Customizable Legal Software for State and Municipalities Attorneys
State and municipalities attorneys need flexible legal software, packed with features to maximize productivity and compatible with other functions and systems. SmartAdvocate was designed specifically for lawyers, law clerks and paralegals to equip them with the most useful features and integrations.
Increased Efficiency For The Legal Needs of Public Legal Departments
SmartAdvocate empowers state and municipalities lawyers to manage their caseloads effectively, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and optimizing their ability to address the unique legal challenges faced by government entities.
Automation Maintains Consistency of Quality
Create document templates to speed up paperwork and ensure compliance with state and federal requirements. Utilize thousands of merge codes, and establish consistency in due dates, court dates, and filing deadlines.
Paperless Documentation
Increase staff efficiency and save taxpayer dollars by going paperless. Digitizing your documentation can save time and money while decreasing waste and its negative environmental impact. Plus, with eSignature and texting capabilities, get documents signed and claims closed more quickly.
SmartAdvocate Helps Municipalities From Start To Finish
Whether attorneys are managing regulatory compliance or litigation cases, features like SmartAdvocate's calendar allows staff to stay on top of important dates. Set a reminder to notify defendants of payment windows and deadlines, ensuring the cases remain on track. Templates, dashboards, and our portal allow firms to organize jury pools and scheduling, or to shuffle jurors around quickly. Automatically create and print documentation with juror information, service payment information, and other reminders and dates the jurors need to know, as case events are updated.
SmartAdvocate can be configured to track notice requirements deadlines and immunity-related documentation. Users can create custom fields for documenting immunity determinations and related legal analysis. The software's automated workflow features can ensure proper procedures are followed for asserting immunity defenses and its document assembly tools can generate appropriate notices and legal documents. The reporting system enables monitoring of immunity-related cases and outcomes across the municipality.
SmartAdvocate can create detailed tracking mechanisms for consent decree obligations, deadlines, and reporting requirements. Through its WorkPlan feature, municipalities can establish automated workflows for compliance monitoring and documentation. The software's calendar system integrates with compliance deadlines, generating automated reminders and task assignments. Custom dashboards can provide real-time visibility into compliance status, and the reporting system can generate detailed compliance reports for oversight bodies.
Yes, SmartAdvocate is designed for users to track involvement from different municipal departments, assign tasks across departments, and maintain clear documentation of each department's contributions. Through its internal messaging and notification features, staff can communicate in real-time while ensuring all interactions are automatically saved within the case file. Custom dashboards can be created to showcase status and outstanding items by department, and the reporting system can generate department-specific analytics and updates.
SmartAdvocate allows municipalities to set up custom workflows for Freedom Of Information Act requests, automatically tracking response deadlines and generating necessary documentation. Through the WorkPlan feature, users can establish standardized processes for handling requests, including automatic task assignment and deadline reminders. The software's reporting capabilities enable tracking of request volumes, response times, and compliance rates. Document management features ensure all FOIA-related correspondence and materials are properly organized and readily accessible.
Our all-in-one system is loaded with features, capabilities, and reporting that other case management software systems don’t have. Join some of the top law firms using SmartAdvocate to make their firms more efficient and more profitable.