Metastorm BPM® Remains Top Choice for Law Firms

Largest Law Firms in the World Standardize on the Metastorm Business Process Management Software Suite

BALTIMORE, MD – September 26, 2007 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced that its BPM software suite continues to be the solution of choice for legal customers throughout North America. To date, Metastorm’s BPM software is deployed at over 170 firms around the world comprised of over 150,000 users. Twenty-five percent of Metastorm’s legal clients rank in the AM Law 200 and six are among the top 10 largest in the world.

"We are partnering with Metastorm and Thomson Elite on a firm wide, global BPM initiative to use technology to help us automate the core legal and business processes that are integral to our business,” stated Priyesh Shah, Senior Manager Of Financial Systems at Reed Smith LLP. “The technology will also enable the firm to create more streamlined business processes that enhance our firm's efficiency. The software will empower our attorneys and employees with the tools they need to respond quickly to new business opportunities and maintain high levels of client service while at the same time minimizing our exposure to risk."

Legal customers are leveraging Metastorm BPM to automate critical, time-consuming activities such as controlling procedures for client acquisition and retention and conflict checking – all of which are key to the success of every law firm. By leveraging Metastorm BPM, firms are better able to maintain and acquire clients, maximize billable work, achieve process consistency, and tie together silo processes and systems.

Metastorm has been successfully deploying BPM at law firms for over 6 years. Its marquee legal industry customer base includes Morgan Lewis, Akerman Senterfitt, Goodmans, Duane Morris, Foley & Lardner, Hogan & Hartson, Jones Day, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, Michael Best & Friedrich, and Morrison & Foerster. In addition, customers added to Metastorm’s growing legal portfolio already this year include Carlton Fields, Conyers Dill & Pearman, EMW Law, Kroll Inc., Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Nexsen Pruet, Reed Smith, and Shearman & Sterling. In addition to the US-based firms, Metastorm BPM is deployed at law firms around the world, from the UK to South Africa to New Zealand.

Metastorm BPM remains the top choice for law firms undertaking business process management initiatives, due to its:

• Large law firm customer base and regional user communities for networking;
• Proven effectiveness and results (see law firm success stories online at www.metastorm.com/customers);
• Packaged Process Pod™ framework to accelerate the deployment of a firm’s New Client Matter Intake processes;
• Extensive global partnerships with legal industry technology leaders such as Microsoft, Thomson Elite, Integration Appliance, CA MDY, Interwoven, and Open Text;
• Extensive solution provider partners such as Project Leadership Associates, Smart Solutions, Younts Consulting, and Bridge4Solutions;
• Packaged Process Pod™ connectors for easy integration to all of the top document and records management systems, including Interwoven, OpenText/Hummingbird, Meridio, CA MDY, Documentum, and LegalKey;
• Complete BPM Suite including modeling, automation, integration, analysis, and simulation software for ongoing process improvement. The Metastorm BPM Suite is recognized as one of the top BPM suites in the world by Gartner, Forrester, and Butler.