Aderant Expert Sierra | Legal Practice Management Software - Aderant

Transform Your Operations by Moving from Expert On-Prem to Expert Sierra

With constantly shifting market trends and client demands, your firm needs to stay agile, innovative, and efficient. Running a critical system on-premises may be constraining your growth and potential. Modernize your operations by moving to Expert Sierra, our cloud-hosted solution. Take advantage of powerful cloud technology without losing your existing configuration, customizations, or integrations.

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The #1 Choice for Law Firms Across the Globe

214+

Live Expert Sierra Clients Globally

1,400

Number of Fee Earners of Largest Client

10,000+

Fee Earners Managed on Expert Sierra

55+

Different 3rd Party Integrations to Date

0

Data Breaches in 7+ Years of Cloud Management

Challenges of Operating an On-Premises System

Innovation Access

Upgrade challenges prevent access to platform enhancements and innovations

Strained Resources

IT team burden to maintain hardware, manage upgrades, and remediate security

Support Challenges

Environmental differences create difficulties in troubleshooting and resolving issues

Rising Security Investments

Demand for penetration testing, security monitoring, infrastructure audits, etc.

Business Disruption

Impact on business continuity and user experience due to disruptive upgrades

Hidden & Variable Costs

Hardware & software updates, maintenance & troubleshooting, overhead costs, etc.

How Expert Sierra Transforms Your Operations

Better Performance & Supportability

Eliminate management of hardware, infrastructure, updates, & security

Easy Access to
Innovation

Enable quick access to the latest applications & technologies

Top Tier Data
Security

Benefit from proactive monitoring, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, & extensive auditing

Predictable
Costs

Unlock predictable spending & greater value for your investment

Amazon Web Services

Powered by AWS to Deliver the Utmost Security & Risk Reduction for Your Firm

  • Hosted on AWS: Trusted by the military, global banks, and other highly-secure organizations.
  • 200+ Fully-Featured Services: Built to support any cloud workload.
  • AWS Partnership: Access to AWS’s highest level of support, including regular security design reviews and strategic partnership programs.

How Will This Transition Impact My Firm?

  • Keep Your Existing Configuration: No data conversion or changes to your customizations and integrations.
  • Deploy with Minimal Resources: The same team, process, and timeframe as a typical upgrade.
  • Migrate with Ease: We’ll get you up and running in the cloud rapidly, securely, and without disrupting your business.
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“Expert Sierra saved the IT staff many hours a month not having to worry about servers. It gave us time back that we lost every month maintaining the servers.”

– Rivkin Radler Attorneys at Law

Innovate With Confidence and Cost Efficiency

Feature Expert Self-Hosting Expert Sierra
Server and Network Hardware $
OS + Virtualization Software $
Data center/Colocation Floor Space $
Power and Cooling $
Data center Personnel $
Hardware Install/Racking $
Hardware Maintenance $
Microsoft Assurance Support $
Emergency Security Patching $ $
Security Compliant Data Centers $
SOC Audits $ $
Annual Pen Tests $ $
DB Tuning $ $
Weekly Backup and Recovery $ $
Disaster Recovery $ $
24/7 Monitoring $ $
On Demand Infrastructure Scaling $
On Demand Application Patching $ $
On Demand Application Upgrades $ $
Application Troubleshooting
Environmental Troubleshooting $ $
Like for Like Applications
Staying up to date with technology $ $ Priceless

Learn at Your Leisure: Webinars On-Demand

Discover firsthand how firms are navigating the transition to Expert Sierra—from real-world migration experiences to debunking common myths and unlocking powerful cloud-driven efficiencies.

Client Roundtable: Why Firms Are Hitching Their Wagon to Expert Sierra

Hear directly from two law firms about why they made the switch to Expert Sierra, their migration stories, and explore key milestones and insights. 

Debunking Myths & Misconceptions about Expert Sierra: Part 2

Explore Expert Sierra migration, benefits, and technical optimization—separating hearsay from reality.

Let’s move your firm forward.

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