SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS) vs. Thomson Reuters Firm Central

Law firms needing an easy to use billing and accounting systems. [SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS)] would work for law firms of all sizes. It does not work well for matter pricing or profitability analysis.

Incentivized

ease of use is a plus but client secure portal alerts need to be made more clearly so that communication flows both ways without delay

Incentivized

• The interface is fairly well designed, making it fairly easy to enter data or to create information visualizations.
• The software supports a robust set of features that can all be accessed through a single portal or site.
• There are analysis functions that help show patterns or trends based on time sensitive information.

Incentivized

• Time tracking.
• Billing.
• Easy access to Westlaw.

Incentivized

• No case management system to speak of.
• No able to create multiple cost rates for attorneys to use in profitability analysis
• Accounting system does not integrate well with e-billing vendors

Incentivized

• ease of portal access
• form bank being easier to modify
• integrations with other programs

Incentivized

I have not had to use support

Incentivized

LMS Practice Management provides a wealth of features not often found in one package. Its information visualization tools and client management tools are extremely helpful in providing oversight on client billing matters. Its reporting tools were also fairly robust, providing more features than competitor products on the markets. While not perfect, its clean interface and number of components help make it stand out among the competition

Incentivized

we actually switched to Clio for better document management and overall billing and accounting features which have worked out very well

Incentivized

• It easy to use to respond to questions relating to time entry, billing and collections

Incentivized

• Tracking time was positive.
• Cost us money to switch document management systems.
• Loss of time/work product with document management functions.

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