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.

Features:

  • 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