CBM » Technology
Information Systems Director
Joseph Craven
jcraven@cbmlaw.com
Technology Partner
G. David Godwin
dgodwin@cbmlaw.com
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP is a leader in providing exceptional and efficient legal services to our clients and partners. CBM's success in providing business and legal solutions to our clients since 1948 has earned the firm the reputation for combining practical business knowledge with sophisticated legal services to enable our clients and partners to meet or exceed their business goals. CBM continually improves its internal processes, adopting the appropriate technology and process methodologies, while applying necessary training that maximizes the value of the legal services that our firm provides.
Superb Service For Exceptional Clients
CBM attorneys understand your business to better provide the services your business needs to succeed. Moreover, CBM has developed and integrated custom software solutions that streamline our internal processes, incorporating our clients and business partners in the decision-making loop by:
- Connecting clients with their attorneys
- Connecting attorneys with their business partners
- Connecting attorneys with other attorneys
- Providing clients and partners real-time access to essential data
- Integrating client and partner information systems
- Enabling clients real-time access and control of their information
CBM attorneys are passionate about the success of your business. The expertise and knowledge of our outstanding attorneys, utilizing our firm's Web-based extranet computing solutions, enable us to collaborate with other attorneys, our clients and business partners, enabling our firm to provide superior business and legal solutions with a minimum expense of time. CBM's investment in the appropriate technology, training and business processes enable our attorneys to most rapidly and productively provide for your business needs.
By combining this understanding of our clients’ businesses with excellent legal services and technical tools to improve productivity and collaboration, CBM provides value-added counsel that extends well beyond merely providing legal advice. Our practice groups and our teams of attorneys form a breadth of experience and expertise to deliver outstanding legal services for every one of our clients.
CBM's Lawportal Software
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP's Secure LawPortal is an intuitive, Web-based database platform that allows CBM attorneys, co-counsel, and our clients rapid and secure access to legal information, permitting productive collaboration. CBM currently uses this platform with a number of our clients to:
- Improve customer service by providing immediate access to information and enhancing communications between our attorneys, co-counsel and clients
- Automate calendaring and scheduling—everyone knows the critical dates
- Manage electronic documents, such as Word and Excel—access the current version of the document with the latest revisions
- Conduct secure, private communications, using multi-threaded discussion lists—discuss case strategies and/or issues
- Central repository stores and enables full-text retrieval of scanned documents, email messages, discovery documents, transcripts, etc.
The Secure LawPortal combines Web-based extranet technologies and custom forms to enable Information Technology personnel the ability to quickly tailor a custom environment that suits the needs of the attorneys and the client. Information is organized to provide intuitive fingertip access to the most important “need to know” information in the case. The system is extremely easy to use and requires very little training.
All case members have Web-based access to the central repository of information, regardless of physical location. Case members, clients, and/or outside counsel can securely access all case information at any time and from any location. All Information is protected by utilizing the best available technology, practices, sophisticated encryption and firewall devices to maintain the confidential nature of the attorney-client privilege.