I find it amazing that a large number of solo attorneys still don't use a good time tracking and billing software. I have come across many of them in the high tech capital of the USA (i.e., the silicon valley). Many still use excel sheets. Some have moved to invoicing software that do not track time..hence, the users need to enter each line item in each invoice at the invoice generation time... not really a very pleasant situation. Some use different products for different tasks, which I find is an unnecessary waste of time. Some of these attorneys are intimidated by technology and some believes that these software are too expensive. While it may be true to some extend regarding some hosted software (they are both expensive and intimidating... you have to pay extra to get trained...), there are a number of Web-based software that do not required anything more than having a computer with an Internet browser (and are reasonably priced)... some of them have come up in the last 1-2 years. When I went solo from my in-house job, I struggled with time tracking and invoicing and according to my rough estimates, I lost more than $13K worth of billable hours because I did not bill the clients (because I didn't keep track of dates/times, etc.). I did look into many Web-based and hosted software. Again, there are a plenty of invoicing software out there but not many integrated software that offer features that are designed for solos and small firms. I also found that many big name products offered too many bells and whistles and were cumbersome to use. Based on my experiences, talking to other attorneys and using my background in software development, I designed a software (http://www.casesoft.com) keeping two things in mind 1. highly intuitive user interface (user shouldn't need to refer to a user manual), 2. KISS methodology (Keep It Simple Stupid). CaseFox is feature rich, easy to use and reasonably priced. I will appreciate if my fellow attorney can take a look at CaseFox and provide feedback. It is available for use for free for now. Basic plan will remain free starting next year and the paid subscription will be $10/month (and more depending on the number of cases). We are working on an Android app at the moment.

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