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Is your Technology where it NEEDS to be?

Are your computer programs and systems meeting expectations?
Are your attorneys looking for better solutions?
Does your technology lag behind that of your clients or competitors?
Are you ready to take a look at your current systems?
 
These are important questions in running a successful law practice, and Steiner & Associates can help you address them.  Michael Steiner, CLM (Certified Legal Manager) and founder of Steiner & Associates, has unique qualifications in law firm management and has increased efficiencies at law firms in Hawaii and the mainland for over 20 years. Working with your management team, Steiner can perform a user-biased review of your technology and provide an honest and independent assessment.
 
With an eye on user functionality and process simplification, Steiner will work with your attorneys, legal support staff, management, IT professionals, and "back-office" personnel to determine if your current technology allows your users to efficiently create, share, organize, and retrieve data in a manner that best serves your firm's needs.  These key technology components include:  

 

Technology Review:                                 Assess/Implement Best Practices
Enhance User Productivity:                    Document/Email/Records Management
Systems Integration:                               Litigation/Accounting/Billing/Cost Recovery
Communication Tools:                             VoIP/Telephony/Video Conferencing/PDA

 

An assessment of these areas will ensure that your technology systems provide the foundation required to be competitive. Should upgrades be considered, Steiner & Associates offers the project management services required to successfully implement solutions to enhance your firm's technological functionality.

 

Are you confident in the following areas?

 

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW - ASSESS/IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES:

System reliability and confidence                     System speeds and glitches

Integration of programs                                  Program functionality

Ease of use                                                 Training and efficiencies

 

ENHANCE USER PRODUCTIVITY - DOCUMENT/E-MAIL/RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:

Document organization                                   Matter centricity

Records management                                     Storage and retrieval

E-mail organization                                        Retention and destruction

 

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION - LITIGATION SUPPORT/ACCOUNTING/BILLING/COST RECOVERY:

Trial preparation software                               Electronic Data Discovery             

Firm-wide calendar                                         Litigation coverage, LPL, client service

Program integration                                        Single point of entry

Cost recovery                                               Copies, prints, facsimile, scans, postage

 

 

COMMUNICATION TOOLS: VOIP/TELEPHONY/VIDEO CONFERENCING/PDA:

Remote users or "virtual" office                          Lower fixed expenses

Improve client service                                      24/7 communication tools

Telephony review                                            Multi-office efficiencies and leverage    

Video conferencing                                          Face-time without travel

 

 

If you are ready to review your technology and improve efficiency, please call for your complimentary initial consultation.


Respectfully,
 
Michael Steiner, CLM

 





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