Accounting for law firms
From trust accounting to billing and collections, bring structure to the financial work behind your firm.
Start a conversationCalifornia experience. A relationship built around your firm.
THE WORK BEHIND THE NUMBERS
A clear request. A practical process.
Review, reconcile, resolve questions.
Useful reporting. A defined next step.
Thoughtful accounting.
Practical insight.
A more complete partnership
Your financial work is connected. Bring day-to-day accounting, billing, and planning into a working relationship shaped around your practice.
Three-way reconciliations, organized trust records, and help investigating and resolving historical discrepancies.
Build a clearer picture of what is held, for whom, and how the records agree.
Explore trust accounting Resolve older recordsBilling review and follow-up, with attention to matter setup, rates, retainers, and the details that can delay an invoice.
Support for the billing work that competes with time spent serving clients.
Explore billing supportBookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable, budgeting, and forecasting to support the everyday decisions behind your firm.
Start with today’s needs, then define a consistent scope for ongoing support.
Bookkeeping Payroll support Accounts payable Budgeting & forecastingA structured approach to financial operations
Mako Financial provides accounting support for law firms, with experience in California legal practices and the systems they use. Each engagement begins with an assessment of your financial workflows, reporting needs, and operational priorities.
From historical cleanup to ongoing financial operations, we define the scope of work, responsibilities, and communication expectations around your firm’s needs.
Review your current processes, accounting needs, and priorities for operational improvement.
Agree on the services, responsibilities, and information needed before work begins.
Define the process for records, review, communication, and reporting.
A practical starting point
Bank statements, trust journals and individual client ledgers each tell part of the story. Reconciliation brings those records together; historical cleanup investigates the differences that remain.
Explore trust-account cleanup →Unresolved rate questions, incomplete matter details and missing expenses can hold up a billing cycle. Define who reviews draft invoices, approves changes and follows up on outstanding balances.
Explore legal billing support →Useful financial planning connects your books with upcoming payroll, vendor payments and expected collections. Review cash timing alongside the budget before making staffing or spending decisions.
Explore financial planning →Mako Financial focuses on accounting support for California law firms and considers engagements with firms in other states. Service availability and scope are evaluated against each firm’s requirements.
We can discuss historical discrepancies and the records needed to investigate them. The scope depends on your firm’s situation. Accounting support does not guarantee a particular audit or regulatory outcome.
We begin with the systems your firm already uses, including QuickBooks and legal practice-management tools such as Clio. We’ll confirm access and workflow needs during the engagement discussion.
Just your contact details and the area where you need help. Please do not send account numbers, passwords, payment details, tax forms, or client records through this form or ordinary email.
Let’s understand your firm
(801) 709-0755Provide your business contact details and area of interest to arrange an initial consultation.
No documents are needed at this stage.
