Mutual Mobile is very proud to attend Legal Week for the first time and introduce ourselves to the legal tech community. 

John Paul Sommer is the Vice President of XR (Extended Reality) at Mutual Mobile.  Throughout his career, he has held leadership positions at elite game companies like EA, Zynga, Midway, and Microsoft. His extensive background in visual design and interactive software development spans over twenty five years, incorporating many different platforms including PC, Console, Mobile, and now XR. 

Over the last several years, John has co-founded a VR Entertainment Company, as well as designed and produced over 20 XR experiences for some of the world’s largest brands like Walmart, Nestle, Toyota, Salesforce, Lockheed Martin, and Royal Caribbean. John plays a key role at Mutual Mobile in driving successful business development for emerging XR technologies.

John will be delivering 20-min lightning talks on Wednesday in LITE theatre on the 2nd level right outside of Rhinelander Hall. 

Trial Prep in VR: Help reduce fear and anxiety to perform confidently under pressure.  

Wednesday, 1:30 pm

 

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The legal industry is defined by precision with each move made by law firms and legal professionals determined by well-defined rules of engagement. It is meticulously documented by an army of paralegals and legal assistants and as a result, law firms are buried under a veritable mountain of paperwork.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, the mid-size law firm based in New York increased productivity and efficiency, saved significantly on storage costs and reduced the pressure on the company’s IT team from adopting ScanSnap with Worldox solution.

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LawPay is essential to the Smith & Vinson Law Firm

BACKGROUND

The Smith & Vinson Law Firm is a criminal defense firm founded in Austin, Texas in 2016. They are 100 percent focused on criminal defense, representing individuals in cases involving DWI, domestic violence, assault, sex crimes, weapons charges, and other criminal justice matters. “Our mission is to do everything possible to help the client out,” said Brad Vinson, one of the founding partners at Smith & Vinson. “We want you to know that we’re here to fight for you, no matter what.”

ONLINE PAYMENTS FROM DAY ONE

Smith & Vinson knew from the very beginning that they wanted to accept online payments in their firm. For Jarrod Smith, founding partner at Smith & Vinson, LawPay was his first choice. “We actually started with LawPay. It was recommended by our state bar, and by other lawyers, as the best payment processor.” Brad Vinson did some research on online payment processors, but after reviewing several options that were available, the answer was clear. “We talked to our bank and a couple other banks about the services they offered. No one really compared to what LawPay was putting on the table.”

While the firm still accepts other forms of payments, LawPay’s online payments solution quickly became their clients’ preferred way to pay. Brad Vinson said that “probably 80 percent of the transactions that clients make with us come from LawPay.” Jarrod Smith concurred, “our clients love LawPay!”

PAYMENT FLEXIBILITY 

Smith & Vinson appreciated how LawPay allowed them to get a payment request out the door as soon as one came up. “In criminal defense, clients often want to pay you outside of their payment schedule,” said Brad Vinson. “We have requests at any given moment for a payment, and we want to be able to send one right away.” 

Jarrod Smith particularly liked how LawPay’s Quick Bill feature streamlined Smith & Vinson’s practice. “Quick Bill has been essential. It has made our practice more efficient, and it saves us time and money by being able to send out payments so quickly.”

KEEPING TRACK OF PAYMENTS

Another standout LawPay feature for Smith & Vinson is its robust reporting system. “Being able to quickly go in and see on a month-to-month basis how much money is coming in through LawPay is something we really like,” said Brad Vinson. “Also, being able to see more specific criteria, like picking a date range and seeing how much income had come in during that time period. We really like it.” Jarrod Smith echoed his partner’s praise of LawPay’s reporting features. “They allow me and my legal assistant to quickly see who has paid and who hasn’t.” In all, Smith & Vinson feel they couldn’t have made a better choice by going with LawPay. As Brad Vinson put it, “between the speed of doing a transaction, the fees associated with them, the ease of use—we felt comfortable that LawPay was the way to go.”

 

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Stephenville law firm adds 10% to their bottom line with LawPay

BACKGROUND 

Founded in 2004 in Stephenville, Texas, Fraser, Wilson & Bryan, P.C.is a full-service firm specializing in civil litigation, family law, and transactional law. Their firm is focused on serving residents and businesses located in Stephenville and its surrounding counties. “Our firm has deep ties to Stephenville,” said Kimberly Pack Wilson, founding partner at Fraser, Wilson & Bryan, P.C. “I was raised here. Amy Bryan and I went to Tarleton State University. It’s where we call home, and we want to make our home a better place.” 

A SIMPLE SWITCH

Kim Wilson recalls the day she discovered LawPay, and how quickly her team decided to hop on board. “I found LawPay at a booth at a CLE. We had a partners’ meeting, and it was an easy decision. Yes! Let’s sign up for LawPay!” Once the decision was made, making the switch turned out to be a breeze. Kim Wilson happily recounted, “incorporating LawPay into our practice was the easiest technology addition we have ever made!” 

Prior to LawPay, Fraser, Wilson & Bryan was using a payment solution that just wasn’t meeting their specific needs as a law firm. “When it comes to accepting credit card payments, they can’t be co-mingled with the charges coming from credit card services.” Thankfully, LawPay was built specifically to address this issue for law firms. “LawPay is able to make us ethically compliant in a very easy way. If you’re going to use a credit card system, you should be using a system that understands the business of law—and that’s LawPay.”

IMPROVING THEIR PRACTICE

Kim Wilson found that LawPay has made her firm’s daily operations simpler and more efficient. Their clients are able to pay much faster than if they used traditional methods. “Paying through LawPay is convenient for our clients. They don’t have to wait until we’re open, or stop by the office. They just go online and make their payment.” 

