9/25/13 The Frugal Firm Abra C. Siegel Siegel Law Offices, Ltd. 875 N Michigan Ave , 31st Floor Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 869-4279 Email: siegellawoffi
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[email protected] hp://www.marcmathenylaw.com 1 9/25/13 The Frugal Law Firm FRUGAL DOES NOT MEAN “CHEAP” Don’t break the bank. 2 9/25/13 Essenal Law Firm Technology • Core System: Mac or PC • Communicaons: Telephone, Email • Finances: AccounWng / Time & Billing • Workflow: Document Management • Systems: Pracce Management • Mobility: Smartphones and Tablets The Next Level • Document Assembly / Document Automaon • Strategy, Taccs and Execuon: Ligaon Soware • Specialty Soware • Advocacy Presentaon Tools • No Hands: Voice Recognion an Digital Dictaon Soware 3 9/25/13 TIME TO UPGRADE? • PC / Mac – average lifespan 3-5 years • Server – 5-7 years • Operang Systems and Soware – Support / No Support – “Goa Have it Syndrome” Copiers Scanners Fax • All in One • Separate Components • CoPiers / Printers – Inkjet v. Laser – Costs of Use 4 9/25/13 Desktop Scanners • Fujitsu ScanSnap – One Touch Scanning – Adobe Acrobat Pro – OCR Soware • Hitachi Magic Wand Can scan bound pages Smartphones • iPhone • Android • Windows • Apps 5 9/25/13 Alternave Telephone Systems • Cell Phones: Who needs a landline? • VOIP • Online Hosted Services Tablets and Apps • iPad • Android • Windows Surface Inexpensive Apps Mobile and Easy to Use 6 9/25/13 Email and Email Systems Ø Mozilla Thunderbird Ø Gmail Ø Case Management Soware • Word Processing • Presentaon • Spreadsheets 7 9/25/13 Case Management Tools Time & Billing 8 9/25/13 Pdf’ing Alternaves to Tradional Case Management Soware • Telephone text messaging • Google Calendar texts 9 9/25/13 Credit Card$ Credit Card$ • Advantages • Disadvantages • Ethical Issues 10 9/25/13 VIRTUAL RECEPTIONIST • NO employee costs.