Small law firms particularly struggle with keeping updated documentation, which can wreak havoc when a solo IT professional unexpectedly leaves or you want to change providers.
One of our recent clients is a small multi-disciplinary law practice in Charlottesville, Virginia with 12 staff, including four attorneys. Areas of practice include business, real estate, family, and traffic law, among others.
They had an unusually bad situation to recover fro when they lost their previous IT provider.
Sudden loss of their IT provider
When the firm’s one-man IT service provider died, all his knowledge and documentation about their systems died with him. They had an inefficient setup with conflicting onsite and cloud-based file storage solutions. And their systems were not well-designed or centrally managed, with inadequate backups.
During onboarding and stabilization, we regained access and replaced systems. As we did, we created documentation and made it available to the firm through our client portal.
File storage was simplified to reduce issues with syncing and finding the current, correct version of each file. Systems are now centrally managed and monitored to ensure performance and security. We implemented a better backup solution that incorporates onsite and offsite backups with partial restore tests completed on a regular basis.
Results: Security, speed and service
Firm One now has professionally managed and documented systems that are not subject to a single point of failure. They have full access to documentation about their network. They also have streamlined file storage so that everyone can find what they need quickly, saving time and money and providing better service to their clients.
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