Allens Chief Legal & Technology Services Officer Beth Patterson has received an award at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) awards in Las Vegas this week.
Beth was awarded the Litigation Support Professional of the Year Award, an award selected by peers, for her legal technology work on Allens due diligence and litigation matters.
Beth has headed up the Allens Applied Legal Technology team since 1998. Her team's work combines cutting-edge technology and low-cost document review , integrated with Allens' leading legal teams. This offers clients efficient solutions to litigation and due diligence.
'The award is a great honour and it highlights the work Allens has done to deliver innovative litigation support for our clients,' Beth said.
'Litigation matters continue to get bigger and more complex, and a cost-effective technology and document review team is critical to the work we do as a law firm.
'Our document review and technology teams overlay the litigation teams' insight with advanced analytics software, to efficiently solve big data issues in litigation matters.'
Beth's opinion on legal technology matters is regularly sought at international forums.
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Allens is a commercial law firm working throughout Australia and Asia. Through its integrated alliance with Linklaters it provides clients access to 40 offices in 28 countries around the world.