Practice management that starts before the phone rings.
One complete system, from the first search to the final hearing: your online presence, every lead, deep integration with the courts1, and secure cloud storage for every file2. Built so small and mid-size firms work with the reach of a large one.
Set up with you, your website included. Pricing is built to order.
1The court notices your attorneys forward, filed on the right matter as they arrive, with a step to enter each new hearing date. One state's courts today.
2Every record and document encrypted and backed up each night, and your Google Drive too where Drive backup is on.
- 1Asked what your clients ask. ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude get the questions your clients ask.
- 2Named, or not. How often each one names your firm, against its usual.
- 3The openings. Questions answered without you, and the page that would answer them.
- 1One inbox. Forms, phone taps and, where set up, answering-service messages, each with where it came from.
- 2Spam held for review. Never mixed in with real inquiries.
- 3A nudge when a lead waits. Its owner hears once office hours start.
- 1The whole file. Matters, phases, tasks, documents and money.
- 2Your own phases. Each matter moves through the steps your firm names.
- 3Owed, at a glance. Quoted, paid and owed, on the file.
- 1Filed on the right matter. Each court notice, matched by case number and court, in the court's own words.1
- 2A step for each hearing. Someone who read the notice enters the new date.
- 3Nothing filed on a guess. A notice Compass cannot place waits for a person.
1The court notices your attorneys forward, filed on the right matter as they arrive, with a step to enter each new hearing date. One state's courts today.
- 1Starts from your files. The charges you have open, most-charged first.3
- 2Every point cited. Each number opens the source it rests on.
- 3Official sources only. A repealed section is marked, never linked.
3One state's law today.
- 1Payment links. Where LawPay is set up, sent from the client's file or the list.
- 2Payments record themselves. Paid by link lands on the file.
- 3Asked for, not paid. What is owed, firm-wide, in one number.
- 1Every night, encrypted. Every record and document in Compass, backed up each night.
- 2Your Drive, too. Where Drive backup is on, it copies your Drive as it changes and keeps old versions for the time your firm chooses.
- 3Read back every week. The Drive copy is checked, not assumed.
From the first search to the final hearing.
One firm's day in Compass, told by the clock. A search becomes a lead, a lead becomes a client, a court notice lands on its matter, and a quote becomes a payment. Choose a time to see its screen.
The website
Someone asks Gemini what happens after an arrest. Your site is written to be the page that answer cites.
The websiteLeads
The form arrives with where it came from. Spam is held for review, and the lead's owner is nudged when office hours start.
Lead managementBackup
Every record and document in Compass is encrypted and backed up overnight, and the firm's Drive with it where that is on.
Cloud backupCourt
A hearing notice from the court is filed on the right matter, and becomes a step for someone to enter the new date.1
Court integration1The court notices your attorneys forward, filed on the right matter as they arrive, with a step to enter each new hearing date. One state's courts today.
Cases
The file opens on what matters: the next hearing, the matter's phase, the tasks and what is owed.
Case managementLaw library
The elements of the charge, read from official sources, each point with its citation.3
The law library3One state's law today.
Billing
Where LawPay is set up, the payment link goes out at noon. The payment lands and records itself on the client's file.
BillingBuilt first for criminal defense
People look for a defense lawyer at night and on weekends. Compass takes every form and phone tap from your site at any hour, nudges the lead's owner once office hours start, files each court notice on the right case, and links a charge to its law library entry where the library has one. The court features and the library cover one state today.
Built to order, set up with you
Built to order.
Every build includes your website, lead management and analytics, Google Business Profile tracking, and cloud backup. How pricing works.
Set up with you.
WattReach sets Compass up with your firm: your site, your practice's phases, your people and their roles, and your existing client records brought across.
Security, in one paragraph
Every record, and every document uploaded to Compass, is encrypted and backed up each night. Nobody in your firm sees anything their role does not allow, nobody signs in with a password, and each person can add two-factor sign-in. A client's file can be limited to chosen groups of your people, and every open of it is recorded. The plain-words version is on the security page.
Questions
What is Compass by WattReach?
Compass by WattReach is legal practice management software for small and mid-size law firms, with the firm's website and lead management built in. It also covers case management, court notices, a law library with cited AI answers, billing, reports and encrypted backups.
Which legal software includes a website?
Compass by WattReach includes the firm's own website in every build, built and hosted by WattReach and edited from Compass. Many practice management products leave the website to a separate designer or agency, and Clio offers a website builder on its top tier.
Who is Compass for?
Compass by WattReach is for small and mid-size law firms that want one system for getting clients and running their matters. It is built first for criminal defense, and it serves estate planning, family law and elder law practices too.
How much does Compass cost?
Compass by WattReach is built to order: each firm gets a quote after a walkthrough, based on its sites, its users, the integrations it needs and the size of its backups. Every build includes the website, lead management and analytics, Google Business Profile tracking and cloud backup.
Is our client data safe in Compass?
Compass by WattReach protects client data with encrypted nightly backups, roles that deny access by default, sign-in without passwords, and two-factor sign-in for anyone who turns it on. A client's file can also be limited to chosen groups, and every open of it is recorded. The security page sets it out in plain words.
How do we get started with Compass by WattReach?
To start with Compass by WattReach, book a walkthrough: WattReach shows Compass with a sample firm like yours, then quotes a build and sets it up with you.