Cavanaugh Hamrick & McCarthy: "immeasurably easier
Cavanaugh Hamrick & McCarthy practices divorce, child custody, child support, and collaborative divorce. Family law at that intensity means a working day made of interruptions: a client call about a custody exchange, a quick email to opposing counsel, a support calculation revisited between meetings.
Every one of those touches is billable, and every one of them is easy to forget by the time the timesheet opens.
What the attorneys said
The firm's verdict after running Ajax came through in their own words during check-ins. The shortest one: "It has made my life immeasurably easier."
On what actually changed: "I think Susana and I have really loved using it. It's been really helpful and just kind of helps our lives generally to catch those things that we will forget and we were not counting for."
One attorney found the record did something unexpected, confirming where the day actually goes: "It was almost kind of, like, affirming to a survey. Because I'm like, oh, yes, I am doing all that admin. Especially even the general admin stuff."
And the firm's bottom line, delivered mid-call: "Agreed. I mean, we're bought."
The pattern behind the quotes
Notice what the attorneys are not saying. Nobody is describing a new workflow they learned or a dashboard they check. They are describing subtraction: things they used to forget are counted, hours they used to reconstruct are drafted, and a chore that shadowed the week is gone.
That is what Ajax is designed to feel like. It reads the actual work on screen, drafts matter-matched entries in each person's own style, and leaves the lawyer a short review. The uncounted admin time becomes visible. The forgotten tenths come back. Life gets, in their word, easier.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of time did the firm recover? The things people forget to count: brief client communications, in-between admin work on matters, and the small tasks that fall outside any timer.
Does the record help beyond billing? Yes. One attorney described it as affirming, a real accounting of where the day went, which helps with staffing and pricing decisions as much as invoices.
Is Ajax a fit for collaborative family practices? Family law in all its forms runs on frequent small increments, which is exactly what screen-level capture recovers. See how a larger family practice measured it in the Russell Alexander case study.
If your team ends the week knowing things went uncounted, book a demo and make the count automatic.
