Software built for the person running the business side of the firm
Between staffing, reporting, and keeping the lights on operationally, practice administrators touch almost every part of the firm. Smokeball gives you the visibility to manage all of it from one place.
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Support every department without stitching together five systems
Practice administrators sit at the intersection of operations, finance, and HR-adjacent work, often reporting on all three to partners who expect answers quickly. Smokeball's firm-wide reporting pulls performance data across practice areas and offices into one place, so preparing an update doesn't mean chasing numbers from separate spreadsheets.
Standardised workflows and centralised matter data also mean fewer one-off requests landing on your desk, since solicitors and staff can find what they need without asking you to track it down. When the firm adopts a new tool or process, having everything already centralised in one system makes rollout, and SRA compliance reporting, considerably smoother.
Firm-wide reporting
Pull performance, billing, and utilisation data across every department into one view for partner updates.
Centralised firm data
Reduce one-off requests by giving solicitors and staff self-service access to matter and billing information.
Smoother operational rollouts
Introduce new processes or tools more easily when firm data already lives in one centralised system.
“In running a business, you want to be using one core piece of software, and Smokeball is a one-stop shop.”
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FAQs
Everything you want to know before taking the next step.
What does a practice administrator use practice management software for?
Practice administrators use practice management software to manage firm-wide reporting, billing oversight, and operational workflows across departments, reducing the manual coordination needed to keep the firm running.
How can practice administrators reduce time spent compiling reports for partners?
Firm-wide reporting tools pull billing, utilisation, and performance data automatically, so practice administrators aren't manually assembling figures from separate spreadsheets before a partner meeting.
Does Smokeball help practice administrators support SRA compliance reporting?
Yes. Centralised billing and matter data make it easier to pull the records needed for SRA compliance reporting, including client account reconciliations, without assembling them from separate systems.
Can Smokeball support firms with multiple offices or departments?
Yes. Firm-wide reporting and centralised matter management give practice administrators visibility across every office and department from a single system.
How does centralised firm data make new tool rollouts easier?
When firm operations already run through one centralised system, introducing a new tool or process requires less reconciliation between disconnected data sources, making the rollout smoother for the whole firm.
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