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Bill Smarter, Not Harder:
LeanLaw's All-in-One Legal Billing Solution
LeanLaw's All-in-One Legal Billing Solution
What’s due and what’s left to do?
Simplify your billing process, increase efficiency, and get paid faster with LeanLaw's robust billing features designed specifically for law firms–all seamlessly integrated with QuickBooks Online.
Less Time Billing, More Time Lawyering
Spend more time generating revenue and less time processing billing. Obviously.
LEDES Billing
Fully automate your LEDES billing with ease. LeanLaw supports standard ABA UTBMS code sets and allows you to create electronic invoices in common LEDES formats.
Invoicing Made Easy
Create professional, customized invoices that reflect your law firm's brand. Build your own invoice with the right level of detail for your firm in LeanLaw. Automatically generate invoices based on time entries and hourly rates.
Smart Billing Workflow
LeanLaw's intelligent billing workflow gathers all billable time entries and expenses in one place, making it simple to generate and submit invoices. With just a few clicks, you can submit invoices to clients
Receivables & Collections
Stay on top of your law firm's financial health with real-time insights into outstanding invoice balances and A/R aging reports. Easily track client trust balances and retainers all synced with Quickbooks Online.
Billing Types Supported:
- Hourly Billing
- Flat Fee Arrangements
- Contingency Billing
- And more, including pro bono and “internal” projects
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Modern Legal Billing: Automated, Integrated, And Pleasant
Manage client expectations, Understand how much time is devoted to recurring tasks, Automate standard billing and LEDES legal billing codes
Benefits of LeanLaw's Billing Features
A better billing engine that enables your firm to process invoices and get paid faster.
Total automation and customized invoices
A better billing engine that enables your firm to process invoices and get paid faster.
Electronic invoices automatically generated
A better billing engine that enables your firm to process invoices and get paid faster.
Customizable payments and more payment options
A better billing engine that enables your firm to process invoices and get paid faster.
True integration with QuickBooks Online
A better billing engine that enables your firm to process invoices and get paid faster.
LeanLaw Modernizes
All Legal Billing Methods, Including
Fixed Fee Billing
Measure and streamline flat fee billing solutions
- Understand the value of your fixed fee services
- Move beyond the billable hour by tracking time against flat fees.
- Create automated billing workflows.
- Manage accounts and invoice more easily with LeanLaw’s
- QuickBooks Online integration.
LEDES Billing
This process does NOT have to be a headache.
- Fully integrated and automated LEDES time entries and invoices.
- Support of standard ABA UTBMS code sets.
- Support for Standard, Litigation, Patent / IP, Bankruptcy, and more. (If you don’t see your legal billing code set, LeanLaw can add it.)
- Create electronic LEDES (1998b, 1998bi, XML 2000, LSS) invoices automatically.
“Simple, easy to use, outstanding value”
Overall: Excellent. Highly recommend for small to mid-sized law firms. Pros: This software only does what it needs to do: time and billing. And it does a fantastic job at it. The interface is simple and easy to learn for users. It is also very fast and responsive. Yet it also support numerous features, such as LEDES, contingencies, and flat fee work. Great integration with Quickbooks Online. Online availability makes it cross-platform and available anywhere. Trust accounting is a snap. Customer support is excellent. And the price is a fraction of other online providers!
WM PAUL S.
Attorney, Captera
Attorney, Captera
See what other says about LeanLaw
See for yourself how LeanLaw can meet your business’s unique challenges, needs, and product interests. Complete the form to get your free demo.
With LeanLaw, I get just the features I need: time tracking, invoicing and reporting without unnecessary add-ons. LeanLaw has made life much simpler. The combination of LeanLaw and QuickBooks has been a welcome shift.
Kenny Lee
Lee Kiefer & Park
LeanLaw, with the newly designed QuickBooks Online Advanced platform, creates a healthier way of doing business. Together, they offer significant advantages: better systems, integrations, transparency, real time data, custom user roles, and more.
Sarah Prevost
Mintage Labs
I share a mutual goal with LeanLaw: to reduce my clients’ overhead and make sense of their financials. No other vendor provides the level of access and technical support. It’s like I can jump straight to the source. And no other software vendor offers me referrals – and good ones!
Laurette Clash
P.I.E., Inc.
Very easy and intuitive interface, excellent pricing. I don’t need all the other functions other platforms have, and I don’t like paying for them. I never found I used them or that they saved me any time.
