NEW YORK (October 20, 2009) – Law Technology News is now accepting law firm and legal department nominations for its 7th annual LTN Awards, recognizing industry leaders in both technology innovation and implementation. Categories include “IT Director of the Year,” “IT Champion of the Year” and “IT Consultant of the Year,” as well as “Most Innovative Use of Technology” in a trial, a law firm, a law department and for pro bono projects. Category winners will be decided by a three-judge panel from LTN’s Editorial Advisory Board. A new category, “Lifetime Achievement” (limited to nominees age 55+) will be judged by Monica Bay, editor in chief of LTN.

In addition, LTN subscribers can now vote online for LTN Vendor Awards in 25 categories here. Gold, silver and bronze winners in each of the vendor categories will be selected online by LTN’s readers. The vendor voting closes November 15, 2009.

For law firm/law department nomination forms and instructions, or to vote for the vendor awards, visit www.lawtechnologynews.com and click on the awards tab.

The winners will be recognized at LegalTech New York on February 1 and featured in the March issue of Law Technology News and on the magazine’s Web site.

“Members of our legal technology community – IT, attorneys, paralegals, litigation support teams — are often unsung heroes. The LTN Awards spotlight the accomplishments of individuals, teams, firms, and law departments, recognizing innovation and determination, especially in this last year of economic turmoil,” said Bay. “Our new category, Lifetime Achievement, provides the opportunity to acknowledge the leaders who have excelled on all of our behalf.”

Last year’s awardees in the law firm categories included BartkoZankel; Fish & Richardson;
Constance Hoffman, chief information officer of Bryan Cave; and Joy Heath Rush, director of training at Sidley Austin. The winner of the in-house law department award was the Vulcan Materials Company Legal eXchange Team, while Miriam A. Buhl, pro bono counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges was selected as the pro bono award winner and Donna Payne was named Consultant of the Year.

The award-winning Law Technology News provides timely information and insight into the latest technologies, products and services available for the legal marketplace. Each month, LTN provides news about products, services, people and deals; as well as articles and columns written by industry experts and senior law firm and corporate counsel decisionmakers. LTN is distributed to more than 40,000 selected subscribers and is available on www.lawtechnologynews.com. The magazine is published by ALM.

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