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Legal User's Guide 
— Third Party Vendors Directory

Microsoft does not endorse any of the following vendors. These companies were compiled by talking with law firms about which vendors they've worked with as well as searching the Internet for companies that provide legal add-ins or services for the legal industry. The companies are broken down first by speciality, and then by alphabetical listing. Click the hyperlink under speciality to learn more about each company.

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Alumni Computer Group

Products: PCLawPro and PCLawJr
http://www.pclaw.com/
USA — Ron Plashkes (800) 387-9785
300 Pearl Street, Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14202
CANADA — Steve McMurray (416) 497-8400
505 Consumers Road, Suite 200
Willowdale, ON M2J 4V8

Since 1982, Alumni Computer Group has specialized in developing Time/billing and Accounting software for law firms. Today, over 17,000 law firms use our PCLaw products. PCLaw is Alumni's third generation of Windows software and is a 32-bit system designed to take full advantage of Windows 95/98/NT and is Year 2000 ready. It includes links to Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Lotus 123, E-Mail and popular Case Management software such as Amicus Attorney and Time Matters. PCLawJr is a fully integrated low cost Time and Billing, Trust Accounting, Check Writing, and General Ledger system designed for firms with 1 to 10 timekeepers PCLawPro is a comprehensive Legal Accounting and Management reporting system designed for firms with 10 - 100 timekeepers. PCLawPro includes all the functions of PCLawJr plus many more features demanded by larger firms. PCLaw is available through regional dealers and is backed by our Technical Support Center, which is equipped with experienced staff to handle client calls promptly and efficiently.

Arthur Andersen

The Legal Business Solutions practice of Arthur Andersen provides technology services to law firms, corporate legal departments and legal organizations. We provide strategic planning, system selection assistance, technical project planning, project management, migration assistance and technical implementation. We also deliver Notes development services as well as eBusiness solutions using Internet technologies. Our practice includes attorneys, legal technologists and project managers with a strong background in the legal and business environment. We support the full complement of Microsoft products from networking tools down to the desktop.

CDEV Computing

CDEV Computing provides Word VBA development services and Word add-on products to clients world wide. We are 100% Word focused and offer the highest level of expertise. Our development solutions are fixed-price so feel free to ask for a no-obligation quote for your project. AutoDoc is our leading legal Word add-on product. AutoDoc generates documents such as contracts and pleadings by inserting paragraphs from a master source of standard paragraphs. Each document to be created is specified to AutoDoc as a set of paragraph IDs. Having created the document AutoDoc goes on to provide a fast way to globally edit any text marked as variable in the paragraphs.

Coan and Company, Inc.

Coan and Company, Inc., is a software development firm specializing in macros, menus, toolbars, templates, and add-ins for Microsoft® Word. Our philosophy can be summarized as follows: "Don't just use Microsoft Word , make it do your work for you!" We can help you reduce costs, boost productivity, and eliminate barriers to performance, even when it comes to your most specialized documents. If you need to simplify complex tasks, automate repetitive tasks, reduce training requirements, or enforce format and/or content standards, you'll find us eager to help. If you want merely to explore opportunities for making better use of Microsoft Word across document types and organizational units, you'll find us eager to talk. To learn more, contact us today.

CompuWorks Systems, Inc.

CompuWorks is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider that has been providing software training and migration services to New England's legal, government, financial, and high tech communities for over 11 years. We provide each firm with a team of consultants to assist in every phase of a migration: planning, training, and floor support. No two migrations are alike! CompuWorks can be customized curriculum, macros, templates, and toolbars to assist in a smooth transition.

Gavel & Gown Software Inc.

Amicus Attorney is the world's leading practice management software, with over 100,000 users in more than 20 countries. Amicus Attorney is a "Law Office on Computer" — organizing client files, scheduling appointments, managing to-do lists and deadlines, keeping track of people, drafting documents, tracking phone calls and recording billable time. Amicus Attorney helps lawyers stay on top of their practice, provide better client service, capture more billable time, and gain peace of mind. Amicus Attorney is available in three editions to meet the needs of different firms, from solos up to 200 users. It links with other key tools including billing and accounting, document automation, word processors, and court docketing software packages. It can share information with personal organizers and integrates with email and the Internet. Amicus Attorney is supported through an extensive partner network.

