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McInnes Cooper Wins Innovative Project of the Year at ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Awards
Published:
August 28, 2018
McInnes Cooper was recognized for its development and implementation of new software in response to a client need that allowed for quality file review with real time reporting. This initiative demonstrated our firms’ solution oriented approach to client requirements through the creation of a new innovative systems and processes to serve our clients better.
The project team was lead by Partner, Jennifer Gray, and was comprised of our technology services staff, including application developer Aaron MacGillivary, project coordinator Amy Alderman, and other McInnes Cooper staff and lawyers.
A special thank you to all our team members that worked on this initiative for their hard work and dedication on this project, to our clients, and to innovation.
The award was presented to McInnes Cooper on August 19th at the Distinguished Peer Awards Gala in National Harbor, Maryland.
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