Crypto mogul CZ’s attorney starting own firm — and AI will play a major role in its business model
Teresa Goody Guillén, a prominent attorney in the crypto sector, is launching her own law firm named Bellementis. She aims to integrate AI into her practice to enhance efficiency and strategic analysis, rather than replace lawyers. Goody Guillén has a history of working with high-profile clients, including Binance's founder, and believes that AI can revolutionize the legal profession.
- ▪Teresa Goody Guillén has left Baker & Hostetler to start her own firm called Bellementis.
- ▪She plans to use AI to streamline legal research and allow lawyers to focus on strategic tasks.
- ▪Goody Guillén has experience in the crypto legal space and has represented notable clients like Changpeng Zhao.
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Charles Gasparino Business on the money Crypto mogul CZ’s attorney starting own firm — and AI will play a major role in its business model By Charles Gasparino Published May 22, 2026, 8:55 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Lawyers are worried that AI will end the need for lawyers, but one of the nation’s top legal minds on crypto believes it’s going to help the boutique firm she’s launching. Teresa Goody Guillén – whose clients include Binance’s billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ – has stepped down as the head of Baker & Hostetler’s crypto practice to start her own, On The Money has learned.
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