Case Study: Dodd and Wambold achieves 70% time-savings on billing with Smokeball

A 40-year-old firm transforms from manual to automated, seeing 70% time-savings on billing alone

Dodd and Wambold is a 40-year estate planning firm in O’Fallon, IL with four employees that was largely paper-based—paper calendars, messages on pads, and banker’s‑box files—making document generation, staff coordination and billing slow and error-prone. After testing other tools that didn’t improve workflows or provide responsive support, the firm turned to Smokeball (including Smokeball Billing) to modernize its practice management.

Smokeball automated form population, one‑click document generation and automatic time tracking so invoices that once took hours are now produced in seconds; the firm reports capturing more billable time and saving roughly 60–70% of invoicing and billing time. By scanning legacy files into Smokeball and using its billing features, Dodd and Wambold increased caseload capacity and profitability while improving conflict checks.

Dodd and Wambold

Kelly Wambold

Partner