to loan agreements. This can be especially cumbersome, with limited access outside of business hours or major cities.
Meanwhile, identity fraud is on the rise. According to Javelin Strategy & Research, identity fraud losses reached $43 billion in 2023. Traditional notarial systems weren’t built to keep pace with the increasingly digital, global nature of transactions and verifications.
Maureen explains that this is where her innovation, Verdicta, steps in. Verdicta uses proprietary AI tools to streamline and secure the notary process. One of its most innovative features is a multilingual AI assistant which can communicate fluently in all major global languages.
She explains that this language capability is a necessity. It allows Verdicta to verify identities, explain complex legal terminology, and assist users from diverse backgrounds, without losing nuance or clarity.
“The legal world was never built for accessibility,” Maureen explains. “I wanted to create a tool that made people feel seen, not just processed.”
By combining identity verification, secure documentation workflows, and around-the-clock support, Verdicta brings transparency and inclusivity to a system which often feels cold and exclusionary.
One of the platform’s most critical contributions is its fraud prevention infrastructure. By leveraging real-time data analysis, behavioral pattern recognition, and secure digital signatures, Verdicta significantly reduces the chances of forgery and impersonation.
For victims of housing scams, exploitative contracts, or predatory lending, a platform like Verdicta could mean the difference between being defrauded and being safeguarded.
As such, Maureen’s work is helping to provide real solutions for real solutions. Verdicta helps to reduce fraud and increase access for marginalized groups, including immigrants, jobseekers, and entrepreneurs navigating complex legal frameworks.
More than a startup
Verdicta is one of four verticals under Renzaire Group, where Maureen leads both operations and creative innovation. The other three include Reenique, the world’s first black-and-white online fashion store powered by multilingual AI; Captigage, a marketing automation platform designed to help creators grow faster using AI; and Strathwell, a boutique event production firm for professionals and elite networks.
Together, these brands reflect Maureen’s broader mission: to use AI to break down barriers of access, whether those barriers are legal, linguistic, creative, or professional.
Maureen explains that her legal-tech innovation comes at a time when trust in institutions is at a low. Many users, especially those from underrepresented communities, are wary of systems they believe weren’t built for them. By introducing transparency, simplicity, and multilingual accessibility, Verdicta is both a platform and a bridge.
Future focus
Looking forward, Maureen has big plans. She envisions Verdicta becoming a gold standard in AI-powered legal tech, used by individuals, law firms, and businesses worldwide. With scalable systems rooted in human-centered AI, she aims to support everyone from small startups to international organizations.
Her long-term vision for Renzaire Group includes expanding Reenique to physical flagship stores, scaling Captigage into thousands of small businesses, and hosting high-level summits with Strathwell. She wants to do all of this, while ensuring that Verdicta continues to modernize legal services globally.
“Success should be accessible, not inherited and legal rights should never be out of reach,” she says.
For those seeking innovation that doesn’t forget the human behind the data, Maureen is both someone to watch and someone to follow.
