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How to Bill as an Attorney: The Practitioner’s Manual
Nobody teaches billing in law school, and yet an attorney’s billed time is how the work becomes a livelihood. This is the manual most lawyers never get: how attorney billing works, how to record time so it gets paid, what block billing is and why to never do it, and the habits that separate attorneys…
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Billable Hours & How Lawyers Track Them
Billable hours are simple to define and maddening to capture. Every lawyer knows what they are; almost every lawyer loses some of them between doing the work and recording it. This guide covers the definition briefly, then spends its time where the money is: how lawyers actually track billable hours, and how to build a…
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Law Firm Accounting: Staff, Software & A/R
A law firm’s accounting has three jobs: keep the firm compliant, keep the partners informed, and get the bills paid. Most content about legal accounting covers the first job and waves at the other two. This guide covers all three: who does the accounting at law firms, what the best accounting software for law firms…
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A Law Firm’s Guide to Data Conversion
Unlock a smooth transition for your law firm’s new financial management software with this comprehensive guide to data conversion, covering preparation, stages, and essential tips.
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5 Challenges Law Firms Face When Upgrading Financial Software
Enterprise law firms can’t reach their full profitability potential without modern financial management software. At the same time, law firm financial software upgrades carry some inherent risk, and additional challenges can arise without proper planning. This guide explores legal software implementation challenges and offers proven solutions for minimizing risk exposure. Challenge 1: Resistance to Change …
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Secure, Reliable, and Accessible: Orion Cloud
Learn how Orion Cloud offers secure, reliable, and accessible cloud storage solutions, freeing law firms from on-premise burdens while supporting remote work and ensuring data integrity.
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Faster, Safer, Simpler: A Law Firm’s Guide to Electronic Payments
Accepting electronic payments is one of the most practical steps a law firm can take to strengthen its financial operations. For clients, it means more convenience and greater flexibility. For the firm, it means faster collections, fewer errors, and reduced exposure to check fraud. This guide covers why electronic payment processing matters for law firms,…
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Orion Cloud: Do More With Less In 2026
Orion Cloud is the integrated law firm financial management platform that helps large and midsize firms do more with less, providing scalability, security, and superior data governance in one solution.
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3 Ways to Thrive in 2026 With Orion BI
Want to grow revenue? Discover 3 ways law firm profitability reports and visual analytics (Orion BI) help you set better rates, boost collections, and hit your targets in 2026.
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The Productivity Pack: Work Your Way, Work Faster
Is your technology making your job easier? Or are you spending too much time jumping between applications and retyping the same information? Orion’s Productivity Pack lets you put information into Orion while you’re working in Microsoft Word or Outlook, like: Learn more about the features available in the Orion Productivity Pack Fee entry, simplified Contemporaneous…
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Time Is Money. Why Waste It on Paper Receipts?
Paper receipts are a time sink. Orion’s AP Imaging Module frees you from wasted effort by digitizing receipt management. Learn how to go paperless and save your firm time and money.
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