Stop Losing Billable Hours. Start Capturing Your True Revenue.
Close the gap between effort and income. LeanLaw's intelligent time-capture tools find and bill for every minute of your work, transforming uncaptured time into the revenue you've earned.
12 hrs
an attorney works in a day
6–8 hrs
actually gets billed
6–7 hrs
ultimately collected
~50%
of attorney effort lost to leakage
The Widening Gap: Why Your Hard Work Isn't Paying Off
For most law firms, there is a stark reality that almost no one talks about openly: nearly half of an attorney's effort can be lost between the work performed and the revenue actually collected. Attorneys work 12-hour days, yet bill only 6–8 hours — and collect even less.
It's not laziness. It's a system problem. Time entry is painful, write-downs become habitual, and collections drag on for weeks. The result: revenue that was already earned slips away before it ever hits your bank account.
- Billable time goes unrecorded because time entry is a disruption
- Write-downs and discounts erode value before invoices even go out
- Slow invoice cycles mean clients pay weeks later than they should
- Admin staff spend hours on manual billing workarounds
- No visibility into exactly where revenue is leaking
The Real Financial Gain from Capturing Every Billable Minute
Closing the revenue gap is not about working more hours — it is about capturing the value of the hours you already work. For a 10-attorney firm, recovering just 5–10 unbilled hours per lawyer per month translates to approximately $180,000 in annual revenue recovery.
5–10 hrs
unbilled time recovered per lawyer, per month
$180K
annual recovery for a 10-attorney firm
10–20%
reduction in revenue lost to write-downs
70%
faster invoice collections
LeanLaw firms recover an average of $61K in leaked revenue per attorney, per year. See also Revenue Leakage Audit.
Capture Every Billable Minute, Effortlessly
The biggest source of revenue loss is not write-offs — it is time that is never entered at all. LeanLaw meets attorneys where they already work, pulling billable time from calendars, documents, and voice notes so that no work goes unrecorded.
Recover 5–10 hours of unbilled time per lawyer every month.
For a 10-lawyer firm, that's approximately $180,000 in annual revenue that was already earned — just never captured.
- Microsoft 365 calendar integration — auto-populate time from meetings
- NetDocuments time tracking — bill time from the document you just worked on
- Speech-to-text time entry — describe the work, LeanLaw logs it
- Streamlined invoice review — find missing time before the bill goes out
- Mobile-friendly entry — capture time away from your desk, in real time
“We've used LeanLaw for a year and a half and we're able to invoice our clients within two to three days, versus 10 or 12 — quickly and electronically, and they pay us faster, which increases our cash flow.”
Alicia Wood, Firm Administrator
Burkhalter Law
Protect Your Revenue from Write-Downs and Leakage
Even when time is captured, revenue still leaks through write-downs — discounts applied under pressure, at the last minute, without data to back them up. LeanLaw gives managing partners complete visibility into every write-down, by matter and by attorney, so you can protect the revenue you have already earned.
The Revenue Leakage Audit Report surfaces exactly where billing value disappears.
LeanLaw firms reduce revenue loss from write-downs by 10–20% — and build the institutional knowledge to stop the pattern from repeating.
- Revenue Leakage Audit Report — see every write-down by matter and attorney
- Identify discount patterns before they become billing habits
- Protect 10–20% of revenue currently lost to write-downs
- Matter-level visibility into where billing breakdowns happen
- Reduce admin re-work that forces attorneys to write down time
“Tracking payments to specific matters was a nightmare before LeanLaw. Now everything syncs to QuickBooks automatically. We see invoices paid 70% faster.”
Amanda Coughlan, Billing Coordinator
Zahn Law Group
Invoice Faster. Get Paid Faster. Keep More of What You Earn.
Capturing time is only half the equation. Revenue is not realized until your client pays. LeanLaw automates the entire collections cycle — from invoice generation to online payment to QuickBooks sync — so the money you have earned reaches your account faster.
“The revenue allocation feature alone saves us 5+ hours every month. No more spreadsheets to figure out who gets paid what on flat-fee matters.”
