MEETING MANAGEMENT
FOR LAW FIRMS

Law firms appreciate that AskCody is not just another tool in their tech stack, but an integrated part of their Microsoft suite and existing IT infrastructure. We are built native to Exchange and Azure. Providing insights and analytics gathered with Power BI. Delivered with Modern Add-ins for Outlook. Our aim is to be the best Microsoft solution on the market. 

The American Law Firm Shook, Hardy, and Bacon LLP became an AskCody customer in 2019 as their business had grown to a size where they needed to standardize their meeting processes and wanted a solution integrated natively with Microsoft 365 and Outlook. 

"We shouldn't have to go to a different solution than Outlook to book a conference room, and the two systems never talked to each other. So that was kind of one of the drivers for us saying: Let us find a new tool!"

- Luke Schnoebelen, Director of Professional Development.

Read the full Shook, Hardy, and Bacon LLP case study

AskCody is natively integrated with Microsoft 365. This means you can use the Teams or Skype app in Outlook to quickly add video conference to your meeting along with other services. For modern law firms having easy and efficient access to video conferencing rooms and the ability to efficiently add AV equipment and setup is vital to the success of the business.

This was also the case with Eversheds Sutherland, who added 200+ different rooms (and desks) with video conferencing equipment in portion of those. Another law firm that enjoyed the easy setup has been Shook, Hardy, and Bacon as they became a customer just before Covid in 2019. The flexibility of the Platform during an uncertain time was very important in our continued partnership. 

ISO (International Standards Organization) is a globally recognized certification that demonstrates a company's commitment in maintaining high-quality standards. Some of the AM Law 100, Global 200, and NLJ 500 companies who choose to collaborate with AskCody - have done so because it helps them achieve an ISO certification. This certification helps boost the firms' credibility which can give a significant competitive advantage especially for international collaboration. 

One of the largest law firms Eversheds Sutherland LLP specifically chose the AskCody Platform because the Visitor Management solution helped them improve security, confidentiality, and access control when managing visitors. Visitor management is an out-of-the-box solution giving the guests a great first impression while documenting, tracking, and reporting in accordance with the ISO standards.

Read the full Eversheds Sutherland LLP case study 

Unfortunately, one of the reasons law and legal choose AskCody is because they have had negative experiences with unstable or non-integrated workplace management software. 

The reason companies experience synchronization issues and double bookings is because of how most platforms are built. Most products on the market are created as SQL-based solutions. In short this means the company created a database outside the Microsoft environment making server calls for every action between the database and Exchange. Because the database is located outside of the Microsoft environment it makes it more vulnerable to issues, if there is an outage on either Microsoft or the database.

Because AskCody is built on Azure and Exchange we leverage the data in Microsoft. This means we can significantly reduce the risk of synchronization issues or double bookings creating software law and legal can trust. 

One frequent issue we hear from client businesses is the lack of a standard way to book workspaces. The issue with having multiple ways to reserve meeting rooms or desks, order services and manage visitors is, that you might lack control when managing important meetings.

This was a massive issue for the Chicago-based law firm Burke, Warran, Mackay, & Serritella and it became one of the main drivers for them to get a workplace management solution. 

"10 different people booking a meeting, resulted in 10 different ways of creating a meeting, and everything that goes with it. Meeting management can be a convoluted process, so we really needed a standardized system that was easy for our people to use and that could automate the current processes in place. With AskCody employees can now book rooms and request services themselves, and it gives them a kind of self-service aspect where they can take control of their own meetings."

- Anthony Moore, IT Director at Burke, Warran, Mackay, & Serritella.

Read the full case study with Burke, Warran, Mackay, & Serritella.