in pursuit of the paperless law office
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Presentation by C. Todd Smith on behalf of the Orange County Bar Association's Technology Committee given 11/20/12 at the Solo and Small Firm Committee meeting.TRANSCRIPT
In Pursuit of the Paperless Law Office (or at least one with less paper)
Solo & Small Firm Committee Meeting - November 20, 2012
Presented by C. Todd Smith
Twitter: @ctoddsmith
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
-Pearl Bailey
Source: infographic by idatix.com
Why go paperless?
PROGRESS
Your entire practice in the palm of your hand
Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516
@mandatory service by email
E-FilingApril 1, 2013 12:01 a.m.
What’s Your Plan?
ScanSnap s1500 + Acrobat = Paperless Nirvana
So you have a scanner…now what?
Who scans the mail?
How do you name the files?
Where do you save the files?
What do you do with the paper?
What about your old files?
Naming Protocols - must be consistent and all documents stored in central location
“2012-11-19 to Client Re ________”“2012-11-19 Request to Produce to Defendant A”
Cloud Case Management (today):
Plan for a crash
http://www.ihearttech.com/paperless/
http://www.pdfforlawyers.com/
http://macsparky.com/paperless/
These links and more at:
http://bit.ly/paperlesslaw
BE TECH LITERATE - Do Your Research
When in doubt…
UPCOMING MEETINGS OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
(Third Thursday Every Other Month)
JANUARY 17, 2013
MARCH 21, 2013
MAY 16, 2013
JULY 18, 2013All meetings at noon at the OCBA Center
