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Transitions - What Is and Isn't Included in the Transition

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Each transition is unique and what is and isn't included depends on various aspects such as what legacy practice management system you are migrating from, how you have entered in the data and what type of transition you have selected. 

 
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Not all legacy practice management system transactions will be able to perform exactly as below.

 

Automated transitions

We can automate the transition of your data from compatible systems, using unique software that we've developed. Here we can review the data and compare against the reports you provide. We import your information into LEAP once reviewed and validated.

Please note: Our data transition import limits are:

Cards/contacts: 90,000
Matters: 65,000

Product options

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Does not
include

Basic (Standard)

A Basic (Standard) transition is where we will import Client Names and Addresses as well as Matter Details, including associated staff and case types.
Law firms mainly select this option when starting up or where the accounting information is not sufficiently up to date to be useful.
It is also an option where the firm uses two products, one for case management and another for accounting and it is decided that it would be more beneficial to import the case data and key in the opening balances.
Matter details,
client details,
staff details
Opening
balances,
transaction
history

Opening Balance

An Opening Balance transition is where we import everything listed for a Basic (Standard) transition as well as a single opening brought forward figure for Trust Account, Billable Disbursement, Debtor and Work in Progress Balances per matter.
Firms most commonly select Opening Balance transitions, where we collect the data by running standard reports from the current system, which must be saved in an Excel spreadsheet format.
Matter details,
client details,
staff details,
opening
balances
Transaction History

Transactional

A Transactional transition builds on the Opening Balance transition to provide visibility of the detailed historical Trust and Operating Account transactions which make up the Brought Forward Balances.

We list the practice management systems from which we can perform a transactional transition on the Transition to LEAP Order Form.
Matter details,
client details,
staff details,
opening
balances,
transaction
History
 

MS Excel transitions

Where your system does not allow us to perform an Automated transition, we provide a set of template spreadsheets where you can enter any Trust Account, Debtor, Billable Disbursements and Work in Progress opening balances. The data entered in the templates can then be imported into our transition software. We can provide advice on how to collate this information, either from your current database or from reports saved to Excel. Your options are:

Product options

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Assisted

For Assisted Excel transitions, we support you in populating the template in Excel spreadsheets.
We will remotely log on to your system and investigate the best option for your law firm.
This may entail writing specific queries on your raw database or to find and run relevant reports which we can export to Excel.
In either case, we would manipulate any information we are able to extract into a specific format required by our transition software.
Matter details,
client details,
staff details,
opening
balances
Transaction History

Non-assisted

For a Non-assisted Excel transition, we provide a set of spreadsheets where you can enter
the details for staff, clients and matters as well as opening balances if required. These are in a fixed format, and only the information requested can be imported.
We provide instructions to explain the format of the information required We then load the information into our transition software and proceed from there.
Matter details,
client details,
staff details,
opening
balances
Transaction History

The following table represents the information that can be extracted where available and populated in the expected fields.

Type of Transition/
Details
StandardOpening BalanceTransaction
Matter Details   
Matter Reference (20 characters)
Matter Type
Matter Description (80 characters)
Staff Member Acting
Staff Member Responsible
File Status
Date Matter Opened
Date Matter Completed/Archived
Archive Number
File Locationxxx
Comments
    
Client Details: Company   
Trading Name
Business Type
Business Number
    
Client Details: People   
First name
Last name
Salutation
    
Client Details: Communication   
Street Address
Other Address
Fax Number
Cellular Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
    
Contact/People Details   
Gender
DOB
Place of Birth
Marital status
Occupation
Maiden Name
    
Staff Details   
Name
Surname
Initials
Email Address
Chargeable Rates
    
Opening Balances   
Trust Account Opening Balancesx
Deposit Account Opening Balancesx
Debtors Opening Balancesx
Billable Disbursement Balancesxx
Billable Time/WIPxx
Retainer/Operating Credit Opening Balancex
    
Transactions   
Trust Account Ledgerxx
Debtors Ledgerxx
Operating Account Ledgerxx
Billable Disbursementsxx
Billable Time/WIP Ledgerxx
Billed Time Historyxxx
Draft Bills/Invoicesxxx
    
Other   
Documentsxxx
General Ledger Balancesxxx
Customized Templatesxxx
Quickbooks Setupxxx
 
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Any data not in the above list will not be migrated into LEAP

For further information you can request a Data Expectation Document specific to your practice management system from our Transitions Department via email (transitions@leap.us).

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