About JoAnna Forshee

JoAnna Forshee, CEO has spent the last twenty five years working with legal technologists, consultants, industry vendors and media editors and publishers – spanning roles as a marketing event guru, entrepreneur and PR/marketing agency business owner. Through this relationship building, she has been involved in the development, planning and execution of many high profile legal technology events including the Legal Technology Consultants and Technologists Dinner (aka, “The Dinner”) with Co-Producer Ross Kodner (an invitation-only VIP event that brings together the Who’s Who of the legal technology industry for a night of high profile networking), the New Orleans Technology Revival Conference (a free conference to assist Louisiana attorneys and law firms in rebuilding their practices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina), LexThink events (high-level legal industry events including IgniteLaw and BlawgThink), as well as InsideLegal’s own Summit events. She has served on the Advisory Board for the ABA TECHSHOW, produced the ABA Media Panel and collaborated with ILTA to produce its annual conference vendor education program and administered the Annual ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey. When JoAnna is not managing events and producing client user group conferences, she is contributing to legal publications such as Law Technology News and ILTA’s Peer to Peer magazine as well as strengthening ties with international legal publications such as Legal IT Today and Legal Technology Insider, who she teamed with to help them launch their US publication. She was recognized as one of the “Fastcase 50 for 2015” which highlights entrepreneurs, innovators, and trailblazers who have charted a new course for the delivery of legal services as well as being included as part of the Inaugural ABA Legal Technology Resource Center 2016 “Women in Legal Tech” recognizing “women that are making a big impact on legal tech in every field”. She was also the 2004 Lex Proficio Award Winner for Lifetime Achievement in the Advancement of Legal. It is fair to say, that based on JoAnna’s understanding of “all things legal” and her ties with the “who’s who” of the industry, she is one of the first stops when it comes to new entrants into the legal tech world. You can reach JoAnna by email here.