Inputs from your team
- Practice-management exports
- Bank statements and client ledgers
- Approved billing records and firm procedures
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Law Firm Bookkeeping Support
Prepare matter billing support, client-cost schedules, and supervised account reconciliations while the firm owns trust-account compliance.
- 1Separate operating and trust lanes
- 2supervised reconciliation
- 3firm approval.
The operating problem
Matter billing, client costs, operating cash, and trust-related records require careful separation and firm-specific supervisory procedures.
The working scope
What the bookkeeper prepares
Use this list as a starting point, then match it to your systems, calendar, and approval matrix.
- 01
Organize approved time and billing data
- 02
Code client or matter costs
- 03
Prepare operating and trust reconciliation schedules
- 04
Maintain outstanding-item and evidence logs
A reviewable handoff
Inputs become prepared outputs.
Named records and tangible deliverables make the role easier to scope, train, review, and improve.
Outputs for review
- Draft billing support
- Matter-cost schedule
- Supervised account reconciliation and exception list
Decisions stay accountable
Controls your team retains
Capacity should not blur authority. These decisions and approvals stay with the named client owner or qualified adviser.
- The firm defines trust procedures
- Lawyers or authorized staff approve transfers and disbursements
- Compliance decisions remain with the firm
A controlled start
The first week is for mapping and review.
Start with a representative sample before expanding access or volume.
Document account and matter structure
Review firm-provided trust procedures
Complete a supervised reconciliation sample
Related workflows
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