Over 30 Years of Building Practical Software.
From legal technology platforms serving millions to a multi-product software ecosystem — the AblePro story.
Frank Edens begins practicing law in Mississippi as a partner at Adams & Edens in Brandon, handling general practice including estate planning. He still practices today through Lawyer Edens (lawyeredens.com), focused on estate planning.
Practicing attorney Frank Edens co-founds LawNetCom, Inc. (LawNetCom.com), an early internet law company — his first step into building on the internet.
MSLawyer.com and MSLegalForms.com bring Mississippi legal information and state-specific legal forms online — the forms site that led to the creation of U.S. Legal Forms.
In August 1999, AblePro founder Frank Edens co-founds U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. — USLegalForms.com — one of the first sites to offer 24/7 online access to state-specific legal forms nationwide. The sites grow to serve millions of users across all 50 states.
FormsPass.com launches as a subscription legal forms library for attorneys, later offered as a member benefit through state bar associations.
USLegal, Inc. is formed as the parent company for the founders' websites, including the USLegal.com legal information portal. The same year, U.S. Legal Forms is named to the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest-growing private companies (#261).
Drawing on years of building community-driven platforms, the founder launches BidBuySmart — the first dedicated online community and marketplace for the auction and estate sale industry.
After two decades of building, growing, and operating USLegal.com, USLegalForms.com, and FormsPass.com, the business is successfully sold. The experience of building legal technology at national scale becomes the foundation for AblePro's next chapter.
AblePro launches BidBuyZoom — a complete auction management software platform built by auctioneers for auctioneers. Consignors, bidders, catalogs, Stripe payments, and white label in one platform.
Frustrated by the inability to quickly find important photos and documents on mobile devices, the founder begins developing eLifeVault — a secure digital vault app for iOS and Android.
eLifeVault launches on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The app receives immediate positive response from nurses, paralegals, parents, and professionals who need documents fast.
BBZ Image Tool launches as a free Windows desktop application for professional batch image processing. Signed with a Sectigo EV code signing certificate and verified clean on VirusTotal.
Drawing directly on the founder's deep legal technology background, AblePro announces AblePro Legal — an AI-assisted legal technology platform for individuals and legal professionals. Coming soon.
BidBuySmart grows to 10,000+ members. BidBuyZoom expands its feature set. eLifeVault adds cloud backup and premium features. AblePro continues building practical software for real life.
The Story Continues
AblePro is actively building new products and expanding the platform. See what is coming next on our roadmap.