Practice Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has formed an alliance with the legal technology and knowledge management consulting firm of Prism Legal. Under the alliance, Prism will assist law firms in the evaluation and implementation of Practice Technologies’ leading Work Product Retrieval solution, RealPractice™.
“I have been very impressed with Prism’s understanding of the nuances of knowledge management, and how this specialty area fits into a law firm’s larger information management goals,” said Peter Ozolin, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions with Practice Technologies. “Ron Friedmann, Prism’s founder, has a background working with large firms and understands the KM challenges they face. Having also worked on software development in the legal market, Ron has a strong sense of how an application like RealPractice complements the firm’s KM initiatives.”
“In a field where many old ideas are constantly repackaged as something new, Practice Technologies has created an approach that’s truly different,” said Ron Friedmann, the principal of Prism Legal. “They recognize the problem that law firms face in getting at meaningful work product quickly, and they’ve developed a solution that’s consistent with how attorneys think about work product retrieval.”
The RealPractice Work Product Retrieval system is built around a legal-specific categorization and analysis engine that understands legal documents from a lawyer’s perspective. It integrates with leading document management systems and automatically profiles documents based on analysis of content, thus enabling precision searching. No prior manual review of documents is required and lawyers relate immediately to the easy RealPractice interface.
Prism advises law firms and departments on strategic technology planning, knowledge management, litigation and practice support, and serving clients more effectively with technology. Prism also advises legal software companies on product development and positioning and with marketing strategies. Based in Arlington, Virginia, Prism is led by Ron Friedmann, Esq. Mr. Friedmann previously served as CIO at Mintz Levin and the Director of Computer Applications at Wilmer Cutler. He has managed technology infrastructure and worked on many practice- and client-facing systems including litigation support, document management, interactive expert advisors, intranets, extranets, public Web sites, and knowledge management.
Established in 2000 and based in Venice, California, Practice Technologies, Inc. delivers software and content-based solutions for law firm Work Product Retrieval, a category the Company pioneered. Recognizing the importance of leveraging the firm’s intellectual capital, many leading law firms have adopted Practice Technologies’ flagship Work Product Retrieval solution, RealPractice™; it is the first and only tool specifically designed for accessing and using attorney work product. The Company also offers SmartRules™ , a single-search court rules compliance product and RealPractice™ Public Research, which provides access to tens of thousands of publicly filed legal documents, intelligently organized on the RealPractice platform.
Practice Technologies’ major-firm clients include Allen Matkins; Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan; Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Irell & Manella; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Littler Mendelson; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; Quinn Emanuel; Reed Smith and Thelen Reid, among others. Practice Technologies, Inc. will continue to set the standard for Work Product Retrieval excellence in the legal profession.
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