One Size Fits Many

HoudiniESQ is not only the best in breed for a web based Case Management application, it fits all size firms, large and small. In fact there is only one code base. The only difference is the license you purchase.

Enterprise class software for every size firm, whether it be a solo attorney or 2500 employees strong. HoudiniESQ is lightweight, secure, extensible, and scalable.

HoudiniESQ supports multiple Organizations, Divisions and is offered under several different licensing terms.

HoudiniESQ Solo
FREE Self Install with minimal support. Supports only a single seat.

HoudiniESQ Practice
For small to mid-size firms up to 30 seats.

HoudiniESQ Elite
For large law firms with special needs. 30+ seats

HoudiniESQ SaaS
By the month, by the seat low cost solution for any size firm.

Same exact code base regardless of the version you choose and with no compromises. Host it yourself or have us host it for you.

If you choose to self host HoudiniESQ you will find that installation only takes about 5 minutes, guaranteed. Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX, CentOS and Windows are all supported. Maintenance issues are practically non existent so you and your firm can concentrate on building your practice not rebooting your server.

A True Turn Key Solution

100% Turn key. If you have a computer to install HoudiniESQ on and it has a static IP, then you already have all you need.

There is nothing else to buy

No Database to buy
No Web Server to buy
No Application Server to buy
No Billing and Invoicing Applications to buy
No Document Management Application to buy

Of course, unless you want to.

HoudiniESQ, one single elegant solution.

Event Centric Workflow™

Capture more billable time. With HoudiniESQ Event Centric Workflow every action you perform on behalf of your clients is viewed as an Event. Billing is painless, seamless and incredibly easy. Select the action, start the timer and you're billing for your time. Add a colleague to the Event and they too are billing on the same Event. Stop the timer. You can now Invoice the Matter at anytime with a single click.

Of course you get to choose what is billable and what is not, what your bill rate is for a particular action and when you invoice.

Any Browser, Any OS, Anytime, Anywhere

Manage your Case Load, Bill for your Time, Review Documents, Communicate with Colleagues and Clients, and so much more from anywhere with Internet access.

HoudiniESQ is a feature rich legal practice management solution that runs in your browser of choice with the look, feel and performance of a desktop application.

Most modern browsers are supported. Safari, IE7, Camino, FireFox, Google Chrome, Sea Monkey, Opera, Epiphany, Flock, and Shiira.

Custom Forms

Not all data belongs on the primary record forms Matter, Contact and Event. In most cases you collect data that is only useful during a specific phase of a case. You can create Custom Forms complete with their own Custom Fields. These Custom Forms appear under the forms tab of all primary records. For example, you may need to collect creditor information for a bankruptcy case. This information needs to be conveniently located but out of the way. HoudiniESQ Custom Forms are the answer. Custom forms also have a Type, Sub-type, Status and can have any number of Attributes so you can add 4 dimensional custom fields to Houdini forms as well.

Lightning Fast Appointment Finder

Our new blazingly fast appointment finder allows you to quickly find or schedule an appointment time with just a click. Say goodbye to scheduling conflicts. You can find available times slots for any duration by Staff or Calendar for any given day.

Find a available appointment slot, schedule the appointment and send a confirmation Email all with a single click. You can choose any of your Email Merge templates during the process. The appointment will be scheduled and your client will receive a confirmation Email. You can even schedule appointments from the Roster or the Contact form using this quick tool.

MS Word Plugin

Having to upload and download, then locate the file, then open the file in its native application is not very productive and is one of the worst user experiences a web-based product can have.

Our new plug-in for MS Word allows you to open, edit and save documents from within MS Word with just a click. View all documents associated with a Matter, edit and save to Houdini. Works with both your SaaS account or Elite, Practice and Solo.

Group Fees and Expenses

You can define a set of fees and expenses and group them for easy selection. For example, some task may have one or more set fees such as court cost, filling fees etc. You can pre define them, give them a name and select them from any of the worksheets.

Group Calendaring and Scheduling

HoudiniESQ has a robust interactive calendar. You can drag and drop to reschedule events, drag to change an Event's duration and limitless possibilities when it comes to how you view your Calendar.

