For Immediate Release
June 23, 2006

Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law to use the CaseKnowledge^® Legal Information Delivery Platform

Chicago, IL - CaseKnowledge, Inc., a legal information delivery platform for lawyers and their clients, announced today that it will provide its platform to the Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL) in Chicago. The Pro Bono Center will use CaseKnowledge to connect its virtual law firm network of over 900 attorneys and 200 paralegals in the Chicago area.

"We were introduced to the Pro Bono Center by a Fortune 1000 company General Counsel who uses the CaseKnowledge platform to collaborate and partner with her outside law firms, and who is an active supporter of the Center" said Taylor Smith, Vice President of Client Solutions for CaseKnowledge, Inc. "We are extremely pleased to offer CaseKnowledge to such a great organization that has provided high quality pro bono legal assistance to more than 40,000 seniors and people with disabilities throughout Chicago."

"The Pro Bono Center provides its services by deploying a "virtual law firm" of over 900 volunteer attorneys and 200 paralegals from many different firms and corporations in Chicago," explained Jann Dragovich-Stulberg, Executive Director of the Center. "CaseKnowledge is a particularly effective tool that will bring these diverse resources together so that the Pro Bono Center can continue to provide the most cost effective and efficient delivery of pro bono legal services in the industry."

"On any particular CDEL matter, attorneys and paralegals from multiple organizations are working together to achieve optimal outcomes for our clients," Dragovich-Stulberg said. "CaseKnowledge will allow our volunteers to share information, communicate, strategize, review documents, and collaborate in a single platform. This maximizes both our efficiency and effectiveness and allows us to offer our volunteers one of the most advanced case management and collaboration platforms available. Just as corporate counsel use CaseKnowledge to work more closely with its outside firms, CDEL lawyers will be using CaseKnowledge to work more closely and effectively with each other."

About CaseKnowledge, Inc.
CaseKnowledge is a legal information delivery platform; a web-based, turnkey extranet, case management, document management, messaging and calendaring solution that streamlines communications between firms and their clients. CaseKnowledge is purchased directly by law firms and their clients, which include corporate legal departments and insurance claims organizations.

Superior cost control, improved case outcomes, and more productive relationships between clients and firms are some of the benefits of CaseKnowledge. Organizational efficiencies, better management, accountability, and immediate access to information are others.

CaseKnowledge is a 2006 TechnoLawyer Awards Finalist and a 2004 A.M. Best E-Fusion Awards Finalist. CaseKnowledge offers its tools through web-based subscriptions and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About the Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law
Founded in 1984 by the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association and housed by the renowned Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law is 501 c (3) not-for-profit full-service pro bono legal services organization, serving low-income elderly and people with disabilities throughout Cook County. CDEL handles cases in all practice areas, excluding criminal and personal injury law. The Center provides high quality legal assistance to almost four thousand clients every year.

To accomplish its dual mission, the Pro Bono Center maintains a model that guarantees the most cost effective and efficient delivery of pro bono legal services in the industry. Indeed, the Pro Bono Center's proven volunteer driven model is not only results based, but specifically addresses and meets the challenges of staying innovative and current in the provision of pro bono legal services, while meeting the civil legal needs of our high volume clientele.

The Pro Bono Center utilizes the services of 900 volunteer attorneys and 200 paralegals throughout Chicago's distinguished legal community with a range of expertise.

For More Information Contact:

CaseKnowledge, Inc.
Liz R. Quimson
Chief Financial Officer
312-201-0343
LQuimson@CaseKnowledge.com

Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law
Jann Dragovich-Stulberg
Executive Director
312-908-4463
Dragovich@probonocdel.org

Submitted by: Center for Disability and Elder Law | More news from this organization
Posted: 07/06/2006