Aderant Expert Sierra - The Number 1 Practice Management Solution in the Legal Industry - Aderant

The #1 Practice and Financial Management System
for Law Firms

Efficient operations and financial control are crucial to your firm’s business, which is why Expert Sierra is at the core of ours. It offers everything from financial, case, and matter management, to billing, rates, and time and expense capture. Delivering solutions to meet the unique complexities of your firm is why we’re the industry’s most trusted partner.

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The #1 Choice for Law Firms Across the Globe

620+

Expert & Sierra Clients with 215 Deployed in the Cloud

53.5%

of the Am Law 200

48.8%

of the NLJ 500

270+

Firms Replaced Their Legacy Systems with Expert in the Last Decade

The #1 Choice for Law Firms Across the Globe

620+

Expert & Sierra Clients with 190+ Deployed in the Cloud

50%

of the Am Law 200

45%

of the NLJ 500

230+

Firms Replaced Their Legacy Systems with Expert in the last 5 Years

Why Firms Choose Expert Sierra

Your Strategic Operation Center with the Most Robust Capabilities

Everything you need is in one fully-integrated system, so you don’t have to buy costly, fragmented tools. Unify front and back-office operations, as well as financial and practice management.

  • Conflicts Check, File Opening
  • Client, Matter, & Case Management
  • WIP, Time, & Expenses Management
  • Billing, Rates, & Collections
  • AP, AR, Tax, Disbursements, GL, & Trust Management
  • Financial Insights, Reporting, & Analytics

Intuitive Front Office Solutions That Drive Productivity

More advanced front office tools and insights enable timekeepers to cut through all the clutter and streamline work. Provide a customizable, self-service experience that leverages real-time, actionable data.

Superior Capabilities to Handle Billing Complexity and Compliance

Automate and streamline pre-billing, billing, and rates processes to shorten the WIP to Cash cycle, improve invoicing accuracy, and minimize deductions. With unparalleled invoice flexibility and compliance management, Expert Sierra handles the nuances and complex scenarios of legal billing better than any other solution.

Modern Cloud Technology and Platform Services

Transform your operations and supercharge efficiency with the flexibility and scalability of a robust cloud platform. You’ll never outgrow our system – it is remote and mobile-friendly, AI-enabled (MADDI), can handle customizations, and is built on the Stridyn platform for quick access to the latest innovations.

Comprehensive Data Security

Benefit from proactive monitoring, SOC2 Type 2 compliance, and extensive auditing – no need for any additional investment in security and IT staff. Expert Sierra is also hosted on AWS – trusted by the military, global banks, and other highly-sensitive organizations. Plus, our partnership grants access to AWS’s highest level of support, including regular security design reviews and strategic partnership programs.

Moving From Expert On-Prem to Expert Sierra

Are you using Expert on-premises? Talk to us to learn how you can transition to the cloud by upgrading to Expert Sierra. Free up resources and let us take care of the hardware, infrastructure, updates, and security. Don’t worry, your existing Expert configuration remains the same – plus we’ll get you up and running in the cloud rapidly, securely, and without disrupting your business. Unlock next-level efficiency, innovation, and predictable costs.

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Automate & Accelerate the Entire Revenue Cycle

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Comprehensive Financial Management

Drive growth and profitability by accelerating the intake to cash cycle. Achieve faster cash collection and more intelligent decision making. Our powerful suite of accounting applications improves financial visibility and control, streamlines budgeting and collections, and arms your firm with AI-driven automation and insights along with extensive reporting and analytics.

Time & Expenses

Empower lawyers to easily enter and track their time on any device, while adhering to client-defined guidelines. Expense management lets you conveniently log expense claims from any place and at any time, with configurable workflows for automated routing and approval.

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Billing & Rates

Edit and post bills through one intuitive application, while specific rate levels are automatically selected to ensure billable time is accurate. Automate your billing process with paperless pre-billing, Alternative Fee Arrangement management, and integrations for seamless bill delivery, tracking, and billing compliance.

