Time Matters®

Allen Shapiro and Don Grady are Time Matters® and Billing Matters™ Certified Independent Consultants (CICs). We have designed and installed more than 100 Time Matters systems and currently support more than four dozen clients who use this Practice Management™ system effectively.

Time Matters 7.0 enables our clients to manage their law practices easily and efficiently. They can access case and client information, schedule time, manage deadlines, prepare documents, manage communications, and handle firm billing from a central desktop location.

Time Matters is the leading business and Practice Management software, including complete Calendar and Task Management, Matter/Project Management, Client Relations Management, Billing/Expense Control, Document Automation and Management, and Communications Management (e-mail, fax, and phone). Time Matters simplifies access to all your client information because all the client, case, contact, event and ToDo information is in one place. A fundamental difference between Time Matters and Microsoft® Outlook or GroupWise® is the basic philosophy of the program - one of sharing information - not one of isolating information.

Another advantage of putting all of the client, case, and contact information in one place is that it simplifies the process of accessing this information from home or other remote locations. Would being able to view any event, contact, ToDo, note, e-mail or document associated with a case in just seconds be of benefit to you? Have you ever been on the telephone with a client and wished you could do just that while you are speaking with them?

While Time Matters provides virtually all of the functions that are needed by law firms, additional arithmetic and advanced reporting functions are useful in personal injury, worker’s compensation, and estate planning.

Design One has gained experience in using Time Matters in many types of practices and we can install and customize this great Practice Management program. Design One will teach your staff how to use its many features and train select staff members on the administrative aspects of the program. We can even create a company-specific User’s Manual for you.

Time Matters provides the following:

Time Management

Customizable Personal Journal User-defined timetables Real time calendars (office-wide, groups, individual) To Do's, reminders, alarms, alerts with e-mail notification Date and deadline calculator Timers to track and bill activities Schedule templates Triggers to automate tasks Special dates (holiday) generator

Information Management

Research management (all research that applies to a specific matter) Matter, case, or project management (see everything in one place for each case) Client and contact manager Document management Document automation Office, laptop, palm computing and synchronization User definable databases Web research system

Billing and Expenses Management

Integrated billing and expense tracking Time Matters basic billing Billing links to TimeSlips, PCLaw, QuickBooks, and more

Communication Management

E-mail - Office and Internet Real time internal messaging Phone call tracking and dialer

Time Matters 7.0 also provides you with one-click access to the LexisNexis® Total Research System, including LexisNexis® Case Summaries, Shepard's® Citations, analytical content from Matthew Bender®, and more than 3.3 billion public records.

LexisNexis is a registered trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license.  Time Matters is a registered trademark and Billing Matters is a trademark of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.  All rights reserved.