Legal Management Systems: The Two Minute Drill

Last week, we discussed an Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) methodology that could be put into place to assist in simplifying Collections for your Firm.  

By taking some extra steps and utilizing specific features and functionality that Rippe & Kingston's LMS software offers, the process can be much more efficient. 

You may remember that one of the software's responsibilities we mentioned was initiating Firm Collection pushes via "Two Minutes Drills."   

So, what does that mean?

The new "Two Minute Drill" Watchlist allows the Firm to easily set revenue goals for a specific time period and track Attorney (O/B/R) progress towards those goals.  

Examples include 4th quarter goals or annual goals. 

Are you ready to run a "drill" for your Firm's Attorneys?

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Legal Management Systems: Knowing your Clients & Matters

Do you have Clients and Matters that you would like to informally assess in seconds?  Are you interested in the ability to inquire about a Client or Matter and view the corresponding data all in one convenient, browser-based location?

Rippe & Kingston's LMS+ Client/Matter Inquiry module was designed to provide you (and especially the Attorneys) with easy access to a wealth of information, including Unbilled Time, Unbilled Cost, as well as Month to Date, Year to Date, and Life to Date Activities.  

This module is especially helpful when you are deciding whether or not to take on a new Matter for a current Client!

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Legal Management Systems: Scanning Solutions

Many of you might already be aware of programs such as PDF-Xchange Viewer, Adobe Professional, and PDFpen that allow for electronic editing of BIMs. These are all great options for Attorneys on the go!

However, while electronically editing BIMs is efficient, many of your Attorneys might prefer to make handwritten notes on paper.   

Of course, this can be problematic when it comes to storing the revised copies. Many Firms hold onto them and have boxes and boxes of storage just for BIMs.

Are you seeking a solution? Well, Rippe & Kingston has a suggestion!  

If you have the latest OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanning technology to create searchable PDFs on your copier/scanner, this just might be the answer!

Once the Attorney has made handwritten notes on the BIM, we recommend that they are scanned back into electronic form on a monthly basis. You would then have one large, searchable PDF for the month.  It would be easy to retrieve a BIM by its number utilizing the search function in your PDF viewer!

With this solution, everyone is happy. Attorneys can revise BIMs on paper and your Firm can store the updated BIMs electronically, rather than storing boxes of BIMs.

Legal Management Systems: Minding Your Clients with Watchlists

Many of us understand the importance of monitoring the growth of our practice, but do we pay close enough attention to our current Clients and Matters? 

Rippe & Kingston's LMS+ Client/Matter Minding Watchlist can help!

The Client/Matter Minding Watchlist, also available at the Firm level, prompts you to not only ask the important questions, but also gives you the answers.

Are my Clients receiving the proper level of attention? 

Do I have Clients that need to be contacted? 

Are there Clients that I should take out to lunch, rather than eat at my desk? 

If you aren't contacting your Clients, your competition might be!

 

Once you have the answers, you can take the necessary steps to improve your Client relationships.

Have you considered utilizing LMS+ Practice Management Watchlists? Learn more here.

Legal Management Systems: Monitoring Daily Cash Deposits

Would it be helpful to provide Attorneys with direct access to view the daily deposits?  

Have you considered using Rippe & Kingston's LMS+ Deposit Daily Cash Practice Management Watchlist to offer this capability to your Firm?

With easy access to the daily deposits (example shown above at a Firm level), Attorneys can get quick answers to the following questions:

1. Which Clients made a payment today?
2. How much was paid?
3. How was the payment applied?

By providing the deposit daily cash at a glance, Attorneys can be more efficient with their time.

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Legal Management Systems: Raising Revenue with LMS+ Opened/Closed Files Watchlist

Many of us understand the importance of monitoring the growth (or lack of) the Clients/Matters over the months and/or years.  Of course, it's often a task that is easier said than done.

You're in luck!  Rippe & Kingston's LMS+ Opened/Closed Files Practice Management Watchlist helps you take the pressure off attempting a manual tally.

The Opened/Closed Files Watchlist, also available at the Firm level, prompts you to not only ask the important questions, but it also gives you the answers.

How many new Clients/Matters have been opened?  Are my Clients continuing to send new files?

 

Once you have the answers, you can take the necessary steps to improve the Firm's revenue.

Have you considered utilizing LMS+ Practice Management Watchlists? Learn more here.