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 Karen J. Pruitt, age 54. She has been a regional sales director at JND Legal Administration since February 2018. Pruitt is a paralegal whose work focuses on e-discovery.