Hildebrandt International

Holland Shipes Vann, P.C.

1117 Perimeter Center West
Suite N300
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
770-393-2900
Contact: L. D. Holland, Paula Turner
http://www.hsvcpa.com/

Formed in 1977, the Management Advisory Services Department of Holland Shipes Vann, PC (HSV), a full service CPA practice, has provided expert technology and management consulting services to over 1,500 law firms and corporate legal departments across the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. HSV is an independent consulting firm dedicated to providing solutions tailored to the individual needs of each client. Among the specific services offered are: Technology, LAN/WAN Design/Selection, Time & Billing Systems Selection, RFPs for Technology Projects, Project Management of System Implementations and Conversions, Litigation Support/Case Management Systems Selection, Design/Selection of Imaging Systems, Contract Drafting, Review and Negotiation, Management: Long Range Strategic Planning, Profitability Analysis, Budgeting, Partner Compensation Analysis/Planning, Partnership/Shareholder Agreements, Analysis/Planning of Firm Mergers, Analysis of Firm Management and Governance, Other Firm Issues, Strategic Planning, Expert Testimony, Support Staff Analysis, Personnel Recruitment.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird specializes in the development of enterprise software solutions, including network connectivity, decision portals, and knowledge portals. Hummingbird's enterprise software solutions provide access to business-critical information, structured and unstructured data. Hummingbird products are sold and supported internationally by sales personnel and authorized resellers in more than 50 countries.

iEnvision Technology, LLC

iEnvision Technology is a solutions integration firm focused on providing quality consulting, project management and engineering services to clients across the U.S. We deliver technology solutions that enhance our clients' ability to access and use information to their competitive advantage. We make it our business to fully understand our client' business and practice needs before making recommendations. iEnvision focuses on providing the professional services industry with real business solutions utilizing the most advanced and proven technology.

IKON Office Solution — Technology Services

Product and Service: OfficePak is a collection of collaborative applications to help provide the legal user of Microsoft Office 2000 with a set of integrated tools that enhances the document creation process and simplifies access to information. Managing templates and contact information presents many unique challenges in a legal environment. The issues include configuration management, speed of deployment and significant costs of updating templates. The OfficePak 2000 Suite provides access to these collaborative tools via the Outlook 2000 Digital Dashboard, which IKON customizes for the firm's business needs. By utilizing "off the shelf" solutions, IKON Technology Services can provide clients with solutions that can be customized to meet their business needs in a rapid and cost efficient manner. We utilize the following products and corresponding technologies to deliver these solutions: Team Folders, Digital Dashboard, 60-Minute Intranet Kit, PC Docs — Fulcrum, iManage, Eastman Work Manager Suite and IKON OfficePak.

Keyfile Corporation

Keyfile Corporation is the leading provider of e-commerce solutions for the enterprise. Keyflow Commerce empowers business professionals to apply their knowledge of the business to design efficient business processes, processes that can be used by anyone within a department, across the enterprise, or across the global Internet. Keyflow Commerce consists of modules to solve mission critical business process and manage assets. The Workflow Engine begins with rich, easily customizable Web-based forms for data entry into the business process. Workflows then branch on applied business rules or data. The Active Document Workspace component delivers easy-to-use full-featured Document Management, which ensures that corporate document assets are well managed and accurate (secure, versioned, shared and archived). The XML Forms Engine provides a visual interface for web transactions.

KI Systems, Inc.

9310 - 176th Street S.E.
Snohomish, Washington 98296-5028
Telephone: 425-402-0791
Fax: 360-668-9864
http://www.kisys.com/

KI Systems, Inc. is a recognized specialist in Document Authoring and Office Automation Solutions. A Microsoft Certified Solution Provider company, KI Systems, Inc. offers a variety of Corporate and Law Firm Document Production Tools. We work with you to create advanced business solutions that effectively increase productivity, reduce costs and create new opportunities. We are committed to providing effective and robust solutions to help you leverage your technology investment and make the most out of Microsoft Products. KI Systems offers the expertise, tools, guidance and implementation experience you need.

