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Case Study: Sarah's Law Firm grows revenue 230% and expands to four offices with Smokeball

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Sarah's Law Firm
Industry
Legal
Challenge
A solo estate-planning practice needed legal-specific software to scale beyond generic CRM tools.
Headline result
Sarah's Law Firm reports +230% revenue growth and opened three additional office locations after adopting Smokeball, growing from a solo practice to a four-office regional firm.

Key results

+230%
Revenue growth
since adopting Smokeball; narrative also states 233%
3
Additional office locations opened
solo practice grew to four Michigan offices
~40
Trust plans processed per month
actioned in 1-2 months

The challenge

Sarah Ostahowski founded her estate planning and elder law practice as a solo practitioner and initially ran it on generic client relationship management software. As the firm grew, she needed legal-specific software with templates, workflows, billing and Microsoft integration to run an organized, scalable business across multiple locations.

The solution

The firm adopted Smokeball for its all-in-one platform, deep Microsoft Office and Outlook integration for email and document management, automated workflows for recurring processes, a library of jurisdiction-updated templates, and firm-insights reporting on revenue by attorney, profitability by case type and office comparisons.

Smokeball has allowed us to become a high-revenue producing firm with multiple locations, happy clients, and a happy team.

SO
Sarah Ostahowski
Founding Partner, Sarah's Law Firm

The results, in context

Since partnering with Smokeball, Sarah's Law Firm reports increasing revenue by 230% (stated as 233% in the narrative), hiring ten team members, and opening three additional office locations to reach four paperless Michigan offices. The firm now works around 40 trust plans a month, actioning them in one to two months.

Products used

Smokeball Smokeball Legal Practice ManagementSmokeball Automated Workflows