ADERANT Introduces Matter-Centric Practice Automation Solution; ADERANT Front Office Organizes Tasks and Information around Clients and Matters within Microsoft Office and Assists with Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.

ATLANTA -- ADERANT, a global provider of business and financial management software for professional services organizations, today announced the introduction of an integrated practice automation solution, ADERANT Front Office Matter Center, that includes contact, document, and email management as well as next-generation case management functionality. Embedded in Microsoft Office, ADERANT Matter Center provides attorneys and their support staff with an intuitive workspace that closely supports how they work -- contextually organizing their tasks, documents, emails, and contacts around their clients and matters.

The new ADERANT solution is the result of a strategic partnership with FWBS Limited that was announced in June 2005.

ADERANT Matter Center provides law firm professionals with a comprehensive view of their case loads. The solution's central repository enables them to associate all documents, emails, tasks, and contracts with specific clients and matters for easy access, sharing, and recall. Its ability to track information, documents, and emails by matter makes it ideal for managing regulatory compliance, including Sarbanes-Oxley.

ADERANT Matter Center also improves the productivity of professionals by embedding functionality directly within the Microsoft Office applications they use everyday, such as Outlook, Word, and Excel. This seamless integration enables professionals to access information and complete tasks, such as recording billable time, without having to leave the document or email they are working on and open another application.

ADERANT's newest solution is also integrated with the company's leading practice management system, CMS.Net, its business intelligence suite, ADERANT Executive Office, and its client relationship management solution, ADERANT Front Office CRM.

"ADERANT Matter Center truly supports how our attorneys and their support staff work, making them more productive and allowing them to capture more billable time," said Jeremy Garside, Managing Partner of Chadwick Lawrence. "By embedding functionality within familiar Microsoft Office applications and organizing everything around matters, the solution lets our professionals easily find the information they need and quickly complete tasks."

"While back office systems are essential for managing a modern legal practice, nothing increases a firm's competitive standing and profitability more than improving how their professionals work," said Michael J. Simmons, Chief Executive Officer of ADERANT. "ADERANT Matter Center helps firm attorneys and their support staff be more productive, capture more billable time, and respond faster to client demands. All of which, of course, has a positive impact on a firm's bottom line."

Matter-Centric Workspace

ADERANT Matter Center addresses a critical issue facing firm professionals: how to effectively access matter-related information and complete tasks to better serve their clients.

Traditional legal applications typically automate only one or two tasks; disrupting business process flows and creating islands of information that make it difficult for lawyers to service their clients.

For example, a lawyer needing to find all the information and tasks related to a particular client has to search through multiple, disconnected applications: tracking down emails in Microsoft Outlook, finding files in their document management system, locating billing information in their practice management system, and viewing pending deadlines in their case management system.

While each application provides a slice of information or a set of capabilities, none of them provides timekeepers with a complete picture of their clients and matters. The result is an unfriendly -- and unproductive -- work environment for firm professionals.

ADERANT Matter Center overcomes this issue by creating a matter-centric workspace for professionals that allows them to link their contacts, documents, emails, and tasks to specific clients and matters. By unifying front- and back-office information, the solution provides attorneys and their support staff with a complete picture of their clients and all matter-related activities.

Powerful Practice Automation Functionality

ADERANT's newest solution delivers powerful practice automation functionality, including contact, document, and email management as well as next-generation case management.

The solution's contact management functionality provides firms with a central repository for all client contact information, eliminating duplicate entries and the need to synchronize data between back and front office systems.

The ADERANT application provides email management functionality that lets professionals associate incoming and outgoing emails with a specific matter for easy recall, sharing, and improved compliance.

The solution's next-generation case management functionality provides professionals with a comprehensive overview of their ongoing cases, including tasks, reviews, milestones, appointments, and reminders. ADERANT Matter Center lets attorneys and their support staff centrally manage all activities as well as drill-down into related details and take action. It also supports automated document production as well as the creation and management of precedent documents and standard verbiage.

In addition, the new application includes built-in time capture functionality that prompts professionals to record their time as part of every task and activity.

Embedded in Applications Professionals Use -- Microsoft Office

ADERANT Matter Center is embedded within Microsoft Office, allowing law firm professionals to access information and complete tasks from within the familiar productivity applications they use everyday, such as Outlook and Word. Instead of forcing professionals to open another application to enter time, create documents, look up a client contact, or check billing information, the solution makes these tasks and information accessible through seamless extensions of Microsoft Office's existing menus, options, and Task Panes.

Powered by FWBS

ADERANT Matter Center is powered by advanced technology from FWBS Limited, a leading legal software development house and Microsoft Office 2003 Launch Partner based in the United Kingdom. ADERANT formed a strategic global partnership with FWBS in June 2005 to exclusively resell the company's technology throughout North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and portions of EMEA.

About Chadwick Lawrence

Chadwick Lawrence has offered professional and friendly legal advice to both personal and business clients for over 150 years. With thirteen partners and more than 40 other solicitors and fee earners, Chadwick Lawrence is one of the twenty largest firms in Yorkshire and Humberside. More information can be found at www.chadwicklawrence.co.uk.

About FWBS

FWBS is a leading software development house that designs office management software solutions for lawyers, accountants, and professional services personnel using the latest Microsoft platforms, development tools, and applications. Established in 1997, the company's Case and Matter Management solutions are used by more than 400 law firms throughout the UK, including Microsoft's own internal legal department in the UK.

About ADERANT

ADERANT, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a leading provider of software for services organizations. The global software company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, consisting of financial, resource and practice management software that enables services organizations of all sizes to maximize operational efficiencies. ADERANT provides solutions to the world's largest and most prominent service organizations -- including HP, Computer Sciences Corporation, KPMG LLP, Manugistics, American Express, Deloitte Consulting, Macleod Dixon LLP, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, Skadden Arps and Winston & Strawn. ADERANT also has offices in Asia Pacific and Europe. More information about ADERANT is available at www.aderant.com.

Editors Note: The correct usage of the ADERANT name is all capitals.

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