Law Firm Billing Software

Streamline your legal billing process, easily track billable hours accurately, and boost your law firm’s financial performance with best-in-class law firm billing software.

Why Choose BigTime for Law Firm Billing?

Outdated billing systems cost your law firm time, money, and compliance risk. The best legal billing software eliminates these issues. BigTime is the dedicated legal billing software that modern law practices trust to streamline operations, improve finances, and get paid faster.

Improve cash flow

Reduce revenue leakage with faster, more accurate billing cycles.

Enhance visibility

Gain full transparency into billable hours, projects, and expenses.

Streamline workflows

Integrate time tracking, invoicing, and project management.

Simplify compliance

Rely on built-in reporting and legal billing formats for compliance and audits.

Get paid faster

Automate billing reminders and customize invoices to encourage payment.

Ensure security

Gain peace of mind with secure, cloud-based access to all your billing data.

Improve Cash Flow

BigTime automates time tracking, invoicing, and payment reminders, helping your firm bill promptly and reduce revenue leakage. By ensuring every billable hour is captured and accurately reflected on invoices, law firms can shorten billing cycles, eliminate costly delays, and improve their overall financial performance.

Enhance Visibility

Gain full transparency into how time and resources are allocated across billable hours, projects, and expenses. With real-time dashboards and detailed billing reports, legal professionals can monitor billable vs. non-billable hours, track project budgets, and make informed decisions to keep client work profitable and efficient.

Streamline Workflows

No more jumping between systems. BigTime consolidates your core firm operations—time and expense tracking, invoicing and billing, and project management—into a single, intuitive platform. This integration reduces administrative overhead, boosts collaboration, and ensures everyone works from the same up-to-date data.

Simplify Compliance and Audits

BigTime makes compliance with legal billing standards effortless. Built-in support for LEDES billing, ABA task codes, and audit-ready reports helps law firms meet client and regulatory requirements without manual workarounds—ensuring your invoices are always accurate, consistent, and audit-friendly.

Get Paid Faster

Speed up the payment process with automated invoice delivery and follow-up reminders. BigTime’s customizable invoice templates—including LEDES and branded formats—make it easy to deliver professional, compliant invoices that prompt faster client responses and reduce accounts receivable delays.

Ensure Security

Your firm’s sensitive financial and client data is protected with BigTime’s secure, cloud-based infrastructure. Access your billing system from anywhere—whether you're in the office, in court, or working remotely—and enjoy enterprise-grade security without sacrificing convenience.

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Key Features of BigTime’s Legal Billing Software

BigTime delivers a complete legal billing solution that supports your entire legal billing process, helping you track time, manage expenses, and accurately bill clients.

Advanced Time Tracking Designed for Legal Professionals

Track billable hours with precision using BigTime’s intuitive time entry tools. Whether attorneys work on contingency, hourly, or flat fee arrangements, the platform makes it easy to log time accurately on any device—ensuring no billable work goes unaccounted for.

Customizable Invoice Templates including LEDES Formats

Create professional invoices that meet your clients’ specific requirements. BigTime supports customizable invoice templates, including industry-standard LEDES formats, so your firm can deliver detailed billing statements that align with legal billing practices and client expectations.

Client-Specific Billing Rates and Rules

Handle complex billing structures with ease. BigTime allows firms to apply unique billing rules, rates, and fee arrangements per client or case—ideal for managing alternative billing arrangements like flat fees, split billing, and contingency agreements.

Integrated Expense Tracking and Reimbursement Tools

Capture and categorize every client-related expense in real time. Whether it's travel costs, filing fees, or research services, BigTime’s integrated tools ensure all expenses are properly documented and reimbursable, streamlining the reimbursement process for attorneys and clients.

Real-Time Dashboards and Reporting for Firm Performance

Keep your finger on the pulse of your firm’s financial health. BigTime’s dynamic dashboards and robust reporting give you insights into profitability, utilization rates, and client-level metrics, empowering partners and firm managers to make strategic, data-driven decisions.

Seamless Integrations

Connect your legal billing system directly to your firm’s accounting software. BigTime integrates with QuickBooks Online, PayPal, Gusto, and other tools to ensure smooth syncing of billing data, simplifying reconciliation, tax reporting, and financial oversight.

