Legal

If you run a law office, you're well aware of how comprehensive IT solutions are critical for providing top-notch legal service to your clients and throughout your organization. With the legal industry changing rapidly due to technological innovations, law firms and legal-oriented businesses must adapt and find cost-effective solutions that improve:

the client experience (including privacy and confidentiality)
administrative and billing operations (i.e. payment collection, accounting, advanced printing requirements)
mobile and wireless solutions (i.e. remote access for attorneys in court)
enhances security measures and best-practices (i.e.data encryption, protected data, secure remote access to data)
following industry guidelines and compliance measures (such as PCI compliance)
and more.

At Ideal Networks, we understand the particular IT needs that law firms demand to run an optimized organization. That's why we've created customized solutions that ensure that your organization is functioning with the latest technology and best practices.
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Before we cover how Ideal Networks can provide a multitude of IT solutions and create a comprehensive environment that meets your organization's requirements, let's take a look at the general overview of IT and the legal industry in today's technological environment.

Quick Stats About Legal IT

Consider the following recent statistics about the intersections of law firms and Information Technology (IT):

According to the American Bar Association's 2017 Tech Report, 60% of law firms budget for technology, citing efficiency of daily operations as a main concern. However, 71% of solo respondents reported that there was no technology training available at their firm.
Virtual law firms are becoming the norm, with7% of firms becoming early-adopters and implementing such technologies as cloud-storage to handle their document and archiving needs.
Recent research has shown that law firms are increasingly becoming a target for cybercriminals and hackers, with 80 percent of the largest firms in the United States reporting that they have already experienced a malicious breach in the past year. Similarly, 60% of all emails directed at law firms have been classified as phishing attacks, looking to exploit security holes to find sensitive information. And in the case of one targeted firm, over 11 million files leaked from one firm, causing massive liability issues and the eventual shut down of its business. (Source: CNA)
Advanced technologies, such as AI and machine learning, are being implemented to enhance performance learning. Over 50% of respondents reported that they are now using some form of business intelligence in 2019.However, this number has been contested, with an independent survey conducted by the ABA only reporting 10%of attorneys using AI-based tech tools for their work in the same year.(Source: CNA)
The ABA now reports that cloud usage has grown by 20% in the last several years, indicating a trend towards more integrated tech for law firms.

Benefits of Managed IT Solutions from Ideal Networks

Ideal Networks has vast experience in aiding law offices across the country to help attorneys, accountants, accounting firms, and other legal professionals to maximize their technology. By providing unparalleled IT consulting and network support to law firms of every size and scope, it has been our goal is to relieve our clients from the hassle of IT support so your firm can fully devote its resources on running your daily operations. Whether your needs include implementing and optimizing document management, case management, litigation support, and practice management solutions, we can help optimize your organization so that you can devote your energies to providing the best in legal services for your clients.

Legal Industry IT Support

Because your legal team must be equipped with instant access to files, depositions, and court documents at all hours, from any location, and on any device, Ideal Networks helps make your IT networks running reliably and efficiently. Simultaneously, we understand that client data needs to be kept secure—whether on your network, an encrypted server, or on your firm’s devices--and offer IT support tailored to the unique needs of your law firm. Ideal Networks has real-world experience with the tools and software that your attorneys and staff count on every day. Our IT consultants are highly-versed in commonly-used software and hosted applications used within the legal industry, including:

Amicus Attorney
E-discovery and trial presentation applications
iManage
LexisNexis PCLaw and Time Matter
Sage Timeslips
Tabs3
Westlaw
and more.

Additionally, Ideal Networks can help your law firm develop custom applications that fit the needs that your attorneys and clients demand.

IT Installation and Deployment for Law Firms

Ideal Networks empowers law firms with IT installation and deployment services. Whether installing networks, cloud-based technologies, email, and VoIP phone solutions, we ensure that everything you need to represent your clients efficiently and professionally is working properly. Once your networks are installed and outdated technologies are update, we offer ongoing in-person and remote staffing that enables law firms to operate effectively on a day-to-day basis.

Legal IT Security

In perhaps no other industry is cyber security more valuable and need than in the legal sector. Considering that law firms today face an unprecedented amount of data vulnerability that can lead to disastrous liability issues. In response, Ideal Networks has developed customized approaches for law firms that helps attorneys secure client data, both through physical solutions (i.e. state-of-the-art surveillance equipment) and digital solutions.

Legal IT Wireless and Mobility

Law firms are no longer bound to your local area. With your business having the potential to take your work nationwide and across the world, Ideal Networks ensures that when you are on-the-go, your documents are accessible within seconds. No matter which device, vendor, or location you maybe working at, we ensure that data is always at hand.

Analytics for Law Firms

With the legal system and your clients’ needs becoming more complex, running a law firm now demands optimized performance through data-derived decisions from advanced IT analytics. Our IT solutions can help your firm analyze data, manage more caseloads, forecast probable outcomes, and even help make decisions on whether or not to take on new clients.

IT Compliance for Law Firms

Ideal Networks is adept at helping your law firm operate under the guidelines and best-practices to protect sensitive client data throughout the firm. This includes such compliance measures as HIPAA, PCI-DSS,GDPR, and any other guidelines that pertain to your clients’ needs and industries.

Contact Ideal Networks Today

If your healthcare organization is ready to implement the best IT solutions, contact Ideal Networks today. We offer a wide-variety of services for healthcare providers that meets and exceeds the needs for optimally-performing organizations, all in a cost-effective solution that can be tailored to any budget. Free network assessments are available to help determine how your organization can take their networks and IT-based operations to the next level.