Case Study: Russell Duerksen Law Office achieves a 25% billing increase with Smokeball

With Smokeball, an estate planning firm increases its billing 25%

Russell Duerksen Law Office, a family-owned estate planning and real estate firm in Chino Valley, Arizona with a second office in Prescott Valley, faced communication breakdowns and limited case visibility after expanding—manual time tracking and document management were bogging staff down. After researching case management options, the firm chose Smokeball to address these challenges.

Smokeball’s practice-management platform—leveraging AutoTime to capture billables automatically and Court Rules to populate deadlines—streamlined communication between offices, eliminated manual processes like sticky-note workflows, and improved accuracy. As a result, Russell Duerksen Law Office increased billing by 25%, gained better visibility into matters, and boosted overall efficiency.

Russell Duerksen Law Office

Russell Duerksen

Attorney