LANSING, MICHIGAN — November 6, 2025 - Smokeball, the industry-leading legal practice management software platform, today announced an exclusive partnership with the State Bar of Michigan to provide all State Bar of Michigan members with free access to Smokeball Bill, Smokeball’s trust accounting and billing software solution. This tool will help solo and small legal practitioners effectively, efficiently and compliantly manage their client trust accounts for improved client service.
Smokeball recognizes the important role solo and small law firms play in every local community. However, many of these firms struggle to handle trust accounting and billing compliantly. According to the 2023 State of U.S. Small Law Firms Report, software for case management, legal research and e-billing/invoicing are some of the biggest technology needs for law practices. Firms often rely on manual processes that hinder, disrupt or delay more high-value client work. By providing Smokeball Bill for free, all Michigan attorneys will now have access to a user-friendly software solution that ensures trust accounting compliance and simplifies billing.
Manually managing trust accounting can lead to compliance errors and malpractice claims. Smokeball Bill makes it simple for law firm members to easily comply with trust accounting regulations. The software also helps firms more easily send and collect invoices and bills.
“Every firm, no matter its size, should have access to simple, compliant tools for managing trust accounts” said Jane Oxley, CRO and co-founder of Smokeball. “By giving small firms the right technology, we’re helping them focus on what matters most, serving their clients and communities.”
This is Smokeball's 22nd free product partnership with a state bar association, following the announcement of its free product partnerships with the Kansas Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association. To learn more about Smokeball’s free product offering with the State Bar of Michigan or to sign up, please visit www.smokeball.com/michiganbill.
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Smokeball is your partner to drive your law firm into the future. As the industry's leading cloud-based legal practice management software, Smokeball empowers you to run your firm specific to your area of law. Our platform gives you all the insights and tools you need to work smarter, not harder: automatic time tracking and invoicing, streamlined workflows for your specific practice area, a library of over 20,000 standard legal forms and documents, and actionable reports. Smokeball is a member benefit of over 20 US bar associations. Learn how to run your best firm at smokeball.com.
