McDonald Hopkins LLC, a national business advisory and corporate law firm founded in 1930, is deploying Laurel as its firmwide AI time platform across all 220 fee earners. The firm has offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, and West Palm Beach.
McDonald Hopkins selected Laurel following a thorough evaluation, choosing it over established time and billing vendors. The firm identified Laurel as the platform best positioned to give attorneys their time back by automating time capture, enforce narrative compliance with client billing guidelines, and give leadership real-time visibility across practices, matters, and offices. McDonald Hopkins is partnering closely with Laurel's Customer Success & Implementation team to successfully deploy to all 220 timekeepers across its six-office network.
With Laurel, attorneys will move from manual, end-of-day time entry to automated time capture that records and structures work as it happens, saving them time and allowing them to focus on what matters most: their clients. The platform connects time data to business outcomes, giving the firm the foundation to reduce write-downs, improve realization rates, and make better decisions about how the firm operates.
“We evaluated the market carefully and Laurel stood out for its ability to capture time automatically and increase the visibility we have been missing across our practices. Our attorneys invest real effort in their work, and it is important that every hour is captured accurately and structured in a way that meets client expectations. We are excited to get started,” said James Stief, Co-President at McDonald Hopkins.
“McDonald Hopkins ran a disciplined evaluation, chose the best platform, and committed to deploying it across all six offices from day one. That is what operationalizing AI looks like, and it is exactly what sets the leading firms apart. We are proud to partner with them and support their efforts to improve productivity and continue to grow profitably,” said Emil Dyrvig, Chief Revenue Officer at Laurel.
About Laurel
Laurel is the world’s first AI-native work intelligence platform built for professional services. The platform’s AI transforms how firms capture, classify, and optimize their most valuable resource: time. By automating timekeeping and ensuring narrative compliance with client billing guidelines and outside counsel guidelines, Laurel helps firms capture billable work accurately and submit time that meets the standards clients demand. Connecting time data to business outcomes, Laurel enables many of the world’s leading law, accounting, and consulting firms to reduce write-downs, improve realization rates, and make data-driven decisions about how their people and matters are performing. For more information, visit www.laurel.ai.
About McDonald Hopkins
McDonald Hopkins LLC is a national business advisory and corporate law firm founded in 1930. With more than 220 attorneys and professionals across six offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, and West Palm Beach, the firm serves clients across industries including corporate and business law, litigation, labor and employment, taxation, data privacy and cybersecurity, and real estate. For more information, visit www.mcdonaldhopkins.com.
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