Northbridge Legal Partners
Client files were spread across personal inboxes, causing version conflicts and slow document turnaround. We gave every matter a single source of truth with automated intake.
Client files were spread across personal inboxes and desktop folders, causing version conflicts and slow document turnaround. Partners would attach the wrong revision to a client email, associates duplicated work because they couldn't see what had already been drafted, and matter status lived only in whoever's head last touched the file.
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We rolled out SharePoint client portals with automated intake workflows in Power Automate and Planner-based case tracking, giving every matter one authoritative folder and a visible pipeline.
Standardised a SharePoint site template per practice area so every new matter starts with the right folders and permissions automatically.
Built a Power Automate flow that turns a new-client form into a structured matter folder, checklist, and welcome email — no manual setup.
Gave clients a branded, permissioned SharePoint portal to exchange documents instead of email attachments.
Replaced inbox-based status tracking with shared Planner boards visible to the whole team.
We'd scope the same kind of engagement for your business, with timelines and effort against each stage.
Associates stopped asking 'which version is current' in every meeting. That question alone used to eat an hour a week per matter.
A boutique executive search firm nearly lost the one thing its whole business runs on, the trust in its founder's inbox. Here is exactly how the attack worked, the questions we asked, and every PowerShell step we ran to contain it.
The business ran on Google Workspace, and for a while it did the job. As the team grew, the cracks started to show. The owner wanted tighter security. He wanted a proper document structure his people could actually navigate, real collaboration in Teams, and an environment that matched how a serious business runs day to day. The first ask was simple on the surface. Move us to Microsoft 365 Business Premium, and do it without losing anything. The harder part was doing it cleanly. A migration that drops emails, breaks shared files, or locks the team out on Monday morning is worse than no migration at all. He needed it handled by someone who had done it many times, so the switch felt like an upgrade rather than a disruption. That is where we came in. Security felt loose for a business this size. No enforced multi factor, and no real device policy. Files were hard to navigate. There was no document structure people could actually find their way around. Collaboration did not match how a serious business runs. No Teams set up around real workflows. One wrong move could drop emails or break shared files. That fear was holding everything up. A migration that drops data is worse than no migration at all. The owner needed it handled by someone who had done it many times.
The firm had run its email on an aging host for years. The team already lived in Outlook and Office files every day, and everyone agreed the move to Microsoft 365 made sense. One thing kept blocking it, and it was not technical. As the owner put it, losing 19 years of email would be an absolute disaster. They needed to feel completely comfortable before anyone touched the mailboxes. So the whole project was built around a single promise. Nothing at the source would be removed until every mailbox had been checked and verified on the new side. The fear was not the move. It was losing two decades of history that the business runs on every day.
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