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The only solution to completely automate & unify OCG compliance across time, billing & eBilling

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With Expert Sierra, Town Legal LLP is now able to fully manage its day-to-day business in the cloud, effectively reducing the firm’s infrastructure, technology, and maintenance burdens.

Am Law 100 Firm sees Significant Reduction in Billing Rejections with Aderant BillBlast

Guided by an unwavering commitment to leveraging innovative technology to drive efficiency, a U.S.-based Am Law 100 firm chose Aderant BillBlast to help improve their billing operations process.

Marshall Dennehey Leverages BillBlast to Transform Its Billing Operations

Determined to transform and reimagine its billing operations, Marshall Dennehey began a continuous assessment of its use of people, process, and technology. The firm evaluated and purchased Aderant’s BillBlast, the legal industry’s fastest growing eBilling technology solution.

Maximizing Compensation

Today’s law firms can receive outside counsel guidelines (OCGs) from each one of their clients. Guidelines are evolving in scale and complexity, and the popularity of eBilling is helping make them less standardized and more onerous.

Aderant Expert Enables a Decade of Transformation for Australian Law Firm HopgoodGanim

HopgoodGanim, an Australian law firm, has been an Aderant Expert client for over a decade. After selecting the industry-leading practice management system, the firm has maintained successful business operations through continuous growth and expansion.

Law Firm Re-Defines the Future of Docketing with Aderant Milana

Timing and efficiency are the keys to success at a law firm, especially when it comes to docketing.

Create Billing Team Balance with Data Insights

How one firm optimized processes, eliminated bottlenecks, and improved workload distribution with BillBlast data.

Am Law 100 Firm Makes the Switch to Aderant BillBlast to Tackle Split Billing and Enable Self-Sufficiency

Having made the switch to BillBlast, the firm is in an improved position to serve clients while preserving its own financial interests.

Phi Finney McDonald Implements Aderant Expert Sierra to Transform Financial Operations

Since first opening its doors in 2017, Phi Finney McDonald (PFM) has rapidly expanded to include fifty-five employees across offices in Melbourne (the firm’s headquarters), Sydney, and London, UK.

Am Law 200 Firm Achieves eBilling Excellence with Aderant BillBlast

To support its burgeoning staff of more than two hundred lawyers and policy advisors in Washington, D.C., one of the nation’s top regulatory and transactional law firms set out to find a reliable eBilling solution that could keep up with its high volume of invoices.

After Leap from Boutique Firm to NLJ 250, Chartwell Law Taps Aderant Expert to Enable Future Growth

Chartwell went live firm-wide on Expert in April of 2021. The most dramatic transformation at the firm was within the accounting department, as the staff felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

Northern U.S. Law Firm Optimizes Billing Process to Reduce Write-Downs with Aderant BillBlast

The firm needed an eBilling solution that could identify patterns within billing rejections and enable them to expand the rules flagged at the point of time entry, enforcing attorney compliance; Aderant’s BillBlast “fit the bill.”

Rouse Gains Efficiency and In-Region Support with BillBlast Implementation

As a leader in intellectual property law operating eighteen offices across thirteen countries, Rouse aimed to centralize eBilling with a high-performance, low-maintenance platform, beginning with its team based in Asia.

Aderant BillBlast Reduces Write-Downs and Increases Revenue at Cole, Scott & Kissane

Award-winning defense firm with thirteen offices located throughout Florida, Cole, Scott & Kissane processes 80-90% of its bills electronically through an eBilling portal, amounting to upwards of 10,000 invoices a month.

Handshake Knowledge Management Intranet Modernises and Accelerates Technology Access for Colin Biggers & Paisley

This case study provides insight into the practice’s selection process and implementation experience for Aderant’s Handshake Knowledge Management (KM) intranet solution.

eBilling Accuracy Goes from 25% to 99.3%

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Nelson Mullins has launched a next-generation intranet - NMConnect - that delivers personalized, actionable data across 26 growing offices.

