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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Integrated Law Office Management Applications Integrated law office management software offers some combination of several features that attorneys require, tailored specifically to the needs of attorneys: client/matter database, calendaring, document management, accounting, and time and billing. While these programs aren't inexpensive, and can take some training to learn to use, they take the place of several separate applications that may not be designed to work together, or work the way that an attorney works, so ultimately using one of these applications can make practicing law a whole lot easier. The applications are listed below roughly in order of most popular among attorneys at the time of this writing, to less popular. Note that this doesn't necessarily make the programs listed lower "less good" than the ones listed higher. Programs are popular for various reasons that have little to do with quality. For instance a more expensive program may offer many more attractive features, yet be less popular simply because of its price. It is important to find the program that is best for your firm and the way that you practice law, not just to go with a program because others use it. REDI Office REDI Analysis Phone: (613) 692-1986 E-mail: crossmanredi@rogers.com http://www.redianalysis.com/REDI_Office.html Practice Information Powertool HiPerSoft Corporation Phone: (909) 621-3554. E-mail: sales@hipersoft.com http://www.hipersoft.com/ LawStream Powersoft Innovations Corporation Phone: (250) 247-9999 E-mail: sales@lawstream.com http://www.lawstream.com/ The Ombudsman Avondale Software Phone:(800) 848-3116 E-mail: sales@theombudsman.com http://www.theombudsman.com DeskSpace Deskspace Limited Phone: +44 (0) 1444 412997 E-mail: info102@deskspace.com http://www.deskspace.com/sectors/law.htm Daylite & Billings Marketcircle Inc. Phone: (905) 480-5555 http://marketcircle.com/ Legal template for Daylite: http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/images/industry/Legal.pdf (Not law office specific, but comes with a template to adapt the program for law office use.) Case Management Pro II Associated Reproduction Services Phone: (866) 696-4ARS(4277) or (562) 696-1181 E-mail: info@arslegal.com http://www.arslegal.com/CaseManagement.aspx CompSoft/CompLeMentor nvision Technologies, Inc. Phone: (212) 239-0099 http://www.complementor.com/ (Specialized for Worker's Comp firms. Macintosh compatibility not mentioned on their Web site, but the company assures this author that the product is Macintosh compatible.) Jurisbell Idemsoft Phone: +34 963-455-103 (Spain) E-mail: info@idemsoft.com http://www.idemsoft.com/idemjuris/idemjuris_en.php#inicio LMS V-Enterprise Edition Rippe & Kingston Systems Phone: (513) 977-4578 E-mail: jharrison@rippe.com http://www.legal.rippe.com/ http://www.legal.rippe.com/LMS_Modules_Overview.htm Cudgel GreenLight Software Phone: (312) 782-6496 E-mail: elan@keganlaw.com http://www.keganlaw.com/ Council's Companion (Australia) The DLA Group Pty. Ltd. Phone: +612 9555-4777 (Australia) E-mail: info@dlagroup.com.au http://www.dlagroup.com.au/counsels-companion.htm SILQ Barrister for Mac (Australia) SILQ Phone: 1300 55 66 89 E-mail: sales@silq.com.au http://www.silq.com.au/content.html ShowCase (Austrailia) Sinch Software Phone: +61 2 9718 4076 E-mail: info@sinch.com.au http://www.sinch.com.au/ SmartLex Smartway SA (Switzerland) Phone: +41 22-718-32-20 (switzerland) http://www.smartway.ch/ (Custom development available.) Mdansby Legal Suite Mdansby Software Phone: (866) 632-6729 E-mail: sales@mdansby.com http://www.mdansby.com/Software/mdx_page2_LegalSuite.html NOTE: This author has received many serious complaints about this product. Please exercise extreme care when evaluating this product and dealing with this company. Managing Partner Adept Data Systems Phone: (856) 424-2100 E-mail: MPInfo@AdeptData.com http://www.AdeptData.com/ (Availabilty of this product unknown.) MacLaw Manhattan Software, Inc. Phone: (310) 545-6462 x 101 or (310) 594-3910 E-mail: support@manhattan-software.com