Since making the switch, more and more of Fraser, Wilson & Bryan’s clients have been making payments through LawPay. “About 40 percent of our payments are done online or over the phone through LawPay,” Kim Wilson noted. In fact, using LawPay has helped lead to increased profits for Fraser, Wilson, & Bryan. “We’ve had a 10 percent swing in our profit margin,” said Kim Wilson. “About 6 percent is attributable to more revenue and about 4 percent attributing to doing less work.”

LawPay’s location-flexibility is also valuable to Fraser, Wilson, & Bryan. When Kim Wilson travels for mediation services, she is able to take payments for her services right then and there, which has made the other lawyers turn their heads. “It always impresses the other lawyers that I’m able to take payments no matter where I am,” Kim Wilson said.

All in all, Fraser, Wilson, & Bryan couldn’t be happier that they discovered LawPay so many years ago. As Kim Wilson describes it, “LawPay helps us deliver customer service that exceeds their expectations. That’s what I need from legal technology—to make me look like a rockstar and a modern law firm. LawPay does that.”

 

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Jarred Correia shares the history, evolution, and powerful capabilities of HotDocs Advance, a document automation solution that allows users to create customized, error-free documentation in a fraction of the time.

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Mutual Mobile is very proud to attend Legal Week for the first time and introduce ourselves to the legal tech community. 

Jessica Lowry is an Experience Director at Mutual Mobile and seasoned design thinking strategist with over a decade of experience helping clients and teams design the best solutions. She will be available at booth 421 in Rhinelander Hall outside the educational hall will be our booth with Mutual Mobile signage, handouts and a VR setup.

Jess will be delivering 20-min lightning talks on Tuesday and Thursday in LITE theatre on the 2nd level right outside of Rhinelander Hall.  

Design Thinking and the Law: Innovation and creative problem solving is everyone’s business. 

Tuesday, 1:00 pm 

 

Law Department Transformation 101: How to get started with process automation. 

Thursday, 1:30 pm

Learn more about Mutual Mobile by visiting our website www.mutualmobile.com

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At the end of 2019, we completed 16+ years of customer excellence developing enterprise portals and web applications on Microsoft .NET, SharePoint and Salesforce platform integrated with SuccessFactors, SAP, NetDocuments, iManage, Elite, Aderant, Handshake, Interaction, LexisNexis, Kony, Symphony, and many more enterprise platforms. Learn more about our services at Legaltech – LegalWeek New York, booth no. 227.
Legal101 is currently being used by several small to mid-sized law firms worldwide as their Firm Intranet. With Legal101 firms can deploy a fully responsive mobile-first intranet portal within a couple of weeks that accelerates employee productivity and draws more value of their investment in SharePoint & Office365.
Schedule demo with us to understand how firms are modernizing their workplace with Legal101. Learn more – klstinc.com/legal101
In 2019, we also launched two brand new solutions that can boost law firm productivity and address collaboration issues.
KLoBot is a DIY voice+text Chatbot & Virtual Assistant builder platform that can be used to build, configure, and deploy ‘no-code’ chatbots within minutes. KLoBot platform is robust, secure, and incredibly intelligent designed for business users to create chatbots and deploy easily on your favorite channels along with pre-built connectors for SharePoint, Service Now, NetDocuments, iManage, Twilio, and many more!
netDocShare is an innovative solution that allows view & edit of NetDocuments content within SharePoint or your favorite web application. netDocShare supports viewing and editing NetDocuments content stored in Cabinets, Workspace, Folders, ShareSpaces, NDThread or CollabSpaces. netDocShare is currently being used across several AMLAW firms and Legal departments worldwide.
Visit us at Booth 227 or write to us at marketing@klstinc.com to get in touch with our team.
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In 2019, KLST launched an AI Chatbot Builder Platform, KLoBot. 

KLoBot is a DIY voice+text Chatbot & Virtual Assistant builder platform that can be used to build, configure, and deploy ‘no-code’ chatbots within minutes. KLoBot platform is robust, secure, and incredibly intelligent designed for business users to create chatbots and deploy easily on your favorite channels along with pre-built connectors for SharePoint, Service Now, NetDocuments, iManage, Twilio, and many more!

Meet us at Booth 227 to know more!

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netDocShare – View and edit NetDocuments content securely in any web app

netDocShare is an innovative solution that allows view & edit of NetDocuments content within SharePoint or your favorite web application. netDocShare supports viewing and editing NetDocuments content stored in Cabinets, Workspace, Folders, ShareSpaces, NDThread or CollabSpaces. netDocShare is currently being used across several AMLAW firms and Legal departments worldwide.

About KLST
KL Software Technologies (“KLST”) was founded in 2003 with the vision of building mobile-first digital innovations that provide smooth, intuitive, and consistent user experience across smarter interfaces. With global delivery centers based out of USA and India, KLST software+services offerings are focused on Enterprise Collaboration & Content, Hybrid Mobility, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and Augmented Reality. Learn more about KLST services: www.klstinc.com/whyklstforlegal

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You’re probably already aware of the dangers associated with email, but we bet you’re still continuing to use it, despite the risks. In the current climate, it’s almost impossible to completely avoid using email as part of your daily communication, however, you should be making an effort to minimise your email usage by only using it in certain scenarios, i.e. inquiries. For lawyers in particular, once a client has been acquired, you should move all communications and file sharing to one secure portal, this not only streamlines all communications, but generally makes it easier for you and your client to contact each other and share files.

/by Rebecca Welsh