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Tasks your legal accountant will do
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Accounts Payable and Receivable Management
Your legal accountant can help you with invoicing, tracking payments, and invoicing.
Bank Reconciliation
Your legal accountant can help you find and resolve discrepancies between the firm’s records and the bank statements.
Payroll Processing
Managing payroll for law firm employees, including calculating wages, taxes, and benefits.
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Our expert team handles your taxes with an eye for every possible deduction, helping you save more.
Dedicated Bookkeeping from $999
Hire remote bookkeeping experts for detailed transaction recording, financial reconciliations, and clear monthly financial statements.
Tax + Bookkeeping from $1,149
Our remote experts manage everything from keeping your books to filing your taxes, giving you peace of mind all year.
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- Discuss your needs with our experts
- We match you with a best-fit law firm accountant
- Onboard and start within 60 minutes
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Law Firm Bookkeeping Insights 2026
Frequent Asked Questions
A law accountant is a financial professional specifically equipped to manage the intricate financial operations of a law firm.
We have no lock in contracts so you can discontinue the service at any time.
Your law accountant will work from 9am-5pm ET/PT.
Standard bookkeeping approaches often fail in legal settings due to several industry-specific factors: Trust account management – Commingling client funds with operating accounts can lead to disbarment. IOLTA compliance – Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts requires precise tracking and reporting. Matter-based billing – Expenses and time must link accurately to specific client matters. Contingency fee structures – These require specialized expense tracking and revenue recognition. Ethical billing requirements – Legal fees must be reasonable and properly documented. Multiple timekeepers – Partners, associates, and paralegals bill at different rates. Complex disbursements – Client costs must be tracked separately from firm expenses.
Your firm may need specialized legal bookkeeping help if you notice: Trust account reconciliations taking more than 3-4 hours monthly. Difficulty producing three-way trust reconciliations for bar compliance. Challenges tracking which expenses belong to which matters. Partners spending 5+ hours weekly on financial oversight. Inconsistent profitability across similar case types. Limited visibility into timekeeper productivity and realization. Anxiety about potential Bar Association financial audits. Billing delays due to incomplete expense or time tracking. Cash flow constraints despite strong case revenue. Multiple accounting software systems that don't communicate.
The average law firm saves 65-75% by outsourcing legal bookkeeping compared to hiring in-house staff. In-house total annual cost ranges from $97,500–151,000 while outsourced legal bookkeeping costs $23,000–40,000 annually, delivering annual savings of $62,500–123,000.