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Time, Money, and Trust: What Lawyers Get Wrong
When it comes to the practice of law, always remember hope is not a viable strategy, and your license shouldn’t hinge upon a shoddy spreadsheet. Law school didn't teach us how to track time, send invoices, or reconcile a trust account, but in practice, nothing puts a Virginia lawyer's license (or livelihood) at risk faster than poor billing habits or trust accounting missteps.
October 27, 2026 11:00 AM
When it comes to the practice of law, always remember hope is not a viable strategy, and your license shouldn’t hinge upon a shoddy spreadsheet. Law school didn't teach us how to track time, send invoices, or reconcile a trust account, but in practice, nothing puts a Virginia lawyer's license (or livelihood) at risk faster than poor billing habits or trust accounting missteps.
This CLE, led by attorney Jordan Turk, walks Virginia attorneys through practical, ethical timekeeping and billing strategies, including how to manage aged receivables, improve cash flow, and avoid common trust accounting pitfalls, with tips and workflows you can implement immediately.
In this CLE webinar, you’ll learn:
- How to automate and streamline your billing and time tracking processes to run like clockwork
- The most common ethical issues with billing and trust practices, and how to avoid them
- War stories from attorneys who ended up on the wrong side of disciplinary action
- Live demonstration of how billing and trust accounting technology works
Duration: 60 minutes
Featured presenter(s)
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.