This year's top legal tech, service providers, and products in Canada revealed
The year’s most trusted legal vendors have transformed Canada’s legal market by going above and beyond in assisting firms and lawyers in modernizing the ways that they work to remain competitive and to stay ahead of the industry’s standards.
For the 10th edition of the annual Readers’ Choice awards, Canadian Lawyer’s research team surveyed readers regarding 586 products and service providers covering areas including alternative dispute resolution, financial services, legal research, legal technology, litigation support, recruiting, staffing, and real estate.
The third-party partners that prevailed this year have equipped players within the legal industry with the tools and technology that they need to serve their clients more efficiently and effectively. One awardee is Carol Bierbrier & Associates (CBA), a legal service provider for the personal injury bar.
CBA gives injured parties clinical assessments and detailed life care plans for a reasonable quality of life. With CBA, legal teams can better anticipate future care and damage costs for these clients. To stay at the top of its game, the company ensures that all its consultants are certified life care planners, prioritizes a collaborative approach, and invests in continuous education.
“This balance between understanding the law and maintaining clinical excellence allows us to consistently deliver high-quality, defensible reports that meet the highest standards in the field,” says Alyssa Bierbrier, an occupational therapist and certified life care planner at CBA.
Another winner is LEAP Legal Software Canada, a legal tech company that offers a practice productivity solution that includes AI-powered legal products for small and medium-sized firms. LEAP takes the time to communicate with these clients to better understand their challenges.
“In Canada, firms typically use multiple products, one for accounting, one for documents, one for legal research, and so on,” Malcolm Muthulingum, LEAP’s chief executive officer, tells Canadian Lawyer. “LEAP brings all that together, including document assembly, matter-based legal accounting, practice management, and legal management.”
Thomson Reuters, a content-driven AI and technology company, is being recognized for its industry-leading content assets, its AI and machine learning expertise, and its human expertise in the legal domain.
The company, with its customer-centric approach, goes out of its way to discuss technological trends with its customers. It has managed to remain at the forefront of its field by fostering collaboration, by rigorously testing all its enhancements, and by continuing to prioritize security and privacy.
“We maintain our competitive advantage through an interconnected framework of our people, trusted content, implementation of the latest technologies, and our customers’ needs,” says Rinaldo Huriptyo, head of Canada at Thomson Reuters.
The Readers’ Choice awardees for 2024 also include Connect Medical Legal Experts, Colliers Macaulay Nicolls, Henderson Structured Settlements LP, and Upper Canada Court Reporting & Mediation.
Canadian Lawyer congratulates this year’s winners. Those interested can learn more here.
