# CARET

> CARET, formerly AbacusNext, supplies practice management software, integrated payments and private cloud services to legal and accounting firms. Its portfolio includes CARET Legal, AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney and OfficeTools. The business pairs decades of legal workflow experience with cloud subscriptions, analytics and newer AI-assisted timekeeping tools.

- **Founded:** 1983
- **Headquarters:** Del Mar, United States
- **Founders:** Judd Kessler (Founder, Abacus Data Systems)
- **Products:** CARET Legal, CARET Pay, AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney, OfficeTools
- **Notable:** Operating lineage dates to 1983 and the AbacusLaw product., Corporate website reports more than 10,000 firms served across legal and accounting., CARET Legal named Cloud-based Practice Management Platform of the Year by LegalTech Breakthrough in November 2025.

## Products & services

- **CARET Legal** — Cloud legal practice management with matters, email, calendars, documents, billing, legal and trust accounting, client portals and integrated payments; formerly Zola Suite.
- **CARET Pay** — Integrated payment processing, formerly APX, with recurring card and ACH retainer payments in the 2026 release; provided through Payrix Solutions.
- **AbacusLaw** — Legal case and practice management covering intake, calendaring, billing and accounting; the company’s original product.
- **Amicus Attorney** — Legal case management and daily practice organization software.
- **OfficeTools** — Tax and accounting practice management from a central dashboard.
- **Abacus Private Cloud** — Managed virtual workspace for firm data and business applications; CARET lists support for more than 4,500 applications.
- **CARET Analytics** — Embedded law firm performance analytics using Domo, including standard and configurable dashboards depending on subscription.
- **CARET Capture** — Identifies potentially billable activity and browser research for human review and conversion to time entries.
- **CARET Command** — Dashboard bringing priorities, deadlines, billing and matter activity into one view.
- **CARET Court Rules** — Calculates linked court deadlines from a trigger event and recalculates schedules when dates change.

## Achievements

- Operating lineage dates to 1983 and the AbacusLaw product.
- Corporate website reports more than 10,000 firms served across legal and accounting.
- CARET Legal named Cloud-based Practice Management Platform of the Year by LegalTech Breakthrough in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Summer release pages describe CARET Capture, CARET Command, CARET Court Rules, three Insights dashboards and recurring CARET Pay retainers.
- **2026-08** — CARET Legal Terms of Service updated August 18, 2026.
- **2025-11** — CARET Legal receives LegalTech Breakthrough cloud practice management award.
- **2025-06** — Jay Kuhlman appointed CEO, succeeding interim CEO Mark Schatz.
- **2025-05** — State Bar of Arizona affinity partnership announced.
- **2025-01** — Lawmatics integration announced.

## Links

- Website: https://getcaret.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-caret/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CARETLegal
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CARETLegal
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caretlegal

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Last updated: 2026-10-01