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Financial & Practice Management Upgrades: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Up Close

BY Swen Nielsen
August 26, 2008

Since firm attorneys are placed strategically in key global markets, and support staff and firm leaders are spread out among the global office network, it has always been paramount to have not only reliable, but also current, technology to keep everyone connected, ensure seamless business operations and enable firm attorneys to focus on their clients. In my role as Financial Systems Manager at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., a firm of more than 850 lawyers in 30 offices and 14 countries around the world, I have sought out technology partnerships that support the firm's technology mission of dedication to client service through technology. Financial-management systems are a key part of this mission, and represent a collection of core financial and practice-management applications.

One of these applications, ADERANT Expert, has been a core component of this practice for over a decade. One of the reasons has been the ease with which we have been able to upgrade the product and migrate to newer technology platforms. In particular, our latest upgrade provided us with new functionality and processing speed that we were keen to introduce to the firm's broader user base, namely, our back office accounting group, timekeepers, and the management team for reporting and financial analysis purposes.

Fluid Upgrade Process

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