Case Study: Law Firm controller stabilizes invoicing and finds 20 extra billable hours each month for attorneys
CASE STUDY FOR LEGAL BILLING SOFTWARE:
Law Firm controller stabilizes invoicing and finds 20 extra billable hours each month for attorneys
The Challenge
PCLaw was complex: it took law firm controller, Natali Herrador three hours twice each month to create productivity and WIP reports. The lawyers were entering time on legal pads and having assistants type them into draft invoices. The kicker: PCLaw kept randomly changing the balances on the firm’s invoices. “We didn’t know if our past due balances were correct or not.” PCLaw was using all of her time to double check her work. The firm’s managing partner wanted to switch to QuickBooks. Natali searched for programs that integrated “flawlessly” with QuickBooks. She discovered LeanLaw.
The Solution
Using LeanLaw, Natali creates productivity and WIP reports in just a few clicks and has the confidence that they are accurate since the software is cloud-based, with two-way continuous sync, and has QuickBooks as the source of truth. The younger lawyers who use LeanLaw timekeeping can manage all of their administrative work on their own. One full time legal assistant role was no longer needed. The admin work is so significantly reduced that those lawyers have an extra 20 billable hours available each month. Natali even has time within her regular hours for the firm’s tax prep: that saves the firm an additional $5K.
“LeanLaw automation has freed up about 20 hours each month of lawyers’ time, which allows them to take on new matters and spend more time doing billing instead of admin.”
NATALI HERRADOR, CONTROLLER, GORMAN & MILLER LAW FIRM
Benefits of LeanLaw
- Minutes to Create Reports (instead of hours)
- Timekeeping pushed automatically to invoicing
- Easy to use, immediate access to data
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Timekeeping Accounts Payable Client / Matter General Ledger Reporting Band Reconciliation Billing Conflict Checks Receivables
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