Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC, is the best thing to come along the pike for law practice, especially solo or small law offices since the invention of the computer. No, wait, it’s the best thing since the invention of the typewriter with erasable tape!
My VLO is easy to use, even for someone right on the cusp being too old to deal with technology . . . hey, I learned to type about the time those typewriters with eraser tape came on the market!
The range of ethical coverage built into the software is fantastic!
- No more searching through a million computer (or worse, paper) file lists to do a conflict check. You don’t even have to switch programs or keep unnecessary applications open. Once you have your database built, you just add to it as needed. And the software (and its developers, Ben and Stephanie) will help you import any existing software lists or database files you may already have.
- The security my VLO offers clients is stellar. No more accidentally forwarded emails to the wrong person (come on, admit it, we’ve all done it at least once). No risk of social networking applications “accidentally” finding your entire list of email addresses and sending them offers to join some ridiculous thing with YOUR name attached as the sender. And of course, no risk that some 12-year old will hack your email account and send out unsolicited requests for money (under YOUR name, of course). As technology gets better, so does the knowledge base of people who can breach security. The bar associations can’t possibly keep up with it. Even Bill and Steve can’t do it.
Everything is in one place. Did I mention you can keep your entire client file on each client’s personal homepage? Talk about a paperless office! Think what that can do for your file retention costs, not to mention the headache of ensuring clients have copies of their file when a case closes or a client migrates to another lawyer.
The best thing about my VLO is the personal and prompt service I get from the creators of the application. Ben and Stephanie have gone out of their way to answer questions, be available for telephone and computer conferences, and anything else that you need.
Given the current economic crisis the United States faces, all of us who practice law must find a new way to practice that offers the most cost-effective, secure, and sensible way to offer our services. dawn-bowie-logo VLOTech is the wave of the future for legal practice and I heartily endorse it.
Dawn Elaine Bowie, Esq.
The Law Offices of Dawn Elaine Bowie, P.C.
t/a Maryland Family Law Firm