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On this episode of LawNext, we take a closer look at Smokeball , the lawpracticemanagement company whose roots are in Australia but that is firmly entrenched in the United States. In fact, after Smokeball was founded in 2010, its very first customer was a lawfirm in Chicago.
She has been called the patron saint of solo and small lawfirms. For two decades, Carolyn Elefant has helped solo and small firm lawyers start and build their lawpractices. Paradigm , home to the practicemanagement platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote.
On this episode of LawNext, we take a closer look at Smokeball , the lawpracticemanagement company whose roots are in Australia but that is firmly entrenched in the United States. In fact, after Smokeball was founded in 2010, its very first customer was a lawfirm in Chicago.
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