How much does it cost for us to use Serengeti?
Nothing. Serengeti does not charge law firms to use the
system. Corporate law departments cover the full cost of using the
system.
No. If you have Internet
Explorer 6.0 or higher and
Microsoft Windows, you are ready to use Serengeti. Serengeti accepts
electronic bills in any file format, including LEDES 1998B, Microsoft Word, Adobe
Acrobat, etc. Serengeti does not require any changes to
the LEDES 1998B file format.
No. Serengeti doesn't require UTMBS codes for any time entries. However, most clients do require UTBMS expense codes to be included in their LEDES bills (expense codes are generated automatically by time and billing systems, and do not require lawyers/paralegals to enter them).
Yes. You can continue to use your firm's file numbers. The client's file number is also in Serengeti if needed.
60 Minutes. Live training sessions take about an hour over a conference call and the Internet (only ten minutes for billing staff to learn to submit bills). In addition, ten minute narrated online training courses are available if you want to train yourself at your convenience.
Yes. Attorneys can assign assistants as their delegates in the system. Staff and paralegals can enter all of the information in Serengeti.
Yes. Individual team members can control access to their matters by inviting other users and assigning them a matter role. They can also assign a delegate to perform work for them if they so choose. Law firm administrators have authority to add or remove users, and to configure the firm's password requirements.
Yes. You can check the approval status, number of days pending, and client adjustments/comments at any time. If an invoice is reduced or rejected, the system automatically sends email notice to the billing manager and lead attorney on the case.
CUSTOMER INSIGHT - American Greetings"...I would be remiss if I did not mention some of the key features that our outside counsel have expressed an opinion about. On the very top of their list is the electronic billing feature. The outside counsel is able to submit an invoice via Serengeti and then watch the progress of approval on the in-house side. If, during the approval process a problem is discovered with the invoice, the approver in-house can make adjustments to the invoice and “reject” it back to the firm immediately. There is no need to pick up the phone, contact the billing department, and then discuss line by line the issue with the invoice. It is all captured on-line. The outside counsel can then make the necessary adjustments and resubmit the invoice back to the in-house legal department. There is no time lost for mailing hard copies of the invoices and then having the invoice get lost in a stack of papers on someone’s desk."
TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT |
OUR PHILOSOPHY
"We designed Tracker with the philosophy that general counsel hire outside attorneys they trust. Tracker was not designed for micro-managing lawyers, but to make it easier for them to share information."Rob Thomas
VP Strategic Development
Serengeti Law
EXPERIENCED TEAM
Serengeti's management and implementation team is made up of former law firm partners
and attorneys
who understand the
challenges of implementing new technologies at a firm. As a result,
Serengeti was specifically designed to simplify the process of sharing
electronic bills, updates, budgets, etc. with your clients.
