About Graydon

I got hired by a Fortune 50 company right out of college, then moved into internet marketing in the early 2000s. Eventually I realized I could apply what I knew to my wife Cristi's divorce practice. We built Trusler Legal PLLC together. I'm still there, but now in a consultant role - we pulled me out of day-to-day ops so I could focus on AI full-time.

How I Got Here

My background is Management Information Systems (Texas A&M calls it Business Analysis). It turned out to be the perfect blend - enough computer science to build things, enough business knowledge to know what's worth building.

I learned law through osmosis. Twenty years of working alongside attorneys, building systems, solving operational problems. I know how law firms actually work because I've been in the trenches. I just can't represent you in court.

When AI hit, I was all in immediately. Not because I'm some tech futurist - because it's the most powerful technology I've seen in my lifetime, and I spend all day dealing with legal work. The connection was obvious.

Why This Exists

I keep hearing lawyers wring their hands about AI. They're worried about hallucinations, privacy, ethics, whatever. I get it. Those are real concerns.

But they're all solvable problems, and you can't let them stop you. This isn't like other tech waves where your competitors slowly outpace you. This is different. Learn to use AI or watch your practice become obsolete. That's not hype - that's just what's happening.

The dumbest thing I see lawyers do? Ignore AI and hope they can keep doing what they've always done. They can't.

My Approach: Productive Laziness

That's not lazy in the bad way. It's lazy in the smart way.

My entire AI strategy boils down to one question: "I wonder if I can get AI to do this for me?" Every task I hand off to AI frees me up to do something AI can't - the strategic thinking, the client relationships, the creative problem-solving that actually matters.

Most people use AI to save 10 minutes on emails. Fine. But boring. I use it to do things I couldn't afford to do before - analyzing hundreds of case files, personalizing client communications at scale, building systems that run themselves.

The question isn't "Should I use AI for this?" It's "Why am I still doing this manually?"

What I'm Building

Right now, it's content. Practical, no-BS guidance on actually using AI in your practice. Not theory. Not fear-mongering. Not cheerleading. Just what works.

I work solo with a highly effective team of specialists: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and occasionally others. They're good at what they do.

When I'm not thinking about AI for work, I'm usually thinking about AI for fun. I see opportunities to use it everywhere. Can't turn it off.

What You Get

I publish regularly - usually weekly - on leveraging AI in your practice. Could be a deep dive. Could be "Holy shit, check this out." Could be a technique I just figured out. No fixed format. Just: here's what matters right now.

Subscribe and you'll get it all, plus access to "Transform AI from a Tool to a Coworker" - a complete video series that takes you deeper into the tactics from my AI guide, How to Actually Get Good at Using AI. Not theory. Walkthroughs. Real examples. The stuff that actually makes the difference between treating AI like fancy Google and treating it like your most productive coworker.

No smoke. No fluff. No corporate garbage about unlocking synergies.

Just: here's what to do, here's why it matters, go try it.