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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 2008 Small Firm Edition.

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

Calendar
People
Improved Conflict Check
Client Matter Intake Form
Files
Documents
Communications
Favorites
Firm Member Availability
Dashboard
Mobility
Other
Advanced Technology
Links

Calendar

	New Calendar Views New flexible views allow you to see up to a full 24-hour day. A new range view allows you to see columns for as many days as you like. Select a range simply by highlighting days in the calendar. And you have the option to set your range view to omit Saturday and Sunday.
	Color Coded Events Color code appointments and to do's based on the category assigned to the event.
	Workgroup Scheduling View group calendars on the fly. Instant workgroup calendars that make it faster and easier to coordinate with your colleagues. Even without a profile you can easily look after group scheduling. Simply check off the names of the people you want to include in your view. The list is located at the top left of your calendar. The default displays all the people you work with regularly, those in your workgroup, but you can add any firm members you choose.
	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.
	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.
	Associate Documents and Emails to Events Associate saved document records to an event in your Amicus calendar for quick and easy reference. 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.
	Event Detail Defaults Select whether an event is a to do or an appointment by default in addition to controlling the default view displayed. And if you work for extended periods of time on a single matter, you can also set a preference to default all new events to be automatically assigned to that matter.
	New Event Fields New fields for tracking location, duration, time zone and completion status have been added.
	New Options For Linking Events The Premium Edition has an easier layout for selecting and configuring linked events. Link calculations can now include weeks, months and years. There are new link conditions, like scheduling an event if something else has not been marked done within a given period of time. Weekend and holiday scheduling rules can be specific to each individual link.
	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.
	Automatic Histories on Events Now you will always be able to see who changed what, who rescheduled the meeting, who cancelled the conference call - because the Premium Edition automatically tracks histories and changes on all events.
	Appointment Settings New all-day appointment settings can span up to a full 7 days.
	Appointment Reminders Automatically remind attendees via Reminder Alert or email message. Decide how much warning to give and the method. You can even decide the date and time of day when you want them to be reminded. Send up to three different reminders, via email or sticky alert. For example, you can send yourself a reminder two days before, send everyone a reminder the day before, and send all firm members another reminder the morning of the event.
	Improved Change Notifications Now you can set multiple different rules for automatically notifying others about the creation or changing of calendar events. Optionally send firm members a Sticky and outsiders an email whenever an appointment is changed. All on a per-event basis.

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.
	Contact Drop Zone The new QuickEdit box on contact cards provides the fastest way possible to add contact information to your people. Simply copy-and-paste or drag-and-drop text from any application into this “drop zone” and it’s added to the contact card. Imagine – you can copy a person’s email signature straight into a contact record! Or you can just type an entire address and phone number into the drop zone – Amicus intelligently puts each element into the correct field, so you don’t have to type into all those little boxes. Amazingly fast and convenient!
	Firm Directory All users of Amicus Attorney automatically have contact cards with special attributes. This creates a firm directory in the People Module and makes it much easier to see all the people involved in a file.
	Pictures on Contacts The Premium Edition lets you put a face to a name. Include pictures of your contacts.
	Business Card Map See a map to your contact's location.
	Unlimited Addresses, Phone Numbers and People Groups Now you can list as much information on your contacts as you want. You can also have an unlimited number of people group designations.
	Designate Contacts as Individuals or Companies Designate a contact as a company, and then link the individuals to that company. If that company moves their office and changes their contact information, all you have to do is change the contact info for the company card and it will automatically update all the individual contacts.
	Chronologies on Contacts Chronologies of every type of record relating to the contact have also been added. So you can take a more "people centric" approach to your practice if you prefer.
	Customizations Create an unlimited number of customizable fields with flexible layouts and track additional information with unlimited custom records.

Improved Conflict Check

Build a custom conflict check by picking what elements of Amicus should be searched, including custom fields, time entries, notes and more and save or print results in an easy to read report.

Multiple Name Check
Save time by performing a conflict check for multiple names in a single search session.