How BigTime’s Legal Billing Software Works

BigTime makes the legal billing process easier by combining time tracking, invoicing, and expense management into one intuitive platform. Designed for seamless legal practice management, it helps you stay on top of client accounts, improve cash flow visibility, and build a more profitable legal practice. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Set up your firm profile

Configure your firm's billing structure, user roles, and permissions based on your team’s specific needs.

Step 2: Allocate resources

Use the interactive scheduler to assign staff based on workload, expertise, and availability for maximum efficiency.

Step 3: Track Time Effortlessly

Log billable hours from anywhere using desktop or mobile apps, ensuring every minute counts.

Step 4: Customize Billing Rules

Easily apply client-specific rates, LEDES codes, or flat fees to ensure all legal invoices meet compliance standards.

Step 5: Generate and Send Invoices

Create branded, professional invoices with just a few clicks. Then, automate reminders to speed up payments.

Step 6: Get Paid and Analyze Performance

Collect online payments and access real-time reports that reveal cash flow trends and profitability by case or client.

Why Professional Services Firms Choose BigTime

Success Story: Real Results from Real Firms

Magna Legal Services, a national litigation support provider, needed a way to manage hundreds of projects while maintaining billing accuracy and operational clarity. With BigTime, the firm customized the platform to fit its workflows, using it as the roadmap for how the firm runs its business. The result: 15 years of continued success using BigTime to track time, manage projects, and optimize team performance at scale. Read the full story.

What Our Customers Say

"We’ve been using BigTime for 15 years. We were able to customize a lot of the off-the-shelf solutions to fit our needs. Now, BigTime has become the roadmap for how we run our business. It’s continued to work, and we continue to make it work for us."

Dave Kurzman

COO of Litigation Consulting, Magna Legal Services

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FAQ

What is law firm billing software?

Law firm billing software is a digital platform that allows legal professionals to track time, manage expenses, generate legal invoices, and ensure accurate client billing. Recognized as one of the best legal billing software solutions, BigTime makes it easy to track time and expenses, generate invoices, and accept online payments—all from one centralized platform.

Does BigTime support LEDES billing formats?

Yes, BigTime supports LEDES and other legal industry billing formats, making it easy to meet client-specific billing requirements. Learn more about LEDES.

Can I use BigTime for flat fee billing?

Yes. BigTime allows you to set up flat fee, hourly, or hybrid billing models—making it the perfect attorney billing software for firms with diverse client contracts. BigTime supports billing for fixed fees and contingency fees as well.

Is BigTime cloud-based?

Yes, BigTime is a secure, cloud-based solution you can access from anywhere—ideal for remote and hybrid legal teams and small law firms.

Does BigTime integrate with accounting software?

Absolutely. BigTime integrates seamlessly with your law firm’s accounting software like QuickBooks, PayPal, and Gusto. See accounting integrations

Can multiple attorneys track time on the same case?

Yes. BigTime allows multiple users to track time against the same project or case, with role-based access and consolidated reporting.

Is BigTime compliant with legal industry standards?

Yes, BigTime helps you stay compliant with ABA task codes, LEDES formats, and audit-friendly reporting.

How does BigTime improve cash flow for law firms?

By automating time tracking, invoicing, and payment reminders, BigTime reduces delays and increases billing accuracy, which leads to faster payments and healthier cash flow. BigTime also allows you to accept online payments from your customers straight from their invoice, encouraging customers to pay quickly.

Can I generate custom reports for my law firm’s performance?

Yes. BigTime’s legal accounting software offers customizable reports that provide insight into profitability, billable hours, and client-level metrics and make legal practice management easier.

Is training or onboarding included with BigTime?

Yes, BigTime provides onboarding support, training resources, and dedicated customer service to ensure your firm hits the ground running.

How can BigTime’s legal office billing software improve our billing process and law firm finances?

BigTime’s legal office billing software streamlines your entire billing process by integrating time and expense tracking, automated invoicing, and real-time reporting—helping your firm reduce errors, bill more accurately, and improve overall law firm finances through better cash flow management and financial visibility.