Paperless Law Office Primer
2017 Edition
Andrew S. Kucera
Attorney, Palmer Kucera LLP
andy@palmerkucera.com
Ivy B. Grey
Author, American Legal Style for PerfectIt
ivy@intelligentediting.com
Tim Baran
Content Director, Rocket Matter
tim@rocketmatter.com
• Benefits: Efficiency, Mobility, Compliance
• How I Took My Firm Paperless
• Must-Have Tools For a Paperless Office
• Naming Conventions for a Digital Office
• Paperless Law Office Protocols
• Security in the Cloud
• Q&A
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Agenda
3 Top Benefits of
Going Paperless
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Efficiency
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Mobility
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Compliance
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How I Took My Firm
Paperless
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There HAS
to Be a
Better Way
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Workflow
Development
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Don’t
Reinvent
the Wheel
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Must-Have Tools for a
Paperless Law Office
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Scanner
(Fujitsu
ScanSnap
iX500)
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Scanner
(PocketScan)
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Shredder
Online
document
storage and
backup
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PDF-
Acrobat
Standard
or Pro
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Fax to
Email
Service
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Digital
notes
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How Lawyers Use Evernote
to Store and Organize
Information
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Ideas
for blog
posts
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Repository for
notes and documents
Legal research
notes
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Witness interviews,
deposition outlines,
discovery needs
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Photographs, 
Key Cases,
Opening 
Statements 
and Closing 
Arguments
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Sample forms,
pleadings,
and motions
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Law Office
Process and
Procedures 
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Meeting
Notes
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Practice
management
system
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Intake
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Time
capture
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Client file
storage
and
organization
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Client
portal
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Editing Tools
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Naming Conventions for
Digital Files
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Naming Conventions:
Customized, Thoughtful
Planning
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Naming Conventions:
Don’t Do Too Much
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Naming Conventions:
Creating Your Plan
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Naming Conventions:
Minimum Elements
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Naming Conventions:
Standard Additions for
Law Firms
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Naming Conventions:
Tips for Success
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Paperless Law Office
Protocols
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The Paperless
Process is
a Closed
Universe
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Backup,
Backup,
Backup
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Secret:
Paperless Isn't Really Paperless
You Can Do It!
•  Start small
•  Establish protocols
•  Capture and convert to
digital, all paper coming
into and generated by
the office
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Client-Lawyer Relationship
Rule 1.6
Confidentiality Of
Information
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“A lawyer shall make
reasonable efforts…”
Security:
  Strong
Passwords
  Two-Factor
Authentication
  Encryption
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No brainer: Get a password
manager now!
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THANK YOU!
Andrew S. Kucera
Attorney, Palmer Kucera LLP
andy@palmerkucera.com
Ivy B. Grey
Author, American Legal Style for PerfectIt
ivy@intelligentediting.com
Tim Baran
Content Director, Rocket Matter
tim@rocketmatter.com

Paperless law office primer 2017 edition