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Paperless Law Office Primer 2017 Edition Andrew S. Kucera Attorney, Palmer Kucera LLP [email protected] Ivy B. Grey Author, American Legal Style for PerfectIt [email protected] Tim Baran Content Director, Rocket Matter [email protected]
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Page 1: Paperless law office primer 2017 edition

Paperless Law Office Primer

2017 Edition

Andrew S. KuceraAttorney, Palmer Kucera LLP [email protected]

Ivy B. GreyAuthor, American Legal Style for PerfectIt [email protected]

Tim BaranContent Director, Rocket Matter [email protected]

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• Benefits: Efficiency, Mobility, Compliance

• How I Took My Firm Paperless

• Must-Have Tools For a Paperless Office

• Naming Conventions for a Digital Office

• Paperless Law Office Protocols

• Security in the Cloud

• Q&A

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Agenda

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3 Top Benefits ofGoing Paperless

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Efficiency

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Mobility

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Compliance

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How I Took My Firm Paperless

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There HAS to Be a Better Way

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Workflow Development

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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

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Must-Have Tools for aPaperless Law Office

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Scanner

(Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500)

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Scanner

(PocketScan)

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Shredder

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Online document

storage and backup

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PDF- Acrobat Standard or Pro

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Fax to Email

Service

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Digital notes

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How Lawyers Use Evernote to Store and Organize

Information

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Ideas for blog

posts

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Repository fornotes and documents

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Legal research notes

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Witness interviews, deposition outlines,

discovery needs

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Photographs, Key Cases, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments

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Sample forms, pleadings, and motions

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Law Office Process and Procedures 

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Meeting Notes

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Practice management system

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Intake

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Time capture

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Client file storage and organization

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Clientportal

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Editing Tools

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Naming Conventions for Digital Files

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Naming Conventions:Customized, Thoughtful

Planning

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Naming Conventions:Don’t Do Too Much

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Naming Conventions:Creating Your Plan

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Naming Conventions:Minimum Elements

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Naming Conventions:Standard Additions for

Law Firms

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Naming Conventions: Tips for Success

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Paperless Law Office Protocols

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The Paperless Process is a Closed Universe

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Backup, Backup,Backup

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Secret: Paperless Isn't Really Paperless

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You Can Do It!

•  Start small•  Establish protocols•  Capture and convert to

digital, all paper coming into and generated by the office

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Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.6

Confidentiality Of Information

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“A lawyer shall make reasonable efforts…”

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Security:   Strong Passwords  Two-Factor Authentication  Encryption

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No brainer: Get a password manager now!

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THANK YOU!

Andrew S. KuceraAttorney, Palmer Kucera LLP [email protected]

Ivy B. GreyAuthor, American Legal Style for PerfectIt [email protected]

Tim BaranContent Director, Rocket Matter [email protected]