At ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago this week, Orion Law Management Systems is officially launching the latest version of its Orion financial and practice management software, a ground-up rebuild that retains much of the product’s look and feel but that introduces hundreds of new features and improvements to both the Orion desktop and iOrion mobile platforms.
The Atlanta, Ga., company says its Orion 5 is a significant leap forward for its technology, including major enhancements for prebilling, conflict avoidance, and tracking and reporting, as well as iOrion integrations with major map and rideshare applications. The updates are free to all Orion maintenance customers, who will be able to request the upgrade starting March 4.
In business since 1985, Orion is a full-featured financial management, firm management and practice management system designed for mid-sized law firms. Whereas many practice management systems for smaller firms operate via the cloud, Orion is a locally installed system that is able to integrate with a firm’s back-office infrastructure and front-office tools. Its last major revision, version 4, was released in 2005, although it has been continuously updated over the years.
The company’s iOrion product, introduced in 2013, is a mobile application for iOS and Android devices that provides on-the-go integration with Orion’s desktop application and access to many of Orion’s features, including timekeeping, expense tracking, contacts, matters, appointments, tasks and more. (See my previous posts about iOrion here and here.)
ePreBill Manager on the desktop, showing the summary tab view.
A major feature of Orion 5 is the new Orion ePrebill Manager, which was officially launched at Legaltech New York a month ago. ePrebill Manager provides a complete electronic workflow system for managing the prebilling process. The purpose is to allow firms to eliminate paper from their prebill process by providing tools to digitally route, review, edit, markup,
