Legal Practice Management · Document-driven legal PMS
Smokeball
integration & API.
Document-driven PMS popular with small firms — we add the integration and automation layer.
S What is Smokeball?
Smokeball in plain English.
Smokeball is a Microsoft Word-integrated legal practice management platform popular with small Australian and US law firms, particularly conveyancing, family law and estates practices. It captures every action against a matter automatically — emails, documents, and time spent. Strong at automatic time capture and document automation within the Word ecosystem. Smokeball is owned by ATI Global (Australian Technology Innovators Pty Ltd), the same parent that owns LEAP and InfoTrack — so cross-integration between these platforms is structural, not optional.
What businesses use it for
Common Smokeball
use cases.
- 01 Automatic time capture from Word, email, and calendar
- 02 Document automation using firm template libraries
- 03 Matter management for small to mid-size firms
- 04 Email and correspondence tracking against matters
- 05 Trust accounting compliant with state regulator requirements
- 06 Billing and invoicing tied to time entries
Why custom?
Beyond the default Smokeball integrations.
Smokeball is a document-driven practice management system widely used by small Australian law firms and sole practitioners. We build custom integrations that connect Smokeball to the rest of the firm's stack — client portals, accounting, e-signature, and AI-assisted document handling.
What we build with Smokeball
Common Smokeball integrations.
Branded client portals that present Smokeball matter status outside the platform
Structured intake that creates Smokeball matters with conflict checks
AI-assisted document classification feeding Smokeball matter records
Integration between Smokeball and Xero / MYOB for cross-system reconciliation
E-signature integration (DocuSign, Adobe Sign) for retainer agreements
Reporting that pulls clean cross-matter analytics from Smokeball
What you can expect
What a Smokeball integration usually delivers.
Matter and contact data that agrees with itself
Smokeball stays aligned with the accounting, document and operational tools around it, removing the double-entry that creeps in when the same client lives in several systems.
A client-facing layer on top of Smokeball
Matter status, key dates and documents can be exposed through a secure portal, reducing the update requests that land on your support team.
Time and document workflows that run themselves
Automated triggers from Smokeball drive document assembly, task creation and notifications, so less of the day is spent moving information by hand.
Handled with the care legal data needs
Data kept onshore with scoped access and audit trails, supporting your firm in meeting its confidentiality and regulatory responsibilities.
Commonly paired with
Smokeball works with the rest of your stack.
How we build
Production-grade.
Not Zapier in a trench coat.
Every Smokeball integration we ship handles failure properly: idempotent jobs, retry logic, dead-letter queues for unrecoverable cases, and observability so you can see exactly where data is at any moment.
Tested
Real test suite, real edge cases. Not just "it worked once."
Observable
You see what is happening — events logged, errors surfaced.
Maintainable
Documented, version-controlled, handed over properly.
More Legal Practice Management
Other legal practice management platforms we connect.
L LEAP
Custom integrations and bespoke layers around LEAP for Australian law firms.
A ActionStep
Workflow-flexible PMS for firms with bespoke matter types — we build the bespoke layer alongside.
BL By Lawyers
Precedent library sold as a LEAP add-on — we build the custom layer around how Australian firms use it.
FAQ
Common questions about Smokeball integration.
Can you build integrations on top of Smokeball?
Yes — Smokeball has an API for the integration patterns we typically build. The quality of the API has improved significantly over the last few years.
Does Smokeball replace the need for Word templates?
No — Smokeball works with your existing Word template library, augmenting it with data from matters. We help firms automate this further with custom logic Smokeball alone doesn't cover.
Is Smokeball suitable for larger firms?
It's primarily designed for small-to-mid firms. Above 20-30 fee earners most firms move to LEAP or ActionStep, though Smokeball does scale further than that for some practices.
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