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eLaw® Announces Re-Launch of Popular Case Management Platform

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5/1/2012 – NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – May 1, 2012 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, announced today the introduction of its newly upgraded platform for managing caseloads. Among the key improvements is a fully redesigned user interface that provides more intuitive navigation and consistency, along with technical enhancements that offer greater speed and reliability. The new platform also offers wider accessibility across browsers.

Product-specific improvements made in the new eLaw platform include:
– Enhanced calendaring features within eCalendar, which captures appearance dates that automatically sync to a user’s personal
calendar or case management system
– Document retrieval services through eCopy extended to all of New York and New Jersey
– Introduction of Custom Reporting

eLaw’s popular eDocket product continues to offer free basic access, with premium subscriptions that now include unlimited and advanced searching across New York State courts. As part of the platform’s eWatch product, eLaw now offers eSync, which uses the latest technology to forward case docket information directly to a subscriber’s case management system, Outlook or Google calendar.

For more than a decade, eLaw has provided the local knowledge needed to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. More than 100,000 legal professionals subscribe to eLaw, with several thousand accessing the site almost daily.

The upgraded eLaw platform launched officially on April 30, and is still accessible directly at http://www.eLaw.com.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts and dockets, legal research and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

New York legal Community Places eLaw at the Top Among Software Providers

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9/15/2011 – NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – September 15, 2011 – eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, was recognized recently as the best docketing and calendaring software in the second annual New York Law Journal (NYLJ) Reader Rankings. Published this month, the reader rankings program allows the New York legal community to rank vendor products and services according to which are best in the users’ opinions.

More than 4,200 New York Law Journal readers took part in the reader rankings, casting votes for favorite vendors in 51 categories including technology, research, accounting, financial services, litigation support, education and recruiting/staffing. The voting was conducted via online ballot and compiled by the sales and marketing teams of the NYLJ; votes were validated to ensure those of only legitimate end-users (attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, etc.) were included in the rankings.

For more than a decade, eLaw has provided the local knowledge needed to productively manage caseloads by searching and monitoring court dates and events. eLaw subscribers have access to federal, state, and select local and appellate courts in New York and New Jersey. Features of eLaw include:
– Automated monitoring of cases of interest and alerts to events on registered cases.
– Automated synchronization of court dates with calendars in eLaw, Outlook, or several other case management systems.
– Virtual search of all dockets throughout NY and NJ, across counties and years.

About eLaw
eLaw is the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals. With access to courts and dockets, legal research and comprehensive directories, tens of thousands of subscribers use eLaw every day to efficiently manage cases, reduce expenses and improve productivity. eLaw is owned and operated by Skinder Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual®. For more information, visit http://www.eLaw.com.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com

Skinder-Strauss Associates Appoints Andrew Strauss CEO

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3/10/2011 – NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – March 10, 2011 – Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the renowned Lawyers Diary and Manual® and http://www.eLaw.com, the source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, announced Andrew Strauss has been named Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Strauss spent more than a decade as a partner in the highly regarded private equity group, The Riverside Company. While with Riverside, he invested $167 million in a wide variety of companies and generated returns of 24% annually. From 2005 to 2010, he led Riverside’s investment in the court-reporting firm Veritext, and served as its chairman through this period of rapid growth, generating a 38% annual return for Riverside’s equity.

The appointment underscores Strauss’ historical ties with Skinder-Strauss. The company was founded by Andrew Strauss’ grandparents in 1929. Strauss began his working career in the family business, championing the release of its first electronic product before leaving for MBA studies at Columbia University in 1996.

“I am proud to be part of Skinder-Strauss Associates again,” said Andrew Strauss. “I am excited to build on our legacy of delivering premium products and services to attorneys and their staff, and to lead the development of new electronic products that continue our heritage of providing unique value to our customers. We’re looking forward to exciting product releases over the coming year and well into the future.”

About Skinder-Strauss Associates
Skinder-Strauss Associates and its affiliates own a wide variety of companies serving the legal marketplace, including New Jersey Lawyers Service, LLC, Empire Lawyers Service, LLC (dba American Clerical Service), E-Law, LLC (www.eLaw.com), and Lawyers Diary and Manual®, which is the definitive legal directory covering New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Florida and New Hampshire.
Media Contact:
Dominick Esposito
890 Mountain Ave., Suite 300
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 973-642-1440, ext. 8
Email: dominick@eLaw.com