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Upgrade to Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition

The following is a summary of some of the new features that you'll find when upgrading from
Amicus Attorney
2009 Premium Edition.

Amicus Attorney Premium Edition

If you are upgrading from a different version of Amicus Attorney click here.

Firm Member Availability
Calendar
People
Improved Client Matter Intake Form
Files
Navigation
Other
Performance
Advanced Technology
Links


Firm Member Availability

Trying to contact, locate or schedule something for another firm member and don't have the time to track them down? You can now check on the current availability of all firm members from anywhere in Amicus Attorney. This feature is especially useful for receptionists, assistants and administrators. It is also helpful for firms who delegate work amongst paralegals, articling students, junior associates and for teams who share resources.

Visibility
Check on the availability of other firm members, including the ability to:
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See if somebody is in or out of the office and when they are due back.
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See who is logged into Amicus. Also check login and logout times.
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See somebody's current availability status. You can either have Amicus auto populate your status based on your calendar (court, closing, lunch, vacation, available, unavailable) or optionally set your own status (do not disturb or other customized status).
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See somebody's workload status (heavy, medium, light).

Filters
Filter the firm member availability list to show all firm members or just your workgroup. You can also look up specific firm members.
Communication
Send email or stickies by simply selecting desired recipient(s) and right clicking anywhere in the Firm Member Availability screen.
Report
Print a snapshot for tracking purposes.


Calendar

Color Coded Events
Color code appointments and to do's based on the category assigned to the event.

Appointment Times
The new appointment time display makes it easier than ever to adjust appointment times from day, week or range calendar views. Set the time by simply dragging and resizing the appointment box to the desired appointment times.

Calendar Printouts
Preview and select from a variety of calendar print formats including:
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Day, Week, Month, Year, Date Range
- Appointment and To Do Summary, Appointment Details or To Do Details
- Tri-Fold
- Full Day View
- DayRunner E, Day Timer Portable or Franklin Covey Compact

Progressive Priority Levels
Better manage your tasks by setting to do's to have their priority levels automatically increase as items near their deadline. If the to do doesn't have a deadline, then the task's priority level will change based on the number of days it has remained on your list.
Show Adjournments
Appointments get postponed all the time. Now, when an appointment gets adjourned, you can track and view its history including original date, rescheduled date and reasons for adjournment from your calendar and on the file brad. An instance remains visible on your calendar on the original appointment date in a disabled state with the adjourned date appended to its title. Subsequent adjournments of the same appointment behave in the same manner.
Appointment Details
Grant selected individuals access to your appointment details from the calendar instead of just seeing your status as unavailable regardless of whether they are assigned to the file. And don't worry, restricted appointments are still restricted. Users who are granted access to other's appointments can open and edit event details.
Link Email to Events
In addition to linking documents to an event, you can associate saved emails to an event in your Amicus calendar for quick and easy reference.


People

Business Cards
Quickly and easily produce an addressed envelope or cover letter from a contact's business card.

New labels indicate at a glance which of their phone, address, and other details are currently displayed on a contact's business card. You can also cut and paste selected content, the currently displayed address and the card image from a contact's business card.

Group Assignment Utility
Save time by making mass changes to contacts and firm groups. Simply select the desired contact(s) from the People module and right click. You can assign or remove multiple contacts to or from groups. Administrators can also manage firm member groups from the user management view.
Filter Contacts by Multiple Groups
Optionally filter contacts by multiple groups. Choose to see contacts that are in every group selected or contacts that are in any one or more of the selected groups.


Improved Client Matter Intake Form

In addition to ensuring that all pertinent file information is captured at the time an Amicus file is opened, you can now customize your firm's Intake Forms to prompt users to perform specific actions.

Conflict Check
Perform a conflict check against new clients.

Precedents
Ensure that events relative to file type are properly scheduled from the outset by applying a precedent.

Document Generation
Generate a pre-selected document such as a
standard letter to a client requesting a retainer, a file opening summary to use as part of its new file administration or a file label.

Email Generation
Save time by sending a template-based email addressed to a client.


Files

Custom Pages/Records on Multiple File Types
Assign a Custom Page or Record to multiple file types. This provides more flexible customization for Administrators and better matter lifecycle management of Amicus Files. Now you can switch the file type of an individual file and maintain custom field data.


Navigation

Floating Toolbar
The Amicus Floating Toolbar has been revamped so the Timer controls open in a separate toolbar for further convenience and flexibility.
Global Navigation Menu
Quickly navigate to modules and perform frequently used functions with the right-click menu.


Other

Automatically Open Another Firm Member's Office
Set your preferences to automatically open another firm member's office when you login. This feature is useful if, for example, you are a lawyer's assistant and usually work in their Office.

Phone Auto Dialer Setting
Easily customize your analog phone modem settings directly from your communications preferences. The AutoDialer feature automatically dials a displayed phone number when you click the phone icon in Phone Call Details or on a person's Business Card.

Dynamic Group Assignment
Firm group assignments are constantly changing. Now you can assign files, events and contacts to firm groups that are dynamic to their current membership. For example, a file to which the Real Estate firm group is assigned will be accessible by the current members of that group. If a firm member is later added to the group, they will gain access. If a firm member is later removed from the group, they will lose access. And don't worry about the past - the list of firm members in a group assigned to a past appointment reflects the group's membership as of the date of that event.


Performance

Enhancements in Sticky message processing, list displays and dialog rendering result in overall performance improvements.

Enhanced Document Assembly
Performing document and email merge is now more efficient than ever. The new template-specific output setting ensures that only the information required by the selected template will be used as the data source for the merge.


Advanced Technology

Microsoft SQL Server
Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition supports Microsoft SQL ServerŪ 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit).
Microsoft .NET 3.5
Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition supports Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
Windows 7
Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition is Windows 7 compatible.


Links

Integration with Amicus Accounting 2010
Seamless integration with Amicus Accounting 2010.
Integration with Amicus Mobile 2010
Amicus Mobile 2010, a Premium Edition add-on, enables you to connect real-time to your Amicus server and work with your files, do time entries, make notes, schedule appointments, record phone calls and more. Your colleagues back at the office see your work right away and vice versa.

Third Party Links
Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition integrates with many third-party products including:
- CompuLaw
- HotDocs
- PCLaw
- QuickBooks
- TimeSlips


Plus many more features that customers like you have asked for...

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