Time Matters and Firm Manager Mobile
Applications Enable Lawyers to Manage Their Practices Wherever They Go and
Convert Downtime into Billable Hours
April 5, 2011 - New York, NY -
LexisNexis, (www.lexisnexis.com) a leading
global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced new
mobile applications for its Time Matters® and Firm Manager® practice management
software solutions. The two applications are the latest in a range of mobile
solutions LexisNexis® is launching this year that enable lawyers to use their
smartphones, mobile or tablet devices to convert downtime into billable hours,
respond to client inquiries faster and improve productivity and efficiency
during periods when operating their laptops or desktop computers would be
impossible or inconvenient.
"With four out of five lawyers
using mobile devices for work-related tasks when out of the office, our
strategy is to expand even further what they can do on the go with a range of
new mobile applications," said Michael Lipps, vice president and managing
director, Legal Business Software Solutions for LexisNexis. "The launch of
mobile solutions for Time Matters and Firm Manager are the most recent examples
of our initiative to deliver 'go-anywhere' technology tools designed to promote
greater efficiency, greater freedom, and better outcomes for lawyers and their
clients."
Time Matters® Mobility is
a secure, web-based, mobile service that is offered as part of version 11, the
newest version of the award-winning Time Matters practice management software
from LexisNexis. The mobile application provides lawyers access to critical
Time Matters features - such as matter information, time and expense tracking,
and contacts - using their Internet-connected smartphones or other mobile
devices. Time Matters v11 software is locally installed at the customer's site;
both the software upgrade and the Time Matters Mobility service are available
at no additional cost to customers that have an active Time Matters Annual
Maintenance Plan.
The Firm Manager® mobile
application is a mobile-optimized version of LexisNexis® Firm ManagerTM,
the innovative, web-based practice management application designed specifically
for solo practitioners and firms of 1-5 attorneys. Firm Manager is a secure
SaaS (Software as a Service) application that provides users a single
"dashboard" view of cases, upcoming appointments, meetings and tasks,
deadlines and email messages. Users can access and use any of these items with
a click of the mouse. Launched in early 2011, Firm Manager offers users an
inexpensive and easy-to-use alternative to more complex, installed practice
management applications. The Firm Manager mobile application is available to
current customers at no additional cost as part of their monthly Firm Manager
subscription.
Neither solution requires software
installation on the user's smartphone, nor does the user's smartphone have to
be cabled to a computer for synchronization and updates. Each operates on a
broad range of mobile platforms including the Apple® iPhone®,
Apple iPad®, BlackBerry®, DroidTM and Microsoft®
Windows® 7 Mobile devices, to name a few. Users will gain access to
the new mobility tools by simply logging into the associated Time Matters or
Firm Manager secure mobility website using their web-enabled mobile devices.
The systems will automatically authenticate the user - usually in a matter of
seconds - and enable access to their software from that point forward.
Today's news follows the
introduction earlier this year of another LexisNexis mobile application created
specifically for lawyers at smaller firms, the Lexis® Advance for
Solos application for the Apple® iPhone®. LexisNexis will
continue to launch additional mobile applications during the year as part of
its effort to provide products and services to legal professionals in different
sectors of the market, that match the way they work in today's mobile business
culture.
More information about Time Matters
version 11 and the new Time Matters Mobility service is available at www.lexisnexis.com/time-matters-v11/. More
information about Firm Manager and its new mobile application is available at www.myfirmmanager.com.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com)
is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed
specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate,
government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis
originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis®
services. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com),
LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 15,000 employees
worldwide.