Top 10 Ethics Mistakes Attorneys Make: Billing & Trust Accounting Edition

About this session

Who it's for

For solo attorneys, small firm managers, and legal pros seeking to improve billing & trust accounting practices.

What we cover

Learn about ethical billing, trust accounting management, & strategies to prevent costly compliance mistakes.

Why it matters

Avoid disciplinary issues, streamline your billing, & confidently manage trust accounts with proven methods.

Billing and trust accounting may not be the most exciting aspects of running a law practice—but they’re among the most crucial. This on-demand webinar with attorney Jordan Turk provides a clear roadmap to ethical, compliant, and efficient financial management for your firm. You’ll learn how to identify and correct common billing mistakes, automate timekeeping and invoicing, and streamline trust account reporting. Plus, gain practical strategies for handling nonpaying clients. Whether you’re a solo practitioner or managing a small firm, this session gives you the confidence and systems to protect your practice from risk.

In this free on-demand webinar, you’ll learn:

  • How to automate and simplify billing workflows
  • How to avoid common ethical pitfalls in billing and trust accounting
  • How to collect payments effectively with practical templates

Featured presenter(s)

Jordan Turk
Attorney and Director of Education & Attorney Development at Smokeball

Jordan is a practicing attorney in Texas, and the Director of Attorney Education and Development at Smokeball. Her family law expertise includes complex property division and contentious custody cases, as well as appeals and prenuptial agreements. In addition to her family law practice, she’s passionate about legal technology and how it can revolutionize law firms.

Jordan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Classics, History, and Religious Studies and then went on to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law to earn her J.D. After almost four years of practice with a high-asset family law firm in Houston (and after being frustrated at the lack of automation in her firm), she discovered the world of legal technology which ultimately brought her to Smokeball.

In Hacking Law Firm Success with Jordan Turk, she interviews law firm founders about how they grew and scaled their practices, as well as their ethos behind managing a firm.

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