Raising The Bar For Cloud-Based Practice Management Software

In a seemingly endless sea of legal technology, the tools that stand out are those that reliably boost either efficiency or profitably. Any product that can do both is sure to find a permanent place in the arsenal of today’s busy lawyer.

Even though it wasn’t that long ago, it’s hard to remember a time before practice management tools existed. In today’s multitasking world, they’re no longer a luxury, they’re a necessity. When technology plays such a huge role in your business, you need cloud-based practice management software that delivers on its promises of improved workflows. Rocket Matter does just that.

Tools Designed with Real Lawyers in Mind

Rocket Matter was a pioneer in cloud-based practice management, placing the first product of its kind on the market in 2008, and their commitment to excellence hasn’t wavered since. The folks at Rocket Matter specifically design their products to achieve the functionality that law firms need to succeed. The end result is a practice management platform that exceeds expectations.

Rather than simply responding to market trends as most companies do, Rocket Matter taps the market at its source. They get input directly from the actual practitioners who will be using their products to determine what lawyers really need and want. And when you use Rocket Matter, it shows. It works the way you work, without any clunky workarounds, freeing you up to focus on serving your clients.

Features that Actually Do What You Need Them To Do, and Then Some

When it comes to the features that lawyers have grown to expect from their practice management tools, like an efficient way to capture and invoice time, interactive task functions, and handy to-do lists, Rocket Matter is at the top of the game. Your main dashboard puts everything you need in one place with a simple click.

Focusing in on a particular matter is easy. You can opt for a calendar-centric or task-centric dashboard, depending on your preferences. From either, you can take advantage of some of the most impressive features of Rocket Matter.

• Billing

We all know that accurate billing is essential to the success of any firm. We also know that keeping track of billable hours is every lawyer’s least favorite task. Rocket Matter is designed as a bill-as-you-go system, which takes the pain out of time tracking.

The stopwatch icon in Rocket Matter lets you start and stop billing as needed. Better yet, you can run multiple timers at once — the system is set up so that one automatically stops when the other is started, which is great for multitasking without any fear of accidental double billing. Even calendar events can also be set to bill, so you won’t miss any billable time.

Rocket Matter also seamlessly supports alternative fee arrangements, including automated recurring bills, payment plans, and flat fees. Regardless of your fee structure, billing and invoicing couldn’t be easier.

• Matter templates

Lawyers have always spent too much time reinventing the wheel. With Rocket Matter, you’ll never have to again. For every new matter you create, you can initiate it with a template that’s pre-tailored to the type of matter you’re working on.

The templates essentially take the traditional paper checklist and make it paperless. The amount of background legwork that has gone into creating the templates is impressive — they’re customized not just for different practice areas, but for certain types of actions within those practice areas. For example, if you’re working on a trusts and estates case, you can select a template that’s specifically designed for a basic estate plan.

The template, integrated with Microsoft Word, automatically includes the standard items for that specific case type. With Rocket Matter, you’ll never again have to worry about skipping a step or having an aspect of your case slip through the cracks.

• Integration with third-party software

What really sets Rocket Matter apart is the extent to which it integrates with the software you already use to run all aspects of your business. On the accounting front, you have full integration with LexCharge and QuickBooks; for inputting files, it’s integrated with Dropbox, Evernote, and Box.

Rocket Matter has also kept on top of the emerging technologies that are making attorneys’ lives easier. They offer full Fujitsu ScanSnap integration, allowing you to wirelessly import documents in seconds. And, just this month, Rocket Matter rolled out a comprehensive integration with Microsoft Office 365, merging two powerful cloud-based technologies to allow for things like the ability to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents directly into Rocket Matter, as well as two-way calendar and contact syncing.

They even have plans to include a Slack-like communicator in the near future. Combine all that with unlimited storage and the ability to work from anywhere thanks to iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and there’s just no rival when you truly need a mobile, all-in-one practice management tool.

Many law firms have long relied on Rocket Matter, and it’s easy to see why. The oldest players in the cloud game continue to deliver the newest advancements in cloud-based technology to take the stress out of managing your cases.

Discover more about Rocket Matter and how it can fit the needs of your law firm.