Filter on Date Range, multiple Staff Members, Event types, Classifications, and Status Codes.

View your Calendar by Staff colors, Event colors or both.You can use Events in place of to dos by using the powerful alert and repeat features of the calendar.

It's about choices, it's about time, it's HoudiniESQ.

Comprehensive search capabilities

Finding information is a breeze in HoudiniESQ. Powered by Houdini IRIS™ you never have to Tag or manage Tags again. HoudiniESQ supports full text search of documents, its databases, Email, Email attachments and eDiscovery databases such as Google Scholar, Lexis-Nexis and others. All tightly integrated with Matters and Contacts.

Bulk upload documents to a Matter or Contact with ease. Select the documents to upload, select which Matter they are regarding and with a click the documents are indexed.

Need a client's Email indexed for future use? No problem. Simply select the Matter the Email is regarding and its body, subject and all its attachments are indexed.

Search public and private databases such as Google Scholar like they were local with a single click of your mouse. Full text search and boolean operations are supported regardless of where the data resides. Unlike other applications that only let you save links to documents online. You can include eDiscovery full text with Matters. This assures the data is ever present.


Our full text search is powerful. Documents are indexed in seconds. Up to 25,000 unique words are indexed per document. You and your colleagues can search for just about any information.

If you're Tagging your documents then get out of the middle ages and streamline your Case Load.

Document Management powered by Houdini IRIS™ is included at no additional cost.

Integrated Mail - GMail, Hot Mail and Yahoo

Use your own Email accounts such as GMail, Hot Mail, Exchange and Yahoo.

IMAP and POP3 support

HoudiniESQ is the only Case Management Application that tightly integrates a high performance Document Indexing System with Email. Houdini IRIS™

When you view or create a Email you can optionally select the Matter the Email is regarding. HoudiniESQ will immediately add your Email and all its attachments into the HoudiniESQ repository. Within seconds you and your colleagues can search the repository.View all emails sent and received regarding a Matter with a click of your mouse.

Integrated Chat

Chat with colleagues. Create rooms and invite any number of Staff to take part in a discussion.

Off-line Messaging

Leave messages and post-its on a colleagues HoudiniESQ desktop with just a click of your mouse.

When the recipient returns and logs on they will receive your message and can instantly respond or chat with you.

Integrated Billing and Invoicing

HoudiniESQ supports one click Invoicing, instant PDF delivery, Adjustments, Credits, Trust, Retainers and Expenses.You can print or Email invoices to your clients. No time slips or extra steps since everything you do on behalf of your client is viewed as a Event and all Events are billable and tracked including composing and reading Email.

Monitor Your Business Effortlessly

Ever needed to know how much you have un-billed, billed and how many invoices are past due?

HoudiniESQ Dashboards not only provide critical time sensitive information like show me all Matters with Events occurring today, tomorrow, next week etc. but the entire financial picture regarding the health of your practice is just a click away.

How much is un-billed
How much is billed and pending payment
How much is past due or late

Import from Time Matters, AdvoLogixPM, ProLaw, Clio etc.

Need web accessibility but don't want to trade in your left arm for such a feature? Fed up with Time Matters data corruption issues, AdvoLogixPM's un intuitive interface and dead slow UI? Houdini can import data from any CSV file. We can create a custom CSV Map files for you as well.

Customizable

Need to record additional data for a specific practice area or for a special action? With HoudiniESQ you have limitless possibilities.

You can add custom fields and controls to just about any form.

Entry Fields
Lookup Fields
Drop Downs and Combo Boxes
Radio Buttons
and Check Boxes

Need to make a custom field required? Simply click the Required check box when you create the field.

HoudiniESQ even includes a comprehensive set of Validates so you can keep data entry mistakes to a minimum.

Zip
Social Security
Phone
Credit Card
Length
Number (supports precision and negative validation)
Alpha
and more

HoudiniESQ even supports custom mask. You can provide formatting instructions by providing a field mask.

HoudiniESQ is the only application of its kind that supports the addition, editing and removal of custom fields on live data. This allows you to add fields at anytime, regardless whether a form already contains data. You can even change the field types without the worry of data loss.