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<p>Everyone's needs are different -- I seem to be getting by with Google drive just fine. if what you are looking for is a cloud-based system for file management, you may check that out. I tried Clio, but it seemed like overkill for what I needed. I'm also
solo estate planning/probate/transactions.</p>
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<div class="PlainText">Sarah,<br>
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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.<br>
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Northgate Executive Center II<br>
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> On Apr 7, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Sarah Jael Dion <sarah@dionlaw.com> wrote:<br>
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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? <br>
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> I would be very grateful for thoughts, positive or negative. <br>
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> I am quite sure this has been discussed previously, but my searches of the archives didn’t pull anything up!<br>
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