Celebrating legal innovation, leadership, impact, and partner excellence

OAKLAND, Calif.: Everlaw, the AI-powered litigation and investigation platform, announced the 2026 Everlaw Summit Award winners at the company’s annual gathering for the broader legal technology community.

Now in its fifth year, the Everlaw Summit Awards recognize legal professionals, organizations, and partners demonstrating exceptional innovation, leadership, and impact across the legal profession.

“Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Everlaw Awards,” said Rachel Gonzalez, Senior Director of Customer Marketing at Everlaw. “These awards recognize people whose contributions often happen outside the spotlight, but are essential to promoting justice and illuminating the truth. We’re proud to celebrate our winners and finalists, and grateful to our judges for their thoughtful consideration.”

This year’s winners were selected from nominations submitted by members of the legal community and reviewed by a panel of experts. The 2026 awards include seven customer awards and three new partner award categories recognizing service providers for delivering outstanding results to clients and advancing growth, innovation, and AI-enabled workflows.

2026 Everlaw Summit Award Winners

Corporate In-House Innovator: A visionary organization transforming efficiency by streamlining workflows in-house.

Winner: Align Technology, represented by Reed Willis, Senior Litigation Director

AI Trailblazer: An innovator pushing generative AI to solve a complex challenge through a first-of-its-kind use case.

Winner: Greg McCullough, Consultant at Fire Litigation Consulting

Leadership in Generative AI: An organization building the future of legal practice through generative AI.

Winner: Bradley Hyde, Partner at Russ August & Kabat

Impact Agent of the Year: Paralegals and litigation support professionals making measurable impacts in their organizations.

Winner: Erin Exum, Paralegal at Motley Rice LLC

Rising Star in Litigation: A professional with 10 years or less of legal experience who is emerging as a future leader.

Winner: Jonathon Merriman, Senior Analyst, Litigation Support at BCLP

Everlaw for Good Award: Leaders in nonprofits, pro bono, and investigative journalism advancing access to justice.

Winner: Sierra Club, represented by David Abell, eDiscovery and Legal Operations Manager

People’s Choice Award: Standout Summit presenter selected on-site by attendees.

Winner: Stephanie Biehl, Partner at Sher Edling

Partner Awards

For the first time, Everlaw is recognizing three managed service providers (MSPs) with new partner awards for delivering outstanding results to clients and advancing growth, innovation, and AI-enabled workflows.

Partner of the Year: Partner demonstrating outstanding year-over-year growth and new-logo acquisition.

Winner: Consilio

AI Partner of the Year: Partner pushing the boundaries of the Everlaw platform or pioneering AI matters into advanced workflows.

Winner: Repario

Breakout Partner of the Year: New partner showing strong early success and deep Everlaw integration.

Winner: Morae

2026 Awards Judges

The 2026 Summit Award winners were selected by:

• Jessica Heavy Runner, Manager, Information Security and eDiscovery Team, Epic Games
• Niki Black, legal technology journalist and analyst
• Randy Abraham, Deloitte contractor with the U.S. Department of Justice/EOUSA
• Leo Park, Senior Product Manager, Everlaw
• Allison Patrick, Vice President of Sales, Public Sector, Everlaw

About Everlaw

Everlaw, the leading AI litigation and investigation platform, transforms raw evidence into insight and insight into strategy. Operating as the evidence layer for legal AI, Everlaw delivers the system of record that keeps workflows organized, highly secure, and defensible, whether work happens in Everlaw or with its extensive network of AI partners. Trusted by Fortune 100 corporate counsel, 93 of the Am Law 200, leading federal agencies, and all 50 state attorneys general, Everlaw is based in Oakland, California and is funded by top-tier investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CapitalG, HIG Growth Partners, K9 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and TPG Growth.

Fonte: Business Wire