http://www.manhattan-software.com/ (Availabilty of this product unknown.) Summary Judgment Phone: (617) 926-9200 E-mail: info@summjudg.com http://www.summjudg.com/ (Availabilty of this product unknown.) Web-Based Law Office Management Applications Experts have been predicting that soon all of our software and data storage will only exist "in the cloud" (i.e. on the Internet.) It isn't happening as quickly as many predicted, especially for attorneys, but the quantity and increasing quality of this category of software indicates that the prognisticators may be correct. The emergence of the iPad may hasten the move to the cloud. The advantages to using Web-based law office management software are that the software is always kept up to date without the need for updating anything on your computer; the software, your case files, and data are available wherever you have access to the Internet; and you have access to your software and data from any computer that has a Web browser. The disadvantages of Web-based law office management software are concerns about the company going out of business overnight (possibly taking both your software and your data with them), not being able to access your software or client files when access to the Internet is down or is otherwise inaccessible, concerns about security and local ethics rules that prohibit putting confidential client information on another's server. RocketMatter Rocket Matter, LLC. Phone: (888) 4321-LAW E-mail: info@rocketmatter.com http://www.rocketmatter.com/ Houdini Phone: (888) 366-2280 http://HoudiniESQ.com http://HoudiniESQ.com/esq.html (The company will either host the program for you for a monthly fee, or you can purchase the software for installation on your own server. You can download a free non-Internet version for sole practitioners.) INSZoom INSZoom.com Inc. Phone: 925-244-0600 E-mail: sales@INSZoom.com http://www.INSZoom.com (For firms that specialize in immigration law.) Liquid Litigation Manager Liquid Litigation Management, Inc. Phone: (877) 820-8308 http://www.liquidlitigation.com/ Omega Legal Omega Legal Systems Phone: (800) 356-1339 E-mail: info@omegalegal.com http://www.omegalegal.com/practicemanagement.html Legal-Workspace Phone: (877) 713-8302 E-mail: info@legal-workspace.com http://legal-workspace.com/overview/ (Windows-server/Internet based solution.) TopDogLegal Phone: (214)542-2351 E-mail: jeffvcox@yahoo.com http://www.topdoglegal.com (For criminal law practices.) CaseMojo Phone: + 123 555 567 789 E-mail: mail@website.com http://www.casemojo.com/ Gomatters Phone: (757) 819-4950 E-mail: contact@gomatters.com http://gomatters.com/ Basecamp 37signals, LLC. http://BasecampHQ.com VLOTech (Virtual Law Office) Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC http://www.vlotech.com Clio Themis Solutions Inc. Phone: (888) 858-CLIO E-mail: info@goclio.com http://www.goclio.com/ DirectLaw Phone: (800) 481-1025 or (561) 656-2080 http://www.directlaw.com/ Advologix Phone: (888) 898-2386 E-mail: Info@Advologix.com http://www.advologix.com/ Office Management Programs (Not Law Office Specific) The following programs are not law office specific, yet they may be suitable for use by your law firm. Many of the developers of these products offer custom programming to turn their product into the ideal specialized solution for your law firm. Some of these programs offer most of the features of an integrated law office management program, but at a much lower price. Studiometry & Accounted Phone: (877) 331-6182 E-mail: support@oranged.net http://www.oranged.net/ (Note: These two programs, used together, are fairly popular among attorneys, despite the fact that they are not geared specifically towards law office use.) JobPro Central Softouch Technologies Phone: +353 53 9484683 E-mail: info@jobprocentral.com http://www.jobprocentral.com (FileMaker Pro-based and fully customizable. Full unlocked access to the system is also available so users can add their own functionality using FileMaker Pro.) People Brewster Software E-mail: sales@brewstersoftware.com http://www.brewstersoftware.com/ Group Organizer Chronos http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/go_product.html (Group Organizer is a client/server based information manager for workgroups.) InView Hindsight Ltd. Phone: (888) 791-3770 or (303) 791-3770 E-mail: Email@HSLtd.us http://hindsightltd.com/inview/inview.html Small Business Tracker Deluxe SpiritWorks Software Development Phone: (503) 560-1028 E-mail: info@SpiritWorks-software.com http://www.productivity-software.com/sbtracker/ Big Business Big Business, Inc. Phone: (877) 970-0022 E-mail: sales@bigbusiness.com http://www.bigbusiness.com/ Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Corporation Phone: (650) 506-7000 http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/nov/08oracle.html http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/ebusiness/index.html http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/036047.htm (A set of business applications accessible through a Web browser.) Law Office Management Applications for Non-English Speakers. EasyLex II SoftLab Phone: +39-532-976222 (Italy) E-mail: info@softlab.it http://www.softlab.it/SoftLab/faces/index.jsp http://www.softlab.it/SoftLab/faces/prodotti.jsp (In Italian. Based on Omnis DBMS; can be accessed thru a file server or via an Oracle server.) Advocatus kindvision Srl E-mail: info@kindvision.com http://www.kindvision.com/ (In Italian.) MacAdvocat LGH Informatic Zurich Phone: +41 1-461-25-71 (Switzerland) E-mail: feedback@lgh.ch http://www.lgh.ch/macadvocat.html (In German) http://www.lgh.ch/ http://www.lgh.ch/welcome_eng.html (In English) (In German.) Syndikus Lawconsult GmbH Phone: +49 89-12-39-39-80 (Germany) E-mail: info@lawconsult.com http://www.lawconsult.de/home-en.html (In German.) Planet'Avos Atlantiner S.L. Phone: 00 34 922 733066 (France) E-mail: info@atlantiner.com http://www.atlantiner.com http://www.atlantiner.com/Pages/Planet_Avos.html (In French.) Xpérience Deg & Partners E-mail: info@degandpartners.com http://www.degandpartners.com/ http://www.degandpartners.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=64 (In French.) Jurisbell Idemsoft Phone: +34 963-455-103 (Spain) E-mail: info@idemsoft.com http://www.idemsoft.com (In Spanish.) Personal Information Managers (PIM's) Personal information managers (PIM's) are neither law office specific, nor are they specific to the needs of businesses. Generally they offer contact and calendar features, but few advanced features. No timekeeping, invoicing, rules-based calendaring, etc. Nevertheless, many attorneys prefer PIM's to a law office management program because PIM's are generally very easy to use, and they tend to be inexpensive. iCal/Address Book http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/mail-ical-address-book.html (Included with Macintosh OS X.) BusyCal BusyMac E-mail: info@busymac.com http://www.busymac.com/ (Very popular among attorneys who like iCal but want more features. BusyCal allows you to share calendars on a LAN and sync with Google Calendar, iCal, MobileMe, and the iPhone.) SOHO Oranizer Chronos http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/sohoorganizer.html Dossier Vortimac Software E-mail: info@vortimac.com http://www.vortimac.com/dossier.html InTouch With Prairie Group Phone: (515) 225-3720 E-mail: sales@prgrsoft.com http://www.intouchwith.com/pages/intouchwith.html (No calendar features.) SBook5 http://www.sbook5.com/ (No calendar features.) FREE Entourage (comes with Microsoft Office) Microsoft http://www.mactopia.com http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2008/default.mspx#/interacting_entourage/ Only available as part of the entire Office for Mac package. (May be replaced by Outlook for Mac by the time that you read this.) Group Calendar Applications The following programs can't serve as a substitute for a law office management program, but they do provide sophistocated clent/server-based group calendars that can be shared by everyone in your firm. Meeting Maker Phone: (508) 416-3600 or (800) 282-7319 E-mail: info@peoplecube.com http://www.peoplecube.com/products-other-meeting-maker.htm TeamAgenda Phone : (514) 908-7212 Fax: (514) 697-7859 E-mail: information@teamsoft.com http://www.teamsoft.com/ |
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