Affinity Consulting Group Partners with Bellefield LLC to Expand Lawyer Mobility Options

Affinity to offer iTimeKeep™ to legal professionals looking for easy-to-use, anytime, anywhere mobile time entry .

Nov 13, 2012 - Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), which specializes in strategic technology and management solutions for law firms and legal departments of all sizes, today announced its strategic partnership with Bellefield, a leader in mobile solutions for legal, and its flagship mobile timekeeping product iTimeKeep.

Affinity, which already uses iTimeKeep internally to help mobile consultants track time, will provide its clients with the iTimeKeep™ app as well as integrations between iTimeKeep and firms’ existing time and billing systems. Focused on usability and simplicity, Bellefield Mobile Apps enable attorneys to access documents back at the office or, in the case of iTimeKeep, record time when they are away from their desks.

"We are pleased that Affinity Consulting Group is providing iTimeKeep to its diverse base of law firm clients and across their represented product lines. Today's attorneys are connected virtually 24x7, so they must have a means of recording their work or it falls through the cracks. Affinity understands and preaches the importance of contemporaneous time entry so much so that they use iTimeKeep internally for their own needs," replied John Kuntz, principal and co-founder, Bellefield LLC.

“The red hot trend of mobile lawyering has fueled our quest to identify and offer our clients the most viable and effective mobile services and technology solutions available,” stated Debbie Foster, partner, Affinity Consulting Group. “Our partnership with Bellefield and their iTimeKeep mobile time application is a prime example of giving firms more proven and affordable options to work while away from their desks. iTimeKeep has quickly become a popular option for on-the-go legal professionals in search of easy to use mobile time applications they can use to record time as it happens.”

Press Release: Bellefield and Omega Legal Systems Announce iTimeKeep Integration for iPad and iPhone

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Bellefield Systems announces a new iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone applications integration with Omega Legal Systems.

Using iTimeKeep, Omega customers can now enter time directly from their iPad or iPhone via wireless connection and their entries automatically synchronize and register in Omega Legal’s financial management system in real time. Also, when new clients, matters, tasks and activity codes are added to Omega Legal, iTimeKeep immediately renders them visible on the iPad or iPhone. Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Setup for the integration is simple and straightforward. Omega clients simply download the free iTimeKeep app from the Apple Store and Omega sets up the integration on the database back-end.

“We announced iTimeKeep at our Educational Conference and the response was exceptional; John Kuntz from Bellefield Systems was swamped with our clients getting demonstrations and information. They were excited to be able to offer iPad and iPhone time entry to their attorneys,” said Keith Gall, vice president, Omega Legal Systems.

According to John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems, “Recent statistics show that lawyers ‘leak’ significant billable time by not capturing time entries immediately, and this can cost them and their firm thousands of dollars per attorney per year. iTimeKeep changes the game by enabling professionals to enter time instantly from their iPads and iPhones, and now they can send those entries directly to the Omega Legal financial systems database so the time can be billed promptly. Our mutual customers and the law firms they work for will benefit greatly from this connection.”


About Omega Legal Systems, Inc.
Omega is a privately held Scottsdale-based company that provides mid-to-large size law firms an integrated financial and practice management software suite that sets the standard for return on investment, system performance and service. Since 1975, Omega has been solving critical business issues for law firms, improving their profitability, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit http://www.OmegaLegal.com.

About Bellefield Systems, LLC
Bellefield is a leading innovator in Legal Mobile Technologies, bridging the gap between enterprise software, mobile devices, and desktop applications. Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, the most robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for legal. Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has released iDocExplorer which enables mobile access to documents, and iTimeKeep, the leading application enabling time entry from iPads and iPhones. For more information, visit http://www.bellefield.com.

Press Release: Bellefield Announces iTimeKeep for ADERANT Expert

Bellefield Announces iTimeKeep for ADERANT Expert, providing Time Entry on iPads and iPhones for Attorneys on the Go

 PITTSBURGH – November 30, 2011 –– Bellefield Systems (www.bellefield.com), a leader in mobile solutions for the legal market, announces the availability of iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone apps for ADERANT Expert.

 Using iTimeKeep ADERANT customers can now enter time directly from their iPad or iPhone via wireless connection and their entries automatically synchronize and register in ADERANT’s accounting system in real time.   When the user adds new clients, matters, tasks, or activity codes in ADERANT, iTimeKeep renders them visible on the iPad or iPhone immediately.  Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Integration is straightforward. ADERANT clients simply download the free iTimeKeep App from the Apple Store and Bellefield sets up the integration on the database back-end. 

