Case Study: Gort Law achieves a 50% increase in billable hours with Smokeball

Smokeball’s automatic time tracking solved a solo practitioner’s biggest roadblock

Gort Law, a solo bankruptcy practice, was losing time to manual admin and an inefficient practice-management system that made time tracking a major roadblock. Seeking automation to run the firm more productively, the firm adopted Smokeball for its automatic time tracking and document automation capabilities.

Smokeball’s automatic time capture, reporting, and document automation let Gort Law review every billable minute, analyze matter profitability, and prepare forms without re‑entering data. The result: a 50% increase in billable hours the month after switching without working more hours, elimination of the on‑site assistant role (replaced by a virtual receptionist), and better business decisions driven by Smokeball’s reporting.

Gort Law

Mike Gort

Owner