Chris Giglio & Jim Hammond of Aderant on 'New Aderant' and Expert 8.0: LXBN TV at LegalTech NY '12

LegalTech NY '12 - Aderant, one of the largest independent legal software companies in the world, is one such company. We got the chance to interview Chris Giglio and Jim Hammond, the CEO and VP of Marketing at Aderant, about some of the services they provide to their clients and their newest product, Aderant Expert 8.0, an extensive piece of software that offers a financial management system for law firms and professional services firms.

Jim Hammond Takes Over as Aderant's VP of Global Marketing

Law Technology News, January 2012 - Aderant has appointed Jim Hammond as its new vice president of global marketing, the Atlanta-based business process software provider announced Thursday. Hammond will guide the firm's global marketing team and oversee strategic partnerships at Aderant. "Global marketing will continue to evolve as we apply the resources we have available to take advantage of ever-increasing market opportunities," says Hammond. "When you add these product families and brand recognition of Aderant, along with our planned integrations to the businesses we acquired, you end up with the total being substantially more than the sum of the individual parts."

Keller and Heckman Find Currency in Aderant Expert

Law Technology News, January 2012 - Aderant, an Atlanta-based legal software provider, announced Wednesday that Keller and Heckman of Washington, D.C., has chosen Aderant Expert as its financial and practice management system. The law firm joins others such as Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin and Cahill Gordon & Reindel in adopting the software. Keller and Heckman had been previously relying on Elite Enterprise, according to the firm's chief finanacial officer, Belinda Jones. "Elite decided to eliminate the hosted model, leaving us with the need to either bring Elite in-house, switch to its 3-E product or look for another solution," says Jones. "3-E was cost-prohibitive for a firm our size and the amount of time required to implement it was frightening, so we eliminated it as a possibility."

Computers Shrink, Technology Grows and Firms Benefit

Peer to Peer, December 2011 - "While PCs are literally shrinking as ever-greater volumes of data fit on smaller and smaller devices, the technology that resides on the PC has never played a larger role in law firms. In an age where firms are turning to business analytics, performance management and knowledge management tools to better run their practices, technology is the key to driving firmwide benefits, such as improved efficiencies, reduced risk, lower costs, greater scalability and more. Thanks to technology, the wealth of data that firms now have at their fingertips on clients, matters, attorneys, financials and more is both a blessing and a curse. This is because, as the data are mined, potential problems and opportunities arise that need immediate attention. This need to be responsive has led firms to realize how critical it is to have access to accurate, relevant information. It's this information that ensures firms are able to deliver exceptional legal expertise to their clients, as well as efficiently and effectively run the firm. In a profession where people and relationships drive business, technology has quickly become a key member of an ensemble that drives business development, manages the business and automates processes."