SimpleLegal to TeamConnect Data Migration
Moving from SimpleLegal to TeamConnect? Settle automates the mapping between SimpleLegal's cloud legal management model and TeamConnect's enterprise ELM architecture — preserving matters, invoices, vendor relationships, and legal spend history.
Working with enterprise teams on active migration programs
Days
to production-ready mappings
Roughly half
the cost of consulting-led delivery
Every row
validated before go-live
Enterprise migrations routinely run months behind schedule. Yours doesn't have to.
This guide is for VPs of IT, data architects, and migration leads at companies moving data from SimpleLegal to TeamConnect — whether you're scoping, planning, or mid-program.
SimpleLegal stores legal operations data in matters with associated invoices, vendors, timekeepers, and LEDES billing data in a modern cloud interface. TeamConnect (Mitratech) uses an enterprise ELM architecture with matters, financials, entities, and configurable workflows. Settle translates SimpleLegal's streamlined legal management model to TeamConnect's enterprise platform automatically.
Based on the founding team's enterprise migration experience
Last updated July 2026
How Settle automates your SimpleLegal to TeamConnect migration
Settle profiles SimpleLegal's matter data and maps it to TeamConnect's matter model — translating matter types, practice areas, and custom fields to TeamConnect's configurable matter attributes.
Invoice data is mapped from SimpleLegal's e-billing format to TeamConnect's Financial module — preserving line-item detail, timekeeper rates, LEDES codes, and billing guideline compliance data.
Vendor and timekeeper relationships are translated to TeamConnect's Organization-Contact model — preserving firm hierarchies, attorney associations, and rate card structures.
Spend categorization is aligned between platforms — UTBMS codes, custom spend categories, and reporting dimensions are mapped to maintain historical reporting continuity.
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Migration timeline: manual vs. Settle
Traditional approach
Timeline
3–6 months
Estimated cost
$250K–$600K
Team size
2–4 consultants
Typically requires
×Manual field mapping in spreadsheets
×Custom ABAP/SQL extraction scripts
×3–5 mock migration cycles
×Dedicated source system consultants
×Manual reconciliation testing
With Settle
Enterprise benchmarksTimeline
Days
Estimated cost
A fraction of consulting cost
Team size
1–2 internal resources
Included
✓Schema profiling & analysis
✓AI-generated field mappings
✓Transformation SQL
✓Validation & readiness reports
✓Production-ready load files
Common challenges migrating from SimpleLegal to TeamConnect
Matter model translation
SimpleLegal matters contain case information, practice area, assigned attorneys, and custom fields. TeamConnect matters use a more structured model with matter types, matter phases, and configurable attributes. Custom fields in SimpleLegal must map to TeamConnect's configurable matter attributes or custom fields.
Explore related migrations →Invoice and LEDES data mapping
SimpleLegal processes LEDES invoices with line-item detail, timekeeper rates, and billing guideline compliance. TeamConnect handles invoices through its Financial module with different data structures. Invoice header data, line items, timekeeper references, and adjustment history must be mapped to TeamConnect's financial model.
Explore related migrations →Vendor and timekeeper relationship model
SimpleLegal tracks law firms and timekeepers with rate cards and billing relationships. TeamConnect uses an Organization and Contact model with separate entity types for law firms, lawyers, and internal contacts. The vendor hierarchy and timekeeper-to-firm associations must be preserved.
Explore related migrations →Spend categorization and reporting
SimpleLegal's spend categories and UTBMS codes must map to TeamConnect's financial reporting dimensions. Historical spend data needs to maintain categorization for year-over-year reporting continuity. Budget tracking and accrual data also need translation.
Explore related migrations →SimpleLegal to TeamConnect field mapping — what data moves
10 data objects typically migrated
| Source Object | → | Target Object |
|---|---|---|
| Matter | → | Matter |
| Invoice (Header) | → | Invoice / Financial Record |
| Invoice Line Item | → | Line Item / Charge |
| Vendor (Law Firm) | → | Organization (Law Firm) |
| Timekeeper | → | Contact (Attorney) |
| Rate Card | → | Rate / Billing Guideline |
| Budget | → | Budget |
| Document | → | Document / Attachment |
| Custom Fields | → | Configurable Attributes |
| UTBMS Codes | → | Task / Activity Codes |
Typical enterprise migrations include 500K–10M+ records across these objects. Settle handles profiling and mapping at enterprise scale.
The cost of manual SimpleLegal to TeamConnect migration
SimpleLegal to TeamConnect migrations happen when legal departments need enterprise-grade legal operations management. SimpleLegal excels at e-billing and matter management for mid-market legal teams, but companies outgrow it when they need TeamConnect's advanced workflow automation, entity management, contract lifecycle integration, and global legal operations capabilities. This migration is common during corporate growth, M&A events where the acquiring company standardizes on TeamConnect, or when legal departments adopt more sophisticated spend management and reporting requirements.
The technical challenge is mapping SimpleLegal's focused e-billing model to TeamConnect's broader enterprise legal management architecture. SimpleLegal organizes around matters with associated invoices, LEDES line items, and vendor relationships. TeamConnect uses a more complex entity model with matters, financials, organizations, contacts, and configurable object types. Invoice data structures, timekeeper records, and spend categorization models differ between the platforms.
Companies typically manage this migration during a TeamConnect implementation engagement. The matter data migration, invoice history preservation, and vendor relationship translation are the most labor-intensive parts of the data conversion.
Consulting-led delivery for migrations in this class typically runs $250K–$600K. Settle prices it fixed and scoped — read the full cost breakdown.
Frequently asked questions
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Exceptions surface before the first load, not after the third.
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