Advocator System®

Key application features include:

• e-billing
• budgeting and planning
• reporting and case assignments
• case and document management
• automated bill review
• compliance monitoring
• powerful MI reporting
• electronic funds transfers

Advocator System® is available on a modular basis, licensable on a renewable cycle, with pricing structured upon case count or annual fixed charge. LSG are always flexible.

E-Billing:

Remove paper from the billing process and at the same time, ensure this valuable data is retained centrally, to enable best practice to be shared and compliance against your corporate billing guidelines to be maintained.

Budgeting and Planning:

Move from reactive to proactive case handling where lawyers and experts are involved. Better manage expectations for time, costs and overall results. By fostering a more “project oriented” approach to case handling, budgeting and planning can lead to improved bottom-line results. This module allows for measuring actual against forecast, thereby enabling effective cost control.

Reporting and Case Assignments:

Case assignment notices and initial assessment reports are core components to any case management structure. Providing these electronically, together with diary functionality, will improve internal and external efficiencies.

Case and Document Management:

Ongoing, proactive case management is key to achieving the final results you expect. Our applications provide you with a user friendly, easily navigable environment to handle all case management functions. Aligned to this, is electronic document management which enables key case notices, documents, forms, records, etc., to be deposited and accessed at your convenience.

Automated Bill Review and Compliance Monitoring:

ABR functionality streamlines the compliance monitoring process through performing an entire raft of checks, at the click of a button, including:

• validation of timekeepers/fee earners including rates
• data integrity
• completeness of data elements provided on invoice
• task-based billing codes (if appropriate) are utilised
• mathematical checks
• validation on client case reference number, matter name, jurisdiction, etc.
• full compliance checks against your guidelines/service level agreement

Detailed Management Information (MI) Reporting:

Using the latest in data “drill-down” tools such as, MI reports can be produced with just a few clicks of the mouse. Reports can be produced in various formats and easily exported into spreadsheets, databases and other report writing software applications.