The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the inaugural ALB Service Provider Awards. Hundreds of readers had their say about which companies make their working lives easier.

The top companies in each category are as follows:

Recruitment Agency
Hays
Michael Page
Robert Walters
Hughes Castell
Hudson

Boutique Legal Recruitment Agency
Law Staff Australia
GR Law
Legal Personnel
Burgess Paluch
Integrity Legal

Accounting & Practice Management Software Provider
Aderant
LexisNexis
Leap Legal
Open Practice

Document Reproduction & Management Provider
LitSupport
Law In Order
Law Image Services
eLaw

Document Management and/or Case Management Software Provider
LexisNexis
CCH
Autonomy iManage
Caseflow

Dictation/Transcription Provider
Winscribe
Big Hand
Quickscribe
Speech Recognition Australia

Tertiary Education Provider
Melbourne University
Sydney University
University of New South Wales
Monash University
College of Law

Dictation/Transcription Provider Award Winner Winscribe CEO Matthew Weavers said that the award was all the more encouraging because it was voted on by ALB readers. “Obviously we’re really pleased that we won the award primarily because it’s something that’s been voted on by our customers,” he said. “It’s receiving accolades from our customer base that really is the highest reward we could ever ask for.”