Derek Giles, Principal at Swerdlove, a global consulting firm servicing hundreds of ADERANT customers: “Today’s lawyers increasingly working anytime and everywhere are effectively using iPads and iPhones when out of the office due to their portability and user-friendly interfaces. The integration of iTimeKeep with ADERANT Expert is a welcome addition and will provide attorneys who use iPads and iPhones a distinct advantage in capturing their time more accurately where they are when they want to.

John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems reports, “Recent statistics show that lawyers ‘leak’ significant billable time by not capturing time entries immediately, and this can cost them and their firm thousands of dollars per attorney per year.  iTimeKeep changes the game by enabling professionals to enter time instantly from their iPads and iPhones, and now they can send those entries directly to the ADERANT accounting database so the time can be billed promptly.  Our mutual customers and the law firms they work for will benefit greatly from this connection.”


About Bellefield Systems, Inc.
Bellefield, a leading innovator in Mobile Technologies, bridges the gap between enterprise software and mobile devices.  Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, a robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for the legal market.  Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has released iDocExplorer enabling mobile access to documents, and iTimeKeep, the leader for time entry from iPads and iPhones. For more information, visit www.bellefield.com.

Why The iPad?

I am frequently asked if iDocExplorer, or our newest app iTimeKeep, will work on devices other than the iPad, XOOM, Rim Playbook, etc. The short answer is yes and no.

For the slightly longer answer you will need to understand what runs Bellefield's services. We have built a system called the Bellefield Connect Platform. This enterprise level platform allows us to do several things with relative ease:

1. Have seamless 2-way communication and integration with virtually all legal management systems, Aderant, ProLaw, Elite, etc.
2. Deliver data very quickly and efficiently with state of the art 2-way encryption schemes similar to the highest level of banking security.
3. Manage users and plans through the Bellefield Subscription Engine.
4. Deliver this data to any mobile device.

There is one other thing that needs a little clarification. Mobile devices are, for the most part, a pretty face to display the data it requests, pulls, and pushes over the web. There is very little computing done on these devices. The Bellefield Connect Platform dangles this data ready to be delivered to any device.

We have chosen to lead with the iPad for a very solid reason. Simply, they are everywhere! Sales are through the roof. To date Apple has sold over 19 millions iPads and there are about 65,000 apps, and some analysts predict 120 millions iPads will be sold by the end of 2012.The reason for this is that it is a superior device and looks to be so for a long time to come, it is extremely easy and intuitive, and requires very little training or maintenance, just to name a few of the reasons.

Apple’s iPad has the largest market share compared to any other tablet available. In a recent survey, the iPad has been termed as having a commanding lead in the U.S. tablet market with 82% of the pie. While we have witnessed a number of releases recently, specially by Android tablets with companies including, Motorola, Samsung and others, they still lag far behind in market share. While the Apple iPad has a clear lead over others, Samsung is seen following the champ with just 4% of the market, even after the release of much anticipated Galaxy Tablet. Others will follow, Dell and Motorola having a limited spread with just 3% and 2% of the market.

If it comes to pass that a another device starts to get some traction then we will, on very short order, provide an interface for it. Will it be the Droid, Blackberry, Google - or will the iPad maintain its dominance? With the Bellefield Platform we have the data ready to deliver to whatever device it is.

ABA TECHSHOW 2011

The 25th anniversary of the ABA TECHSHOW is being held in Chicago April 11-13. I will be prowling the conference area, supporting our partner vendors, and demoing our iPad app, iDocExplorer for ProLaw. I will also be excitedly unveiling and presenting our newest iPad app, iTimeKeep, the first fully integrated legal time entry system app.

Also at the show will be the prolific pundit of the blog Tablet Legal, Josh Barrett. Josh will be a speaker at two sessions. The first called “Slate Shootout” can be found in the Emerging Technology Track. The speakers will compare and contrast the iPad with an Android tablet and a Windows slate. The second, in the Smartphone/Mobility track, 60 iOS apps will be presented in 60 minutes. I highly recommend attending these sessions, as Josh knows a thing or two about these subjects.

To see a demo or to discover more about how Bellefield’s iTimeKeep or iDocExplorer can work on your iPad, drop me an email - john (at) bellefield.com. I hope to see you at the show!