Kirkland Partner Vanessa Barsanti Recognized Among Legalweek’s 2025 Women of Legal Tech Award Winners

Legalweek named Kirkland & Ellis partner Vanessa Barsanti to its 2025 list of Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award winners. The award, named in honor of the late Monica Bay, former Legaltech News Editor-in-Chief, is dedicated to recognizing and empowering women who have long been underrepresented in both the legal and technology fields. In furtherance of Monica’s mission, this category recognizes women at law firms who have achieved notable successes or made significant contributions to the legal tech industry.

Vanessa has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation and is a leader of the Firm’s eDiscovery team. As the member of multiple winning trial teams, Vanessa’s experience extends to all stages of litigation, from drafting a complaint to post-trial briefing. Her focus is on managing the discovery process for matters of all sizes, including designing strategic and efficient collections, reviews and productions, organizing multi-track offensive and defensive written discovery, drafting and arguing successful discovery motions, and taking and defending depositions.