Britt Knuttgen, our President and Senior Legal Technology Consultant, has over ten years of experience as a litigation paralegal and law firm network administrator.  Britt received her Bachelor of Science in Criminology/Pre-Law from the University of Tampa and is a member of the Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society.  Shortly after graduating Britt completed her paralegal certification and became involved in the Roanoke Valley Paralegal Association, eventually serving as both Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors.  Additionally, she has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA volunteer) for abused and neglected children since 1996.  Britt is also an associate member of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section. She has spoken at the ABA TECHSHOW a number of times and in March of 2009, Britt was selected to serve on the ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board for 2010.

Originally from Canada, Britt was raised by American parents in both Montreal and the Toronto area before moving to the U.S. in 1989.   She is proud to be a dual citizen and regularly makes visits back to Toronto, where many of the legal software vendors we represent are located.  She uses this opportunity to expand her knowledge on these products by regularly attending training and certification classes.

Britt has extensive experience conducting training on legal specific software and specializes in tailoring custom technology solutions for law firms and law-related agencies.  She is a former instructor of paralegal classes at a local business college, and has also been a seminar speaker for a number of organizations, including the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Institute for Paralegal Education.  She has also contributed articles to publications such as Law Office Computing and Technolawyer.  Her expertise also extends to legal accounting, electronic billing and specialty formats required by insurance companies and large corporations.

Britt’s certifications and authorizations include the following:

• President’s Circle certified consultant for Software Technology, Inc. products including: PracticeMaster, Tabs3, General Ledger System (GLS), Accounts Payable System (APS), Trust and Accounting System (TAS).

• CIC (certified independent consultant) for LexisNexis PCLaw

• CIC (certified independent consultant) for LexisNexis HotDocs

• Amicus Small Firm Certified Consultant

• Worldox Document Management Administrator certification

• Certified Solutions Provider Partner for all Nuance products including: Dragon NaturallySpeaking, PaperPort, OmniPage, OmniForm and PDF Converter

• Summation Authorized Consultant

• Quikscribe Digital Transcription Partner

• NetDictate Partner

• Pensoft Payroll Partner

• SmartDraw Partner

• CompuLaw Partner

• CaseWORTH Partner

• MetaData Assistant Partner (Payne Consulting Partner)

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