Aderant Expert Voted Number One Time and Billing Solution by The National Law Journal

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Meet the Modern-Day Law Firm CFO

The role of the law firm CFO has evolved from operational to strategic, with a focus on how to best position the firm for growth, protect against risk, and optimize law firm processes. Beyond financials, today's CFOs have emerged as a visionary for leveraging more technology and best practices.

Improving Timekeeping Habits

With more than 150 lawyers across six offices, Butzel Long recognized the potential efficiency and monetary gains that could be made by implementing a consistent timekeeping and compliance initiative to address myriad areas for improvement.

Manning Gross & Massenburg: Creating a One-Stop eBilling Shop with BillBlast

When MaryLynn Brumble became the billing manager at MG+M The Law Firm (“MG+M”), the firm was in the midst of a large merger while also experiencing significant eBilling issues. Clearly not the optimal time to implement any new technology, there were more than enough challenges for Brumble as she pursued implementation of a new eBilling solution.

2020 Business of Law and Legal Technology Survey

Aderant’s fourth annual legal tech survey, conducted in August and September of 2020, provides an unprecedented look into how law firms handled the COVID pandemic’s sudden shift to full-scale remote work.

Snell & Wilmer: Compliance Upstream and Downstream with Aderant Solutions

The firm needed a customizable real-time validation and eBill/email solution that would work well with Aderant and made the decision to switch their time entry, real-time validation and eBill solution to Aderant’s PMS-agnostic platforms, effectively replacing their entire ecosystem.

Goldberg Segalla: The Attorney Dashboard

Goldberg Segalla sought to create a lawyer dashboard with a scorecard – a simple letter-based grading system that gave managing partners and lawyers more visibility into their day-to-day activities with a letter grade.

Cole, Scott & Kissane: Accelerated Rollout of iTimekeep During Global Pandemic Pays Off

At a time when some businesses are struggling with staff productivity, CSK’s attorneys are even more productive with iTimekeep. The contemporaneous timekeeping solution gives attorneys the ability to continue working and tracking time contemporaneously anywhere, anytime, on any device.

[Case Study] How to Achieve a Timekeeping Implementation that Makes Other Firms Jealous

This is an excerpt from our case study on iTimekeep Blog, titled “The Secret to Successful Timekeeping, as Practiced by Parsons Behle & Latimer.”

Phillips Lytle: Less Paper, Easier Expenses

Phillips Lytle became paper light. After attending Aderant’s annual Momentum conference and seeing the product in action, Jay Cavarello, Controller at Phillips Lytle, envisioned that Expert Expenses would change the way the firm did their expenses.

Luther: Out of the Box Solution, Personalized Implementation

Luther chose Aderant Spotlight as their business intelligence solution. As an Aderant Expert user, Luther knew that all their solutions would now be in a single, integrated database that made reporting easier for everyone.

The Secret to Successful Timekeeping, as Practiced by Parsons Behle & Latimer

The key to a successful timekeeping implementation is much more than choosing the right technology.

Baker Donelson Creates Fully Personalized Practice Management Portal: BakerNet

Baker Donelson, a firm with more than 750 attorneys across 23 offices, needed a fully personalized practice management portal that would provide its attorneys with one main place to work a matter.

How AKD Streamlined Their Billing Process With Aderant Expert Paperless Billing

As one of the fastest growing top 50 Benelux law firms headquartered in The Netherlands, it’s no surprise that a highly successful firm like AKD has taken initiative to strengthen internal process to maintain their best-in-class approach to client services.

Fowler White Burnett, P.A. Leverages Handshake Software, “DIY” Approach, to Provide Firm Financials

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Ulmer & Berne Expedites Client and Matter Intake Process Using Automated Workflow Technology

Ulmer & Berne needed to automate their client and matter intake processes, which was previously all handled manually. The firm chose Aderant Expert File Opening, a next-generation application that utilizes Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation technology, that not only improved efficiency and streamlined approvals but also reduced errors associated with manual data entry throughout the client and matter opening process.

