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Press Release: Integrated Legal Practice Solutions Now Available in the Ontario Market
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Integrated Legal Practice Solutions Now Available in the Ontario Market
Toronto, May 12, 2009 - SpeedMatters™ announces the release of a suite of fully integrated law office solutions with practice area packages to suit the needs of Ontario law firms. SpeedMatters™ breaks from the pack by offering fully configured and supported practice management software solutions built upon industry-leading Time Matters®, HotDocs®, and PCLaw™ software from LexisNexis®. The initial offerings are SpeedMatters™ for Accident Benefits Claims, SpeedMatters™ for Small Claims and SpeedMatters™ for Real Estate. SpeedMatters™ for Estate Planning will be released in the coming months along with systems for other practice areas.
The majority of Canadian law firms serve a number of practice areas for their clients. Clients will commonly have a number of requirements throughout the course of their relationship with a law firm. These may include real estate transactions, wills and estate planning, family law or criminal law issues. Unfortunately, product offerings in the Canadian legal market have historically been closed proprietary systems, meaning that a single firm may often have a number of different systems – all working independently of each other and of their billing and accounting system. Significant inefficiencies, higher costs, and impaired client service result from having these silos. But all of that changes with SpeedMatters™ legal practice solutions.
Developed by a team of LexisNexis® Premier Authorized Practice Management Certified Independent Consultants, lawyers, accountants and IT experts, SpeedMatters™ offers the ultimate in fully integrated practice management tools. SpeedMatters™ is built upon LexisNexis® Time Matters® practice management, LexisNexis® HotDocs® document automation, and LexisNexis® PCLaw™ billing and accounting software – all “best of breed” software systems that legal professionals already know and trust.
“We are excited to bring the SpeedMatters™ solutions to market, which have been built for law firms looking to lower operating costs and achieve a competitive advantage,” says Doug Simpson LLB, CEO of Legal Systematics, Inc., one of the partners of SpeedMatters™. “We believe that integrating accounting, case management and document automation software, combined with practice area-specific features and content, creates more than the sum of its parts.”
According to Paul Mand, Barrister & Solicitor of Paul Mand Lawyers and responsible for content of SpeedMatters™ for Real Estate, “As law firms, we need to operate with our clients and their legal matters as the center of our universe, regardless of practice area, or who in the firm is doing what particular work. Law office systems should reflect this and with SpeedMatters™, they now do.”
Matt Stone LLB, of 7Second System, another partner in SpeedMatters™ states that, “In creating SpeedMatters™ our team has leveraged our shared knowledge from hundreds of practice management and document automation projects with thousands of users into turn-key law office software solutions that staff and lawyers will actually use. We have taken the best products in the market, integrated them together, automated the routine documents, and tailored them to be the best solutions available by practice area and certainly firm-wide.”
Paul Mand LLB goes on to describe how SpeedMatters™ works at his firm. “Using the SpeedMatters™ system, we open the client file in LexisNexis® PCLaw™, our billing and accounting software. Client and matter information is automatically pulled into our Time Matters® practice management software, which we use to keep track of file information such as all documents, emails, notes, To-Dos, appointments, and the file work such as management of requests, undertakings, delegated tasks, filings, etc. I can look at one screen and see all key metrics for that matter; for instance, File opened, Retainer signed, Discoveries, Pre-Trial Date, Trial Date, etc.”
Paul explains that, “to produce any of our routine documents pre-populated with client, matter and file particulars, such as a signature ready OCF form for motor vehicle accident benefits claims, or complete closing document sets for real-estate such as Statements of Adjustments, purchase, sale or mortgage documents, funds summaries and compliance letters we just hit a button and they appear in Microsoft® Word® filled in with all information and calculations. This is accomplished using LexisNexis® HotDocs®. If additional file information is required, the user is walked through a simple dialog, which asks only for the particular information needed. The SpeedMatters™ system integrates with the Microsoft® Office suite, Microsoft® Outlook®, Word and Adobe Acrobat® or Adobe Reader® as well as the range of mobile devices, such as the BlackBerry®.”
Overall, Paul Mand believes that, “SpeedMatters™ has had a tremendous impact on my practice - less work is required to handle more matters. It makes us much more efficient than we were in the past. We never have to re-key data or hunt for file information, and we work as a cohesive team as opposed to different practice groups sharing office space. Because we all use the same tools, staff can comfortably work across practice areas, and our clients are better served as a result.”
About SpeedMatters™
SpeedMatters™ is the result of bringing the top LexisNexis® Certified Independent Consultants (CIC) and industry experts together to create the definitive practice management solution for Ontario law firms.
