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Legal Billing, Trust Accounting & Business Accounting for Law Firms

Legal billing software with powerful time and billing, and complete accounting features that maximize efficiency and revenue. CARET Legal offers more than 11 ways to create time entries and the ability to generate highly customizable and visually beautiful invoices. Support for UTBMS codes and LEDES invoicing. Advanced reports that provide real-time visibility across the firm’s practice without relying on integrations with outside accounting applications. Download account activity from major financial institutions. Create accounts payable checks as well as trust checks, process payments, perform batch billing and much more.

The legal industry’s most robust, cloud-based financial management system, CARET Legal gives firms powerful matter-centric billing and legal accounting capabilities.

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Timers in CARET Legal

MULTIPLE WAYS TO CAPTURE & BILL FOR TIME

  • Create multiple timers as needed
  • Automatic timers for case-related emails and phone call notes
  • Designate calendar events as billable time
  • Convert Tasks and Activity Log entries to time entries
  • Track time remotely on your iOS or Android device
  • Start time on desktop and continue with your mobile device
  • Narrative templates show time entry descriptions
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New time entry in CARET Legal

TIME ENTRY

  • “No Charge” and “No Charge Don’t Show” options
  • Flat fee matters automatically default to “No Charge Don’t Show” entries
  • Designate round up increments (e.g. 6 minutes) on a per matter basis
  • Enter time in either decimals or HH:MM
  • Supports UTBMS codes for LEDES invoices
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BULK BILLING CENTER

Bulk email blast or bulk print invoices and statements of account

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rate cards on CARET Legal

RATE CARDS

Save time managing rates with Rate Cards. You can assign Rate Cards with custom user rates to any matter. You can also apply a set discount against all users’ rates assigned from a rate card for a particular matter. Clients can also have a preferred Rate Card which is automatically inherited by any matter you create for that client.

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User rates in CARET Legal

MATTER USER RATES

Powerful time and billing capabilities, trust accounting and built-in business accounting in a single, synergistic package.

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New Soft Cost feature in CARET Legal

EXPENSES

  • Record expenses for each matter
  • Supports UTBMS codes for LEDES invoices
  • Option to charge soft costs to client
  • Import copy activity from supported Canon, Xerox, Konica Minolta and Samsung devices via uniFLOW importer
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Generate invoice for hours and expenses in CARET Legal

INVOICE UNBILLED ACTIVITIES

  • Filter unbilled activities by a wide range of criteria
  • Bill all unbilled activities or select entries individually
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CARET Legal invoices

INVOICES

  • “Retina Ready” high-resolution logos
  • Customize rows, columns, fonts, and colors
  • Line item and invoice level discounts
  • Supports UTBMS codes and LEDES invoices
  • Optionally to include balances for matters and clients
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image of LEDES budgeting feature in CARET Legal

LEDES BUDGETING

With this feature, firms can set a budget for individual LEDES codes within a LEDES-based matter. Firms can see billed amounts against the total budget as the case progresses. This feature is available to clients with EnterprisePlus subscriptions.

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Trust Ledger Billing Summary in CARET Legal

RETAINER / TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT

  • Manage retainers for operating and/or trust accounts
  • Receive a notification when retainers fall below designated balances
  • View/Print ledgers on matter basis
  • View/Print trust account summary with sub-ledgers for each matter
  • 3-way reconciliation report for trust accounts
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CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

  • Accept credit cards using APX for retainers or as direct payment for invoices
  • Clients can pay for invoices through CARET Legal’s client portal with credit cards
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CARET Legal branded mobile apps

GET PAID VIA A SECURE PORTAL, BRANDED FOR YOUR FIRM

Share invoices securely using CARET Legal’s Signature™ mobile app and enable your clients to make credit card payments using your APX account.

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New check in CARET Legal

CHECKS

  • Write checks for vendors
  • Option to pass on expenses for matters for full or partial payment of check amount
  • Print on standard 3-part check sheets
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New trust checks in CARET Legal

TRUST CHECKS

  • Draw only from trust account (Cannot select operating accounts)
  • Selection of a Matter is required (only matters with a positive balance are displayed)
  • Cannot overdraw Matter’s ledger balance
  • Print on standard 3-part check sheets
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Invoices and Payments in CARET Legal

OPTIONAL PRE-BILLING / DRAFT INVOICES

Need to have the responsible attorney on the matter review invoices before sending them out to clients for payment? CARET Legal’s powerful pre-bill options allow your firm to implement a wide range of billing workflows.

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User rates in CARET Legal

EVERGREEN RETAINERS

Get alerts when trust funds or operating retainers run below a pre-specified amount on a per- matter basis.

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Advanced Origination Options in CARET Legal

ADVANCED COMPENSATION: SPLIT ORIGINATION/RESPONSIBLE ATTORNEY REPORT

Advanced compensation reports that show billed, collected, responsible and originating.

