2002 TECHNOLAWYER @ AWARDS: A NIGHT OF SWEEPS AND UPSETS

New York, New York -- April 15, 2002.

The ceremony for the 2002 TechnoLawyer @ Awards took place in cyberspace on April 11, 2002 after three weeks of voting by TechnoLawyer subscribers for their favorite products and services.

The TechnoLawyer @ Awards is one of the most comprehensive and creative of all legal events as it encompasses 24 different awards and features a live ceremony.

"We believe that every nook and cranny in the legal market deserves recognition." said Neil J. Squillante, Manager of TechnoLawyer and President of PeerViews Inc., its parent company, in his opening remarks at the ceremony. "Our ever-expanding @ Awards try to provide as much coverage as possible."

The transcript of last week's ceremony, which many lawyers use as a buying guide, will be published this week in the TechnoLawyer @ Awards newsletter on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, but lawyers and others who join TechnoLawyer at -- http://www.technolawyer.com -- can request a free copy anytime.


FOUR LEGAL VENDORS WIN 14 OF THE 21 READER'S CHOICE @ AWARDS

Time Matters Software, which makes the popular practice management software Time Matters, was the big winner, taking home six of the 21 reader's choice @ Awards, including Favorite Case/Practice Management Solution, Favorite Legal Tech Support, and Favorite Time-Billing Solution (the latter an upset victory over four-time winner Timeslips).

In his acceptance speech for Time Matters' fifth consecutive @ Award for Favorite Case/Practice Management Solution, Tom Rowe, Vice President of Legal Products, noted: "We believe our success can be attributed to one of our key product design elements -- Choice. In an age of huge corporate powerhouses dedicating their full resources to eliminating choice (other than theirs), we have developed products that bring choice back into the technology world."

Other multiple @ Award winners consisted of:

Law.com, which won Favorite Legal Web Site, Favorite Online CLE Provider, and Favorite Transcript Management Solution;

LexisNexis, which won Favorite Document Assembly/Automation Solution, Favorite Legal Forms Solution, and Favorite Legal Research Tool; and Summation Legal Technologies, which won Favorite Litigation ASP and Favorite Litigation Support Solution.


THREE LEGAL TECHNOLOGY STARS WIN SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT @ AWARDS

In addition to the 21 reader's choice @ Awards, TechnoLawyer also handed out three special achievement @ Awards.

For the second consecutive year, Dennis Kennedy, a lawyer at Thompson Coburn in St. Louis, won the @ Award for Syndicated Contributor of the Year. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Kennedy noted: "One of [TechnoLawyer's] best innovations is the TechnoFeature newsletter, in which articles on legal technology can gain a new life through republication and syndication. It's great to receive an e-mail out of the blue ... telling me that another magazine is publishing one of my articles."

Seth Rowland, a leading document assembly expert who presides over Basha Systems in New York, won the @ Award for Legal Technology Consultant of the Year. "Six years ago, ... I left [legal practice] to play with my computer toys full-time and pursue my vision of transforming the practice of law," noted Mr. Rowland in his acceptance speech. "Document assembly is lawyering writ large," he added.

Finally, Bruce Olson, a litigation partner at Davis & Kuelthau in Wisconsin, won the @ Award for TechnoLawyer of the Year. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Olson quipped: "I have tried for many years to convince other practicing attorneys how important legal technology can be, and each time I talk with someone and see the light bulb go on as they comprehend how their practice can be improved by technology I get a great sense of satisfaction."


WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF 2002 @ AWARDS

The following list contains all the winners and finalists for the 2002 TechnoLawyer @ Awards.

1. FAVORITE TECHNOLAWYER CONTRIBUTOR

Winner: Wells Anderson -- http://www.wellslegaltech.com
Winner: Ross Kodner -- http://www.microlaw.com
Finalist: Seth Rowland -- http://www.bashasys.com

2. FAVORITE ACCOUNTING SOLUTION

Winner: QuickBooks -- http://www.quickbooks.com
Finalist: Quicken -- http://www.quicken.com

3. FAVORITE CASE/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Winner: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: Amicus Attorney -- http://www.amicusattorney.com

4. FAVORITE CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Winner: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: ContactEase -- http://www.colevalley.com

5. FAVORITE DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY/AUTOMATION SOLUTION

Winner: HotDocs/HotDocs Pro -- http://www.hotdocs.com
Finalist: ThinkDocs -- http://www.thinkdocs.com

6. FAVORITE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Winner: WORLDOX -- http://www.worldox.com
Finalist: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com

7. FAVORITE LEGAL FORMS SOLUTION

Winner: LexisNexis Automated Forms --
http://www.hotdocs.com/products/content/index.html

Finalist: Quick&Easy Automated Legal Forms -- http://www.quickandeasy.com

8. FAVORITE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Winner: CaseMap -- http://www.casesoft.com
Finalist: DolphinSearch -- http://www.dolphinsearch.com

9. FAVORITE LEGAL RESEARCH TOOL

Winner: LexisNexis -- http://www.lexisnexis.com
Finalist: Westlaw -- http://www.westlaw.com

10. FAVORITE LEGAL WEB SITE

Winner: Law.com -- http://www.law.com
Finalist: FindLaw -- http://www.findlaw.com

11. FAVORITE NEW LEGAL SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR 2001

Time Matters World Edition -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: ThinkDocs 2.0 -- http://www.thinkdocs.com

12. FAVORITE LEGAL TECH SUPPORT

Winner: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: World Software -- http://www.worldox.com

13. FAVORITE LITIGATION ASP

Winner: CaseVault -- http://www.casevault.com
Finalist: CaseCentral -- http://www.casecentral.com

14. FAVORITE LITIGATION SUPPORT SOLUTION

Winner: Summation Blaze/iBlaze -- http://www.summation.com
Finalist: TrialWorks -- http://www.trialworks.com

15. FAVORITE ONLINE CLE PROVIDER

Winner: Law.com -- http://www.law.com
Finalist: CLEonline.com -- http://www.cleonline.com

16. FAVORITE PRACTICE AREA SOLUTION

Winner: Quick&Easy Automated Legal Forms -- http://www.quickandeasy.com
Finalist: Summation Blaze/iBlaze -- http://www.summation.com

17. FAVORITE PRINT LEGAL TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATION

Winner: Law Office Computing -- http://www.lawofficecomputing.com
Finalist: Law Technology News -- http://www.lawtechnews.com

18. FAVORITE TIME-BILLING SOLUTION

Winner: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: Timeslips -- http://www.timeslips.com

19. FAVORITE TRANSCRIPT MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Winner: RealLegal Binder -- http://www.reallegal.com
Finalist: LiveNote -- http://www.livenote.com

20. FAVORITE TRIAL PRESENTATION SOLUTION

Winner: Microsoft PowerPoint -- http://www.microsoft.com
Finalist: Corel Presentations -- http://www.corel.com

21. FAVORITE TECHNORELEASES

Winner: Time Matters -- http://www.timematters.com
Finalist: World Software -- http://www.worldox.com

22. SYNDICATED CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Dennis Kennedy -- http://www.denniskennedy.com
Finalist: John Heckman -- http://www.heckmanco.com

23. LEGAL TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Winner: Seth Rowland -- http://www.bashasys.com

24. TECHNOLAWYER OF THE YEAR

Bruce Olson -- http://www.dkattorneys.com


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