All too often I hear complaints from my friends in the legal world that their current software vendor is not listening to them. There have been no product enhancements in years, the vendor just does not understand the firm’s workflow, and the annual subscription costs just keep going up. And that’s not the worst of it. What happens when a […]
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The Risks in Using Outdated Forms
In the not so distance past, I was responsible for the maintenance of all the official court and agency forms used by the law firm in my previous career. We stored hundreds of paper forms from the local courts and agencies most widely practiced in by the attorneys. Any kind of form you can think of […]
Multi-Year Docketing Software Contracts: Who Really Benefits?
For many years, software companies have traditionally offered their clients multi-year contracts. It is no different for docketing software providers. There are many advantages to signing a contract that locks you in for several years. However, there are also disadvantages and red flags that you need to know before signing. So let’s take a look at the […]
From Docketing to Sales Professional: Why I Made the Move
For almost 30 years, I worked for law firms supporting attorneys with everything from delivering courtesy copies to judges’ chambers as a mailroom clerk to providing procedural and rules based advice as a quasi-attorney. I ended my docketing career at the top, as the national director of docketing at the world’s largest law firm and […]