Advanced Search
A new advanced setting offers a broader range of searchable fields including custom contact and file text fields, file summary, file status, event title and notes, communications to/from, and many more.

Results Report
Conflict check results are output in an easy to read report including an outline of the criteria searched, a comments column, and a separate column indicating the field in which the match was found.

Print the report or optionally save the results and attach it to an Amicus File. Printouts include the searched names(s) and the user who ran the report in addition to comprehensive information about any matches.

Client Matter Intake Form

Now firms can ensure that all pertinent file information is captured at the time a file is opened. When starting a new file, the optional Client Matter Intake Form walks you through a predetermined list based on file type. You can also customize your firm's Intake Forms to prompt users to perform specific actions. Minimize errors, save time and ensure all necessary information is captured at the time a file is opened.

	Customized Intake Forms Create personalized templates consisting of multiple screens with whichever fields your firm deems important when creating a new client matter file. Administrators can also choose to have specific information entered depending on the specified file type. A real estate case, for instance, would require totally different information than a personal injury case.
	Required Fields Mark certain fields as required so users can't continue with the file intake process without inputting the specified information. Administrators can also set Primary Client as a required field at the time a file is opened.
	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 an 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.
	File Details Take full advantage of screen real estate by setting file details to open full screen by default with the navigation pane hidden. You can also open more than one file detail at a time.
	Customizations Create an unlimited number of customizable fields with flexible layouts for each file type and track additional information with unlimited custom records.
	File to File relationships Create associations between related files.
	Chronological List Now you can optionally include note records in chronological lists on files.
	Expenses Record, review and post expenses on each file for select accounting links.
	More Powerful Precedents Many new features for managing your precedents, including a new precedent profile dialog that allows you to view a precedent's events in a "tree" showing linked event relationships. You can also create new precedents based on old ones, edit existing ones, assign firm members or firm groups to precedents and filter your list of available precedents to display only yours.

Documents

	Enhanced Document Assembly Document templates can be made available for use by named individual firm members. There are many new variables and more flexible document generation options, better template naming conventions and a new document template tree for easy selection.
	Document Control Have more control over your documents through a feature called “Amicus Managed Documents”. By enabling the feature, you can have Amicus manage the location and the accessibility of all of the documents that are attached to Files, Contacts or Library Pages. This is controlled by a firm-wide setting so that you can make it mandatory for everyone to adhere to the program. Amicus will automatically create network file folders for each client/matter file. All of the documents you attach to that file will be stored in that folder, regardless of where they were created. Amicus will also manage the process of accessing those documents – making people “Check-in” and “Check-out” the documents they are working on. This ensures that a consistent version of the document is maintained when multiple people are working on a file. Managed Documents are fully indexed for fast full-text searching when you are looking for something.
	Documents on Contacts Now when you have documents that relate to a person, but not necessarily to a specific file, you can attach the document directly to the contact.
	Smart Tags Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition is dynamically linked to all the applications in Microsoft Office. Word will recognize the names of your files and contacts as you type them, allowing you to call up their information without ever leaving your document. You can also do a time entry for drafting a document - right from the document.
	Printing Print documents directly from a file without having to open the document.
	Full Text Search Microsoft Indexing Service allow for incredibly fast full-text searching and retrieval.

