Element55, creator of automatic time capture software Legal55, and American Lawyer Media, makers of MA3000, today announced an alliance to bring automatic time capture to the offices managing docketing and court dates. Said Element55 CEO Ray Deck, “this alliance solidifies Element55’s commitment to providing software to automatically capture billable hours for legal professionals, wherever they are, without a single click.”

Users of MA3000 who have Legal55 running on their computers can have their time spent working on cases in MA3000 tracked to their timesheet automatically, capturing both the activity (docketing, calendaring, reviewing etc) and the case. This time is captured to a private timesheet without any work on the part of the user. The user can then manage his or her timesheet later on, and decide which information to submit to accounting systems like Elite and CMS.

“This combination makes it easy to track docketing and calendaring time in the Managing Attorney’s office, which can turn that office into a revenue center and allows for more accurate and complete billing,” said MA3000 Director Michael Hochberger.

Element55, a division of eGlean, Inc, is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2000, Element55 is a rapidly-growing developer of automatic time capture solutions. Legal55 is Element55’s flagship product, offering reliable and accurate automatic time capture. Legal55 version 1.0 was released in July 2002. As of January 2006, the software has evolved to version 5.4, capturing time from dozens of applications, phone systems, and knowledge management systems, and routing time entries to major accounting systems, including CMS by Aderant and Elite by Thomson West. Clients using Legal55 have reported capturing an additional six hours per attorney per month through making the automatic time capture software available to their billable timekeepers. Legal55 Handheld Edition for BlackBerry devices was released in 2005. For more information about the highly respected software offered by Element55, please call (617) 423-0692 or visit the company’s web site at www.element55.com.

MA3000 is a division of American Lawyer Media. MA3000 is the most experienced and most widely used docketing and calendaring program in the largest law offices in New York city. Over 75% of the largest 100 offices in New York use MA3000. Headquartered in New York City, ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and business communities. ALM currently owns and publishes 39 national and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel®, The National Law Journal® and Real Estate Forum®. ALM’s Law.com® is the Web’s leading legal news and information network, while ALM’sGlobeSt.com® is the Web’s leading information source for commercial real estate professionals. Other ALM businesses include book and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional trade shows, conferences and educational seminars, market research and content distribution. ALM was formed by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP. More information on ALM’s businesses and services is available on the Web at www.alm.com. For more information about MA3000 please call 212-313-9050