Kraft Kennedy & Lesser

Kraft Kennedy & Lesser goes beyond pure technology and infrastructure consulting and focuses on the needs of law firms and corporate legal departments. We combined outstanding technical skills with application specialists who have spent years solving the business needs of law firms and corporate legal departments. Whether it is integrating and customizing Outlook to work with a firm's SQL-based financial management system; implementing a litigation support system indexing millions of documents; or integrating the latest telephony applications with a client's desktop, Kraft Kennedy & Lesser has satisfied the technology and application needs of many of the largest law firms in the country.

LegalKEY Technologies, Inc.

LegalKEY Technologies has been providing integrated practice support systems for mid-to-large size law firms since 1992. We offer the LegalKEY Conflicts of Interest, LegalKEY Automated Records Management and LegalKEY Calendar & Docketing Systems. Each application may be purchased seperately, or together. Our products are installed in mid to large size lawfirms in the United States, Canada and Europe. LegalKEY systems are integrated with all major time and billing applications and document management systems to eliminate redundant data entry. All applications are available with web-based end user desktops. LegalKEY has offices in New York, Northern California, and Colorado.

Legal MacPac

Legal MacPac builds better documents by reducing complex document creation and formatting into a few simple steps and creating a stable yet flexible environment for users. We work with you to assess and establish document standards, then use our sophisticated blueprint of legal templates, macros, styles, databases, numbering features, contact integration and document management integration to customize the package based on those standards. On-site installation, in-depth testing and training are included. The Numbering Toolbar and Contact Integration are also available as separate components. The Numbering Toolbar features include stable firm numbering schemes, ability for users to create/maintain personal schemes, scheme sharing, ability to apply heading attributes to an entire scheme in one step, macros to edit entire schemes "on the fly", and to generate a TOC without marking text. Contact Integration allows information from contact databases to be searched, reviewed, edited and quickly retrieved for template/macro dialog boxes and documents.

Levit & James, Inc.

LEXIS-NEXIS Group

P.O. Box 933
Dayton, Ohio 45401-0933
(937) 865-6800
(800) 227-9597
http://www.lexis-nexis.com/

The LEXIS-NEXIS Group helps legal, business and government professionals collect, manage and use information more productively. The company began as the Data Corporation in 1966 and was purchased by The Mead Corporation in 1968. Reed Elsevier plc, which acquired the LEXIS-NEXIS Group in late 1994, is a leading world publisher and information provider.

Throw away your red pencils. CompareRite — the instant redliner — slashes proofreading time by comparing two versions of a document and highlighting all changes in only seconds. As founders and leaders of document comparison technology, the LEXIS®-NEXIS® Legal Toolbox™ team is dedicated to developing innovative software programs that streamline the way people work. Every day, thousands of professionals — attorneys, editors, accountants, programmers, documentation writers, and translators — use this word processor enhancement to increase their productivity. Since 1986, CompareRite software has remained the definitive redlining program.

Microsystems Engineering Company

With over 20 years experience in high-end document systems and document processing, Microsystems is uniquely skilled to provide total conversion and migration services. Since 1995, Microsystems has helped over 150 legal and corporate customers to migrate their documents from legacy systems to Word 97/2000. Microsystems' product and service offerings include DocXchange, DocXtools 2000, and our revolutionary new DocXchange Knowledge Partnership program which combines high-end Word support, an array of software tools, and ongoing document education.

NetRight

NetRight Technologies provides document and content management solutions for intranets, internet, and networks. The iManage product family offers a suite of leading-edge document management solutions designed for use in any organization, which is looking to deploy network based or internet based document management solutions. The Microsoft Outlook client transforms the familiar Outlook interface into a full-functioning document management client. iManage provides a web browser interface for content publishing to intranets/internets and MSOffice 95/97/2000 interfaces for document creation. The iManage document management system is also tightly integrated with LEXIS-NEXIS online research tools. iManage is used by law firms.

Payne Consulting Group, Inc.

Payne Consulting Group literally wrote the book(s) for law firms using Microsoft software — Word 97 for Law Firms and Word 2000 for Law Firms. But we cut our teeth as a training and macro development company. We provide end-user, CLE-approved attorney training, Master Series — I.T., and programming training that is customized to your firm needs. Our project managers have extensive experience in all scale migrations, and our curriculum developers…well, have written nine books on Microsoft products. Our templates and macro packages have been successfully implemented internationally and feature multi-language capability. The Forms Assistant, Numbering Assistant, Agreement Assistant, and Address Assistant make creating, editing and numbering legal documents with Microsoft Office easy.