Communications

	Preview Pane Optionally preview emails, phone calls and phone messages using the new communications preview pane. This resizable view allows for a quick display of record details including message type, sender/recipient information, date and time, priority level, associated file, whether there are any attachments and message content, all in the bottom half of your screen.
	Phone Call Dialog Now you can see who placed a call and to whom, even conference calls. You can also classify records using the new status flags and convert phone calls to messages.
	Resizable Phone Call Dialog Now you can resize a phone call window in the event that you need to be able to see underlying windows. A single click makes it easy to toggle between small and standard sizes. You can also use the drag feature to make it smaller or larger depending on your needs.
	Manage Email Optionally view your Outlook embedded directly in your Amicus Communications module. If you manage multiple Outlook mailboxes you have access to all of them. Cc and Bcc capabilities have been added in addition to enhanced attachment handling and improved auto save settings. You can see at a glance whether an email is marked as urgent or if has been saved to Amicus, and to what file.
	Email Attachments Save document attachments to a file at the same time as saving the email message.
	Email Merge Create customizable email messages to one or more of your contacts using Amicus Attorney information. Simply select the appropriate template and have your Amicus data automatically merged into the appropriate fields directly into your email message. Everything you like about Document Assembly, but now accessible for email messages.
	Photos on Email If a contact or firm member has a photo included in their contact record, that photo will automatically display in the email dialog providing a nice visual reminder of who the message is from.

Favorites Module

Use something often? Then save time by making it a favorite. Whether it is a File, Person, Note, Document, Library Page, or even a Search Profile, all this can all be added to your Favorites list for fast and effortless access. Commonly used items are never more than a click away.

Easy Access
It’s easy to add items to your Favorites list. Simply right click on any list and choose Add to Favorites, or use the option from the Edit drop-down menu. Your Amicus Attorney Favorites integrates automatically with all of your Internet Explorer Favorites to create a one-stop location for easy access to the information you use most often.

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: - See if somebody is in or out of the office and when they are due back. - See who is logged into Amicus. Also check login and logout times. - 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). - 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.

Dashboards

Decide what you want to see, where and how. Design your own screens - put the information and tools together that you want to work with. Work efficiently when you can have all the information that is most to important to you together in one place. Create as many dashboards as you'd like. With the Amicus Dailies Dashboard, you are in control!

	Enhance Visibility Easily design a visual display combining your Amicus data and external information, such as network files and folders or websites, in a single screen. Select data views needed to achieve your specific objectives, be it strategic, analytical or operational. Choose from a variety of data lists, summaries, new record items, tools and utilities, embedded browsers, etc. Mix several data types or create multiple Dashboards to support the different aspects of your practice.
	Customize Your View Design a screen to visually present data how you want it. Pick how many sections you want displayed in your Dashboard and use color, shape, size and borders to draw attention to important elements or to create visual groupings. And as your needs change, you can modify your Dashboard to reflect your new priorities.
	Interact with Data Easily interact with data right from your dashboards.

Mobility

	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.
	Use Any Desktop In The Office If you need to use someone else’s desk, you can log into Amicus from any PC in your firm and have it behave as if you are at your own desk. So you’re not tied to any machine. Great for working from a boardroom, for people with two offices, or those who share desks.
	Connect From Anywhere You can install Amicus Attorney on your home PC, then connect to your office and use it across the Internet. Just set up your office network to allow secure remote connections (it’s built into recent versions of Windows). Then log in from anywhere you have installed Amicus and work with it as if you were there! Ideal for satellite offices as well.
	Private Networks Work over virtual private networks (VPNs). If your firm has chosen to implement terminal services (e.g. Citrix Systems), Amicus will be equally comfortable.

