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.

2025 NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

For 2025, ILTA encourages our members, valued business partners, and those in the legal technology fields to nominate, or even self-nominate (apply), those woman or woman-identifying members of the global legal technology community who are making an active difference in the world! You may nominate more than one person, but please do so by January 24th and we look forward to sharing our 2025 recipients in March!

Nominations are reviewed by a panel of ILTA volunteers and legal technology and industry subject-matter experts. While ILTA recognizes that every woman is truly an Influential Woman, our annual list highlights just a few of the very top nominees. We look forward to sharing their stories.

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Award Nomination Process

Nominations will notify the nominee to fill out the application form.. Nominees must complete the application form to be considered. Applications must be filled out by the applicant themselves. Third party/PR/Marketing teams may not fill out the application on behalf of someone, they may only nominate someone. Nominations will be open until 24 January 2025. Applications will be open until 31 January 2025.
The top five nominations (by count determined by volunteer judges) will then be named as an honoree.

FAQ

Is there a limit to how many people I nominate?

There is no limit, you may nominate as many women as you would like.

Is the ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech list limited to only women who are ILTA Members or Business Partners?

Any woman or woman-identifying member of the global legal technology is eligible to be nominated for the ILTA Influential Women in Legal Tech list.

Questions?

Contact awards@iltanet.org.

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).

2024 Honorees

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

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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