Baillie Hall & Hershman P.C. Wins Connecticut Quality Improvement Award

-Web-based closing capability is first of its kind in the state
-Firm now completes real estate closings in two thirds the time

Cheshire, Conn. August 25, 2006
The law firm of Baillie Hall & Hershman P.C., Connecticut's largest supplier of real estate closing services to the employee relocation industry, won a 2006 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Innovation Prize. The award recognizes the firm's successful implementation of TransactionPoint®, the task-automation platform designed to manage real estate closing documents and communications online. Baillie Hall & Hershman P.C. is the first law firm in Connecticut to offer online closings. The new technology has increased efficiency by one third.

"TransactionPoint® enables us to complete twenty percent more closings per month," said Attorney Don Baillie. "The technology reduces anxiety for clients because they can check the status of a closing at their convenience, as frequently or infrequently as needed. Our clients love it."

Developed by Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions, TransactionPoint® is a secure Web-based real estate transaction management platform. It eliminates many of the common headaches that are inherent to the closing process such as updating and maintaining documents, and informing relevant parties of when next steps are required. With TransactionPoint®, all the documents are available online, and accessible from anywhere to all appropriate parties. The technology saves a great deal of time by eliminating many administrative tasks such as typing, copying, and mailing documents back and forth.

The CQIA Innovation Prize recognizes accomplishments during the first stages of the quality journey for all Connecticut-located organizations. It is meant to stimulate interest in organizations to implement quality while fostering recognition of innovative improvements.

Baillie Hall & Hershman P.C. is a full-service law firm providing legal services to businesses and individuals; with U.S. operations from offices in Cheshire, Avon and Norwalk, Connecticut. The firm has extensive resources and experience in residential real estate matters in local and regional markets, and is Connecticut's largest supplier of real estate closing services to the employee relocation industry. The firm's subsidiary, Associated Attorney Title & Closing Company, P.C. (AATC), provides closing services on a national basis from offices in Connecticut and Orlando, Florida. For more information, please visit: www.bhhlegal.com.

The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award, Inc., America's first state-level quality award, was founded in 1987 utilizing the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence criteria in an effort to advance innovative programs that improve quality, performance, and marketplace competitiveness. For more information, please visit: www.ctqualityaward.org.