Mark Tamminga provides strategic, design and practical advice on innovation in the context of law firm operations and service delivery.

He has pioneered the use of practice automation and matter management software tools for lawyers, having designed, built, and implemented a number of practice systems in the areas of mortgage debt recovery, debt collection, commercial loan placement and civil litigation.

Mark was in various management roles at Gowling WLG until his retirement from practice in March 2023, including acting as managing partner of the Hamilton office from 2008-2012 and Leader, Innovation Initiatives, where he was instrumental in the firm’s transformational process improvement and project management program.

He is a regular presenter on the subject of automation in legal practice and has participated in numerous technology conferences in Canada and the United States. He has chaired the American Bar Association’s Techshow legal technology conference and co-chaired the College of Law Practice Management’s Futures Conference.