http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/ Great Things Come in Small [Law] Practices! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-8460 Christine McCall Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2008/12/articles/uncategorized/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/#comment-8460 We spent a year looking at what is available with all of the reservations you've itemized in mind. Just recently we finally settled on MyCaseInc.com and we are surprised to find how satisfied we are so far. The key, for us, is that it is not so feature rich that we need to go to school on the system. It's intuitive, straight-forward and highly visual. I am the lowest-tech attorney in my firm and I learned it in a half day. We haven't yet found a need that it is not sufficient for. We also think -- at $40/month per lawyer -- it's affordable. Let's see if we feel the same way in 6 months, but we are guardedly optimistic. We spent a year looking at what is available with all of the reservations you’ve itemized in mind. Just recently we finally settled on MyCaseInc.com and we are surprised to find how satisfied we are so far. The key, for us, is that it is not so feature rich that we need to go to school on the system. It’s intuitive, straight-forward and highly visual. I am the lowest-tech attorney in my firm and I learned it in a half day. We haven’t yet found a need that it is not sufficient for. We also think — at $40/month per lawyer — it’s affordable. Let’s see if we feel the same way in 6 months, but we are guardedly optimistic.

]]> http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 AJ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:26:15 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2008/12/articles/uncategorized/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/#comment-3089 Wow, what a timely post. I just started my own firm and have spent the last 30+ days evaluating various timekeeping, billings/invoicing, and "practice management" software. I find ALL of it to be outrageously expensive, cluttered, clumsy to use, outdated interfaces, half-solutions, non-integration, etc. I feel like the "fine print" is always that something important is missing. If I were independently wealthy, I would spend a year and design a simple, straight, forward, affordable time-keeping and invoicing software or web-based product. I am very underwhelmed and sticker-shocked by everything I am finding out here. Wow, what a timely post. I just started my own firm and have spent the last 30+ days evaluating various timekeeping, billings/invoicing, and “practice management” software. I find ALL of it to be outrageously expensive, cluttered, clumsy to use, outdated interfaces, half-solutions, non-integration, etc. I feel like the “fine print” is always that something important is missing.
If I were independently wealthy, I would spend a year and design a simple, straight, forward, affordable time-keeping and invoicing software or web-based product. I am very underwhelmed and sticker-shocked by everything I am finding out here.

]]> http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-7431 AJ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:26:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2008/12/articles/uncategorized/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/#comment-7431 Wow, what a timely post. I just started my own firm and have spent the last 30+ days evaluating various timekeeping, billings/invoicing, and "practice management" software. I find ALL of it to be outrageously expensive, cluttered, clumsy to use, outdated interfaces, half-solutions, non-integration, etc. I feel like the "fine print" is always that something important is missing. If I were independently wealthy, I would spend a year and design a simple, straight, forward, affordable time-keeping and invoicing software or web-based product. I am very underwhelmed and sticker-shocked by everything I am finding out here. Wow, what a timely post. I just started my own firm and have spent the last 30+ days evaluating various timekeeping, billings/invoicing, and “practice management” software. I find ALL of it to be outrageously expensive, cluttered, clumsy to use, outdated interfaces, half-solutions, non-integration, etc. I feel like the “fine print” is always that something important is missing.
If I were independently wealthy, I would spend a year and design a simple, straight, forward, affordable time-keeping and invoicing software or web-based product. I am very underwhelmed and sticker-shocked by everything I am finding out here.

]]> http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-3088 Craig Niedenthal Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:06:56 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2008/12/articles/uncategorized/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/#comment-3088 Carolyn: When I started my own practice in February I went with a litigation support software known as Trialworks. My old firm had it and I was one of the attorneys responsible for them getting it i.e. did the evaluation of the existing litigation softwares, and found it to be the best. Yes, it wss expensive to start out. But it is literally having a virtual file at your desk and you can pack and go and take it with you. For any lawyer focusing in on litigation, it is almost invaluable. Great support as well. I understand your thoughts about investing in technology, but honestly, i have found this tool, although expensive , have been well worth it. Carolyn: When I started my own practice in February I went with a litigation support software known as Trialworks. My old firm had it and I was one of the attorneys responsible for them getting it i.e. did the evaluation of the existing litigation softwares, and found it to be the best. Yes, it wss expensive to start out. But it is literally having a virtual file at your desk and you can pack and go and take it with you. For any lawyer focusing in on litigation, it is almost invaluable. Great support as well. I understand your thoughts about investing in technology, but honestly, i have found this tool, although expensive , have been well worth it.

]]> http://myshingle.com/2008/12/articles/law-practice-management/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-7430 Craig Niedenthal Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:06:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2008/12/articles/uncategorized/complete-v-cobble-v-cutting-edge-law-practice-management-in-the-21st-century/#comment-7430 Carolyn: When I started my own practice in February I went with a litigation support software known as Trialworks. My old firm had it and I was one of the attorneys responsible for them getting it i.e. did the evaluation of the existing litigation softwares, and found it to be the best. Yes, it wss expensive to start out. But it is literally having a virtual file at your desk and you can pack and go and take it with you. For any lawyer focusing in on litigation, it is almost invaluable. Great support as well. I understand your thoughts about investing in technology, but honestly, i have found this tool, although expensive , have been well worth it. Carolyn: When I started my own practice in February I went with a litigation support software known as Trialworks. My old firm had it and I was one of the attorneys responsible for them getting it i.e. did the evaluation of the existing litigation softwares, and found it to be the best. Yes, it wss expensive to start out. But it is literally having a virtual file at your desk and you can pack and go and take it with you. For any lawyer focusing in on litigation, it is almost invaluable. Great support as well. I understand your thoughts about investing in technology, but honestly, i have found this tool, although expensive , have been well worth it.

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