Legal Access Technologies Awarded Contract With Prairie State Legal Services.Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2001 Legal Access Technologies, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: LATI), a leading provider of web-based law-related services to consumers and attorneys, announced today that its Tele-Lawyer subsidiary has been awarded a one year contract to provide a fully integrated, web-based case management system and telephone access services to Prairie State Legal Services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. , a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. providing legal services to low income clientele, based in Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Rockford is often referred to as "The Forest City" and is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2000 U.S. . Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Tele-Lawyer will create, implement and operate a fully integrated web-based case management system designed to enhance and automate existing intake functions at Prairie State. Features of the database include eligibility qualifying, integrated substantive law The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property; the essential substance of rights under law. , timekeeping, calendaring, historical data reporting, conflict searching, automated document assembly, non-legal referral information, grant management, and automated government compliance checks. In addition, Tele-Lawyer will provide a full array of telephone services including porting and routing of intake numbers, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. functions, ACD (Automatic Call Distributor) A computerized phone system that responds to the caller with a voice menu and connects the call to the appropriate agent. It can also distribute calls equally to agents. capabilities, remote access and detailed reporting. Prairie State will be responsible for providing computers, phone and Internet connections at its office as well as all operators, attorneys, and staff necessary to perform services. "As a result of our agreement with Tele-Lawyer, we expect to be able to provide legal services to our clients more efficiently," said Joseph A. Dailing, executive director of Prairie State. "We are very excited about this innovative new project." Michael Cane, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Legal Access Technologies, stated, "We are extremely pleased that Prairie State has retained us to provide its database management and telephone services. We are focused on enhancing the delivery of legal services through our unique technology. "This partnership with Prairie State marks our entrance into the Illinois marketplace. Going forward, we intend to pursue other opportunities within the state of Illinois and elsewhere in the U.S. We are sharply focused on aggressively growing Tele-Lawyer's presence and are very pleased to be making inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ on our strategy of expanding our services to non-profit organizations and government agencies, along with their clients, throughout all 50 states," Cane concluded. About Tele-Lawyer Tele-Lawyer offers web-based case management and phone services, a web-based virtual law office, web-based docketing and filing systems, and web-based unbundled legal services. The legal service hubs Tele-Lawyer is creating feature dual phone and web access, as well as multi-level choices of price, service and type of product for consumers of legal services. Tele-Lawyer's vendor and partnership arrangements with Legal Service Organizations provide direct income from the sale of technology and services, as well as a network for the marketing and sale to consumers of these unbundled legal products and services. Certain matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties are disclosed in the company's past and current filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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