Other

	Custom Information Add an unlimited number of custom fields available in over a dozen different formats including: Line, Frame, Text, Memo, Drop-down lists, Checkboxes, Numeric, Currency, Percent, Date, Time, Look-up (People, Files, Firm Members, Events), Path/URL, Email, SSN, SIN, Graphic. You can set default values and screen hints, and even choose to have certain custom fields included in conflict of interest checks.
	Custom Records Track any additional type of information required with Custom Records. A custom record is a group of custom (and standard) fields collected together for a defined purpose. You can have as many custom records as you like, shown in lists on each file. Use summary and total fields across lists of custom records for calculations. For example, Personal Injury attorneys could define medical expense records and see a running total on each file. Corporate attorneys might define special records for tracking specialized information on each shareholder in a company, cross-referencing them to contacts and producing a list of total shares.
	Access Amicus Attorney has multiple levels of access control so you can be confident everyone can see what they need to, but suitable levels of privacy are maintained. Access to Amicus itself is secured with two unique ID’s and a password. Once logged in, you can only access information that you have created or been assigned to. For example, only those who are assigned to files can see the contents of those files, unless you have specifically been granted access at the administrator level to see everything in the firm. Or if you want everyone to see everything, this can be set up as well, without the need to make multiple assignments.
	Security Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition extends security to the individual field and record level and makes it entirely customizable by your firm. Define security profiles for each individual or group in your firm, establishing what types of records they can see and what controls and actions they can use. In addition, you can mark any of your own records as restricted so no one else can see them.
	Files/People Auto-Complete Feature When assigning files or contact records, you can now start typing a short file name or person’s name (instead of clicking the select files or select people icon), and Amicus will display a drop-down list of your matching files or people. Click one to select it. Very useful when you are adding a new phone message, adding events, associating selected notes etc.
	Date Entry Formats Date entry format options have been added allowing you to use whatever your regional settings are (e.g. Day Month Year, Month Day Year).
	Currency Displays Expanded currency options now include Pounds and Euros. You can also choose where to have the currency symbol appear and whether to use a decimal or comma separator.
	Help Center The Help Center provides ready access to a variety of useful information including user and administrator help, various guides, web update information and links to support, product information, consultant locator, training courses and the like.
	Many to Many Relationships Have multiple files or contacts on the same record. For example a single phone call can be related to 3 files and 5 contacts, even associate multiple firm members.
	New Amicus-Wide Searches The Amicus-wide search will search across all modules and record types and bring back results in a single view. Find things no matter where they are stored. Or define and reuse sophisticated searches that give you insight into your practice.
	Group By The new "group by" feature allows you to manage large lists more effectively by breaking them down into categories.
	Audio Reminder Alerts We have added a variety of audio options to choose from or optionally select your own audio recordings.
	Resizable Views in All Modules Now all the module views in Amicus can be sized to fit whatever window you want to put them in – with useful data areas, not just graphics.
	Colleague and Assistant Guest Access Two levels of guest access are now available to suit your needs.
	Administrative Functions Now administrative functions are provided within the same program as user functions. Administration can also be done from any workstation or even over the web given the user has sufficient rights. Many configurations are done through easy to use wizards. A flexible user management view, improved security profiles, a new licensing model and new utilities make administration a breeze.

Advanced Technology

	Microsoft SQL Server Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition supports Microsoft SQL Server® 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.
	Third Party Links Amicus Attorney 2010 Premium Edition integrates with many third-party products including: - CompuLaw - HotDocs - PCLaw - QuickBooks - TimeSlips
	Amicus In Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Amicus Attorney is dynamically linked to the applications in Microsoft Office®. Access your Amicus information without ever leaving the document you are working on. Save your document to a file in Amicus from within Word® or any other Office application. Do a time entry for working on a document without ever leaving the document. Word will even recognize the names of your Amicus files and contacts as you type, creating links back to even more Amicus information. Many of these features are also available in WordPerfect®.
	Custom Accounting Amicus Attorney offers links to many leading accounting systems and also offers the ability to create custom templates to work with other programs. Well beyond an import/export process, custom links work with anything from main frames to Access® databases, and configures Amicus Attorney to match your system's requirements. The easy-to-use custom accounting template wizard makes it so you can use virtually any accounting program in conjunction with Amicus Attorney. As long as your system has an import capability, Amicus Attorney can work with it.
	Firm Member Exchange to Outlook A new option in the Outlook contacts & calendar link enables you to now include firm members when exchanging Amicus people/contacts to Outlook as contacts. This is beneficial to those who use Outlook in a three-way configuration link with their handheld device.
	In-Context Information The integration with Microsoft Office applications means you can access your Amicus Library information, even while working in Word. When reviewing a document, you can highlight a point of law, click the Search button in the Amicus add-in toolbar, and you can see all of the Library information that your firm has accumulated on the subject. It could be a link to web research or maybe an opinion letter one of your partners had done on a similar matter.

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

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