Jennifer Wells
Beard St. Clair Gaffney Law
- Online e-payments — clients pay in one click, trust-safe and compliant
- Invoice clients within 2–3 days instead of 10–12
- Outstanding-invoice dashboard — see aging AR at a glance
- Automated follow-up workflows from invoice to payment
- Every payment syncs instantly to QuickBooks Online — no manual entry
How LeanLaw Closes the Revenue Gap
Revenue leaks at three points in every billing cycle. LeanLaw seals each one — so the revenue your firm earns is the revenue your firm keeps.
Capture Every Billable Minute
M365 calendar sync, NetDocuments integration, and speech-to-text entry mean attorneys log time wherever they work. No more time that slips through the cracks because entry is a chore.
5–10 hrs
unbilled time recovered per lawyer, monthly
Protect Against Write-Downs
The Revenue Leakage Audit Report surfaces every discount and write-down by matter and attorney. Managing partners see exactly where billing value is lost before it becomes a habit.
10–20%
reduction in revenue lost to write-downs
Collect Faster, Every Time
Online e-payments, automated follow-up, and a real-time AR dashboard mean invoices get paid weeks sooner. Every payment syncs instantly to QuickBooks Online — no manual reconciliation.
70%
faster invoice collections
Your Hard Work Deserves to Be Rewarded
LeanLaw was built on a simple belief: attorneys and their firms should keep the revenue they earn. Every hour you work, every matter you close, every invoice you send should translate directly into money in your account.
With LeanLaw, you stop leaking revenue at the source. Time gets captured automatically. Write-downs get scrutinized. Invoices go out in days, not weeks. And every payment flows directly into QuickBooks Online without a single manual entry.
- Stop losing billable time to clunky time-entry workflows
- Protect revenue with audit-ready write-down visibility
- Collect what you earn — 70% faster than before
- Save admin staff 5–10 hours per billing cycle
- Recover an average of $61K per attorney, per year
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$61K
in leaked revenue recovered per attorney, per year.
That's money your firm already earned — time that was worked but never billed, discounts applied without justification, and invoices that sat unpaid for weeks. LeanLaw closes all three gaps permanently.
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Capturing Revenue: Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about how LeanLaw helps law firms stop losing billable time and collect faster.
How does LeanLaw help law firms capture more billable time?
LeanLaw integrates directly with Microsoft 365 calendars, NetDocuments, and speech-to-text entry so attorneys can log time wherever they work — without interrupting billable work to open a separate timer. Firms recover 5–10 hours of unbilled time per lawyer each month.
How much revenue do law firms lose to billing leakage?
Research shows attorneys can lose nearly 50% of their effort to leakage — time that is worked but never billed or collected. LeanLaw firms recover an average of $61,000 per attorney per year by closing those gaps.
How does LeanLaw reduce write-downs?
LeanLaw surfaces the Revenue Leakage Audit Report, which tracks every write-down and discount by matter and attorney. Managing partners can see exactly where billing value disappears and act before it becomes a habit. Firms using LeanLaw reduce revenue loss from write-downs by 10–20%.
How does LeanLaw speed up collections?
LeanLaw automates the entire collections cycle. Online e-payments let clients pay in a click. Firms can invoice within 2–3 days instead of 10–12. The outstanding-invoice dashboard tracks aging AR in real time. The result: invoices paid 70% faster.
How does LeanLaw save admin staff time?
By automating time entry reminders, invoice generation, and payment syncing to QuickBooks Online, LeanLaw saves admin staff 5–10 hours per billing cycle — time that can be redirected to higher-value work.
How is Capturing Revenue different from Firm Profitability?
Capturing Revenue focuses on the front end of the billing cycle — logging time, preventing write-downs, and collecting what you have already earned. Firm Profitability builds on that foundation with fixed-fee margin reporting, origination tracking, and expense-to-revenue optimization. Most firms benefit from both.
Still have questions? Talk to the LeanLaw team