Automating a small office for a small cost
Article Abstract:
Business, tax and estate planning attorney Lori Miller believes that lawyers should avoid cutting technology corners when setting up small law offices. Miller maintains that clients expect superior service from smaller firms and that cutting-edge technology allows smaller law offices to both prove credibility and facilitate profitability. Her philosophy inspired her to make substantial technology investments and to assemble a state-of-the-art office for less than $20,000. Miller relies on PCAnywhere to access all office files from her home, and she executes marketing tasks using Corel Draw rather than outsourcing them. She also uses both Quickbooks and Timeslips for time management, accounting and invoicing. After compiling comparative and pricing data from computer stores, Miller hired a network service company to advise, implement and manage her Novell network system. She guards against potential data loss by having a paralegal use a tape backup system to back up the entire system nightly.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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PC faxing
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A panel discussion debating desktop faxing's efficiency in law firms is presented. Attorney Don Coolidge says fax devices are outdated and claims that they will be replaced by e-mail, which will be facilitated by client demand. Bruce Derner maintains that the abundance of fax machines in law offices stabilizes fax as the legal profession's prominent connection with physical documents. Derner claims the fax machine is a simple, stabilizing machine in a busy environment that is constantly inundated with change. Lawyer Ross Kodner praises innovative tools such as WinFax Pro or Faxworks, for their simple implementations. WinFAX Pro 8.0, for example, provides ultimate fax convenience as well as confirming successful transmissions and receiving faxes on PCs via a Remote Fax Retrieval function. Both expensive fax servers and mid-range all-in-one network solutions are network faxing alternatives.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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Internet mailing lists
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Mailing lists are powerful and effective Internet legal tools. Mailing lists, also known as listservs, operate similarly to traditional paper mailing lists by sending messages to users whose names have been added to specific lists. Attorneys can benefit from listservs' abundant information and can also use listservs as valuable networking tools. Lawyers can join mailing lists by simply sending requests to subscription addresses. Mailing lists are unique from other Internet resources since they do not require the use of browsers and users can access them via e-mail accounts. Several Internet newsletters and periodicals identify current mailing lists, and the Internet also has dedicated sites devoted to tracking and reporting them. Most mailing lists also feature digest subscription commands to help manage growing e-mail messages. A table of the ten top legal listservs is presented.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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