The SpeedMatters™ system is the result of customizations and integrations made to LexisNexis® Time Matters®, the most widely used practice management system in North America with more than 25,000 firms as customers, LexisNexis® PCLaw™ which is the most widely used legal billing and accounting system with more than 30,000 firms as customers, and LexisNexis® HotDocs® which is the most widely used document automation software with 400,000 users. LexisNexis® is a registered trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. Time Matters, PCLaw, LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage, HotDocs, HotDocs Server, and CaseMap are registered trademarks of LexisNexis or its subsidiaries, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. “Microsoft” and “Outlook” are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation or its subsidiaries. “Adobe”, “Acrobat” and “Reader” are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
For more information regarding SpeedMatters™ please contact:
Richard Pleau, Director of Sales and Marketing and CIC
7 Second System
Tel: 416-568-1575
www.speedmatters.ca
The SpeedMatters™ Team:
SpeedMatters™ is an initiative that involves Legal Systematics Inc., 7Second System and Paul Mand Lawyers.
Legal Systematics, Inc.
Legal Systematics, Inc. is a company devoted to the development and marketing of legal practice systems with a focus on automated document production. Its four principals are all certified HotDocs® professionals with decades of experience in creating automated practice systems throughout North America. Legal Systematics, Inc. also hosts templates online using HotDocs® Server software.
Contact:
Doug Simpson B.Sc,, LLB
CEO
233 Overton Place
Oakville, ON L6H 1E8
Tel: 647-427-5512
e-mail: doug@legalsystematics.com
www.legalsystematics.com
Mr. Simpson is a North American document automation expert with more than 25 years of experience in the field. Doug has extensive experience with real estate, litigation, estate planning, corporate/ commercial, and criminal law document automation;
Premier LexisNexis® Certified Independent Consultant: HotDocs®, and Time Matters®.
7Second System
7 Second System is a Premier Authorized LexisNexis Practice Management team of Certified Independent Consultans operating across the United States and Canada. 7 Second System is uniquely focused upon the business needs of law firms and implements customized versions of LexisNexis Time Matters® practice management, LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage®, HotDocs® document automation and PCLaw™/PCLaw™ Pro legal billing and accounting software in order to minimize the administrative burden related to the work of law firms.
Contact:
Richard Pleau
Director Sales and Marketing and CIC
155 – 275 Broadview Avenue
Toronto, ON M4M 3H5
Tel: 416-568-1575
e-mail: rick@7secondsystem.com
www.7secondsystem.com
Matt Stone LLB
A law firm practice management and workflow expert. Matt has extensive experience in implementing practice management solutions for many practice areas in law firms and organizations from sole practitioners to multi-office firms with hundreds of users. LexisNexis® has also leveraged Matt’s knowledge as he has
1. Taught the Time Matters® certified user class across North America
2. Trained Time Matters® technical support teams in Toronto and Dayton, Ohio
3. Provided Premium Solutions Support through Cary, NC and
4. Create Time Matters® features packages for the US Corporate and Federal Markets
Premier LexisNexis® Certified Independent Consultant: Premier LexisNexis® Certified Independent Consultant: Time Matters®, Time Matters® Enterprise, PCLaw™, LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage®, CaseMap®
Richard Pleau
Director of Sales and Marketing and CIC
Richard Pleau is the former LexisNexis® Canada Senior Product Consultant having National responsibility for Canadian practice management sales. Richard has extensive background in the information technology sector with a focus on the legal market and is sales and marketing lead for 7Second System;
Premier LexisNexis® Certified Independent Consultant: Time Matters®, PCLaw™, LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage®, and CaseMap®
Paul Mand Lawyers
Paul Mand LLB is the principal of Paul Mand Lawyers and has extensive experience in commercial, real estate, construction, and debt litigation as well as the full range of solicitor work. Paul is the content author for SpeedMatters™ for real estate and has assisted with other SpeedMatters™ products. Paul is a member of the Ontario and New York bar. He assisted in the development of the Ontario Bar Admissions Course Material in Real Estate and is a Part Time Faculty Professor at Humber College teaching Business Law in the Business Program.
Contact:
Paul H. Mand B.A, LLB
Barrister & Solicitor
Paul Mand Lawyers – Barristers & Solicitors
155 Rexdale Blvd. Suite 905
Toronto, ON M9W 5Z8
Tel: 416-740-2000
E-Mail: pmand@mhdlaw.ca
www.mandlaw.com