LEAP Legal Software vs. Orion Practice Management System

LEAP is a really good option for small to medium sized firms. Most products on the market are expensive document management systems designed for large law firms. The other are case management software that are great for billing, contacts and calendaring. LEAP seems to combine both of the options in an easy to use system. It is customizable but is fully functional as an "off the shelf" product unlike IManage or similar products.

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Entering billing time is a breeze. It is also easy to keep up with all billing through the Time Manager screen in conjunction with Fee Entry. It works great as a calendar, with the ability to designate entries as tasks, events and other topics. The calendar program synchs with Outlook, no need to enter deadlines in two separate programs. It is a breeze to run conflict checks and the Smart Timers Management option is very user friendly.

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• document management
• client contacts
• billing
• integration with QBO

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• Billing
• Synchs well with other programs
• Contains massive contact list
• Keeps up with client payments by user

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• it has trouble with some non-Microsoft programs
• It has trouble with EXE files
• support is primarily on-line versus phone

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• When multiple users utilize the program, it can sometimes slow down
• Doesn't always synch with other programs
• Occasionally a little bit difficult to perform a search

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IManage was great but we were quoted up to $40,000 to "customize" it to perform as it did in demonstrations. IManage was clearly designed/priced for large, multi-offices. LexWorkplace was another program that worked really well. It had real problems converting emails and certain files from our old program, Time Matters. LEAP was a reasonable, comprehensive program. It offered customer service, training and data conversion as part of the package.

Incentivized

• integrated system
• Ease of billing
• Syncs with Quickbooks Online

Incentivized

• Provides accurate billing information for submission to clients for payments
• Ability to run financial reports
• Contact database is ongoing with new entries and updated information

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