Clausen Miller, PC, ranked among the Top 275 largest law firms in the United States, serving both business and private clients, awarded a Knowledge Management Initiative to Onward Technologies, a leading provider of customized software and hardware solutions to law firms and enterprise professionals.

Onward’s kmSearch, a custom application designed to search multiple data repositories to retrieve relevant content, will provide the firm with a robust search tool to search against a proprietary conflicts database. “We are excited to have a powerful tool such as kmSearch for searching conflicts based on our client and matter information. Onward Technologies’ extensive knowledge of the legal industry should prove to yield positive results for the IT environment of Clausen Miller,” said Ray Matter, Clausen Miller’s Director of Information Systems.

Onward’s kmSearch, designed with an intuitive, professional looking user interface, will allow attorneys to efficiently search potential conflicts based on multiple search criteria. Client matter data, which is full-text index, is created and made available for searching via a custom kmSearch connector built for Clausen Miller. Attorneys will have the power to go beyond a simple keyword search and perform advanced search queries including fuzzy and natural language processing. Leveraging the existing IT infrastructure, kmSearch will enhance Clausen Miller’s efficiency and profitability by allowing attorneys to tap into the knowledge and data resources of the firm and quickly and accurately locate the matter conflict information that is relevant to their needs.