Matter & Case Management

Unify critical matter, case, and financial data in one dashboard. Easily track performance and manage outstanding WIP and AR. With real-time access to comprehensive matter and case details, you can improve visibility and collaboration, drive process automation, and improve planning and forecasting. This ultimately enhances client service while reducing risk and cost.

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Practice Tools

Boost timekeeper efficiency by centralizing all critical financial and WIP information, as well as actions that require review and attention, in a single dashboard. Automate client intake, conflict checks, and document creation to save lawyers’ time. Enhance internal and external knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Workflow & Integration

Build, test, and deploy workflows across the firm, and easily adapt them to varying client and matter intake requirements. Easily integrate with other key business systems such as a CRM, DMS, or HR solution. Improve staff efficiency while ensuring compliance with business rules.

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Inquiries & Business Intelligence

Leverage a wide range of customizable inquiries to quickly execute detailed reports from any data source. Automatically distribute them to partners, timekeepers, and other decision-makers. Business intelligence dashboards provide detailed analytics and actionable insights to drive informed business decisions, identify areas for improvement, and maximize profitability.

Automate & Accelerate the Entire Revenue Cycle

Aderant

Comprehensive Financial Management

Drive growth and profitability by accelerating the intake to cash cycle. Achieve faster cash collection and more intelligent decision making. Our powerful suite of accounting applications improves financial visibility and control, streamlines budgeting and collections, and arms your firm with AI-driven automation and insights along with extensive reporting and analytics.

Aderant

Time & Expenses

Empower lawyers to easily enter and track their time on any device, while adhering to client-defined guidelines. Expense management lets you conveniently log expense claims from any place and at any time, with configurable workflows for automated routing and approval.

Aderant

Billing & Rates

Edit and post bills through one intuitive application, while specific rate levels are automatically selected to ensure billable time is accurate. Automate your billing process with paperless pre-billing, Alternative Fee Arrangement management, and integrations for seamless bill delivery, tracking, and billing compliance.

Aderant

Matter & Case Management

Unify critical matter, case, and financial data in one dashboard. Easily track performance and manage outstanding WIP and AR. With real-time access to comprehensive matter and case details, you can improve visibility and collaboration, drive process automation, and improve planning and forecasting. This ultimately enhances client service while reducing risk and cost.

Aderant

Practice Tools

Boost timekeeper efficiency by centralizing all critical financial and WIP information, as well as actions that require review and attention, in a single dashboard. Automate client intake, conflict checks, and document creation to save lawyers’ time. Enhance internal and external knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Aderant

Workflow & Integration

Build, test, and deploy workflows across the firm, and easily adapt them to varying client and matter intake requirements. Easily integrate with other key business systems such as a CRM, DMS, or HR solution. Improve staff efficiency while ensuring compliance with business rules.

Aderant

Inquiries & Business Intelligence

Leverage a wide range of customizable inquiries to quickly execute detailed reports from any data source. Automatically distribute them to partners, timekeepers, and other decision-makers. Business intelligence dashboards provide detailed analytics and actionable insights to drive informed business decisions, identify areas for improvement, and maximize profitability.

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Case

A single source of truth for all case-related information and management. Track key dates, improve data access and collaboration, and enable real-time updates on case status, overdue work, documents, and financial details.

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Matter Central

Provides a unified, comprehensive, matter-centric dashboard. Enable easy access and visibility into critical matter details like aged time WIP, billing to date, aged AR, and other financial details.

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AR Automation

Improves efficiency and accuracy in the Accounts Receivable process by leveraging AI (MADDI) to automate the matching of cash receipts to invoices. Eliminate the tedious, manual tasks of finding and extracting remittance information and the cumbersome barcoding process.

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Spotlight

A business intelligence platform that provides detailed revenue and billing performance data. Deliver critical financial insights through actionable dashboards, analytics, and reporting. Drive informed business decisions, identify areas for improvement, and maximize profitability.

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“We partnered with one of the leading business management software firms in the world to assist us in progressing our digitization strategy. Aderant Expert enables us to leverage new technology that is agile enough to meet the growing needs of our clients and our business. The Aderant team clearly understood our focus and the need to deliver benefits to our clients as well as our internal stakeholders.”

– Jodi Proudlock, COO, Meridian Lawyers

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