Services

Law Specific, Professional Bookeepers

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Law Firm Software

LeanLaw is the cloud-based law firm software that we work with. There are dozens of legal billing and timekeeping software options available, but we now exclusively recommend that our clients work with LeanLaw for practice management needs. Schedule a demo with LeanLaw and you can get a $250 Amazon Gift card.

Quickbooks Online

Quickbooks Online is the industry standard for SMB bookkeeping in the United States. While there are several options for Law Firms to choose from for their accounting and bookkeeping needs, QBO fits with LeanLaw, perfectly. This combination of SAAS is ideal for most solo practitioners and Law Firms.

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Professional Bookkeeping

Professional

There are many options available for law firm bookkeeping. Few have the knowledge, experience, and training to meet the rigors of becoming professionals. When it comes to your hard earned money, it is best to trust the pros. Burns & Associates only works with professionals who have passed rigorous training and continue to learn through ongoing training programs.

Legal Specific

Even when your bookkeeping solution meets the standard for becoming professional, the legal industry has specific needs and reporting requirements to remain in compliance with best practices, industry standards, and the state bar. Our professionals specialize in Law Firm bookkeeping , exclusively.

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Custom Reporting

IOLTA/IOLA Reporting

While not all law firms utilize trust accounting, those that do must produce monthly reports showing three-way reconciliations. Although the process is simple, it is not always easy. Our pros ensure accurate, three-way reconciled reports, every month.

Firm Specific

Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statement of Cash Flows are common among most law firms. However, these reports seldom tell the whole story, especially to the managing partner and senior leadership. We create custom reports to capture the information that your firm needs to make decisions and increase profit.

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Practice Management

What Matters Most

Practice management means many different things. In order for practice management to be effective, it must be simple to implement, easy to understand, and efficient at accomplishing the most common tasks. Between the software and user interface, our approach to practice management is all about efficiency.

Tools You Use

One of the biggest challenges in determining a way to effectively manage the firm is the availability of so many options that you will never use. Many solutions provide excessive amounts of data and reports that all look good during a demo, but then have no use once you are paying for the service. Our approach to managing the firm is to run a lean, but thorough stack of features that you actually need.

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Timekeeping

Mobile Options

Many hours are lost by inefficient timekeeping. Different attorneys and paralegals have different preferences on how to track time. Our solutions allow you to track time using an app on your phone and assign instantly to the case or matter without leaving the app.

Desktop Options

Prefer to track manually? Want to use a calendar to track missed time, or simply prefer the interface of a computer? We have you covered with several, intuitive ways to enter your time for billable or nonbillable hours, right from your computer.

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Billing and Collections

Billing Ease

Timekeeping solutions are only as good as they are easy to assign to client matters for billing. Whether you use electronic delivery of your invoices, or traditional mail, our solutions provide for a swift and accurate accounting of all billable and nonbillable time. A simple process allows attorneys to review their entries so you can approve invoices and get paid.

Get Paid Faster

Our billing solution allows you to request retainer funds, provide secure payment for invoices, or both. We can even accept payment for other, outstanding balances for the same client. Between the use of retainer funds and the ease of payment, directly in the invoice, firms can get paid on average within 48 hours from invoice creation.

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CFO Services

Outsourcing Made Easy

Entrepreneur magazine says that Bookkeeping and CFO services are the first thing you should outsource to a professional. At Burns & Associates, we make it easy to customize reports, implement metrics, and develop a plan to achieve your financial goals.

Proactive Guidance

Reports and metrics are great. But if they don’t mean something to you, then they don’t help move the needle on your profitability. Proactive guidance and interpretation of your standard and custom reports will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to make pertinent decisions to take your practice to the next level.

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Data Migration

Clients and Matters

One of the scariest things about switching from one solution to another is making sure the pertinent data is properly transferred. Our firm is here to help and even take over the data transfer process from your current provider to our system.

Financial Data

Not every piece of financial data is needed. Clients and matters from 20 years ago typically don’t have any use anymore. We can help you determine what data is needed and what can be left behind so we can streamline the process and get you up and running with a new solutions that fits your needs without the bloat you don’t.

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