[WSBAPT] Thoughts on clio for an estate planning/probate attorney

[Krista MacLaren]

Sarah,

I also do exclusively estate planning and probate, and I’m a solo, no staff or anything.  I tried Clio and it was fine, I don’t recall why I decided against it.  I preferred CosmoLex, which I have used for several years now, and I am still very happy with it.  One thing I prefer about CosmoLex is that I didn’t like using Quickbooks (My Mac version was quite old, and I was being forced to move to the online version which I had heard negative things about), and CosmoLex has its own built-in accounting system that works really well.  I did recently start using a bookkeeper who is certified with CosmoLex, and she cleaned up my chart of accounts and fixed entries that I had done that weren’t accurate from an accounting perspective.  I still probably spend too much time on administrative things, but I would never give up CosmoLex (or practice management software of some kind) while continuing my practice.  CosmoLex, like Clio (or so I hear), also has excellent customer service.

Krista J. MacLaren
Attorney at Law
Northgate Executive Center II
9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98115
(206)523-6116
kjm.inc at mac.com

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> On Apr 7, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Sarah Jael Dion <sarah at dionlaw.com> wrote:
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> Hi all-
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> I’m in my third year of a solo practice, and find myself spending more time than I should be on administrative tasks. Are there any estate planning/probate attorneys here who use clio to manage their practice? 
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> Are people happy with it? Are there hidden costs? What’s the downside? 
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> I would be very grateful for thoughts, positive or negative. 
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> I am quite sure this has been discussed previously, but my searches of the archives didn’t pull anything up!
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> Thanks!!
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> Sarah Jael Dion
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