WEST VIRGINIA — September 23, 2025 - Smokeball, the industry-leading legal practice management software platform, today announced an exclusive partnership with the West Virginia State Bar to provide all 9,000 of its 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 and the West Virginia State Bar recognize the important role solo, small and rural 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 attorneys that are members of the West Virginia State Bar will now have access to a user-friendly software solution that ensures trust accounting compliance and simplifies billing.    

“The West Virginia State Bar is committed to supporting our members with resources that strengthen their practice and serve the public,” said Mary Jane Pickens, Executive Director of the West Virginia State Bar. “By partnering to provide Smokeball Bill for free to our members, we are providing access to technology that simplifies trust accounting, supports compliance, and frees attorneys to focus more time on their clients.”

Manually managing trust accounting often leads 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.  

“At Smokeball, our mission has always been to help small law firms run stronger practices,” said Jane Oxley, CRO and co-founder of Smokeball. “By partnering with the West Virginia State Bar, we’re ensuring every member has no-cost access to technology.”  

This is Smokeball's 18th free product partnership with a state bar association, following the most recent announcement of its free product partnership with the Kentucky Bar Association. To learn more about Smokeball’s free product offering with the West Virginia State Bar or to sign up, please visit www.smokeball.com/westvirginiabill.  

About Smokeball

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.

About the West Virginia State Bar

The West Virginia State Bar is an agency of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.  The West Virginia State Bar serves approximately 9,000 active and inactive, in-state and out-of-state West Virginia licensed attorneys. The mandatory Bar was formed in 1947. It is governed by a 25-member Board of Governors elected from across the State. The organization receives no State funding. Its activities are funded through membership dues, service fees and other self-generated revenue.