AVOCAT RELEASES LAW OFFICE MANAGER 3.0
LAUNCHES SUPPORT ON APPLELINK

KNOXVILLE-- April 27-- Avocat Systems has announced a major upgrade of its
Law Office Manager (LOM) Macintosh-compatible computer software package
for legal applications. The LOM 3.0 Version is now available for shipping,
according to the announcement made today by Avocat program developer and
company president, Lee Riggs.

Simultaneously, the company is launching support within AppleLink's Third
Parties Icon through which dealers, consultants and customers can download
the LOM 3.0 demo immediately.

According to Riggs, version 3.0  brings new features and capabilities to
every area of the LOM program. "3.0 offers more than 75 enhancements to
the earlier LOM 2.5.8, LOM was designed to help attorneys efficiently
create, track, manage and store information, documents and tasks, 3.0
continues that tradition." said Riggs.

Major new features of the LOM 3.0 include; Automatic Ticklers, Multiple
Client Assignment, Document Assignment and Hot Linking, a single-entry
Address Book, and automatic links to TimeSlips and various Third Party
calendar programs such as Easy Alarms.

Designed to comply with the "Fast Track" type of legal system, the new LOM
3.0 Tickler offers the ability to self-automate all tickler task. A user
can now create multiple "Job Sets" which can be automatically attached to
new matters, new jobs and archives.

A new "Other-Parties" file has been created within the Matters screen to
assign and store information on additional parties relevant to a matter.
"The Multiple Client Assignment feature is very important to cases such as
insurance defense," explained Riggs, "where an attorney might serve as
many as three clients - an individual, an insurance company and an
adjusting company - on a single case."

The new program adds an Exhibit functionality to the Documents Log.
Documents can not only be logged in and out of the system, but can be
identified as Exhibits and pulled up in witness or chronological order.

Also part of the Documents log, the LOM 3.0 "Hot Linking" feature enables
the user-- with the click of a button -- to access any document stored in
the system. "It doesn't matter what kind of document it is or what program
it was created in or even what the name of it is, " said Riggs. "The
Document Log Tracks all documents in the system, allowing the user to do
document management without any management knowledge, " he explained.

LOM requests for name and address information can now be drawn from the new
3.0 "Address Book." The Address Book eliminates the need to re-enter
identical information. 

Other important features provided by the LOM 3.0 Version include
refinements which increase the accuracy and speed of conflict checking and
assign multiple people (an attorney, a paralegal and a staffer) to a
particular matter.

A total of 45 new Data Entry fields have been added, including fields for
court information and eight customized fields. New fields in the Witness
File allow a user to define classes of witnesses, and a 16-page "Note
Field" enables storage of particular witness information.

Additionally, the system's word processor can now merge all information
stored in the LOM databases. According to Riggs, the speed of the Data
Entry screens has been increased by approximately 30 percent.

"The LOM 3.0 Version represents a giant step in the development of our
product line," said Riggs. "All of the new enhancements are aimed at
helping attorneys efficiently and effectively manage the voluminous amount
of information necessitate by the practice of law. With the  LOM 3.0, all
information relevant to a matter is instantly accessible from a single
screen by a mere click of a series of buttons."

The cost of the new LOM 3.0 single -user package is $899. Each additional
user is $199. Value packs include five-user and 10-user packs for $1,495,
and $2,195. The LOM 3.0 Upgrade is free to previously registered LOM
owners.

The Avocat LOM 3.0 Version is available from all Apple Computer dealers,
authorized Avocat consultants, and direct from the company. Avocat offers
free technical support via a toll-free number.

Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, Avocat Systems develops computer software
for law office applications. For more information on Avocat products or
dealerships, contact Avocat Systems, Ltd., 1402 Riverview Tower, 900 Gay
Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. Tel. (615) 523-9270 or 1-800-521-6588;
Fax (615) 637-8810.

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