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                                  EXHIBIT 10.12

                          [LETTERHEAD OF IMANAGE, INC.]

September 7, 2000

Mr. Joseph Campbell

Dear Joe:

I am pleased to offer you the position of Executive Vice President, Field
Operations for iManage Inc. (the "Company"). You will report directly to the
Chief Executive Officer.
Your anticipated start date will be October 1, 2000.

Should you decide to join us, your Compensation package would be as follows:

1.      For the year ending December 31, 2001, the total annual earnings ("TAE")
        would equate to $350,000.00 consisting of:

        a)      A base monthly salary of $14,583.34 paid semi-monthly in
                accordance with the Company's normal payroll procedures,

        b)      A 2001 incentive bonus of $58,333.00 payable quarterly, based on
                achievement of mutually defined MBO's, which will be mutually
                agreed to by 12/31/2000, and

        c)      A 2001 revenue and profitably plan incentive of $116,667.00
                payable quarterly based upon achievement of the Company's 2001
                revenue and profitability plan.

        For the duration of October 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000 in
        addition to the monthly base salary of $14,583.34, you will be paid a
        quarterly bonus of $43,750.00

2.      We will recommend that the Board of Directors grant you an option to
        purchase 460,000 shares of iManage, Inc. common stock with an exercise
        price equal to the then current fair market value of common stock.
        iManage Inc. shall work with you in good faith to allow you to choose
        whether these options are ISO's or NQSO's and will be subject to the
        terms of the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan and standard form of
        Incentive Stock Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement").

3.      iManage shall contribute up to $1,000,000.00 towards the exercising of
        these options effectively lowering the exercise price of your options.
        Should you require it, iManage will allow you to borrow up to $2,000,000
        towards exercising these options.

4.      Subject to your continued employment with the Company, the vesting of
        these option shares shall be as follows:

        Vesting for the 340,000 of these shares will be over 16 quarters
        starting October 1, 2000. The first 40,000 shares to vest at the end of
        the first 6 months of your continued employment. Thereafter 6667 shares
        will vest each month.

        The remaining 120,000 shares will commence vesting effective January 1,
        2001 and will vest at a rate of 2666.67 per month. Upon achievement of
        the FY2001 and FY2002 plans respectively, vesting for 28,000 shares
        would accelerate fully.

5.      In addition you will be eligible for the Company's standard benefits
        package including paid vacation and 401(k) plan.

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6.      In the event of your Constructive Termination (as defined below) within
        twelve (12) months following a Transfer of Control (as such term is
        defined in Section 8.1(b) of the Plan), and provided you execute a
        release in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the vesting and
        exercisability of the outstanding stock options granted to you in item 2
        above will immediately accelerate in an amount equal to fifty percent
        (50%) of the remaining unvested options as of the date of the
        Constructive Termination.

        "Constructive Termination" means a termination of your employment by the
        Company (or any successor entity) other than for Cause, or your
        resignation from the Company (or any successor entity) within thirty
        (30) days following an event deemed to be Good Reason.

        "Cause" means (A) willful misconduct or gross negligence in performance
        of your duties hereunder, including your refusal to comply in any
        material respect with the legal directives of the Company's Board of
        Directors; (B) dishonest or fraudulent conduct, a deliberate attempt to
        do an injury to the Company, or conduct that materially harms the
        Company or is materially detrimental to the Company's reputation,
        including any felony conviction; or (C) a breach of any element of the
        Company's Employee Inventions and Proprietary Rights Assignment
        Agreement, including without limitation, theft or other misappropriation
        of the Company's proprietary information.

        "Good Reason" means (A) a material adverse change in your position; or
        (B) a material reduction of your base salary and inventive plan, unless
        such reduction is in connection with similar decreases of the other
        members of the Company's management team.

If you choose to accept this offer, your employment with the Company will be
voluntarily entered into and will be for no specified period. As a result, you
will be free to resign at any time, for any reason or for no reason, as you deem
appropriate. The Company will have a similar right and may conclude its
employment relationship with you at any time, with or without cause.

