Accounting for Lawyers & Law Firms
Lescault & Walderman offers bookkeeping, controller, and CFO services that ensure maximum efficiency, profitability, and compliance for your law firm.
Stop wasting time and money with inefficient systems
- Is your current bookkeeping system efficiently tracking expenses and managing your hourly billing?
- Do you meet Trust/IOLTA accounts compliance standards and fiduciary responsibility?
- Would you benefit from part-time Controller Services or CFO expertise that helps you analyze and identify benchmarks to monitor associate performance, partner compensation, and client profitability?
Here’s How You Get the Competitive Advantage
You don’t have to waste time on administrative tasks that detract from critical time on cases and matters. Instead, start focusing on what matters most, practicing law and billing hours.
Case Management
User-friendly practice management software that includes time and expense, invoicing, document management, internal communication and more.
Trust/IOLTA Management
We maintain client trust liability ledgers and IOLTA account reconciliations for all retainers so you stay compliant with state bar regulations.
Insightful Reporting
Clear financial data reporting and analysis provides confidence in operational decision, management, transparency, and partner trust.
Here's how to get started:
1. Schedule a No-Obligation Call
Your time is valuable, and we don’t want to waste it. Let’s schedule a discovery meeting so we can discuss your needs and confirm there’s a fit.
2. Receive Your Accounting Review
We'll review your accounting documents, then provide you with a customized report that includes our findings and our recommendations for moving forward.
3. Attend Review Meeting
We'll host up to a 2 hour meeting to review our findings and recommendations, answer any further questions and outline how we'll work together.
4. Review Your Proposal
Working from our review, we’ll provide clear and actionable recommendations for improvement related to your particular processes, software, and systems.
5. Engage Us For Your Needs
If you approve of our recommendations, you’ll sign an engagement letter and we’ll start work!
We’ve helped other Law Firms optimize efficiency
At Lescault and Walderman, we understand the importance of accurately billing time and leveraging financial data to make operational decisions. And we know what it’s like to face strict regulatory standards, and carry the fiduciary responsibility when managing Trust/IOLTA accounts.
That’s why we’ve partnered with some of the industry’s top time and billing, expense, and case management solutions partners. We want to help you achieve maximum billing efficiency and increase your overall profitability.
When it comes to Trust/IOLTA accounting, we adhere to a careful process that eliminates errors and establishes strict procedures for handling client retainers and subsequent disbursements. This helps you to mitigate the risk of commingling.
Time is the most precious asset a lawyer possesses, and we’re here to ensure you have the tools to maximize efficiency. And the security in your ability to satisfy Trust/IOLTA compliance, along with the financial reporting to make informed decisions. You need an accounting partner with industry expertise and applied knowledge, and at Lescault and Walderman, your satisfaction is our benchmark for success.