Disclaimer: not available on all plans. Сontact us for more information.

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Practice management built for mid-sized firms

REPORTING AND ANALYTICS

Generate (and schedule) comprehensive reports and key analytics that will help you better understand the business side of your practice.

Client Reports

AR Aging Summary
Total amount of unpaid invoices, grouped by Client, Matter and various levels of delinquency
Statement of Account
List of invoices and payments for a particular Client or Matter
Sales Tax
Shows information about sales tax amounts collected for a particular duration
Client Payments
A listing of all payments from clients
Matter User Rate
A list of matters along with the Rate Cards assigned to them
Total Billing Report
Total Fees and Expenses billed by matter

Compensation Reports

Referral
Realized and unrealized revenues from Matters introduced by specific referral resources
Originating Attorney
Realized and unrealized revenues from Matters, grouped by Originating Attorney
Split Compensation
Detailed View of Fees split by matter Origination/Responsible rates
Total Fees and Expenses billed by matter
Detailed view of Fees, Soft Cost and Hard costs that have been collected by Matter and User
Split Payout Report
Payout Amounts grouped by Matter and Users

Productivity Reports

Work in Progress
Summary of unbilled fees and disbursements
Flat Fee Productivity
Review hours worked and collections for Flat Fee Matters
Timekeeper Productivity
Review billable hours and realization rate by timekeeper
Billable Hours Recap
Daily, Weekly and Monthly view of Billable and Non-Billable Time Entries by Timekeeper
Billed and Collected
Billed and Collected fees grouped by User, Practice Area or Location
Timekeeper Goals Report
Track timekeeper goals for time and amounts billed
Effective Rates
A listing by user of hours worked, fees collected and their effective rate

Trust Reports

Three-way Reconciliation
Confirm that your bank balance, book balance and sum of trust balances are in check
Trust Account Ledger Summary
Listing of all trust balances within each trust account
Trust-WIP-AR
A summary of un-billed fees, expenses, AR, unused Trust and Operating funds by Matter

Accounting Reports

General Ledger
A complete record of transactions, grouped by accounts
Profit and Loss
Also known as an Income Statement, shows your total income and expenses over a period of time
Balance Sheet
A statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital at a particular point in time
Chart of Accounts
A listing of all accounts used in the general ledger
Trial Balance
A listing of the last balances for each account as of a particular date
Firm Budgeting
A listing of current and previous budget amounts
Account Reconciliation
A listing of all reconciliations
Write-Off
A listing of all write-offs
Profit & Loss by Location
View Profit & Loss segmented by Location

Vendor Reports

1099 Reporting
Generate 1099-MISC and or 1099-NEC documents for 1099-Required Vendors
Vendor Payments
A listing of payment totals made to Vendors and Contacts
AP Aging Summary
Outstanding payments to vendors grouped by aging period
Vendor Reimbursement
Listing of unpaid Vendor Bill Expenses that have been marked as billable
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Vendor bills

VENDOR BILL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGEMENT

  • Manage Vendor Bills and Accounts Payable
  • Generate 1099s
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Split Billing Feature in CARET Legal

SPLIT BILLING

  • Bill multiple clients on a single matter
  • Set unique rates for each client
  • Split percentages independently for fees and costs
  • Available for Enterprise Plus plans
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consolidated invoices

CONSOLIDATED BILLING

Generate consolidated invoices when there is a client with multiple matters in any given billing cycle. Available for Enterprise Plus plans. This feature can be activated on a per-client basis.

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Billing frequencies

BILLING FREQUENCIES

  • Filter unbilled activities when generating invoices by custom Billing Groups
  • Assign either at client or matter-level
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Timekeeper Goals report in CARET Legal

TIMEKEEPER GOAL TRACKING

Firm admins can set and track billable hours and/or total billing goals for members of their firm. Includes great data visualizations which can be accessed in the Reports section so it’s easy to see who’s meeting expectations and who is falling behind. Metrics can be viewed year to date or by prior month and prior week’s progress toward those goals.

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Custom Allocations

CUSTOM ALLOCATIONS

When a payment is received, your firm can easily allocate specific amounts to timekeepers and expenses.

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CARET Legal's Profit and Loss report

FIRM BUDGETING

Create firm-wide budgets to forecast revenue and expenses on a monthly, quarterly and/or yearly basis. Learn More.

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Bank cards with different company logos

DOWNLOAD BANK AND CREDIT CARD ACTIVITY FROM OVER 5,000 INSTITUTIONS

Reconcile your accounts and assign individual transactions as billable expenses with just a few clicks.

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QuickBooks Online logo

QUICKBOOKS ONLINE INTEGRATION

For firms who prefer to use Quickbooks, CARET Legal offers an integration with Quickbooks Online. With this tool, practices can sync invoices, payments and much more.

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