MCLE
CREDIT
Total General: .75 Total Professional Responsibility: .75
In order to have a successful, thriving
practice it is necessary to get paid for the services you perform. Yet, firms repeatedly report problems with
past due accounts. Why
is this?
Lawyers can increase the likelihood of being paid for services performed by selecting paying clients, managing client's time and billing expectations well, and establishing and adhering to good time and billing practices. Moreover, it it important for lawyers to know their options when clients are not paying their invoices.
In this program, you will:
- Learn practical tips for how best to get paid for the services performed and your options when your client’s are not paying your invoices;
- Apply what has been learned to realistic scenarios; and
- Reflect on your time and billing practices and how they can be improved.
Credits:
Narrator: Britney M. Bowater, Senior Counsel, Ethics Education, ARDC
Springfield, Illinois photographs provided by: Jim Burton, Senior Invetigator, ARDC
Springfield, Illinois photographs provided by: Jim Burton, Senior Invetigator, ARDC
Video Presenter: Andrea Muchin, Partner, Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, LLP
Narrator: Britney M. Bowater, Senior Counsel, Ethics Education, ARDC
Springfield, Illinois photographs provided by: Jim Burton, Senior Invetigator, ARDC
Springfield, Illinois photographs provided by: Jim Burton, Senior Invetigator, ARDC
Video Presenter: Andrea Muchin, Partner, Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, LLP
Resources:
Sample Forms
Sample Forms
- New Client/Matter Intake Form
- Initial Consultation Interview Form
- Sample Engagement Agreement – Hourly Fee
- Sample Client Engagement Letter – Hourly Fee Arrangement
- Calendaring Slip (Blank)
- Sample Monthly Status Letter
- Table Comparing Time Entries
- Sample 30-Day Follow-Up Letter (Outstanding Invoice)
- Sample 60-Day Follow-Up Letter (Outstanding Invoice)
- ABALegal Technology Buyer’s Guide for Time and Billing and Management Software
- Killing Time or Billing Time? (Catherine Sanders Reach, NCBA Center for Practice Management (Jan. 7, 2020)
- 5 BillingTips for Young Lawyers (ABA Practice Points, Oct. 27, 2017)
- Top Billing, Illinois Bar Journal (Oct. 2016)