Aderant Appoints Industry Veteran Aisling Fenelon as Chief Revenue Officer

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 3, 2026--

Aderant, a leading global provider of business-of-law solutions, today announced the appointment of Aisling Fenelon as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Fenelon, a highly respected legal technology executive with more than 25 years of industry experience, is promoted from her role as Vice President of Sales, North America. She has spent the past eleven years at Aderant building, scaling, and leading high-performing revenue teams while partnering closely with law firm clients to deliver measurable business outcomes.

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Over the course of her tenure, Fenelon has established herself as a trusted advisor to law firms navigating increasing operational complexity and client pressure. Known for her deep understanding of the business of law, she has consistently driven revenue growth while ensuring Aderant’s solutions deliver meaningful, long-term value.

Fenelon assumes responsibility for Aderant’s global revenue organization at a pivotal time for the legal industry. Law firms are under mounting pressure to improve efficiency, demonstrate value, and realize tangible returns on their technology investments—particularly across the work-to-cash lifecycle. In her new role, Fenelon will focus on aligning Aderant’s category-leading product portfolio with clients’ most critical business challenges, helping firms operate more effectively while supporting both the practice and the business of law.

“Aisling’s career has been defined by her ability to combine deep industry knowledge with a relentless focus on client value,” said Chris Cartrett, President and CEO of Aderant. “She understands the realities law firms face today and how technology must perform to meet those demands. Her leadership, credibility, and institutional knowledge make her uniquely qualified to lead our revenue organization and strengthen the value we deliver to clients around the world.”

Fenelon began her career at Aderant on the Business Development team, later leading that function before being appointed Vice President of Sales, North America. In that role, she was responsible for regional sales strategy and execution across Aderant’s solutions, consistently building trusted relationships with law firm leaders and guiding teams through complex, consultative sales cycles. She holds a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University.

“At the highest level, my role is to ensure Aderant grows in the right way—predictably, sustainably, and always in service of our clients,” said Fenelon. “Law firms are asking more of their technology partners than ever before. Our responsibility is to show, clearly and consistently, how Aderant’s products and services deliver real return on investment and create lasting value. I’m excited to continue building a flexible, open ecosystem that helps our clients adapt, innovate, and thrive.”

As Aderant’s first woman to serve as Chief Revenue Officer, Fenelon also emphasized the importance of representation and internal growth. “Promoting leaders from within sends a powerful message,” she said. “Diverse leadership teams foster stronger dialogue and better decision-making, and representation at the top shows our people that there is a clear path to grow and lead here. That’s good for our culture, our clients, and the long-term health of the business.”

About Aderant®

Aderant is dedicated to helping law firms run a better business. As a leading global provider of business management and practice-of-law solutions, the world’s best firms rely on Aderant to keep their businesses moving forward and inspire innovation. At Aderant, the “A” is more than just a letter. It represents how we fulfill our foundational purpose, serving our clients. Aderant operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the S&P 500 and Fortune 1000. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and has several other offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit Aderant.com, email info@aderant.com, or follow the company on LinkedIn.

Aisling Fenelon is Chief Revenue Officer at Aderant. She is a senior sales leader with more than 25 years of experience in the legal technology industry and over a decade at Aderant. She began her tenure at Aderant as a member of the Business Development team, later leading the function, before being appointed Vice President of Sales, North America, where she led regional sales strategy and revenue execution across Aderant’s solutions.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which has won court victories against identical digital identification laws in other states, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia. The trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies said the Ohio decision went against “clear national consensus” and that it intended to keep fighting.

“An unconstitutional law protects no one, and we remain focused on ensuring the First Amendment rights of Ohioans are protected,” said Paul Taske, director of the NetChoice Litigation Center.

Netchoice brought suit against Ohio's law in 2024, arguing that it was overly broad, vague and represented an unconstitutional impediment to free speech.

The Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit's panel disagreed. In a 2-1 decision, it found that the law was not unconstitutional and sent it back to a lower court to have a block on the law's enforcement vacated.

“At bottom, the Act imposes a parental consent requirement,” Judge Eric Clay wrote in the lead opinion. “That requirement constitutes a marginal burden that precisely targets the multi-faceted problem that Ohio has identified: Children’s unsupervised assent to terms and conditions for use of platforms that take advantage of and harm them.”

Judge Alice Batchelder concurred, writing that “a statute is not vague just because it has a wide berth.”

Known as the Social Media Parental Notification Act, the Ohio law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law in July 2023.

The administration pushed the measure as a way to protect children’s mental health, with then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, now a U.S. senator, saying at the time that social media was “intentionally addictive” and harmful to kids.

The law requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps and to provide their privacy guidelines so families know what content would be censored or moderated on their child’s profile.

Republican Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson called Thursday's ruling “a win for Ohio families.”

“The court agreed that parents –- not social media companies –- should get a say in what kids see online,” he said in a statement. “We have an obligation to keep our children safe, and today, the most dangerous place for our kids is the internet. This decision gives parents the tools to be involved and provide oversight.”

FILE - A YouTube sign is shown near the company's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)