Two sets of legal technology awards were announced during the recent ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association — ILTA’s own Distinguished Peer Awards and The Changing Lawyer Awards sponsored by Litera Microsystems.
Distinguished Peer Awards
ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Awards recognize those who have delivered great business value and transformational impact through their innovations and implementations or who have been champions in specific areas of focus for their organizations.
For the first time this year, the honors included a Lifetime Achievement Award. That went to Donna Payne, CEO of PayneGroup, a technology development, consulting and training company. Two others had been nominated: Gina Buser, CEO and founder of Traveling Coaches, and Alvin Tedjamulia, cofounder and chief technology officer of NetDocuments.
In other categories, winners were:
Business Partner of the Year: Traveling Coaches. Leadership Award: Andrew Powell, CIO, Macfarlanes. Thought Leader of the Year: Katherine Lowry, director of practice services, Baker Hostetler. Transformation Project of the Year (Organizations of Any Size): Flyn Flesher, knowledge management counsel supervisor, Ogletree Deakins, for development of a system to reduce the time and money spent answering common questions and performing routine tasks. Transformation Project of the Year (Organizations of 100 Attorneys or Less): Justin Hectus, CIO/CSO, Keesal Young & Logan, for development of global workflow and process-automation systems.
ILTA’s awards also recognized a number of “young professionals to watch,” rising young professionals under 40 in the legal technology industry. They are:
Al Hounsell, Senior Knowledge Manager, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP. Amy Monaghan, Practice Innovations Manager, Perkins Coie. Basha Rubin, CEO, Priori Legal. Brent Goff, Director of IT Operations, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Brownie Davis, Senior Manager, Software and Applications Development, Fish & Richardson. Chip Delany, Strategist, NEXLP. Dan Hauck, VP, Product & User Experience, NetDocuments. Danette Shaifer, Director
