Case Study: Baker Donelson achieves greater productivity and billable time with Aderant Handshake

Baker Donelson Creates Fully Personalized Practice Management Portal BakerNet

Baker Donelson, one of the 60 largest law firms in the United States, needed a fully personalized practice management portal that could give attorneys a single place to manage matters, access documents, view tasks and events, search firm and third-party information, and communicate more effectively across a large, multi-practice organization. The firm turned to Aderant for a flexible, mobile-friendly knowledge management solution that could work across multiple authoritative systems.

Aderant implemented BakerNet 6 using Aderant Handshake, integrating document and email management, enterprise search, financial management, and legal project management into a personalized intranet portal. The solution delivered persona-driven homepages, contextual matter views, extensive search, and NetDocs integration, helping Baker Donelson exceed 60,000 searches per month, improve transparency and research access, and plan for a 5–30% increase in billable time.

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