DLA Piper: Legal Calendar Software Case Study

DLA Piper was created when 3 law firms merged for business reasons, resulting in major management challenges. Pre-merger, the firms used different procedures and legal software. They opted for CompuLaw Vision due to its intuitive and customizable nature. It also offered a centralized database that could be accessed by the company’s U.S. offices.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Improves Efficiency and Usability with Time Management Software

RPC wanted a solution that would meet the firm’s growth, was an enterprise solution, and was scalable. More importantly, the software should be easily integrated with their existing financial management system. A key focus for RPC was usability; simple and rapid capture of time.

Lakin Spears: Improved Efficiency with Deadlines.com Online Calendaring System

Lakin Spears, LLP is a boutique firm that handles legal matters in business and real estate, family law, trusts and estates, and taxation. After dealing with hard to use calendaring systems, Lakin Spears required a system that could be easily implemented and didn’t require manual entry of their deadlines.

Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP Attorneys Accelerate Partnership and Communication with Legal Billing Software

Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP is a midsize general practice law firm providing corporate finance, transactional, and litigation services for clients throughout the Midwest. With more than 200 attorneys, Lindquist delivers services to its clients in a timely manner, thanks in part to an integrated prebill management system. Previously an Elite Enterprise client, Lindquist outgrew its financial management system and started looking at other products to fits their needs.

EMH: Legal Calendaring Solution Simplifies Court Deadline Tracking for Multi-Office Firm

EMH began evaluating legal calendaring systems in the fall of 2013, starting with Aderant CompuLaw, but ultimately made the decision to go with Aderant Deadlines.com as it provided the same accuracy trusted by the nation’s top firms at a reduced cost.

Shepherd And Wedderburn: Merging Data In Record Time

The firm collaborated closely with the Aderant Professional Services team to merge data successfully while maintaining its accuracy and the existing data infrastructure.

Walkers: A Timely Upgrade

By utilizing the built-in Time Management functionality of Aderant Expert, Walkers avoided taking on the additional cost and maintenance of a third-party solution. In short, the same functionality as other time capture systems was already covered in their current service agreement with Aderant, instantly providing Walkers with a higher ROI and more value from their existing system.

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Briefing Case Study: Planned to Perfection

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How Attorneys at Bernstein Shur Became Rockstar Timekeepers

Better Timekeepers, Better Results. For many firms, timekeeping is a sore subject. Attorneys hate doing it because many of the existing processes and technology in place adds complexity to an already hectic day. Yet, timekeeping cannot be ignored because its accuracy drives financial performance, client satisfaction and attorney productivity.

How Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young Leveraged a Successful iTimekeep Pilot for a Rockstar Firm-Wide Rollout

Like many firms, HPTY was looking to streamline the billing process in order to reduce the rejection rate of client bills. At the time that iTimekeep was first introduced to the firm, attorneys at HPTY would often word time entry narratives in ways that were inconsistent with client billing guidelines, thus leading to frequent rejections. Interested in implementing timekeeping real-time compliance at HPTY, the firm’s Director of Accounting & Billing, Tim Arvidson, launched a pilot of iTimekeep.

How Ward and Smith Bridges the Gap Between Time Entry and CRM

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How Krieg DeVault Drives Firm-Wide Mobile Time Entry Adoption

Indianapolis law firm, Krieg DeVault needed more time entry options for its attorneys. Given the amount of time spent outside of the office, attorneys were requesting a simple and easy-to-use solution that would allow them to enter their time as work was completed.

How Severson & Werson Drives Compliance with Contemporaneous Time Entry

While a handful of attorneys at the firm dutifully entered their time daily, most did not. In fact, most attorneys’ time entry was submitted 30 days after the work was completed. Timekeeping simply wasn’t a priority for Severson’s 120 attorneys managing aggressive case loads. Given the lag between action and entry, the firm’s management suspected that the firm was missing out on billable hours that weren’t being recorded.

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