Daniel Tucker Simmons
Partner
I don’t know how my business functioned before Lean Law. Overall, The customer service and support is amazing. Pros: The timekeeping features give attorneys everything they need to manage tracking billable hours. That it is integrated with Quickbooks is an amazing feature.
Deborah W.
Managing Partner
It has significantly reduced the time it takes to run billing each month and the timekeeping feature is very easy to use. I’m told the customer service is excellent.
Tim Y.
Partner
LeanLaw is an outstanding product! Easy setup and very user-friendly. And it syncs perfectly with QBO. It’s a perfect app for law firms of any size.
Tomrathjen
Partner
This program is everything you can ask for in legal billing software! After researching several options, LeanLaw stands out because of ease of use for accounting team + attorneys, amazing QBO integration, internet-based programming, reasonable cost and stellar customer support.
Alicia
Partner
Exactly what you need as an add-on for Quickbooks to run your law firm to produce invoices and firm productivity reports. Bravo!
Jennifer
Partner
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Gift your firm a stress-free billing experience with LeanLaw’s automated billing engine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Legal billing software is a specialized tool designed to help law firms manage their billing processes efficiently. It automates the tracking of billable hours, creation of invoices, management of client payments, and integration with accounting systems. Legal billing software simplifies and improves the entire billing process, helping law firms save time, improve cash flow, and enhance client relationships.
LeanLaw supports a wide range of billing options to cater to the diverse needs of law firms. The key billing types supported include hourly billing, fixed fee arrangements, contingency billing, and pro bono work. Additionally, LeanLaw offers an internal billing category that allows firms to track work done for the firm itself, such as administrative tasks or internal projects.
When evaluating legal billing software, consider the following key factors:
- 1. Integration with your existing accounting software, such as QuickBooks Online
- 2. Automation of time tracking, invoicing, and payment processes
- 3. Customization options for invoices and billing workflows
- 4. Support for various billing arrangements (hourly, flat fee, contingency, etc.)
- 5. Robust reporting and analytics features to track key financial metrics
- 6. Scalability to accommodate your firm’s growth
- 7. Data security and compliance with industry regulations
- 8. User-friendly interface and ease of adoption for your team
- 9. Responsive customer support and training resources
LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) billing is a standardized format for legal invoices that is widely used by law firms, corporations, and legal departments. LEDES formats, such as LEDES 1998B and LEDES XML 2000, ensure that legal invoices are detailed, consistent, and easily processed by clients’ billing systems. LeanLaw fully supports LEDES billing, allowing you to automatically generate invoices that comply with these industry-standard formats.
LeanLaw provides a range of customization options to ensure that your invoices reflect your law firm’s unique brand and style. You can:
- 1.Upload your firm’s logo and customize the color scheme
- 2. Create your own template
- 3. Modify the layout and information displayed on your invoices
- 4. Add custom fields, notes, and terms and conditions
- 5. Tailor the level of detail included in your invoices, such as task descriptions and time entry notes
The legal billing workflow typically involves the following steps:
- 1. Time and expense tracking: Attorneys and staff record their billable time and expenses incurred on each matter
- 2. Pre-billing and invoice preparation: Billable time and expenses are reviewed, edited (if necessary), and consolidated into draft invoices
- 3. Invoice approval: Draft invoices are reviewed and approved by responsible attorneys or billing managers
- 4. Invoice delivery: Approved invoices are sent to clients via email or printed and mailed
- 5. Payment processing: Payments are recorded, and invoices are marked as paid
- 6. Trust account management: Retainer funds are applied to invoices, and trust account balances are updated
- 7. Reporting and analysis: Billing and payment data is analyzed to track key financial metrics and inform decision-making
Converting time entries into invoices in LeanLaw is a simple and streamlined process:
- 1. Select the time entries you wish to include on the invoice (you can filter by date range, timekeeper, or other criteria)
- 2. Create a new invoice for the relevant client and matter
- 3. Review and edit the time entries as needed (e.g., adjust descriptions, quantities, or rates)
- 4. Apply any necessary discounts, write-offs, or other adjustments
- 5. Preview the invoice to ensure all information is accurate and complete
- 6. Save the invoice as a draft for further review or approve it for delivery to the client
LeanLaw’s intuitive interface and automated features make it easy to convert your time entries into professional, customized invoices with just a few clicks.
Ready to run your firm with less hassle?
LeanLaw’s functionality helps everyone in the firm — legal professionals and accounting — at every stage in the process do more and do better.
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See invoices paid 70% faster with LeanLaw’s streamlined accounting workflows. Boost collections and increase your cash flow. LeanLaw is the alternative to law practice management software.
