Bridgeway eCounsel for Matter Management

eCounsel is Bridgeway's premier matter management solution designed specifically for high performance legal departments. eCounsel from Bridgeway gives you secure real-time access to your legal matters anywhere, anytime via the Web. With eCounsel you can track legal matters, assign staff, evaluate outside counsel performance, analyze trends and manage your legal spending.

Save time

Enter information and find records faster. Create, manage and review legal projects more easily.

Save money

Automate processes and procedures to reduce outside counsel costs and other legal expenses. Leverage resources more effectively and ensure everyone is on the same page.

Stay informed

Provide business units with the information they need, when they need it. Share information with corporate governance, tax, risk management, and other key groups with secure, customized access. Use built-in reporting and analysis tools to leverage information-rich data to improve strategic planning.

Balance workload

Selectively outsource projects or bring more work in-house. Create an online legal collaboration system that lets you manage resources dynamically. Promote collaboration with customized views and access levels via Windows or standard web browser for attorneys, outside counsel and business unit managers.

Reduce risk

Make sure that nothing falls between the cracks. Integrate eCounsel with your e-mail system to drag and drop messages and attachments into a protected database. Create reports that demonstrate that your records retention program is ongoing, systematic and enforced.

Legal Technology that actually works!

Solutions from Bridgeway are all based on best practices - methodologies that have been proven successful within many Fortune 1000 companies' legal departments.

• Store all related matter information in one central secure location
• Maintain a complete historical account of all transactions
• Link with your team's calendar to view and prioritize important dates
• Manage internal workloads and selectively outsource matters for maximum efficiency
• Electronically receive, route and approve invoices
• Track and analyze internal and external costs, and e-mail reports
• Customize screen views, reports and access
• Use on-demand tabs and fields to create custom data entry screens
• Update, view, and share information anytime, anywhere the Internet reaches
• Link with outside counsel for input and collaboration
• Interface eCounsel with your e-mail, accounts payable, and document management systems
• Take advantage of Bridgeway's comprehensive training program to maximize your matter management investment
• Integrate eCounsel with other Bridgeway solutions for a single source of support