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Gavel & Gown Software Named Exclusive VAR Distributor of the SmartDraw Legal Solution Worldwide
Makers of Amicus Attorney to Power Sales of SmartDraw Legal

San Diego, CA (November 1, 2005) - SmartDraw.com, the world’s leading publisher of legal diagramming software, announced today that Gavel & Gown Software, makers of the popular Amicus Attorney practice management software, has been named the exclusive distributor of the SmartDraw Legal Solution to all value-added resellers. The agreement includes distribution rights to resellers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other regions worldwide.

“We’re excited to obtain exclusive distribution rights through our reseller channels for the SmartDraw Legal Solution,” said Robert Skinner, Manager, Sales Department, Gavel & Gown Software, Inc. ”Offering SmartDraw Legal alongside our popular Amicus Attorney practice management software will help further set us apart from the competition.”

Amicus Attorney is the world’s leading practice management software for lawyers, with a customer base of more than 225,000 attorneys. Using Amicus Attorney’s intuitive user interface and feature-rich functionality, attorneys can manage their time, workflow, and communications easily and effectively.

“We selected Gavel & Gown because of their strong distribution in the United States and around the world,” said Todd Savitt, Director of Business Development for SmartDraw.com. “We’re very excited to have them as a partner and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.”

The all-new SmartDraw Legal Solution helps legal professionals easily create diagrams for trial exhibits, settlement conferences, client meetings, arbitration, and other legal proceedings. Featuring more than 50,000 symbols and nearly 1,000 templates in a solution specialized for the legal community, SmartDraw not only eliminates the costly outsourcing of graphics, but delivers greater control over exhibits.

With the SmartDraw Legal Solution, drawing is easy. Users simply drag ready-made graphics from the built-in libraries and drop them on templates. With helpful features such as automatic alignment and formatting, SmartDraw requires no artistic talent or technical expertise: even firsttime users can create great-looking crime scene diagrams, timelines, evidence charts, medical diagrams, forensic drawings, org charts, and more.

The SmartDraw Legal Solution works hand-in-hand with leading litigation-support software products, as well as Microsoft Office, allowing users to copy and paste directly to and from PowerPoint, Word, Word Perfect, and more. In addition, users can print anything from standard sizes to huge posters for courtroom presentations.

If you are interested in becoming a reseller for the SmartDraw Legal Solution, please contact Robert Skinner, Manager, Sales Department, Gavel & Gown Software Inc., at 800-472-2289 ext 245, rskinner@amicusattorney.com.

About Gavel & Gown Software Inc.
Amicus Attorney is the world's leading practice management software for lawyers. Over 225,000 legal professionals worldwide have invested in Amicus Attorney. Gavel & Gown Software has been headquartered in Toronto since its incorporation in 1993. Obtain additional information by calling 800-472-2289 or by visiting www.amicusattorney.com.

About SmartDraw.com
SmartDraw.com, founded in 1994, delivers professional graphics power to everyday people. With millions of users worldwide, the award-winning SmartDraw family of products continues to help users become more productive through the creation of effective flowcharts, organizational charts, timelines, Gantt charts, floor plans, technical diagrams, and more. SmartDraw.com’s free technical support, customer-driven product development, and dedication to ease-of-use make it the leading drawing software product and a key component to the popular office suite of software. For more information, please visit www.smartdrawlegal.com.

Amicus and Amicus Attorney are registered trademarks of Gavel & Gown Software Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Christine LaGrange
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Tel: 800-768-3729
Email: clagrange@smartdraw.com


 

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