Q-Law is a comprehensive product, designed to help with all aspects of practice management. Below is an outline of some of the more notable features. See Detailed Description for a more in depth look at the software’s feature set.

• Contact management

  • Unlimited contacts organized within each work case using a relationship table, and sorted according to contact types (listed by employers, attorneys, insurance carrier, etc.)
  • Comprehensive yet simple notation system: activity notes, docket notes, emergency notes etc.
  • Advanced system wide search, i.e. query search
  • Special templates for different types of cases
  • Cross linking and cross referencing of multiple related cases
  • Detailed tracking of who, what, when, and how cases are worked
  • Advanced system wide search, query search
  • Easy population of custom fields
  • Complete history tracking of all changes made to contact information

• Task management

  • Desk work system manages work load through a tickler system, internal email (LAN-email), a to-do list, and by docket entries
  • Individual calendar, group calendar, and court docket calendar
  • Productivity snap shots for workload and workflow comparisons

• Q-Law letter generator

  • Generate letters with customized letterhead and electronic signatures
  • Produce letter correspondence in seconds
  • A few mouse clicks will instantly generate
    • Email with attachments
    • Standard letters
    • Facsimiles with cover sheet

• Document management

  • Manage and track all documents and correspondences
  • Interface with Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat
  • Auto-merge of data to Word documents templates
  • Create and manage scanned documents

• Staff management

  • Security and access restriction
  • Productivity monitoring
  • Task supervision
  • Built-in features designed to permit the reassignment of cases from one person to another using user-defined criteria

• Reports

  • 100 plus built-in report templates
  • Custom report generator (Optional)

• Time and billing

  • Built-in timer automating billing process
  • Automating billing process
  • Bill-as-you-go

• Bookkeeping tools

  • General ledger and trust account ledger
  • Check printing: cost checks and remittance checks
  • Batch print client invoices and remittance
  • Batch processing payment deposits
  • Built-in accounting reports

• Cost and trust accounting

  • Batch processing features available
  • Export interface with QuickBooks

• Pack and Go laptop interface

  • Check out files to work out of office
  • Synchronization when you check in

• Management tools

  • Personnel records
  • Employee time cards
  • In-and-out board messaging
  • Staff productivity monitoring through productivity snapshot and staff work log

• Administrative tools

  • Database maintenance tools

• Miscellaneous tools

  • Shorthand typing – user can create and define shorthand code and Q-Law will do the translation while typing
  • User defined code system for case status and bookkeeping
  • Flag work system: set filters to mark and unmark files quickly for batch processing or “Pack and Go” purposes

• Batch Processing

  • Batch data entry of new cases in volume work
    • Automatically search and link cases with the same debtor
    • Batch 1st notices
    • Batch acknowledgement to clients when opening new cases
    • Import electronic data files from client
  • Batch remittance multiple statement options
    • Gross, Net and Bill for Direct Payment options
    • Separate billing for cost options
    • Combines billing for payment and cost on one statement option
    • Client remittances and invoices can contain information from multiple cases, even if the cases have different billing methods
  • Batch reporting
    • Batch case status reports and case close reports
    • Batch tracking status reports and special snapshot reports for clients

• Case workflow

  • Case-centric functions accommodate any case type and offers the most flexibility
  • Cases can be linked as companion cases (same debtor) or related cases (any relationship). Same debtor cases can be worked as one.
    • Includes listing of all cases on all letter correspondence
    • Instant access to all linked and related cases when working on a master case
    • Instant payoff balance information (including interest) available on all companion cases

• Payment arrangement management

  • Sophisticated payment system includes calculation of payment amount on interest accounts, amortization, generation of automatic reminder letters
  • Manages post dated checks and automates “payment notice” letters
  • Organizes detailed payment records for debtor in a convenient letter format
  • Monitors overpayments & can print refund checks

• Management

  • Built-in business status reports are available
  • Commission tracking features
    • Tracking for collectors and salespeople
    • Manage forwarded accounts including split fee payments
  • Handles complex client fee/rate structures including multi-tier fee rates such as “CLLA”
  • “Client follow up” tickler system for client relationship and marketing purpose

• Miscellaneous

  • Credit bureau reporting
  • Custom data conversion services

Interfaces with:

• Microsoft Outlook ®
• Microsoft Word ®
• Microsoft Excel ®
• Quicken ® and QuickBooks ®
• Print to PDF files using Win2PDF ®
• Pack and Go documents to Notebook