& The Winners Are:

I am thrilled to announce the winners of the Law Firm/Law Dept. 2008 LTN Awards, which will be presented on Monday, Feb. 2 at our LTN Awards dinner:

The judges were Andrew Adkins III, of the University of Florida Law School; Fredric Lederer, of the College of William & Mary School of Law; and David Whelan, of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The winners are:

IT Director of the Year:  Constance Hoffman, Bryan Cave

Champion of IT:  Joy Heath Rush, Sidley Austin

The Most Innovative of Technology:
— in a Law Firm:  Outlaw, Fish & Richardson
— In-House:  Vulcan Legal Exchange, Vulcan
— In a Trial:  Hynix Trial, Bartko Zankel
— in a Pro Bono Project:   Weil Gotshal

And the judges created a new category, which will continue forward:

Consultant of the Year:  Donna Payne

And I am also thrilled to announce that we will launch a new category, Lifetime Achievement Award, to honor a legal technology leader (55+) who has contributed mightily to our community. I will judge this category — so start thinking of nominations for next year!