For purposes of federal immigration law, you will be required to provide to the
Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in
the United States. Such documentation must be provided to us within three (3)
business days of your date of hire, or our employment relationship with you may
be terminated.

In the event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of our
employment relationship, you and the Company agree that all such disputes shall
be fully and finally resolved by binding arbitration conducted by the American
Arbitration Association in San Jose, California. HOWEVER, we agree that this
arbitration provision shall not apply to any dispute or claim relating to or
arising out of the misuse or misappropriation of the Company's trade secrets or
proprietary or confidential information.

You will be required to sign an Employee Inventions and Proprietary Rights
Assignment Agreement as a condition of your employment. This letter, along with
any agreements relating to proprietary rights between you and the Company, set
forth the terms of your employment with the Company and supersede any prior
representations or agreements, whether written or oral. This letter may not be
modified or amended except by a written agreement, signed by the Company and by
you.

To indicate your acceptance of the Company's offer, please sign and date this
letter in the space provided below and return it to me. A duplicate original is
enclosed for your records. This offer of employment will expire at 1:00 PM on
Friday September 8, 2000.

I look forward to working with you at iManage, Inc. Welcome aboard!

Sincerely,

/s/ Mahmood Panjwani

Mahmood Panjwani
President and CEO

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iManage, Inc.

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED

 /s/ Joseph S. Campbell                     Sept. 8th, 2000
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Joseph Campbell                             Date

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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                RELEASE OF CLAIMS

        In consideration for the benefits to be received under that offer letter
dated May 4, 1999 to which this Release is attached as Exhibit A, ____________
("Executive") and his successors release the Company its affiliates and their
shareholders, investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys,
legal successors and assigns of and from any and all rights, claims, actions and
causes of action, whether now known or unknown, which Executive now has, or at
any other time had, or shall or may have against the released parties based upon
or arising out of any matter, cause, fact, thing, act or omission whatsoever
occurring or existing at any up to and including the date on which this Release
becomes effective, including, but not limited to, (i) any claim or right to any
stock or stock options of the Company or any affiliate thereof or successor
thereto, (ii) breach of contract, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation,
infliction of emotional distress, or (iii) discrimination or harassment on the
basis of national origin, race, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or
other prohibited classifications under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act,
the Fair Employment and Housing Act or any other applicable law.

        Executive acknowledges that he has read Section 1542 of the Civil Code
of the State of California, which states in full:

               A general release does not extend to claims which the Creditor
               does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
               executing the release, which if known by him must have materially
               affected his settlement with the debtor.

        Executive waives any rights that he has or may have under Section 1542
to the full extent that he may lawfully waive such rights pertaining to this
general release of claims, and affirms that he is releasing all known and
unknown claims that he has or may have against the parties listed above.

        Executive understands that he should consult with an attorney prior to
signing this Release and that he is giving up any legal claims he has against
the parties released above by signing this Release. If Executive is over forty
(40) years of age, Executive further understands that has up to 21 days to
consider this Release, that he may revoke it any time during the 7 days after he
signs it, and that it shall not become effective until that 7-day period has
passed. Executive acknowledges that he is signing this Release knowingly,
willingly and voluntarily in exchange for the benefits described herein.

Signature  /s/ Joe Campbell                       Date:   Sept. 8, 2000
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                                                                   Exhibit 10.13

                             SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

$1,000,000                                                         April 5, 2000

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, MARK CULHANE ("Borrower"), hereby
promises to pay to iManage, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Lender"), or order,
the principal sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), and accrued interest
thereon, as provided herein.

A.   Payments.

     1.   Interest. Interest shall accrue with respect to the outstanding
principal indebtedness under this Secured Promissory Note (this "Note") at the
per annum rate of 5.00%. Interest payable under this Note shall be calculated on
the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year for actual days elapsed.

