Very few clients use the services of lawyers voluntarily. This is not new. In my experience, what is new is that when it comes to billing and getting paid, clients are more sophisticated today than they were a few years ago. Some of your clients have gone to college and some have advanced degrees. Some…
Every year at Interbill we produce more history statements than the year before and by a large number. Our customer service staff have produced them when asked, but now there are so many requests we have included history statements as a user feature in our Attorney Billing Software. We have separated the History Statements into…
The following is a todo list for getting paid that I try to communicate to small private practice lawyers.
I am surprised at the number of Family and Business Lawyers who resist offering Installment Payments to their clients. The comment I hear the most from lawyers is: “I am not a finance company”. This is true, but when the choices are: not getting paid; not accepting the work; or getting paid in installments, the…
I am not aware of any state that has made it illegal for lawyers to charge a late payment charge when their client does not pay on time. If you use late payment charges, I suggest you use the words “Late Payment Charges” rather than the word “Interest”. The word “Interest” insinuates a finance charge…