Legal

Accounting for Law Firms & Professional Service Practices

For law firms and professional service practices that need trust accounting done right and partner-level reporting handled correctly — without hiring a full internal accounting department. Controller-level oversight, QuickBooks Online Certified, scaled to your budget.

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Common Pain Points

Sound Familiar?

Trust and operating accounts aren’t cleanly separated, creating compliance risk

IOLTA reconciliation is a monthly headache

Partner draws and profitability by practice area are hard to pin down

Billable hours and realized revenue don’t reconcile cleanly to the books

Month-end close drags on because nobody owns it full-time

That’s where a structured, compliance-aware approach makes the difference.

The Approach

How Pacioli Helps

Pacioli provides a pool of finance and accounting experts dedicated to keeping trust accounting compliant and partner reporting clear — so nothing puts the firm at risk.

Trust

Trust & IOLTA Accounting

Trust and operating accounts kept cleanly separated and reconciled every month.

Partners

Partner Draw & Profitability Reporting

Clear reporting by partner and practice area, not just firm-wide totals.

Billing

Billable Revenue Reconciliation

Billed and realized revenue reconciled accurately to the general ledger.

Compliance

Compliance-Aware Bookkeeping

Books maintained with an awareness of bar association trust accounting rules.

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Start With a Free Firm Books Review

This is the obvious first step, not a sales pitch. Hire Your Team to get started.

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What the review covers

A review of your current trust accounting, billing, and close process

Identification of compliance gaps before they become a problem

A clear recommendation — no fluff, no pressure

A roadmap for outsourced support scoped to your budget

The Track Record

Why Firms Trust Pacioli

A Priority Industry

Legal and professional services is one of Pacioli’s priority industries, alongside technology, real estate, and education

A Structured Process

The same structured, separation-of-duties process we give every client relationship we take on

Controller-Level Oversight

Controller-level oversight from a Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Client Testimonials

How the Right Team Transformed These Companies

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