About Rafte & Company

Established in 1983, Rafte & Company specializes in helping law firms and legal departments of varying sizes, practice orientations and organizational structures achieve their goals through the strategic use of technology.

Rafte & Company helps each client utilize appropriate technology tools to help them evolve into the law firm of tomorrow.

Personal computers were just beginning to be adopted by innovative law firms when Dena Rafte established Rafte & Company to meet the technology needs of law firms in Houston, Texas. Even though PC networks were rare at the time, Rafte & Company's services focused on bringing law firm staffers together.

Initially, Rafte & Company concentrated on legal back office needs, improving legal billing and accounting processes. As technology moved beyond administrative functions and crude database applications to the professional staff, it became clear that the real value to law firms would be using information systems and integrated processes to share information and manage the day-to-day casework.

In the decades since, Rafte & Company has evolved into a full-service legal technology consulting organization that helps the legal community bridge the gap between the special needs of law firms and the improved efficiencies made possible by technology.

We combine outstanding technical skills, an in-depth knowledge of our clients' businesses and an understanding of applications critical to enhance the practice of law.

In order to allow technology to fully enhance the practice of law, we believe law firms must follow a well-defined evolutionary path that includes the gradual deployment of various technology tools. Rafte & Company refers to this as the “Technology Evolution of Law Firms.”

Central to this philosophy is the understanding that technology by itself cannot win cases or secure clients. However, with the appropriate infrastructure and managed applications in place, Rafte & Company can maximize the positive impact of your technology investment by helping your firm evolve and operate more effectively, efficiently and profitably. We accomplish this by:

• Integrating applications to eliminate redundancy in the workflow process;
• Establishing a streamlined client-focused culture, giving your law firm a competitive boost;
• Enhancing your firm's ability to allow greater collaboration;
• Giving clients direct access to critical information, where appropriate; and
• Enabling attorneys to have more mobility while remaining accessible
  to clients.

Rafte & Company specializes in strategic technology planning, infrastructure design and implementation, application implementation and integration, training and support.

Our proven track record of network integration for our clients, together with our strategic partnerships with major technology vendors, ensures the highest quality solution and support.