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RainMaker Legal - Legal Time and Billing Software

FAQ: "Our firm really needs a legal time and billing software system that will enable lawyers and employees who are on the road to access the time and billing software system. Is RainMaker Legal Web-based?"

Answer: Yes. RainMaker’s legal time and billing software is built on Microsoft’s .NET framework.

Case in Point: Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C. implemented RainMaker’s legal time billing software and realized, among other advantages, the benefit of having a Web-based time and billing software system:

Before RainMaker Time and Billing Software	After RainMaker Legal Billing Software
Kellogg required a legal time and billing software system that would provide remote, browser-based access traveling attorneys and other office personnel.	Kellogg also implemented RainMaker Platinum's e-RainMaker browser-based modules, including Web time entry. The firm is now able to access client information or enter time remotely. The legal time and billing software system is not affected when the IT department installs or maintains user’s PCs. RainMaker’s Web applications provide an integrated link to the client/server version of RainMaker’s Financial and Legal Practice Management software and allows data entry from any PC connected to the Internet with Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.
The firm did not have the ability to integrate all key functions with client information into one system. They were running systems that did not integrate their billing in their time and billing system with their accounting and case management functions. Previously, the firm spent approximately eight hours a week manually re-keying information into their time and billing system and then again into their accounting system. Once the information was entered, the firm would spend enormous amounts of time cleaning and purging their four databases. The firm desperately needed a system that would eliminate redundant data entry and human error.	When matter or project information needs to be shared with people in other departments or locations, the time and billing software legal staff now has immediate access through a centralized, secured database. This eliminates the daunting and error-filled process of manually re-keying information. The possibility of incurring errors from transferring data from one system to another has been eliminated. Since the firm was growing so quickly, an additional staff member would have been needed. With RainMaker legal billing software, more work is accomplished with the same amount of staff.
The firm stressed that their reporting capabilities were extremely inflexible and very cumbersome to produce. They wanted the ability to create custom financial schedules, timekeeper productivity and ad-hoc reports. This could not be accomplished using their former system.	The firm’s reporting capabilities have drastically improved after the implementation of RainMaker Platinum. When reviewing matters and/or projects the legal staff is able to generate a pre-formatted report, displaying all important criteria at the firm’s specified level of granularity. With the level of flexibility provided by RainMaker, the law firm is able to produce ad-hoc reports in seconds. When reviewing costs, the staff can identify, select, track, and compare any or all financial variables concerning current and past matters. This allows the law firm to generate custom reports to share with other users or departments. The firm uses their new reporting abilities to create financial schedules, quantify the productivity of each timekeeper, and create partner ad-hoc reports.

Overall, the firm is extremely pleased with their selection of RainMaker; a provider that matches their beliefs of personalized, excellent, and cost-efficient service. Lynn Taylor, Administrator, notes, "The integrity of information, savings of time and money, and convenience of a Web-based system has confirmed the choice that we made. RainMaker has helped to increase productivity in more ways than one.”