Hourly and flat-fee legal bills
Law firm invoicing software
Law firm invoicing software for solo attorneys and small practices. Hours logged on a case become invoice lines, flat-fee matters and filing costs you advanced are billed beside them, and clients pay earned fees online, while money that belongs in trust stays in your trust account.
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Legal invoice example
A month of work on a contract dispute, with a filing fee the firm advanced.
Invoice
LF-0721
Due in 30 days
Bill to
Marchetti Builders Inc.
Re. Marchetti v. Lakeland Supply · Orlando FL 32801
Attorney time, motion research and drafting
4.2 hrs
Associate time, discovery review
6.0 hrs
Court filing fee, advanced
1
Example with sample data
Hours logged per case
Attorneys and associates log time on the case with a short description. Invoice the case, and those entries become lines priced at each person's rate, ready to edit before they go out.
Time trackingFlat fees and costs advanced
A will package or an uncontested divorce can bill at a flat fee. Filing fees, service of process and records you paid for go on the case as expenses and are billed back as lines.
Job expensesNo trust accounting
Payments land in your Stripe operating account. Advance fees and retainers your bar treats as client money belong in your IOLTA account, so bill through Smarfle only what is earned.
PaymentsSeveral cases, one client
A business client with three open matters can get one invoice covering all three, and their statement shows every invoice, payment and the open balance.
Client recordsLegal invoicing software at a glance
What it does
- Time entries to invoice linesEditable before sending
- Flat-fee mattersPriced as services
- Costs advanced billed backFrom case expenses
- Client statementsInvoices, payments, balance
What it doesn't do
- Trust or IOLTA accountingUse your trust account
- LEDES and UTBMS codesNot supported
- Conflict checksUse your practice system
- Rates by client or matterOne rate per attorney
Law firm invoicing pricing
Time entries, case expenses and invoices are on every plan; a solo attorney can start on the $19 Solo plan.
Starter
Small teams adding tools and growth
$99/mo
- Up to 5 users (1 owner + 4 techs)
- Up to 2,000 clients
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Professional
Growing service businesses
$199/mo
- Up to 10 users
- Up to 5,000 clients
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Questions attorneys ask about invoicing
Is there legal billing software for small firms?
Can I take a retainer into trust?
Do hours become invoice lines?
Can I bill filing fees back to the client?
Does it produce LEDES invoices?
Can one client have several cases on one bill?
Can clients pay by ACH?
Can paralegals see invoice totals?
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