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Press Release | ILTA Announces the Nominee Shortlist for the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards

By ILTA News posted 24 days ago

  
(Chicago, IL) 1 April 2025 – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) proudly announces the nominee shortlist for its prestigious 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards.
  
Established in 2010, the Distinguished Peer Awards celebrate excellence in leveraging technology to drive innovation and success within the legal profession. This program honors individuals and teams whose achievements exemplify leadership, ingenuity, and the transformative power of technology.
  
The nominees for this year's Distinguished Peer Awards are:
  
Best Blog:
Josh Newton - Opus 2
Ricci Masero - Intellek
 
Best Member Article:
Josh Wulf – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Rachel Shield Williams – Sidley Austin LLP
 
Best BP Article:
Jeff Pfeiffer – LexisNexis
Nancy Griffing – 3545 Consulting
 
Innovative Leader – Member:
David Morgan-Wilkins – Norton Rose Fulbright
Iris Skornicki – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Sarah Hirebet – Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
 
Innovative Leader – BP:
Eric Wangler - BigHand
Haley Altman - Litera
Jeffery Chivers - TLATech Inc.
 
Solution Provider of the Year:
Maptician
Netdocuments
Opus 2
 
Lifetime Achievement:
Doug Caddell – (formerly of) Mayer Brown LLP
Sandy Mikita - Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Todd Corham - Saul Ewing LLP
 
Trailblazers Award:
Ballard Spahr LLP & Syllo (TLATech Inc.)
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP & Opus 2
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC & Netdocuments & 3545 Consulting
 
Transformative Project of the Year:
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
  
  
ILTA congratulates all of the nominees for the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards and looks forward to the Awards Event, which will be held in conjunction with ILTA's EVOLVE Conference. This year’s awards ceremony will be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person.
 
Registration for the Distinguished Peer Awards event closes on April 15. The hotel block at the Marriott Grand Dunes Spa and Resort has closed, but rooms may be available at the prevailing rate, or rooms may be available at the following local hotels:  Sand Dunes Resort or North Beach Resort & Villas.
 
Registration for ILTA EVOLVE (April 27-30), held at the same Marriott Grand Dunes Spa and Resort in Myrtle Beach is now sold out.
  
  
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.
  
For more information contact:
Jeanne Martinez
jeanne@iltanet.org
 
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