(Chicago, IL) October 11, 2023 – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announced on August 24 its newly seated Board of Directors. On September 10, Chris Hunt stepped down as ILTA board secretary to begin his new role with the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) as Senior Director of Administration. With this change, the board secretary will be Kara Portwood, Director of Innovation, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, USA. On September 22, Catherine Monte, Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at Fox Rothschild, LLP, was appointed board member Director at Large; her term will conclude on August 14, 2025. Catherine has previously served on the board from 2017-2019.
The ILTA Board of Directors will be as follows:
President
Tony McKenna, Director of Information Technology, Howard Kennedy LLP, London, England, United Kingdom, Second Consecutive Term
Executive Vice President
Julie Brown, Director of Practice Technology, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, Ohio, USA, First Term
Secretary
Kara Portwood, Director of Innovation, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, USA, Third Consecutive Term
Treasurer
Paul Wittekind, Director of Knowledge and Legal Process Solutions, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC, Morristown, New Jersey, USA, First Term
Director at Large
Gary Berger, Director of Information Security, Ogletree Deakins, Greenville, South Carolina, USA, First Term
Director at Large
Jason Dirkx, Director, Practice Innovation and Technology Solutions, Paul Hastings, Chicago, Illinois, USA, First Term
Director at Large
Catherine Monte, Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer at Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States, First Term (of potential consecutive service); second term overall.
Please join ILTA CEO, Joy Heath Rush, and the ILTA community in welcoming Catherine Monte to the ILTA Board of Directors, Kara Portwood as board Secretary, and Chris Hunt to the ILTA staff.
ABOUT ILTA
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) serves the professional needs of more than 25,000 international legal technology professionals and their organizations. Since its founding in 1980, the association’s focus is to achieve results for our membership and the legal technology profession at large. Much of the value we provide as an association occurs through the coordinated efforts with our global volunteer membership teams.
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International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)
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