Women of Legal Tech: TJ Johnson Says Don't Take No for an Answer
TJ Johnson, formerly of ILTA and now with Olenick, tells LTN how she overcame flagrant sexism as an IT director, her obstacles in DMS implementation, and more.
November 01, 2018 at 07:00 AM
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There's a shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and math. And there's still a 17 percent gender gap in pay—across the board—in all of legal (18 percent at Big Law). But within the legal technology community are many women with thriving careers. Monica Bay recently interviewed Theresa (TJ) Johnson, 60, who spent 15 years at the International Legal Technology Association (usually called ILTA).
Speaking about names: Johnson's given name is pronounced “tey-ray-suh” as in the Spanish, French and Italian pronunciations. “Lawyers and Americans butchered that name for years, so I began to use TJ 'tee-jay' as my business name. It stuck and became somewhat of a brand; it's who I am now.”
Education: B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Winnipeg, 1985.
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