Support & FAQ

You can add a new attorney or LLLT to your firm by logging in and going to My Account.  Only Firm Owners or someone who has been granted New Account permissions can add new accounts.

Next click Add Attorney.

You will see a popup that asks you to enter the name and email address of the attorney you’d like to add.

Be sure to check “I also need to update my licenses” if you are adding a new license.  You do not need to do this if you are replacing someone who has a license but is no longer with your firm.

Let your new attorney know to check their spam filter if they don’t see the invite email. The subject line will be MyPleadings Invite and the email comes from noreply@mypleadings.com. 

You can add a paralegal to your firm by logging in and going to My Account.  Only Firm Owners or someone who has been granted New Account permissions can add new accounts.

Next click Add Paralegal.

You will see a popup that asks you to enter the name and email address of the attorney you’d like to add.  You will be asked to assign intial login information for the new user.  This information can be emailed to them by checking the Send Welcome Email box. 

Your paralegal will be able to access MyPleadings as soon as you click Create Account.  Unlike with new attorneys, there is no need to accept an 'Invite' email.

By default, all users can search and access all of a firm's cases unless you restrict someone's access to a case.  However, only your cases appear under 'My Cases'.  The rest of your firm's cases appear under 'Firm Cases'.  Paralegals do not have a My Cases page - they only see the Firm Cases page.

Restricting case access is done by clicking the "Case Access" button then selecting the user whose access you want to restrict.  Note that this option only appears if you have multiple users in the same firm.

You can block any other user from this case by checking the relevant box and clicking Save Changes. 

There are a number of ‘Permissions’ available in MyPleadings.  By default, Firm Owners can perform all functions that are available.  All other users must be granted permission to do the following:

1. Change Case Access. This allows someone to change who “owns” the case.  It also allows someone to restrict who can access the case.
2. Delete Cases.  By default, attorneys can delete their own cases but need permission to delete other people’s cases.
3. Add Users.  This will allow a user to add new paralegal or attorney accounts.  Someone who has this permission will likely also need the Update Licenses permission.
4. Delete/Inactivate Users.  This allows a user to delete or inactivate another user.  The Firm Owner cannot be inactivated or deleted.
5. Update These Permissions.  This allows another user to be able to grant or revoke permissions for all other people in the firm.  Usually this permission is reserved for firm administrators.
6. Update Credit Cards.  This permission allows a user to update the credit card that is on file with MyPleadings.  Note that the Firm Owner has to start the subscription before other users are able to update the card on file (i.e., someone who is not the Firm Owner cannot begin the subscription, but can update it after it has started).
7. Update Licenses.  This allows you to add or remove licenses.  Someone who has this permission wil likely also need the Add Users permission.

You can update User Permissions by going to My Account and then clicking User Permissions.  

Only Firm Owners or other users who are granted applicable permissions will see this link.