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Jones Walker Enhances Knowledge Management Capabilities With LexisNexis® Portal, Powered by Plumtree
New Orleans-based full-service law firm to save time, clients’ money with new knowledge portal
DAYTON, OH, July 12, 2004 - Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P., today announced its selection of the LexisNexis® Portal, powered by Plumtree Software’s Enterprise Web Suite, to enhance the firm’s case workflow and securely share work product with clients. Jones Walker, a full-service law firm based in New Orleans, will use the LexisNexis Portal as the firm’s primary knowledge management tool.
The LexisNexis Portal makes external and internal information sources and critical attorney work product available to Jones Walker professionals in a customizable user interface. The result is faster, broader and more accurate access to information necessary to effectively practice law and manage the business of the law firm. This knowledge portal is made available by Enterprise Web leader Plumtree Software, and LexisNexis U.S., a leader in legal, news and business information services.
“We chose the LexisNexis Portal because it’s designed to work with the legal industry. Since its introduction to Jones Walker, the firm has been extremely impressed with its collaboration and extranet capabilities as well as the overall flexibility of the portal framework,” said Ken Orgeron, Chief Information Officer, Jones Walker. “This knowledge portal will save our clients money while saving our attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff significant hours of valuable time.”
Orgeron added that Jones Walker conducted extensive research of the portal marketplace before deciding that the LexisNexis Portal would be the best fit for the firm. “The collaboration tools allow our clients and co-counsel to share information via threaded discussions while providing the ability to assign tasks within a common working space with the Internet. Using client-centric communities in the portal will foster internal collaboration as well as external collaboration with our clients,” he said.
The portal provides the means to integrate large amounts of internal work product and external information sources into an easy-to-use, customizable user interface. It also allows quick and convenient access to the LexisNexis® Total Research System, which contains a complete universe of information in one place where researchers can conduct competitive intelligence, background checks and search various types of business information, such as SEC documents, corporate profiles, market research reports, financial analyst reports and demographics.
“Jones Walker has differentiated itself from other firms and enhanced its customer service by offering secure, collaborative Web workspaces through this new portal,” said Jeff Pfeifer, senior vice president, LexisNexis. “The LexisNexis Portal, powered by Plumtree, will further enhance the firm’s recognized dedication to leveraging the newest and best technologies in order to provide its clients with exceptional results in a timely, cost-effective manner.”
The LexisNexis Portal is one example of how LexisNexis offers its customers a portfolio of products and services that go beyond authoritative legal research. These include electronic filing, electronic discovery, knowledge management, practice management, system hosting and disaster recovery services.
About Jones Walker
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P., is a full service law firm offering the highest degree of service and dedication to client needs. As a recognized leader for business representation, Jones Walker’s 210 lawyers manage a broad range of issues for major multinational, public and private corporations as well as family and emerging businesses. Jones Walker prides itself on creating a dynamic working relationship with its clients, combining personal service with proven ability and resources to resolve complicated legal issues. Jones Walker has offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, Lafayette, Miami and Washington D.C. For more information, visit www.joneswalker.com.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
In the U.S., LexisNexis® Total Research System (www.lexisnexis.com) offers an extensive range of online and print legal and regulatory information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals reach confident decisions and comply with the law.
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