Orion Practice Management System vs. SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS)

Entering billing time is a breeze. It is also easy to keep up with all billing through the Time Manager screen in conjunction with Fee Entry. It works great as a calendar, with the ability to designate entries as tasks, events and other topics. The calendar program synchs with Outlook, no need to enter deadlines in two separate programs. It is a breeze to run conflict checks and the Smart Timers Management option is very user friendly.

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It is really well suited to medium to large sized attorney firms and practices. For small firms with one or two attorneys, it can be a bit of an overkill with its many features and components. On the other hand, smaller firms could pick and choose which features or components could be used without needing to utilize the entire package.

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• Billing
• Synchs well with other programs
• Contains massive contact list
• Keeps up with client payments by user

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• The interface is fairly well designed, making it fairly easy to enter data or to create information visualizations.
• The software supports a robust set of features that can all be accessed through a single portal or site.
• There are analysis functions that help show patterns or trends based on time sensitive information.

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• When multiple users utilize the program, it can sometimes slow down
• Doesn't always synch with other programs
• Occasionally a little bit difficult to perform a search

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• No case management system to speak of.
• No able to create multiple cost rates for attorneys to use in profitability analysis
• Accounting system does not integrate well with e-billing vendors

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For small to midsize firms, SurePoint [Legal Management System (LMS)] is 100% better than Prolaw. I have not used the latest version of Prolaw, but I have seen it and it still does not compare to ease of use and features.

Incentivized

• Provides accurate billing information for submission to clients for payments
• Ability to run financial reports
• Contact database is ongoing with new entries and updated information

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• It easy to use to respond to questions relating to time entry, billing and collections

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