Should Your Lawyer be Charging You so Much?

Legal AccountsAs they say time is money and recording the time so
'Cashier' is fully integrated to DPS's One Office Casethat it can become money is essential!
Management solution to provide practiceWhat is a client account you ask?
management software that can bill every minute aAll lawyers have to run client accounts because
lawyer spends on your case to you!money that they keep on your behalf is your money
This integration between the accounts and their casenot their money and so it needs to be in a client
management system means as they do any work,account. It means that you are entitled to the
send you a letter, an email, get a letter or emial frominterest on that money not them. It also means that
you it is automatically recorded and billed against thewhen they run up a bit of a bill they can dip into the
your case. In the words a famous supermarket,client account (your money) and make it their money
"every little bit helps" and of course it does not takeby using it to pay the bills on your account.
long for the time to mount up into a decent size bill.Useful that having a stash of your money on hand to
Just so you know exactly how fast the bill is rackingpay their bills when they need to. Clearly this all has
up systems like Cashier publish the information to theto comply with a set of rules and guidelines and this
web so you can track costs online 365/24/7. Likeis where legal accounts software becomes essential.
you wanted to know that thinking about the lastProperly implemented, software like 'Cashier' that
email you sent cost you $50!meets the Law Society rules, Legal Aid Franchising
Seriously though this type of high level of informationQuality Assurance Standards (LAFQAS) and Lexel
means that you get live information changesstandards producing relevant reports for these
between accounts and case management systems.standards is critical and your lawyer should be
It also means that if they are doing work for youoperating it.
that gets you close to credit or time limits they canShould they be charging you so much, well compare
stop and warn you which is where client accountsnot having a lawyer to the cost. Now think is it
become very useful.worth it, probably!