Levit & James Unveils Customer Technology Preview of Best Authority 3.0 Table of Authorities Software at LegalTech NY

LEESBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Levit & James, Inc. (www.levitjames.com), provider of Best Authority®, announces it will be showing a Customer Technology Preview (CTP) of Best Authority 3.0 at LegalTech New York ’12 next week from Monday, Jan. 30^th – Wednesday, Feb. 1^st at booth #518. The CTP version of Best Authority 3.0 will be officially released to customers on Monday, February 6^th, kicking off the first phase of its beta program.

Best Authority is the legal industry’s leading tool for creating a Table of Authorities (TOA) - the software is used by 74 of the 100 largest U.S. law firms. Best Authority 3.0 represents a substantial leap forward for the technology, featuring a significantly faster citation scan, a new Ribbon interface inspired by MS Office, and streamlined editing features.

Best Authority 3.0 highlights:

Remarkable speed – The citation scan is 4 to 20 times faster than in Version 2. It takes less than two minutes to scan 235 pages with 4,000 Citations, with all Citations marked, Authorities formatted, and the Draft Review Pane open for TOA proofing and editing. Review functions process almost instantaneously.

Ribbon Interface – Keeping pace with Microsoft Office technology, Best Authority provides a ribbon interface in Microsoft Word, which is much more intuitive and user-friendly, and reduces training time.

Simplified Editing Features

• Dockable Review with Tree Structure
• Right-Click Functionality
• Cut/Paste
• Undo
• TOA Preview with Instant Update
• Quick Search Function

Best Authority 3.0 is slated for release later this year. For more information about Best Authority, email Patricia Meyer at [e-mail].

About Levit & James, Inc.

Levit & James, Inc. is a Microsoft Partner with a Gold ISV/Software Competency based in Leesburg Virginia, and is a leading provider of Legal Software. For 25 years, Levit & James’ customers, including government agencies, law firms, corporations, and individual users, have benefited from the company’s thoughtful and time-saving word processing utilities. Seventy- four of the top one hundred U.S. law firms use Best Authority for their TOA needs. For more information, please call Ian Levit at 703.771.1549, visit www.levitjames.com or email [e-mail]. Follow us on Twitter @levitjames.