Since 2020, ILTA has honored many outstanding women leaders in the global legal technology community. Each March, during International Women's History Month, ILTA publishes an Influential Women in Legal Tech list. Honorees are selected based on their history of mentorship and level of impact on Legal Technology.

Congrats to the 2023 Influential Women in Legal Tech!

2023 Honorees

Andrea Markstrom

Chief Information Officer
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Cat Casey

Chief Growth Officer
Reveal

Catherine Goodman

Practice Innovation & Knowledge Counsel
Paul Hastings

Debbie Foster

CEO
Affinity Consulting

Gina Buser

CEO
Traveling Coaches

Jennifer Mendez

Sr. Director of Knowledge Management Innovation
Fisher Phillips

Julie Brown

Director of Practice Technology
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Kenya Dixon

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
Celerity Consulting Group

Kisha Brown

Founder & CEO
Justis Connection

Kristina L Niedringhaus

Assoc. Dean for Library, Information Services, Legal Technology & Innovation; Faculty Director, Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative; Clinical Professor of Law
Georgia State University College of Law

Leigh Zeiser

Senior Manager of Innovation
BakerHostetler

Lisa Stone

President
Stone Consulting Team

Lydia Flocchini

Chief Marketing Officer
SurePoint Technologies

Michele Gossmeyer

Global Director, Information Governance, Risk & Compliance
Dentons

Shana Simmons

Chief Legal Officer
Everlaw

TJ Johnson

Legal Strategist
Qualitest

Check out the past honorees

Open to all women in the legal community across the globe, being selected as an ILTA Influential Woman in Legal Tech illustrates that the individual is a dedicated professional in fostering change and female leadership (i.e. developing mentorship or leadership programs, making noteworthy contributions to the legal technology space, and/or championing innovative initiatives).

2022 Honorees

Ebru Metin

Founder and CEO
Legal Design Turkey

Dorna Moini

Founder and CEO
Documate

Leah Molatseli

Head of Business Development
Legal Interact

Joy Heath Rush

CEO
ILTA

Naomi Thompson

Senior Vice President | Legal Solutions EMEA
Exigent Group Limited

2021 Honorees

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu

Public Policy Manager
Safaricom PLC (Nairobi, Kenya)

Andrea Markstrom
Chief Information Officer, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Founder & CEO, i.WILL - Inspiring Women Igniting Leadership & Learning (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

Farrah Pepper
Chief Legal Innovation Counsel
Marsh & McLennan Companies (New York City, New York, USA)

Shannon Salter
Chair
Civil Resolution Tribunal (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

Kristen Sonday
Co-Founder, COO
Paladin PBC (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2020 Honorees

Alice Namuli Blazevic
Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates
Co-Founder of The Legal Innovation Hub (Kampala, Uganda)

María Jesús González-Espejo
Vice President at European Legal Technology Association (ELTA)
Managing Partner at Instituto de Innovación Legal (Madrid, Spain)

Ivy Grey
Vice President
Wordrake (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Maya Markovich
Chief Growth Officer
Nextlaw Labs at Dentons (Oakland, California, USA)

Jackie Nagtegaal
Futurist & Managing Director
Law for All (Cape Town, South Africa)

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