ILTA announced this year that they were launching an annual recognition program titled ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Awards. The inaugural ceremony will be held during ILTA's Annual Educational Conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, August 26th. 

The award applications, which were submitted in June, have been counted and the following nominees have been announced. You can read more about each award on the Awards page. Congratulations to all!

ORGANIZATION AWARDS

Innovative Member of the Year

• Mayer Brown LLP – Electronic Balloting
• Mayer Brown LLP – Merger & Combination Playbook
• Bradford & Barthel, LLP – Google Apps Collaboration

Project of the Year

• Bingham McCutchen
• Fish & Richardson, P.C.
• McInnis Cooper

SharePoint Innovator of the Year

• Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Miller Johnson
• Reed Smith LLP
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

ADERANT Champion 

• Lin Yang – Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.
• Jeff Olson – Ulmer & Berne LLP

Infrastructure Technologies Champion

• Carlos Rodriguez – Nexsen Pruet, LLC
• Jason Najacht – Mayer Brown LLP
• Dean Leung – Davis LLP

Knowledge Management Champion

• Tom Baldwin – Reed Smith LLP
• Meredith Williams – Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
• Eric Hunter – Bradford & Barthel, LLP

Litigation Support Champion

• Duane Lites – Jackson Walker L.L.P.
• Joanne Lane – MetLife
• Julie Brown – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Marketing Technology Champion 

• Kristyn Sornat – Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C.

Microsoft Champion

• Beau Mersereau – Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Mobile, Remote and Wireless Champion

• Drew Collier – Polsinelli Shughart PC

Open Source Software Champion 

• David Nevala – Lukins & Annis PS

Open Text Champion 

• Brook Lee – Fox Rothschild LLP

Practice Management Champion 

• Michelle Mahoney – Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Project Management Champion 

• Jennifer Potter – Fish & Richardson, P.C.

User Support Champion

• Maritta Terrell – Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
• Denise Ash – Robinson & McElwee PLLC
• Chris Myatt – Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

VENDOR AWARDS 

Innovative Vendor Award

• Guidance Software
• iManage Universal Search
• IntApp, Inc.
• Omega Legal Systems, Inc.
• Rosslyn Analytics

Technology Implementation of the Year

• Datacert, Inc.
• DocAuto, Inc.
• Recommind