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Welcome to Legal Matters Software Inc.

Synergy Matters

  • Discover a new way to work.
  • Law Firm Matter and Document Management at your fingertips.
  • Get things done quickly and easily.
  • Billing module with custom billing templates editable with Microsoft Word and electronic lawyer approval process (no printing of prebills required). Lawyer has the option to directly edit and immediate see what bills will look like.
  • Quickbooks Desktop and Quickbooks Online integration.
  • Full Trust Accounting in Synergy and Quickbooks.  No need for law firm specific accounting software.

Synergy Matters
Doc Reviews Time Sheet Documents Window Billing Scanned Docs Opposing lawyer Make Appointment Matter Filters Matter Details Diary Dates Transactions Corporate Docs Timer Firm docs Personal Docs Matter Trust Work in Progress Matter Contacts Reports Fax Interface Post Transaction Matter Notes Firm Location Matter Fields

Doc Reviews

Users can send links to documents for another user/ users to review.  The reviewer can then respond back completed, respond with a custom message to do something else or finalize.

Time Sheet

See all your posted time for each day, month, year.  Ensure you are on top of all your posted time.

Automatic time tracking and manual timers can be posted as time on your time sheet.

Documents Window

Documents window contains all your documents in familiar folder/files.

Quick toolbar functions to convert word docs to pdf, send faxes, send emails, create reviews etc.  all at your fingertips.

Billing

Complete billing module with interface to Quickbooks. With an completely editable pre-bill and approval process.

Scanned Docs

All scanned documents go here directly from your scanner, to be renamed, moved into the client container, automatically OCR’d and if desired, capture the disbursement charge.

Opposing lawyer

Database of Opposing lawyers which enable you to have all contact information, as well as filling out forms, determining where email’s should be saved etc.

Make Appointment

Transfers client information to your outlook calendar

Matter Filters

View matters by responsible lawyer, and additionally filtered by matters worked on in the last 30 days, as well as all active cases and archived cases

Matter Details

Show’s you the information about a matter

Diary Dates

Diary Dates for a matter,  Presets are customizable for your firm

Transactions

Lists all transactions by matter, user,  or firm wide for export to any accounting program.

Corporate Docs

Secure area that is only visible for Staff that have rights ( What’s better than a locked door? An invisible locked door.) and can also use Microsoft’s user controls in addition. Perfect section for Human Resources

Timer

Manual timer that works in conjunction with our automatic timers. Starting a timer pauses any other timer. Visually you can see all timers that you have had going and the amount of posted vs unposted time today. If no timer is running when you go into a matter we automatically record the time as well as the events.

Firm docs

Common area to store folders/docs for easy access to all staff, Dental forms, vacation policies and the like

Personal Docs

Area to store documents that are uniquely for that user’s use.

Matter Trust

Interface to the clients trust account. Double click will show you all the transactions.

Work in Progress

Shows you the current WIP. Clicking it allows you to view WIP transactions

Matter Contacts

Shows you the related contacts on a matter, allows for automatic form filling etc. Contacts can be added from a common database or just from an email

Reports

Various reports from, laser prints charged to client vs charged to admin by user, user posted vs unposted time, Achieved matter reports, and registered mail items.

Fax Interface

Ability to select and print documents to your fax printer, or online service with speed dials, and a full library  of all faxes sent and received.

Post Transaction

A direct method to post a time or disbursement item directly to a file.

Matter Notes

A spot for you to post notes to a file. Notes are shown chronologically by date, and who posted the note. Accessible from the main page or from the matter container. Notes can be edited and saved

Firm Location

For firms with more than one location, you can set a location by client. Letterhead, bills etc will go out with the correct matching address.

Matter Fields

Link to the matter fields of a client depending on the type of law. Totally customizable, this is an example of a Wills and Estate client. All the information can be added to completely fill out a will, POA and a rep 9

Double clicking on a Matters opens up the Matter Container

Matter container
Chronological view Send email Convert to pdf Fax New Version Revisions For Review Copy Path Compare Number PDF Pages Standard folder structure Search Postage and Label

Chronological view

One click will show a list of all files from newest to oldest and which folder they are in. Particularly useful when you just want to see the last 5 items or more that have occurred in the matter.

Send email

Will attach selected file and with the drop down you can select the client, opposing lawyer, or any contacts associated with the file.

Convert to pdf

Selecting 1 word document will convert to PDF, selecting 2 or more word or PDF documents we will combine then in the order selected and prompt for a new name

Fax

Integrated fax that automatically saves the proof of service in the clients matter. A searchable library of every fax ever sent or received

New Version

One click to , copy, paste and rename, this also starts a new revision for this document

Revisions

We automatically create a revision of any document that is changed. With date and the author. The latest version is always in the matter, and all previous versions are under this tab. Bonus feature any document that was ever accidentally deleted can be recovered here.

For Review

For review allows you to share documents and notes with staff members. One click will open the live document and allow for editing. When the document is saved, the old version in the matter is moved to revisions and replaced with the most current versions

Copy Path

Button that allows you to copy the path to the item or if no item is high lighted, the folder path. Used for when you need to navigate to the folder/file from an outside browser

Compare

One click will compare 2 or more selected Word documents eliminating about 8 steps in the normal compare function of Word. Makes it easy to check that your document has not been changed as all changes are red-lined

Number PDF Pages

Allows you to place page numbers along with suffixes and prefixes anywhere on the pages and vary the font and size. Example “Exhibit 1 page 1”

Standard folder structure

We use a standard, familiar folder structure which makes it intuitive for users. And an import routine that allows clients to start using Synergy and increase productivity on the very first hour.

Search

Standard search powered by Microsoft index. Simple interface lets you choose the folder you are in our expand to include all matters. Search’s for all documents that contain the search words.

Postage and Label

Drop down to print envelope or label to Client, Opposing Lawyer or related contact. Postage is tracked back to the client file as well as registered mail

Drop down to print Envelope or label, to Client, opposing lawyer or related contact. Postage is tracked to the client file and exported to your accounting system

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Questions? Phone: 1-855-822-4567 Email: info@legalmatterssoftware.com