Email is quite often the preferred method of communication for many legal clients. If your firm doesn’t efficiently manage and organize those communications it can lead to client disputes. By organizing your email communication by the legal matter it is associated with, it makes it very easy for your firm to produce a paper trail when clients claim that work … Read More
Tech Tip #41 – Establish a Primary Method of Communication With Your Client
We live in an age where there is never a problem of finding a way to communicate with clients. There’s email, phone calls, texts, video chats, and maybe soon we’ll be communicating by hologram. Unfortunately, with so many methods of communication, it’s easy to lose track of what you or your client has said. Make sure your firm establishes a … Read More
Avoiding Client Disputes Related To Time Tracking
No matter how much you help out your clients with your performance as an attorney, chances are they aren’t going to be thrilled about paying you and your firm for the time you spend on their legal matter. For this reason many lawyers find themselves mired in client disputes related to how they are tracking their time. Attorneys who don’t … Read More
Unnecessary Client Disputes: Don’t Miss Deadlines
As an attorney, you have probably worked with many different clients. Each client is different and figuring out their specific preferences can sometimes lead to different client disputes. They might want to communicate differently, they could want to pay a certain way, some of them like their coffee black, and others may take it with creme. There is one thing … Read More
Tech Tip #40 – Automate Legal Accounting Allocation To Prevent Errors
There isn’t a perfect person in the world, so any time your firm depends on manual processes it creates an environment where costly errors can be made. Your firm should automate the allocation process to make sure that payments used to pay client bills are handled appropriately and any possibility of human error is eliminated. Learn how now… Ready to … Read More
New CosmoLex Upgrades Meet Large Law Firm Needs
With its latest release, CosmoLex shows it’s ready to handle the requirements of even the largest law firms. NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – May 23, 2016 – CosmoLex, a leading cloud-based, law practice management software provider, has announced a major upgrade with its v4.1 release — and it’s one that will bring their cloud-based total solution to the attention of larger … Read More
Avoid Communication Breakdowns With Your Clients & Prevent Disputes
“Communication breakdown, It’s always the same, I’m having a nervous breakdown, Drive me insane!” If this sounds familiar to you, I hope it’s because you’re a Led Zeppelin fan and not because your firm has trouble communicating with it’s clients. The truth is that communication with clients is a serious problem area for many attorneys and law firms. When your … Read More
Tech Tip #39 – Simplify Income distribution At Your Firm
Your firm is probably like many others when it comes to compensating its attorneys and other legal professionals. This means compensation is based on productivity and collections, not just a set salary or figure. The problem lies in how compensation is calculated by your firm. All too often firms use complex distribution formulas that need to be calculated manually. Simplify … Read More
Prevent Client Disputes Over Fees
Attorneys hate dealing with client disputes. They can come in many different forms, but one of the areas most commonly associated with clients’ disputes is billing. It’s unfortunate but the truth is that attorneys carry a reputation of having incredibly poor billing practices. As a provider of next generation legal billing solutions, I can tell you that in an industry … Read More
Tech Tip #38 – Deadlines Are in Place for a Reason, Don’t Miss Them
If you ask a client what upsets them the most, the answer will likely be missed deadlines. Unfortunately with so many matters in flux at once, firms have been known to miss a deadline here and there. The best way to eliminate missed deadlines is to employ shared calendars at your firm! CosmoLex allows client firms to share calendars & … Read More