Lavan Legal Live on Aderant Expert 8.0

March 21, 2012 - PRLog -- Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, today announced that Lavan Legal is the first Australian firm to go live on Aderant Expert 8.0, released in December 2011. To date, nearly 100 firms have upgraded or are in the process of upgrading to this milestone release.

Building on a robust framework developed using the latest Microsoft technologies, Aderant Expert 8.0 leverages industry standards to provide powerful functionality, reliability, and scalability for even the most complex global firms. Release 8.0 delivers substantial new capabilities and enhancements developed by collaborating closely with clients around the world to help them better manage, grow, and protect their businesses.

“We’ve seen gains in productivity and efficiency since first implementing Aderant Expert several years ago, but are expecting even greater levels of performance with release 8.0,” stated Marco Marcello, IT director for Lavan Legal. “The multiple time entry methods enable our fee earners to use whatever works best for them, providing a richer experience for all fee earners. The upgrade path to Aderant Expert 8.0 was seamless and there are many enhancements that will help us better serve our clients and allow us to become even more strategic from a technology level via the introduction of Aderant’s Matter Planning and Workflow.”

“Aderant Expert 8.0 includes advanced functionality that our clients have requested so they can streamline and automate processes and increase the return on their investment in technology” said Mike Barry, senior vice president of research and development, product management, and marketing for Aderant.” By working with clients before any code was written all the way through to final testing, this release is rock solid, enabling firms to get up and running quickly.”

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Aderant, headquartered in Atlanta, is a global provider of comprehensive business management software for law and professional services firms. With more than 30 years history as an industry leader, Aderant supports nearly 2,800 clients in more than 30 countries. Its clients represent 70 percent of the world’s largest firms and 60 percent of the AmLaw 200 across all segments of the legal market. Among these clients, Aderant has maintained a combined customer retention rate of more than 95 percent. Aderant’s complete suite of solutions includes: business development, calendar/docket matter management with built-in court rules, client relationship management (CRM), practice and financial management, time and billing, case management, document management, and business intelligence. Aderant helps firms more effectively manage, grow, and protect their businesses.