(Chicago, IL) May 1, 2025 – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards.
On Tuesday, 29 April, ILTA honored the nominees of the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards in Myrtle Beach, SC at the Myrtle Beach Grand Dunes Resort in a formal dinner and live simulcast.
"The DPA awards ceremony was a fitting conclusion to our celebration of April Volunteer Month," shared Joy Heath Rush, CEO of ILTA. "Our volunteers are the heartbeat of our organization—they inspire ideas, drive innovation, solve challenges, and shape the future."
ILTA launched the Distinguished Peer Award programing in 2010 honoring those the achievements of those who leverage the strategic advantages of technology in the legal profession.
This year’s winners are as follows:
Young Professionals to Watch List (10 honorees):
• Eric Helal - Practice Services Analyst, Dykema Gossett PLLC
• Jaclyn Sattler - Strategy & Business Operations Relativity
• Jaclyn Walkins - KM Enablement Manager, Sidley Austin LLP
• Jordan Galvin - AI and Data Governance Senior Manager, Holland & Knight LLP
• Kaden Smith - Sales Manager, NetDocuments
• Kyle Poe - Legal Solutions Director, NetDocuments
• Mailise Johnson - Marketing Technologist, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
• Marta McVicar - Legal Technology Consultant, Harper Macleod LLP
• Marta Sarvas - CEO & Founder, Clear Trade LLC
• Raenesia Jones - Cybersecurity Analyst II, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Suresh Annamalai - Senior Manager of Digital Innovation, Proskauer Rose LLP
Best Blog: Josh Newton – Infodash
Best Member Article: Rachel Shields Williams – Sidley Austin LLP
Best BP Article: Nancy Griffing - 3545 Consulting
Innovative Leader: Sarah Hirebet – Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Innovative Leader – BP: Jeffery Chivers – Syllo
Solution Provider of the Year: Opus 2
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sandy Mikita – Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Transformative Project: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Trailblazer Award: Ballard Spahr LLP & Syllo
ILTA thanks all our Judges, staff, volunteers, and nominees for their work, contributions, and submissions for the 2025 Distinguished Peer Awards.
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.
CONTACT
Dawn Hudgins – CXO
International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)
dhudgins@iltanet.org