Payne Consulting Group is a long time Microsoft Certified Solution Provider and actively encourages and requires all of our staff to be Microsoft Certified. We know law firm technology — and we have the expertise and credentials to back it up.

Perfect Access Software Training

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 23rd floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212 399-3080
Fax: 212 399-3088
http://www.perfectaccess.com/

A Kaplan Professional Company, Perfect Access provides the highest quality software training and support services to the legal industry, offering consultation, project planning, and management, customized curricula and documentation, instructor-led training, floor support, Help Desk staffing, and Train-the-Trainer programs. Perfect Access is headquartered in New York City and opened a Washington, DC office last fall. With its recent acquisition of CRN, Inc, Perfect Access has cemented its Chicago presence and begun its national expansion.

PlanMagic Corporation

Peter Nunes d'Agrella
mail@planmagic.com
http://planmagic.com/, http://simplythebest.net/,
http://webquestpro.com/

PlanMagic Corporation is known for its business planning and marketing planning software. The software is well thought-out and easy to use. Our software is used worldwide by businesses, consultants, students, organizations, schools and others. Our web sites also offer business information, tools, articles and more.

PMT Inc.

Patrick Ferguson
Tel. 706.310.1515
Fax. 706.310.1323

Practice Manager is a unique, full-featured, legal enterprise management system.
This product has revolutionized today's case and practice management marketplace.
Features include: Case and Practice Management, Document Management, Document Assembly, GroupWare (email and scheduling), Workflow, Time and Expense Capturing, Litigation Support, Remote Access and Web Access, Search Engine, Full End-User Administrative Functionality, Multiple Security Settings
Practice Manager's integration with Novell's GroupWise and Microsoft's Exchange Server/Outlook allows users a choice between the two most popular e-mail and scheduling products on the market, while tracking individual e-mails, appointments, and tasks within Practice Manager's electronic case file. Time and expense data, captured as users work within the electronic file, can be transferred into the industry's leading time and billing products, among them Elite, Juris, Legal Vision, Omega and Tabs.

Slipstick Systems

Sue Mosher
Email: sue@slipstick.com
Fax: +1 (603) 737-3171
Voicemail: +1 (703) 234-3954 ext. 1145
http://www.slipstick.com/

Custom software using Microsoft Outlook and other Office programs with Exchange Server and in other mail environments. Recent projects have included printing, scheduling and tracking applications for companies in the U.S. and Europe. Because Slipstick Systems maintains the largest listing of Outlook add-ins on the Web, we can help you decide whether an off-the-shelf tool or a custom solution is right for a particular job.

Speer Software Training, Inc.

7808 Creekridge Circle, Suite 315
Bloomington, MN 55439-2616
(612) 826-3333 (Corporate)
(612) 996-0016 (Fax)
Deb Dollimer
National Director of Marketing
(612) 826-3336
http://www.speer.com/

Speer Software Training, Inc. is a nationwide provider of PC migration training. We specialize in working with corporations, legal and financial industry firms during large software migrations and upgrades. We work collaboratively with the systems and training staff to design and develop an effective training program that responds to the real needs of individuals in the organization. Speer provides a comprehensive range of training-related services, including migration training consulting, project administration, standard and highly customized courseware, course licensing, training and support staff development, technology promotion, end user training, floor support and help desk support Speer is the leader in designing and delivering large-scale migration training projects. The benefits of a collaboration with us can be enormous. For more information we invite you to visit our web site at http://www.speer.com/ or call Deb Dollimer at 612-826-3333.

SoftWise MacroSuite

SoftWise MacroSuite is a robust Visual Basic/macro application for Word 97 and WordPerfect 7.0/8.0. It streamlines and standardizes document creation for any organization. MacroSuite integrates into the Word or WordPerfect environment with custom toolbars, keyboards and menu bars. It also seamlessly integrates with DOCS Open and iManage document managers, as well as with address book software programs such as Interface InterAction, METZ Phones and Outlook. This unique software suite has been designed to provide the powerful combination of an extensive feature set right out of the box, along with a flexible architecture for substantial yet easy customization. For a fully functional evaluation copy, send an e-mail to Sales@SoftWise.net.

