Announcing the 2024 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards Finalists and Lifetime Achievement Winners
The final winners in all categories will be announced during an in-person awards ceremony on January 29, 2024, during the Legalweek conference in New York.
November 28, 2023 at 04:34 PM
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The fourth annual Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards honor individuals and organizations for their achievements in innovation over the past year in a wide range of categories across law firms, legal departments and technology providers.
Not surprisingly, the introduction of generative AI into the legal industry pushed innovation and product development to levels we've not previously seen. Those efforts have been recognized in a number of new categories that join our previous list of honors.
After much consideration, the shortlist of finalists has been whittled down from an extensive list of worthy nominees. Our esteemed external judging panel will now spend the next few weeks scrutinizing each entry to help us choose the best of the best in each category. I do not envy the tough choices they have ahead of them.
We are also announcing the winners of the Lifetime Achievement Awards. Because many of the careers of our honorees have touched multiple parts of the legal ecosystem, including law firms, in-house departments and providers, this year we've chosen to recognize them all together as our Legal Industry Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.
The winners in all categories will be announced at an in-person awards ceremony on January 29, 2024, during the 2024 Legalweek conference in New York. For more information on attending the event, please visit our event page or contact our sales director Andre Sutton at [email protected].
Congratulations to everyone who submitted for this year's awards—these decisions were not easy.
Here are our Lifetime Achievement Award winners, and the finalists in each of the Law Firm, In-House and Provider categories. See you in January!
Legal Industry Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
- Tess Blair, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Marla Crawford, Cimplifi
- Wendell Jisa, Reveal
- Barry Solomon, Litera
- Carla Swansburg, ClearyX
In-House Categories – Finalists
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence Finalists
- Winner to be announced at awards ceremony
E-Discovery and Litigation Technology Finalists
- Winner to be announced at awards ceremony
Innovator of the Year (Individual) Finalists
- Jay Choi and the Patent Legal Team, Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Mohammad Totonchian, Altus Group
- Darth K. Vaughn, Ford Motor Company, Office of the General Counsel
Most Innovative Legal Department of the Year Finalists
- Ford Motor Company
- Uber Technologies, Inc.
Most Innovative Legal Operations Team of the Year Finalists
- Ford Motor Company
- Workday
Law Firm Categories – Finalists
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence Finalists
- Cleary Gottlieb
- DLA Piper
- Goodwin
- Reed Smith
- Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Best Use of Emerging Technology (Non-AI) Finalists
- Latham & Watkins – Decentralization Matrix
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Munger, Tolles and Olson – Reanna Martinez
- SixFifty, Powered by Wilson Sonsini
E-Discovery Technology and Innovation Finalists
- Arnold & Porter
- King & Spalding – Rose J. Hunter Jones
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Reed Smith
Enabling Start-Up Success Finalists
- Goodwin
- Latham & Watkins – Pre-Incorporation Questionnaire
- NEXT powered by Shulman Rogers
ESG Enablement Through Technology Finalists
- Reed Smith
- Ropes & Gray
Innovations in Diversity and Inclusion Finalists
- Baker McKenzie
- Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC ("CSG Law") – George Spadoro
- Eversheds Sutherland
Innovations in Hybrid/Remote Work Finalists
- Winner to be announced at awards ceremony
Innovations in Knowledge Management Finalists
- Fisher Phillips
- Fragomen
- Morgan Lewis – ML Client Intel
- Morgan Lewis – VizBridge
- Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison
Innovations in Pro Bono Finalists
- Baker McKenzie – Justice in Action
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Reed Smith LLP
- SixFifty, Powered by Wilson Sonsini
- Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Innovators of the Year – Law Firm (Individual) Finalists
- Danielle Benecke – Baker McKenzie
- Jeremy Burdge – Hogan Lovells
- Carmen Brun – Eversheds Sutherland
- Rachelle Dubow – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- William Gaus – Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
- Ghaith Mahmood – Latham & Watkins
Regulatory, Governance and Compliance Technology Finalists
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Fragomen – Nomadic
- Hogan Lovells
- Reed Smith – Gender-Affirming Care Tracker
- Polsinelli Online Solutions for Home Care (POSH) – Angelo Spinola
- Spencer Fane – Allen Darrah, CIO
Tech-Enabled Transactional Practice of the Year Finalists
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Orrick
- Thompson Hine LLP
Provider Categories – Finalists
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence – E-Discovery & Litigation Finalists
- Altumatim
- Casetext
- Clearbrief
- Everlaw
- Lex Machina
- LexisNexis
- Paxton AI
- Relativity
- Reveal
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence – Contract, Document & Project Management Finalists
- Evisort
- Gavel
- Luminance
- NetDocuments
Best Emerging Technology (Non-AI) Finalists
- BARBRI, Inc.
- CloudNine
- Fulcrum GT – RAPIDx
- UniCourt
- Western Alliance Bank Digital Disbursements
Championing Diversity in Tech (Individual) Finalists
- Johnathan Hill, Relativity
- Catherine Krow, BigHand
Data Privacy & CyberSecurity Finalists
- FTI Consulting
- HaystackID
- Winnow
E-Discovery Technology Finalists
- FTI Technology
- HaystackID
- Page Vault
- Relativity
- UnitedLex
Enabling Access to Justice Finalists
- Casetext
- Clearbrief and Elder Law & Disability Rights Center
- descrybe.ai
- Relativity
- Reveal
Enabling Hybrid/Remote Work Finalists
- BigHand
- Maptician
Innovating Knowledge Management Finalists
- DISCO
- eDiscovery Assistant
- UnitedLex
- ZenCase
Innovation in Hiring, Staffing & Recruitment Finalists
- Baretz+Brunelle – Talent Intelligence & Analytics
- Lateral Hub / Summer Associate Hub
- TRU Staffing Partners, Inc.
Innovations in Contract Technology Finalists
- Evisort
- LexisNexis
- LinkSquares
- Luminance
- Summize
Innovators of the Year (Individual) Finalists
- Jake Heller & Pablo Arredondo, Casetext
- Tim Parilla, LinkSquares
- Vishal Rajpara, Casepoint
- Basha Rubin & Mirra Levitt, Priori
Legal Operations Finalists
- Epiq
- Fulcrum GT – RAPIDx
- LexisNexis® CounselLink®
- Priori
- Thomson Reuters
Litigation Technology Finalists
- Benchly
- LexisNexis Lexis+® Pinpoint
- Lighthouse
- Trellis
- UnitedLex
M&A and Transaction Innovation Finalists
- Lexis+ Agreement Analysis
- iManage
New Law Company of the Year Finalists
- New Era ADR
- Lateral Hub / Summer Associate Hub
- Paxton AI
- Priori
Practice Management Innovation Finalists
- Fulcrum GT
- Lawmatics Conflict Checking
- Society Tech: INform
- UniCourt
- ZenCase
Regulatory, Governance and Compliance Technology Finalists
- Winnow – Compliance & Change Management
- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. – VitalLaw®
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