Company History

Chesapeake Interlink, Ltd. started in 1982 as a data processing service engaged in professional time sharing. In late 1984, we were approached by a group of Personal Injury Attorneys in need of software to help them run their fast growing firm more efficiently. To our, and their, advantage, we had on staff an extremely capable Software Designer (with a law degree!). Because of this unique set of circumstances, Chesapeake Interlink decided to start designing and writing the programs necessary to create easy-to-use Case Management Software specifically designed to meet the needs of Personal Injury law offices. The end result was PINS (Personal Injury Negligence System), the DOS version of our software.

By the time we moved to a Windows platform in 1995, PINS had developed a national reputation as the premier case management solution for personal injury lawyers with hundreds of satisfied client firms. The windows platform allowed our software, now known as Needles, to become so customizable that it is now able to service any practice area.

The year 2004 marked our 20th anniversary! In those twenty years, we upgraded our program 25 times, shipped the system to over 1,600+ users, and acquired a loyal, dedicated, and knowledgeable client base.

Much of the company's growth can be directly linked to improvements and updates suggested by our 30,000+ users. Our research and development focuses largely on the hundreds of client "Wish List" items we receive each year. Our client UserGroup meetings and the professionals who use our software have shaped the past 25 major upgrades since the program was first released.

In fact, we are so confident in Needles, we have used it to run our own company for many years!