Industries / Law firms & professional practices

Orbit for practices

The matter, the file, the hours and the bill, in one place.

Orbit calls it a matter because you do, keeps the attendance notes with it, and turns the hours into an invoice without rekeying.

Matter file Attendance notes Timesheets Bill from time
Law firms & professional practices

Who it is for

Built for how law & professional practices actually work.

Billable hours recorded, last 4 weeks
Captured against the matter, not reconstructed at month end.
32 h
Wk 1
38 h
Wk 2
41 h
Wk 3
45 h
Wk 4

Who

Law firms, therapists and counsellors, and consultants who work in matters and cases rather than projects.

The problem today

Time is recorded on paper, the matter file is a folder, and billing is a monthly argument.

The screens only this trade gets

The tools of your trade, not a generic form.

On top of the accounting, sales, stock and people every business gets, this is what Orbit adds for your work.

The matter file

Everything for a matter in one place: the client, the attendance and case notes, the documents and the signed papers.

Time against the matter

Record time as you work, against the matter, so the hours are captured rather than reconstructed at month end.

Bill from the time

Turn recorded hours into an invoice without re-keying, so billing is a step rather than an argument.

Documents and signatures

Keep every document on the matter and send papers for signature, with the signed copy filed back against it.

Matter file Attendance notes Case notes Timesheets against the matter Client record Documents on the matter Signature requests Custom fields

And the whole company underneath

This is one part of a system that runs the whole business.

The trade screens above sit on the same core every Orbit company gets, so the work and the books are never two systems.

The moneyDouble-entry accounting, invoicing, payments, VAT and the reports an accountant asks for.
The workQuotes, orders, purchasing, multi-warehouse stock and projects, all tied to the ledger.
The peopleEmployees, attendance, leave and payroll, with roles down to the record.
The platformApprovals, your own fields and words, an audit trail, and your brand on every print.

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Answers

Questions people in your trade ask.

Is there law firm matter management and billing software?
Yes. Orbit organises the practice around matters, keeps the client, the notes, the documents and the time on each one, and bills straight from the recorded hours, so the file and the invoice come from the same place.
How do I bill by the hour and keep the file together?
Record time against the matter as you work and keep every note and document on that same matter. When it is time to bill, Orbit turns the hours into an invoice without re-keying, and the file behind it is already complete.

See Orbit on your own numbers.

Open a matter, log an attendance note and two hours, then raise the invoice from the time.