| Craddock Murray Neumann | | Mr Julian Van Leer, Partner, Craddock Murray Neumann Lawyers | “Integration between accounting, time management, document production and process management are keys to the success of growing firms!” Craddock Murray Neumann Lawyers is a Sydney-based firm with a reputation for serving the needs of government and large corporate clients. The practice is growing and with this growth the firm's focus on efficiency and effective management processes is assuring service quality. Julian Van Leer, partner at Craddock Murray Neumann explained what makes Craddock Murray Neumann different to other Sydney firms. "Whilst we have a strong government and ‘big-end-of-town' client base, we maintain a commitment to assisting individuals who do not have ready access to legal advice. Almost all of our professional staff have, at some stage, worked in a volunteer capacity or in community legal centres. Founding partner, Eddie Neumann, continues to act pro bono for indigenous Australians in a range of areas from Native Title to the establishment of commercial ventures. Craddock Murray Neumann also represents refugees and other groups who may not qualify for assistance through Legal Aid. Craddock Murray Neumann has grown through ethical practices and specialisation in areas such as insurance law, insolvency law, commercial and property law and industrial law. The professional staff identify the areas of specialty and this assures the enthusiasm and commitment needed to deliver quality legal representation.” As Craddock Murray Neumann has grown, so too has the complexity of the business and the volume of information and work in progress that must be managed. In addition, corporate and government clients expect their lawyers to use the best available matter management and reporting approaches available. Julian Van Leer described how Craddock Murray Neumann tackled the ever-increasing volume of administrative tasks and management reporting required to satisfy clients and develop the business. "To ensure that we could maintain our reputation for quality legal service and meet the information requirements of our large government and corporate clients, we searched for a practice management system that would address our process control and financial management needs in one piece of software. “Our practice manager, Katherine Hicks, worked with the professionals and staff to identify the system requirements and went to market for an integrated solution. We checked out a wide range of systems and chose Locus Affinity as the one that most closely met our requirements. Our key considerations in making our choice were… - Integrated accounting and flexible management reporting tools to give our practice manager more time to manage the financial health of the practice and to assist the professional staff.
- Workflow tools with links to the documents, diary and financials so we can design matter management systems that meet our clients specifications.
- Daily reporting on billing, work in progress, budgets and workload of staff, available at the click of a button.
The integration between word processing, precedents and process management is a particularly impressive feature of Locus Affinity. Locus' support reputation has always been very good and the Locus Affinity installation was no exception.” Craddock Murray Neumann implemented Locus Affinity with it's business community database, workflow tools, marketing, document production and financial management functions. The entire implementation including data migration, implementation and training was completed in less than 12 weeks. For more information about this article contact Katherine Hicks at Craddock Murray Neumann on 02 9283 4755 or khicks@craddock.com.au. Please click here to visit our website: www.craddock.com.au  Review our range of legal software
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