Back Office

Billing, collections, trust accounting, compliance, finance, IT, HR. The 70% of cost that historically belonged to admin is taken off the firm's books, automated, monitored, and run by the platform.

My Firm / Key upcoming dates

Supervision calendar · next 30 days

Thought for 11 seconds

Key upcoming dates for supervision

I scanned the firm calendar, matter deadlines and supervision notes for the next 30 days. Three dates need partner attention; one has no recorded quality sign-off.

Upcoming key dates

Next 30 days
14 May

Expert evidence deadline

MED-2841

Owner: Maya Ellison

No supervisor sign-off recorded

Task: Run supervision check and request partner approval by 12:00 tomorrow.

17 May

Final hearing bundle

FAM-2098

Owner: Daniel Reed

Quality check due in 36 hours

Task: Review bundle completeness and flag missing exhibits to litigation support.

21 May

Limitation review

LIT-7712

Owner: Priya Shah

Second review complete

Task: Prepare short confirmation note for the supervising lawyer.

Ask Lawrence to notify the partner, export the report, or open the matter...

My Firm

Key upcoming dates

Supervision checks

Ledger reconciliation

Capacity issues

Unchased invoices

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Most of your firm's cost has nothing to do with practicing law

In a typical firm in our partnership profile, back-office and administrative functions account for as much as 70% of total operating costs. Each of those functions needs to be done well: payroll has to run, invoices have to go out, IOLTA has to balance, compliance has to hold up. But almost none of those functions need to be done by your firm.

Lawhive runs them with the scale, the systems, and the talent that no individual firm can justify investing in alone. The hours, headcount, and capital previously locked in admin get redirected toward the practice, toward growth, toward attorneys, and toward the things that build the firm's future.

When firm owners join us, the most common reaction in the first 90 days is the same: "I forgot what it felt like to spend my whole week practicing law."

The full back office, unified and professionally run

Billing & invoicing

Automated, accurate, on-time. Custom rate cards, alternative fee arrangements, retainer management, all standard.

Trust accounting

IOLTA and client-funds management to the highest regulatory standard. Real-time balance reconciliation; full audit trail.

Collections

Structured workflows, reduced DSO, better client experience. Lower write-offs without harming the relationship.

Finance & FP&A

Budgeting, forecasting, cash management, vendor & AP management. The kind of finance function the largest firms run, in your firm.

HR & payroll

Hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, performance, exit. The people side of the firm, run by people who do nothing else.

Compliance & IT

CLE, malpractice, conflicts, ABS regulatory obligations. Plus IT, security, infrastructure, and real-estate optimization.

Five steps, one outcome: the back office disappears from the firm's day

  1. 01

    Lawhive inherits the function

    From day one of the partnership, Lawhive's operations teams take over the function: billing, collections, trust accounting, finance, HR, IT, compliance. The firm's existing staff are supported, retrained where appropriate, or transitioned to higher-value work.

  2. 02

    Best-in-class processes deployed

    Workflows refined across the Lawhive partner network are deployed inside the firm. The firm benefits from years of operational learning that no individual firm could replicate.

  3. 03

    Automation handles the routine

    AI handles what should be automated: invoice generation, AR follow-ups, expense categorization, compliance reminders, payroll runs. The operations teams handle what should be hands-on.

  4. 04

    Every dimension monitored

    Real-time dashboards on every operational metric (DSO, write-offs, IOLTA balances, compliance status, vendor spend, hiring pipeline), surfaced to firm leadership without their having to ask.

  5. 05

    The firm reinvests

    Hours, headcount, and capital previously locked in admin are redirected toward practice growth: new attorneys, new practice areas, new geographies. The cost base shifts from running the firm to building it.

A firm that costs less to run, and runs better

70%
Of legacy back-office cost reduced or removed
100%
IOLTA & trust-account compliance, real-time
~0 hrs
Attorney time on admin per month
Live
Visibility on every operational metric

The back office never disappears entirely. Every firm needs one. What changes is whose problem it is. With Lawhive, it stops being the firm's, and becomes the platform's.

Other technology: explore further

01 / Intake

Intake

A 24/7 AI-first intake layer. Every inquiry captured, qualified, and converted at a level no firm can deliver alone.

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02 / Workflow

Workflow

The operating layer of every matter. AI drafting, research, case management, client communication, every output reviewed by an attorney.

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04 / Firm Intelligence

Firm Intelligence

Real-time visibility into every matter, every lawyer, every economic dimension of the firm, embedded in the platform from day one.

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