     2.   Maturity Date.

          (a)  Except as set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) below, the
principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest due under this Note
(collectively, the "Borrower's Obligations") shall be due and payable in full
without any further notice or demand on the earlier of the following dates (the
"Maturity Date") (i) December 31, 2008; or (ii) three (3) trading days after the
first date upon which Borrower has the ability to sell the Pledged Collateral
(as defined in Paragraph A.6 below), subject to the Lender's trading window and
insider trading policy, as applicable, at a price equal to or greater than
Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per share.

          (b)  If there is a Constructive Termination (defined below) within two
(2) years following a Transfer in Control occurring before the Maturity Date,
then the Borrower's Obligations, as adjusted under Section 2(c) below, shall
become immediately due and payable on the first day after the fifth (5th)
trading day after the expiration of the period fixed by Lender's Amended 1997
Stock Option Plan as then in effect for Borrower's exercise of the Options (as
defined in the Pledge Agreement) on which borrower has the ability to sell the
Pledged Collateral subject to any restrictions due to trading windows, insider
trading policies, lock-ups or applicable law.

          (c)  If the events described in Section 2(b) occur and if the Net Cash
Realizable is less than the Borrower's Obligations, then only the amount of the
Borrower's Obligations equal to the Net Cash Realizable shall be due and payable
under Section 2(b) and the remaining amount of the Borrower's Obligations shall
be forgiven. For purposes of this Note, "Net Cash Realizable" shall mean the net
proceeds realizable from the sale of the Pledged Collateral less Applicable
Taxes, and "Applicable Taxes" shall mean (i) any and all taxes incurred by
Borrower as a result of the sale of the Pledged Collateral (or that would have
been incurred by the Borrower if the Pledged Collateral had been sold) and (ii)
any excise tax described in Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, incurred by Borrower (or that would have been incurred by the
Borrower if the Pledged Collateral had been sold) relating to acceleration and
vesting of stock options by reason of the Constructive Termination if any or all
benefits provided to Borrower on a Transfer of Control cause Borrower to be
subject to the excise tax.

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     3.   Application of Payments. Any payment received from Borrower shall be
first applied to accrued but unpaid interest and then to the principal amount
then outstanding under this Note.

     4.   Optional and Mandatory Prepayment.

          (a)  Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time
to prepay, in whole or in part, the principal amount of this Note, without
payment of any premium or penalty. Any principal prepayment must be accompanied
by a payment of all interest accrued but unpaid through the date of such
prepayment.

          (b)  Borrower shall pay over to Lender any cash or non-cash proceeds
realized on the sale or other disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral, net
of Applicable Taxes, with all such proceeds to be applied as a mandatory
prepayment of Borrower's obligations under this Note no later than three (3)
trading days after such sale or other disposition.

     5.   Form of Payment. The Borrower's Obligations are to be paid in lawful
money of the United States of America in immediately available funds.

     6.   Security. Pursuant to that certain Stock Pledge Agreement (the "Pledge
Agreement") of even date herewith, Borrower has granted Lender a security
interest in the Pledged Collateral (as defined therein) to secure the payment of
all of the Borrower's Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that this Note is a full recourse note and that Borrower
is liable for full payment of the Borrower's Obligations without regard to the
value at any time or from time to time of the Pledged Collateral.

B.   Events of Default.

     1.   The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an "Event of Default" under this Note:

          (a)  Borrower's breach of the obligation to pay any amount payable
under this Note on the date that it is due and payable;

          (b)  The occurrence of an Event of Default under the Pledge Agreement;
or

          (c)  Borrower's institution of proceedings against it, or Borrower's
filing of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or release,
under the federal Bankruptcy Code, or any other applicable federal or state law
relating to Lender's rights and remedies, or Borrower's consent to the filing of
any such petition or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee or other similar official of Borrower or of any substantial part of
Borrower's property, or Borrower's making of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors.

