For Attorneys
VLOTech is a web-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) application. This means that we offer our service over the Internet rather than downloading or installing any software.
VLOTech allows your law practice to exist anywhere you may access the Internet – from your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. The software serves as an attorney’s law office, handling administrative and management tasks, as well as communication with the client. Attorneys may customize their virtual law office to meet the needs of their practice areas and their clients. The application works as a form of ongoing client development and revenue generation for the law practice.
For Clients
A virtual law office (VLO) is open to the online public and prospective clients 24/7. Clients may register and accept the terms and conditions of the VLO to receive their own secure homepages. From the homepage, a client may request legal services, communicate with the attorney or legal assistant to receive legal services, upload and download documents, complete online legal forms, update client information and pay invoices, among other features.
VLOTech Software Features
Client information management
Jurisdiction check to avoid unauthorized practice of law
Conflict of interest checking
Contacts import
Case management
Discussion threads
Case calendar
Calendar export
Searchable and linkable legal library
Document management
File library
Form library
Online HTML forms
PDF Forms
Billing and invoices management
Accounting export
Online payment
Lawyer account management (including multiple attorney partnerships and paralegal collaboration)
Paralegal account management
Reports
Backoffice
Management tools
Blackberry and iPhone VLO activity alerts
We are providing new VLOTech software features and updates approximately every two weeks with no extra charge to clients and with no interruption of their VLO work flow.
Data Security
Please click here to download the VLOTech Security Information Sheet.
VLOTech provides the same SSL protection that you get when you bank online. Data is also encrypted at the storage level using industry proven algorithms. The software developer feels that it is important for you to know that nothing, from your locked office and paper-only filing cabinet all the way up to a high security government server, is 100% secure. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. The goal with data security is to make smart choices, backed by sound science, and to make the task of gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data greater than the benefit to be gained. We consistently audit our software to provide our clients with the most current security measures available.
Updates and Product Development
VLOTech provides services, such as regular hardware and software updates as part of our standard support. Because VLOTech is SaaS, as new software features become available, each client’s VLO is updated automatically. Development of the software is guided by the requests of our attorney customers.
Customization
The software is designed to be flexible so that a basic VLO may be tailored to the unique needs of a law practice. An attorney’s VLO may be integrated into the look and feel of an existing law office website and may be customized all the way down to the text of the user messages, or even translated into different languages if that is desired to meet the needs of an attorney’s client base.
Pricing Structure
Subscribers to the VLOTech service are charged on a monthly, per seat basis. We have solo, small firm, medium firm and large firm pricing packages.
There is no annual licensing fee or long-term contract required. A signed software user agreement and proof of license to practice law are required before site setup.
Our goal is to work with each of our customers individually to ensure that their VLOs are tailored to the needs of their law practices. We welcome development suggestions and feedback. Again, we are providing new VLOTech software features and updates approximately every two weeks with no extra charge to attorneys using our service and with no interruption of their VLO workflow.
For more information on VLOTech product sales and pricing, including a video walkthrough of the software, scheduling a live walkthrough of the software features or access to the test sites, please contact us at launch@vlotech.com.
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