A legacy of care.
“My mother dedicated her life to raising foster children, and she instilled in us the importance of keeping meticulous records — for dignity, self-advocacy, and opportunity. Her legacy is the heart of this platform.”
TaLona H. Holbert, Esq. · Founder & CEO
Billie Joyce Holbert
1937 – 2025
Billie is named for our founder’s adoptive mother — the woman who kept the files.
Billie Joyce Holbert adopted our founder and raised dozens of foster children. She kept meticulous records on every one of them, and a Rolodex of people who could help when the system wouldn't. She understood something most institutions never say out loud: for the people she was raising, the file was the opportunity.
This platform is founded in Ms. Holbert's legacy of empowerment, removing barriers, and restoring opportunity.
I lived the problem before I started building the solution
Billie started as a recurring problem I couldn't stop noticing.
I couldn't get my own transcripts.
My undergraduate institution withheld my academic transcripts over a balance. Not a dispute about whether I had earned the credits, but a financial hold. It nearly prevented me from applying to law school. The record existed, it was mine, and I could not access it.
A forgotten ticket became a warrant.
A transit citation I had long since forgotten quietly turned into a bench warrant. I found out while going through character and fitness review for bar admission — and then could not locate its disposition. A single unresolved piece of paper almost cost me the license I had spent three years earning.
My brother has been clean for twenty years.
My brother's 20 year old record still haunts him; My brother has been sober for 20 years and is thriving in his community. But his job options are still limited by his old criminal record. He has never been able to get a clear picture of what employers actually see, or how he can seal or expunge his record. He has even been detained over someone else’s criminal record. Twenty years of living right, and the file still speaks louder than the clean life he lives.
Institutions can access it, read it, and act on it. You can barely see it. I have litigated that asymmetry from the inside, and I have lived on the wrong side of it. This is what Billie is built to change.
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Sixteen years in the profession. Both sides of the record.
Billie's mission is Legal Wellness for all. I've spent sixteen years in the legal profession and have seen how records can make or break opportunities.
I started out managing asbestos cases, where dying clients couldn't access the work records necessary to claim compensation for their injuries. Later, in Big Law, I represented Fortune 500 companies and large banks in consumer financial services matters — a similar fight, from the other side of the table. Throughout, I've represented indigent pro bono clients in discrimination, housing, and access to justice matters. My pro bono clients oftens struggled with housing insecurity and lost job opportuities due to records they had forgotten about about or never seen.
Then, I experienced the problem myself.
I couldn't get my own academic transcripts, which nearly kept me from applying to law school. A forgotten transit ticket became a warrant I couldn't track down, nearly costing me bar admission. With my legal training, I navigated both issues, but most people don't.
Institutions can access your record and weaponize it. You can barely see it.
I've litigated that asymmetry. I've lived it. And I know the rules well enough to build the solution inside them: a legal wellness platform that empowers you to access, understand, monitor, and improve your records, so you can pursue opportunities with confidence. Legal Wellness for all.
She maintains a robust pro bono practice, representing indigent clients in landlord–tenant disputes, domestic abuse cases, discrimination claims, and other civil matters. A former foster youth herself, she has served as Co-Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession Committee, as a board member of the NYC Board of Directors of Peer Health Exchange, and as a mentor for Legal Outreach. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Three things we won't compromise on.
You should see your own records.
Not a summary, not a score with no explanation. The records, the sources, and what they actually mean.
Free has to mean free.
Your Legal Wellness Score, the Wellness Center, and the Billie Wellness Network sit in the free tier. Access to help is not the part you're charged for.
Know where we stop.
We inform and assist. We don't give legal advice, and we don't remove records. When something needs a professional, we connect you with one.
When opportunity calls, your record answers.
Know what it says — with billie.
Free to start. No credit card. We'll send occasional updates while we build, and tell you the moment your scan is ready.