Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Why Legal Practices Can't Afford to Skip Software Tools #legalaccounting #billing #lawfirms

10 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief segment, the presenter challenges the common objection from attorneys who hesitate to spend money on legal practice software. He emphasizes that any untracked or unbilled time directly reduces revenue, whether the firm bills by the hour or uses alternative fee arrangements. By highlighting the frequent occurrence of missed billable hours, he argues that investing in time‑tracking and billing software quickly pays for itself, turning a perceived expense into a revenue‑generating asset.

I don't want to spend all that money on software. Why do I really need it? And I mean, you do need it because you're going to— any missed time that you didn't bill, especially if you're billing with time, or even if you're not billing with time but you need to track it, that's important. And I think we see that a lot of times where the attorneys don't want to invest in the software, and it pays for itself very, very quickly with that kind of stuff.