Aderant and First AML Launch Integration to Automate Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for Law Firms

As regulators worldwide tighten anti-money laundering (AML) and client due diligence obligations on the legal profession, the two companies bring automated compliance checks directly into the practice management systems

ATLANTA and LONDON, 21 July 2026: Aderant, a leading global provider of business management solutions for law firms, today announced the general availability of an integration that enables law firms to connect Aderant Expert to First AML, a leading provider of anti-money laundering (AML) and client due diligence solutions.

With the new integration, law firms can now run anti-money laundering checks from systems they already use. The launch follows the companies' partnership announcement earlier this year and comes as law firms face growing obligations to demonstrate consistent and auditable AML practices across increasingly complex and international client relationships.

As AML regulations and compliance requirements have increased across regions around the world, meeting those obligations has typically required firms to manage compliance in systems disconnected from their day-to-day practice management workflow, creating manual handoffs, inconsistent documentation, and added risk. The Aderant-First AML integration is built to close that gap.

"Announcing this partnership was just the first step,” said Lisa Erickson, SVP, Product Management and AI at Aderant. “Connected through a secure API, now our clients can run AML checks inside the same workflow they already use in Expert and Expert Sierra, instead of managing it as a separate process. That's the kind of practical, in-context automation our clients can expect from the Aderant ecosystem.”

 For firms, that means:

• One workflow, start to finish: Staff select a client or matter, and the Expert and Expert Sierra workflow pulls parties, stages the case and submits the check to First AML.
• Built-in oversight: A dedicated review screen enables assigned users to confirm which contacts, client parties, and matter parties are included before a case is submitted to First AML, and automatically recognises individuals previously verified through First AML.
• Audit-ready by default: Audit-ready record keeping: Verification outcomes are written back into an AML approval history table in Expert, viewable through Entity Manager for reporting and audit purposes.
• Flexible by design: Firms can run the workflow as a standalone check or build it into their existing File Opening process, so AML runs automatically whenever a matter requires it.

“AML compliance shouldn't require firms to leave the systems they already rely on,” said Milan Cooper, CEO of First AML. “With this integration live, Expert users can run a First AML check the same way they handle everything else in their day, without extra logins or manual re-entry. That's the standard we think firms should expect from compliance technology, and we're glad to reach it together with Aderant.”

The integration is available now to Aderant Expert and Expert Sierra clients.
To learn more, visit aderant.com.

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