Legal billing software
Simplify your billing. Get paid faster. Stay organized.
A proven, attorney-trusted legal billing solution that helps your firm streamline time tracking, billing, invoicing, and payment collection. Spend less time on paperwork and more time serving clients.
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End-to-end legal billing
Easy, accurate time & fee tracking
- •Built-in timers track billable time as you work and then convert those entries into fees with a single click.
- •Flexible time entry forms support both “hours worked” and “hours to bill” for accurate record-keeping.
- •Enter time, view calendars, and manage documents from a smartphone or tablet, even when you’re out of the office.
Flexible billing that reflects your practice
- •Set standard billing rates, use different rates for partners/associates/paralegals, or build custom rates for each client or matter.
- •Supports a variety of billing methods: hourly, contingency, flat fee, retainer, progress billing, split-fee billing, and electronic task-based billing.
- •Split billing lets you allocate fees and costs among multiple parties when needed.
Faster invoicing & statement delivery
- •Print or email invoices, individually or in batch, as PDFs. Password-protected statements pertaining to sensitive matters.
- •Draft statements and pre-bill review tools help you catch errors before clients see them.
- •When clients make a single payment covering multiple matters or invoices, Tabs3 Billing lets you easily allocate the payment across all relevant statements and timekeepers.
Convenient, secure payment processing
- •Allow clients to pay via credit card, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, PayPal Pay Later, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more, right from their invoice with Tabs3Pay.
- •Set up Autopay and shorten the billing cycle with recurring payments that run themselves.
- •Accepting online payments helps clients pay the way they prefer and helps firms save money on payment processing while reducing time spent on collection efforts.
Insightful dashboards & reports to manage your firm
- •Dashboards turn key metrics (accounts receivable, work-in-process, cash receipts, and billing history) into a clear, real-time view of your firm’s financial health.
- •Powerful reporting tools that measure attorney productivity, client profitability, write-offs, outstanding balances, and more for better business decisions.
Security & control built for legal ethics
- •Role-based access grants approved permissions to view, enter, edit, or delete billing information, helping you protect confidential client and matter data.
- •Segregated access helps maintain ethical “walls” where needed, ideal for firms handling sensitive or conflicting matters.
Compensation & internal accounting flexibility
- •Set up advanced compensation rules for originating, primary, and secondary timekeepers, and control how payments are allocated internally.
- •Easily run reports to track fee allocations, payment distributions, and timekeeper profitability, giving transparency and insight into firm operations.
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Frequently asked questions
Legal billing software helps law firms track billable time, generate invoices, and manage payments. Tabs3 Billing is designed specifically for law firms, offering flexible billing options, time tracking tools, and secure client account management.
Tabs3 Billing is used by attorneys, paralegals, office managers, and legal billing staff at law firms of all sizes. It’s built for legal professionals who want to streamline billing, improve accuracy, and get paid faster.
The best legal billing software includes time tracking, customizable billing rates, batch invoicing, trust accounting, reporting tools, and secure payment processing. Tabs3 Billing offers all of these features, built specifically for the legal industry.
Yes. Tabs3 Billing’s statement designer lets you customize statements by adding and positioning images, text, and data on your statement.
There are many nuances to law firm billing, from flat fees to different billing rates for attorneys. Tabs3 allows law firms flexibility in their legal billing process.
In Tabs3 Billing, you can use a billing rate table that lets you set multiple rates for each timekeeper. You can also customize rates by creating a billing rate table for each timekeeper or timekeeper level (e.g., partner, associate, paralegal, etc.) for a specific client or case.
Billing clients via mail isn’t enough anymore. Legal billing software needs the option to bill clients via mail AND email. That’s why Tabs3 includes the option to deliver statements to clients via mail, email, or both. Watch our video on emailing statements .
Look for software built for legal professionals, with strong support, flexible billing options, and proven reliability. Tabs3 has helped firms simplify billing and improve profitability with attorney-trusted features and expert support.
If your law firm’s retainers are held in your firm’s operating account, then Client Funds is a great place to manage those retainers. If your law firm holds those funds in a separate account, such as an IOLTA Trust Account, then the Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software is the best way to manage those funds. Learn more about Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software.
Yes. Tabs3 Billing Software lets you customize your reports. You can choose which columns are included on a report and you can use formatting, such as bold fonts or shadows to highlight specific parts of a report.
Yes. The Tabs3 Billing Matter Manager gives you a quick look into all of a client’s vital statistics. A client’s contact information, recent payments, work-in-process, accounts receivable, client funds and trust balance are neatly presented on-screen. Tabs3 Billing Matter Manager also gives you one-click access to the tasks you do most often.
Customize them so that the reports you run and the forms you fill out every day are only one click away.
A “timekeeper” is anyone who has their time tracked in Tabs3 Billing Software.
An “active user” is anyone who is logged into Tabs3 Billing Software at a given time.
Tabs3 is up to date with the most recent UTBMS formats specified by the LEDES Oversight Committee. To use task-based billing with Tabs3, you need to purchase a Tabs3 Taskbill Software license. Learn more about Taskbill .
By putting payments on a recurring schedule, Autopay shortens the billing cycle and reduces the gap between when work is done and when payment arrives. Fewer invoices sit unpaid, and your team spends less time on collections.