New solution rapidly rolled out to 120 attorneys and four offices
Atlanta, GA – February 18, 2009 – ADERANT, a global provider of business and financial management software for law firms, today announced that the leading New England law firm of Burns & Levinson LLP has successfully gone live on ADERANT Expert. The firm completed its implementation project in ten months, successfully rolling out ADERANT’s integrated application suite to more than 120 attorneys across four offices.
Burns & Levinson implemented ADERANT Expert’s core applications for time and billing and financial management as well as the software suite’s business development, business intelligence, and performance management capabilities.
“Our implementation of ADERANT Expert is by far the most successful conversion of a practice management system with which I’ve ever been associated,” said Marybeth Celorier, Chief Financial Officer for Burns & Levinson LLP. “Professional firms can ill afford time delays and cost overruns these days when implementing a mission critical business system and ADERANT ensured that our project was exceptionally well managed. We had outstanding support from all levels of ADERANT throughout our project—from Michael Kohlsdorf and the other senior executives down to our ADERANT project manager, consultants, trainers, and support representatives.”
“Rapid implementations are becoming increasingly important to law firms, especially in these uncertain economic times,” said Michael Kohlsdorf, President and Chief Executive Officer for ADERANT. “Firms must have confidence that they will be able benefit from their technology investments in a timely manner and not worry about having projects drag on for months or costing more than promised. Our entire professional services team is focused on delivering implementations that are on time and on budget, allowing firms like Burns & Levinson to quickly benefit from their investment in ADERANT Expert.”
Key to Improving Business Performance
ADERANT Expert was cited as being an essential tool for helping Burns & Levinson improve their business performance, especially during today’s trying economic times.
“ADERANT Expert gives us the tools we need to be competitive and move our firm to the next level,” continued Celorier. “We now have access to critical performance data, such as accurate projections on collections, that gives our partners a clearer picture of our position and helps them make more informed business decisions.”
Positive Feedback from Users
Since going live, Burns & Levinson’s users have expressed their satisfaction with their firm’s new business management system.
Stated Celorier: “The greatest vote of confidence about our decision to go with ADERANT is coming from our users. More people are using ADERANT Expert everyday—from our managing partner to secretaries—than were with our previous system. Additionally, the feedback we’ve gotten has been universally positive, with users repeatedly saying how much easier they feel it is to enter time and access information with ADERANT Expert.”
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About Burns & Levinson
Burns & Levinson, with over 120 attorneys in four offices in New England, is a full-service Boston-based law firm. The firm has grown steadily and strategically throughout the years and has become a premier business law firm with regional, national and international clientele. The firm has expertise in corporate law, finance, venture capital, private equity, tax, bankruptcy, lending and leasing, real estate, intellectual property - including patent law, and business litigation. Burns & Levinson also has a large private clients group that services clients in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust litigation, divorce and other family law issues. In addition, the firm has a wholly-owned subsidiary office in Montreal, Quebec, to service its Canadian clients. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at
www.burnslev.com.
About ADERANT
ADERANT, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a leading provider of integrated business management software for law firms and other services organizations. The global company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, consisting of financial, resource, practice, document, and information management software that enables services organizations of all sizes to maximize operational efficiencies. ADERANT provides solutions to the largest and most prominent firms in the world, including Clifford Chance, Computerp; Sciences Corporation, Greenberg Traurig, Clayton Utz, Deloitte Consulting, Allens Arthur Robinson, Herbert Smith, Mayer Brown, Skadden Arps, and Winston & Strawn. ADERANT also has offices in Asia Pacific and Europe. More information is available at www.aderant.com.
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