TechLaw, Inc.

TechLaw is a nationwide leader in document and records image management, supporting the building, distribution and searching of large document databases. We've automated administrative records, environmental program documents, compliance manuals, symposium proceedings, and litigation documents — all with full search and retrieval technology. Our iCreate product is a next-generation word processing enhancement tool providing document creation, templates, macros and central administration for legal pleadings, letters, and special forms. TechLaw is a Microsoft Solutions Provider, Authorized PCDOCS Training Center, Corel Partner, and was recently named to the VARBusiness 500 list.

Technology Services Consulting Group

Vick Beyrouti
vickb@tscgsolutions.com
10642 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel: (310) 441-0100
Fax: (310) 441-0600

Technology Services Consulting Group has been developing legal solutions for over 7 years. We focus on the effective implementation of business solutions using Microsoft Office and Back Office products. Custom systems already built include case management, automated conflict checking and document assembly. We provide project management and review of automation, rollout and training plans. We also specialize in the conversion and rollout of Microsoft Word in either a native environment or within the context of a Document Management System. In addition, we offer a product consisting of an automation package for Office 97 or 2000. It includes Fax, Memo, Letter and Contract templates and tight integration with Outlook, SQL Server and most Document Management Systems. The package also includes a Pleading Builder that allows the assembly of fully automated pleadings through a simple user interface. Numbering and cross-referencing solutions are also included and are based on native Word features.

Tiger Information Systems, Inc.

Tiger is a full service-training partner offering "Just in Time Training", one on one, group classes, executive classes, train the trainer, migration and consulting services, and proprietary software training. Tiger is an Authorized Training Center for PC DOCS, Microsoft Office Suite, Corel WordPerfect Office Suite, the Lotus Suite, I-Manage, and Visio. Tiger can help you build a team of trainers, help desk, floor support, documentation writers, developers, and other specialist to support your needs.

Union Square Technology Group LLC

Union Square Technology Group LLC is a specialized provider of systems integration and technology consulting services focused on providing high quality solutions to select clients. An employee-owned partnership, we have extensive experience in document management and systems integration serving law firms and other professional services firms. Our capabilities include: Desktop Software Design and Integration, Document Management, Groupware/Messaging, Network Infrastructure Design and Implementation, Network Integration and Support, Custom Software Development. Union Square has the following vendor certifications: Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, Novell Authorized Partner, iMANAGE Medallion Partner, PC DOCS Integration Partner, Nortel Networks Enterprise Solutions Partner, Cisco Authorized Reseller Compaq Authorized Reseller and Service Provider, Computer Associates Enterprise Solution Provider, Citrix Gold Solutions Partner Check Point Authorized Partner, Interface Software Implementation Partner, RightFAX Business Partner, Omtool Authorized Reseller. Union Square has offices in New York and Washington, DC.

Workshare Technologies

London
Workshare Technology Ltd
New Loom House
101 Back Church Lane
London E1 1LU
Tel +44 171 481 6100
Fax +44 171 481 6101
http://www.workshare.net/

Workshare Technology is a privately held company formed by and incorporating the same people that brought SafetyGain to the PC DOCS and legal market. With more than seven years of experience in producing and marketing software to an international market, the management team of Workshare Technology is focused on maintaining and extending their reputation for excellence and customer satisfaction.

DeltaView is a document comparison tool, which is receiving a tremendous response in the legal market. DeltaView is the entry point in the Workshare Collaborative Suite.

World Software Corporation

World Software Corporation has been breaking new ground in document management solutions for the desktop since its beginnings in 1988. Our current flagship product, WORLDOX 8 for Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT, is the result of single-minded dedication to the principle that effective document management need not be cumbersome, difficult, or expensive. Formed in May 1988 by the principals of World Leasing Corporation, World Software Corporation was created around one of the more innovative concepts to enter the DOS utilities market. EXTEND-A-NAME, launched in June 1988, liberated desktop computer users from the frustrating limits of MS-DOS's eight-plus-three character file naming restrictions. EXTEND-A-NAME users were the first to experience extended, fully descriptive file names. In a flattering technological twist, Windows 95 implements its long file names using a technology similar to the one pioneered by EXTEND-A-NAME more than a decade ago.