     2.   Rights and Remedies on Event of Default. On the occurrence of an Event
of Default, all principal, interest and charges owing under this Note shall
immediately and without the requirement of further notice or other action by
Lender become due and payable and Lender

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shall have the right to enforce this Note by exercise of the rights and remedies
granted to it by applicable law and to such remedies as are specified in the
Pledge Agreement.

C.   Other Provisions.

     1.   Definitions.

          (a)  For the purposes hereof, a "Transfer of Control" shall mean an
Ownership Change Event (defined below) or a series of related Ownership Change
Events (collectively, the "Transaction") wherein the stockholders of the Lender
immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the
Transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares
of the Lender's voting stock immediately before the Transaction, direct or
indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the Lender or the
corporation or corporations to which the assets of the Lender were transferred
(the "Transferee Corporation(s)"), as the case may be. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without
limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting stock of one or
more corporations which, as a result of the Transaction, own the Lender or the
Transferee Corporation(s), as the case may be, either directly or through one or
more subsidiary corporations. The board of directors of the Lender shall have
the right to determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting stock
of the Lender or multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

          (b)  For the purposes hereof, an "Ownership Change Event" shall be
deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs with respect to the
Lender:

               (i)  the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or
series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Lender of more than
fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Lender;

               (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Lender is a party;

               (iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Lender; of a liquidation or dissolution of the Lender.

          (c)  For the purposes hereof, "Constructive Termination" means a
termination of Borrower's employment by the Lender (or any successor entity)
other than for Cause, or Borrower's resignation from Lender (or any successor
entity) within thirty (30) days following an event deemed to be Good Reason.

          (d)  For the purposes hereof, "Cause" means (A) willful misconduct or
gross negligence in performance of Borrower's duties as Chief Financial Officer
of Lender (or any successor entity), including his refusal to comply in any
material respect with the legal directives of the Board of Directors of Lender
(or any successor entity); (B) dishonest or fraudulent conduct, a deliberate
attempt to do an injury to Lender (or any successor entity), or conduct that
materially harms Lender (or any successor entity) or is materially detrimental
to the reputation of Lender (or any successor entity), including any felony
conviction; or (C) a breach of any element of the Employee Inventions and
Proprietary Rights Assignment Agreement between the Lender

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and the Borrower dated September 25, 1998, including without limitation, theft
or other misappropriation of proprietary information of Lender (or any successor
entity).

          (e)  For the purposes hereof, "Good Reason" means (A) a material
adverse change in Borrower's position; (B) a reduction in Borrower's base
salary, unless such reduction is in connection with similar decreases of the
other members of the management team of Lender; or (C) without Borrower's prior
written consent, a requirement by Lender (or any successor entity) that he
relocate to a facility more than fifty (50) miles from his current principal
workplace.

     2.   Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by California law, without
giving effect to conflicts of law principles.

     3.   Borrower Waivers. Borrower waives presentment, diligence, demand of
payment, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with
the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note. In
any action on this Note, Lender need not produce or file the original of this
Note, but need only file a photocopy of this Note certified by Lender be a true
and correct copy of this Note in all material respects.

     4.   Enforcement Costs. Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses Lender
expends or incurs in connection with the enforcement of this Note, the
collection of any sums due under this Note, any actions for declaratory relief
in any way related to this Note, or the protection or preservation of any rights
of the holder under this Note.

     5.   Entire Agreement. This Note and the Pledge Agreement constitute the
entire agreement between Borrower and Lender with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, communications,
discussions and correspondence concerning the subject matter hereof, including,
without limitation, the memorandum from Mahmood Panjwani to Mark Culhane dated
October 31, 2000.

     6.   Headings. Section headings used in this Note have been set forth
herein for convenience of reference only. Unless the contrary is compelled by
the context, everything contained in each section hereof applies equally to this
entire Note.

                                       /s/ MARK CULHANE
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                                       MARK CULHANE

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