Global Law Firm Gives 750 Lawyers Desktop Access to Matter Management
Information, Model Documents, Research Engines
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 /PRNewswire/ --
Corporate portal market-leader Plumtree Software today announced that Hunton & Williams, a global law firm, has deployed the Plumtree Corporate Portal for 750 attorneys enterprise-wide. Now lawyers in 15 offices worldwide share a single Web desktop for everything from matter management to PC DOCS. To speed case and transaction work, and improve client service, Hunton & Williams has integrated a proprietary matter management database and document collaboration workrooms into the Plumtree- powered eHunt portal. Plumtree is helping Hunton & Williams build community around practice areas and bring the benefits of Internet technology to the courtroom, increasing client retention.
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"Plumtree is a catalyst for innovation and collaboration at Hunton & Williams," said Jamie Booth, director of IT, Hunton & Williams. "As a single, strategic platform spanning all our offices and practice areas, eHunt focuses everyone from lawyers to librarians on faster, smarter client service."
Hunton & Williams Picks Plumtree for Ease of Application Integration,
Document Indexing, Communities
The eHunt portal spans Hunton & Williams' global practice with the content and services attorneys need to work closely with clients to build lasting relationships and win new business. To improve client and matter tracking, Hunton & Williams has integrated query and analysis functions from a proprietary accounting database into eHunt as Plumtree Gadget modules, plug-in portal components that deliver key services of enterprise applications and Internet sites to the business desktop. Hunton & Williams' lawyers now have personalized views of client financials, matter status, attorney profiles and all timekeepers working on a matter, speeding responses to client inquiries. To allocate resources more efficiently, practice leaders can instantly model the billing performance of individuals and groups on the thousands of new matters opened each year. eHunt aggregates PC DOCS content, working documents and market research in a single, searchable knowledge base, and provides fast access to legal research engines. Hunton & Williams has also developed a Gadget module that allows attorneys to create or enter digital deal spaces and case workrooms for sharing documents and coordinating workflow with clients. The firm is creating community pages of support services for different practice areas.
What's in Hunton & Williams' Portal?
The eHunt portal is driving competitive advantage in the courtroom and the legal market. The firm is in the process of choosing a comprehensive transaction and case management system. When the system is integrated into eHunt, transaction and litigation lawyers, and their clients, will share a single Web destination for a broad body of knowledge and expertise, improving decision-making by all parties. Bringing backend accounting data to the desktop can help attorneys manage their billable hours, increasing profitability. The future integration of a lawyer and staff expertise location system into the portal will help attorneys easily tap the collective experience they need to win for their clients. Hunton & Williams lawyers worldwide now visit eHunt for:
-- a personalized My Matters Gadget module that generates billing
statistics by client family, client and matter for the month or year to
date, with individual lawyer time contributions;
-- a Matters Watch List that lets attorneys set thresholds for hours
worked or fees billed, automatically adding any matter that meets the
criteria;
-- a Timekeeper Summary Gadget module that allows lawyers to track
personal performance, and practice leaders to monitor the billing
performance of individuals or groups;
-- a Client Search Gadget module that speeds searches for data on clients
and matters;
-- a Client Workroom Gadget module for creating ad hoc digital deal spaces
and case workrooms;
-- client-specific information from four leading Internet search engines;
-- a firm directory with photos and contact and resume information for
staff and professionals; and
-- precedent and model documents organized by subject area and managed by
content coordinators for each team.
"Corporate portals can help law firms finally break the long paper chain of casework," said Plumtree CEO John Kunze. "Hunton & Williams' attorneys can now stay on top of all their projects from an Internet desktop-anywhere-giving them the kind of responsiveness that builds lasting client relationships."
About Hunton & Williams
Founded in 1901, Hunton & Williams is a major U.S. law firm with a significant international presence. More than 750 lawyers serve clients in 80 countries from 15 offices around the world.
About Plumtree Software
Plumtree Software is creating a simple, personalized Web portal to the information and applications that businesses use every day. Plumtree's extensible portal platform organizes links to different types of corporate documents in a Web directory, and assembles application and Internet services from different systems in a personalized Web page. Plumtree embeds services from other systems in its portal platform using plug-in components called Plumtree Gadget modules, which can be developed in a wide variety of programming environments, on a broad range of platforms. Hundreds of gadgets have been developed by Plumtree and its partners, integrating into the portal application services and content from such vendors as Business Objects, Documentum, eRoom Technology, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Siebel Systems and others. Plumtree's strategy is to build a network of portal technology and deployment expertise that is unmatched in the industry. Plumtree has more than 60 systems integrators, including Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Compaq Computer and Computer Sciences Corporation, and over 205 customers, including Ford Motor Company and Procter & Gamble. To learn more about Plumtree, visit www.plumtree.com, or see a demonstration at www.corporateportal.com.
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