Case Study: Cottonwood Law Group, LC captures 30% more billable time and boosts productivity with Smokeball

Cottonwood Law Group, LC - Customer Case Study

Cottonwood Law Group, LC, a three‑person general practice in rural Kansas, faced fragmented paper files, remote‑work limitations and inconsistent manual timekeeping that left billable work unrecorded and made multi‑office coordination and staff onboarding difficult. They turned to Smokeball and its practice‑management tools, including Automatic Time Tracking, for a more organized, mobile-friendly solution.

Smokeball implemented an integrated platform—document management and e‑filing, templates and task automation, mobile access and Automatic Time Tracking—that standardized folders, enabled scan‑to‑cloud workflows and simplified onboarding. As a result, Cottonwood captured more time (partner Joshua Boehm reports a 30%+ increase), reclaimed about 30 minutes a day formerly spent logging time, went nearly paperless, improved matter visibility and better assessed flat‑fee profitability.

Cottonwood Law Group, LC

Joshua Boehm

Partner