Filevine
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Our Rating: 4.3/5
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4.3/5
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What is Filevine?
Filevine is law practice management software that emphasizes customizability. This makes it extremely versatile and customizable to each law firm’s needs. It boasts client intake capabilities, matter management, document management, and in-depth workflow management.
Starting Cost: Custom.
Pros
- Integrations
- Customizability
- Cloud-based
Cons
- Complex
- Basic Task Management
- No Client Portal
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Price & Value
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Innovation & Future-Proofing
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Run Away as Fast as you Case!
In my opinion, this is the worst decision you will EVER make! I paid Filevine ALOT of money just to be handed a product that in my opinion was not functional for a law firm and basically they expect you to program their version of sales force. I told them I am not a computer programmer and expected a functional law firm management product and would not be going forward. Even though I paid them thousands (five figures) and was never able to implement their product they now are threatening to send me to collections.
Hi Aaron, sorry to learn about your frustration with the functionality of our product.
At Filevine, we strive to create products that simplify legal work, but sometimes we learn we are falling short with the functionality of our product. We appreciate your honest review and would like to work with you to ensure that our product works for you. If you would like to discuss this issue further, feel free to reach out to our team at info@filevine.com.
Moves your cases forward
We’re a 12 attorney personal injury firm in Pennsylvania, and switched from Needles to Filevine in late 2016. It has really changed how we practice. Filevine is very mobile friendly, allowing us to work seamlessly from our various satellite offices, from home, or vacation. The big difference between Needles and Filevine was that Needles felt like a repository where we went to view and deposit information. Filevine feels more like a living/breathing system, that helps move cases forward. The feed keeps my entire team in the loop, and makes tasks easy to assign and monitor. The texting feature is a huge time saver, and our clients love it. Compared to Needles, which was stagnant for years and years, Filevine is constantly improving.
Changed My Practice
We researched and tried several different practice management systems before settling in on Filevine in 2018. There was a learning curve as with any practice management software – but they have great videos, webinars, chat features, and support. Best of all – they constantly ask for feedback and what attorneys want to see next…and then they do it. By way of example, I spoke to my CSM about a pretty easy fix to a feature. The next day the fix was installed. You can tell Filevine wants to be on the leading edge and does so by constantly upgrading their features. The hardest part is keeping up with all of the new features being implemented what seems like weekly. Highly recommend.
Best decision we ever made!
We made the switch from Time Matters to Filevine in July 2019 and it was definitely the best decision we ever made. The interface is fully customizable (and easy to do so!) for your practice. My staff loves that they can ask me to add a field and it’s done within 5 minutes. The reporting features have allowed easy oversight to ensure each case is fully worked as our firm continues to grow rapidly. The top 3 features my staff raves about are texting, Filevine fax and document generation. It’s really taken our firm to a whole new level! I also have to say Filevine’s support is incredible – they’ll work with you personally to help you accomplish your goals and vision. I cannot recommend Filevine or their team enough!
Love it/them
We started with Filevine over a year ago and we’re still on our old case management software. Why? Because we’re taking our time to customize Filevine to our liking. (We’re about 1 month away from migrating to Filevine). I’ve reviewed and toyed with other software but nothing is as customizable as Filevine. You can use their out-of-the-box solution or you can tailor it to exactly what you want or need. There is a slightly complex learning curve, but once you figure out the basics, you’ll see how you can morph it into what you want.
Their customer service is fantastic – very responsive and very amenable to receiving ideas on how to improve their product.
I highly recommend Filevine
I have been a FV user for over 2 years and it has become our 1 stop shop as we moved our CRM to filevine, it manages case management, documents, tasks, and has OCR for document management. It has been a very easy transition and once we started we never looked back. What I love best about it is the beautiful reports from Domo and its ease of use. Finally, FV is committed to developing new features in their regular updates and invites feedback. This is new for me and a welcome treat.
Long Time User
We have been with Filevine since 2018 and I have been working with them since 2017. I absolutely love this system, especially if you work in Mass Tort, as we do. This system is constantly evolving and I have never seen a system that has made it such a priority to be constantly improving itself. The Support team is the easiest group I have ever worked with and the most knowledgeable. I love the ability to customize this program in a way that I would be unable to with any other system. With anyone criticizing it for the set up, I encourage you to reach out the Filevine support team as they will walk you through the process. One of the biggest criticisms in the past was the templates, but 1) Filevine members are often happy to share templates and 2) Filevine recently hired staff just to work on improving their templates. There are now member support systems with Facebook and a listserve and Slack so that fellow members can share ideas. The Legal X conference was one of the most informative conventions I have ever attended. I have recommended this firm to several firms and they are all pleased with the system.
Using Filevine to it's fullest potential!
“There’s got to be an easier way!”
YES! Filevine is the “easier way”. Our firm has been able to increase productivity by utilizing Filevine’s powerful automation tools. But the most robust and amazing tool of all……. DOCUMENT GENERATION! I’ve set up Filevine to generate all our complex documents and pleadings, saving us time by not having to create case caption pages/case shells. It can also generate your lengthy service list. Are you currently paying for another software that generates info onto PDF court forms? Save your time and money; just have Filevine generate that for you! YES! Filevine can plug information into PDF files.
The set up time for Filevine is a bit of a time investment. However, it’s completely worth it!
Overall, Filevine is a great software!
New Customer and love it!
It’s very intuitive and easy to use, even for the luddites in the firm. We also manage non-case internal projects with Filevine, and we’ve found that to be successful. All plaintiff side PI firms should consider Filevine.
Our Firm's Nervous System
We’ve been with Filevine since May of 2017. We were first attracted to it because of its great user interface and texting from the file. Since that time we’ve been blown away by the features that Filevine has added and the ease at which we are able to customize it. For the first time, all information – notes, texts, emails, and documents are in the Filevine file and easy to access. We recently added OCR capability and this means that Filevine can search in our documents. It makes finding things easier than ever. The reporting features are especially strong and easy to build. We do love its integration with Domo. Document automation is first rate. Filevine is best in class without question.
AVOID!!!
Honestly, I would leave it -5 stars if that were an option. Filevine is the worst practice software I have EVER encountered. It takes eons to set up and even THEN it didn’t work.
Stay away!!