Choose Firm Central to Bolster Your Practice

Everyone knows the challenges small law firms face when it comes to managing a business versus practicing law. Time is valuable, billable and in short supply. To help ease workflow inefficiencies law firms often invest in practice management solutions like Thomson Reuters Firm Central.

In small law firms flying solo or with six to 10 attorneys, the every-day challenge becomes how to ensure what you love best takes the majority of your time while running a business takes a backseat.

With Firm Central, that is more definite.  Attorney business owners can practice law the majority of the time and relegate the administrative side of the practice to the practice management solution.

That may be a dream come true, and it can be your reality. Small law firms that have migrated to Thomson Reuters Firm Central understand the benefits of this highly robust practice management tool. From matter management and custom forms to calendaring, integration with Westlaw and Time & Billing, Firm Central is one solution your firm can’t afford not to have.

When subscribing to Firm Central, one of the biggest benefits you will see is a reduction in the amount of time it takes to switch gears each day. Running a small law firm requires you to manage your staff, keep track of recording time and sending invoices, accounts receivable and even IT responsibilities.

The benefits having Firm Central as a practice management tool becomes obvious when those roles are helped along with the software.

• Administrative Support. Hiring administrative support is a luxury most small law firms don’t have. Firm Central makes up for that with custom forms developed as a template, uploaded and shared throughout the firm for repetitive use. When clients onboard, the software also helps streamline and manage that process.
• No attorney wants to manage time, billing, client invoicing, or payroll manually. With Firm Central this function is easier managed because everyone is uploading their time and expenses in the dashboard. Once the point person is trained on how to use this aspect of Firm Central, time, billing, client invoicing and other financial tasks become streamlined.
• IT Support. Rarely can a small law firm hire an IT professional fulltime. That’s why having 24/7/365 IT support and security with Firm Central is worth its weight in gold for your law firm’s peace of mind. When you’re on the road in a mobile office, you can access files from anywhere knowing that security is not an issue. If people in the firm have questions, there are dedicated Firm Central Product Specialists that stay with the law firm through the life of the subscription.

When you elect to come aboard, the Firm Central customer service experience is second to none.  The Implementation team helps with initial training for the entire staff.  In addition, you get a migration specialist who helps bring your firm’s current data into Firm Central. After everyone is on board and comfortable, there is a customer service support person who is standing by at the ready should you ever need help.

None of this is to say that software can replace human expertise in a small law firm; however, when you need to do more with less, Firm Central is the answer.

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