WHO WE SERVE
Every Practice Area. One Standard of Precision in Accounting for Law Firms in USA.
From solo personal injury attorneys to 50-person immigration firms — if you hold client funds and operate under bar rules, Ethnum delivers specialized Accounting for Law Firms designed to meet your firm’s unique compliance requirements.
Practice Areas
Built for the Realities of Your Practice — Not Just the Books
Every area of law has its own trust accounting nuances — different transaction types, different risk profiles, and different bar expectations. Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms are built around these practice-specific requirements, ensuring complete compliance and financial accuracy. Learn more about our expertise, values, and approach on our About Us page.
Why Practice Area Expertise Matters
A PI firm's trust account looks nothing like an immigration firm's. Settlement funds, government filing fees, retainer structures, and disbursement patterns differ entirely — and a bookkeeper who doesn't know the difference creates compliance risk. Ethnum's specialists are matched to your practice type, so your books reflect the real workflow of your firm — not a generic template. That's what makes our Law Firm Accounting Services different.
Litigation
Personal Injury
High-value settlements, medical liens, and complex disbursements make PI trust accounting uniquely demanding. Our Accounting for Law Firms ensures every dollar is tracked from initial deposit to final distribution — across multiple claimants, insurers, and lienholders simultaneously.
Settlement Disbursements
Medical Lien Tracking
Contingency Fees
Large trust inflows require precise client ledger management and timely disbursements — bar scrutiny in PI is high. Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms keep your ledger match-perfect at every stage.
Family & Domestic
Family Law
Retainers replenished frequently, trust balances that shift every billing cycle, divorce settlement funds held in trust — family law generates some of the most active and emotionally sensitive trust activity in any practice.
Retainer Management
Earned-Fee Transfers
Settlement Holding
Trust-to-operating transfers tied to billing events must be impeccably documented. Our Law Firm Accounting Services synchronize your billing software with your trust ledger so earned fees always move at the right time.
Immigration
Immigration Law
Flat fees, government filing fees disbursed from trust, high volumes of smaller matters, and clients spread across multiple countries and currencies — immigration accounting has its own vocabulary, and our Accounting for Law Firms specialists speak it fluently.
USCIS / Filing Fees
Flat Fee Structures
High-Volume Ledgers
Government filing fees held in trust must be disbursed precisely on schedule. Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms track every filing date and disbursement so no client's case is delayed by a bookkeeping gap.
Criminal Defense
Criminal Defense
Large retainers received upfront, earned incrementally over the course of representation, with strict rules on how and when funds can be transferred to operating. Defence practice demands airtight earned-fee documentation.
Upfront Retainers
Incremental Earned Fees
Refund Tracking
If a matter resolves early, unearned retainers must be promptly refunded. Our Law Firm Accounting Services flag overpayments and track refund obligations in real time, helping protect your licence.
Estate & Probate
Estate Planning & Probate
Probate matters involve holding estate assets in trust, distributing to multiple beneficiaries on court timelines, and maintaining meticulous records for court filings. The documentation bar is among the highest in legal practice.
Estate Fund Management
Beneficiary Ledgers
Court-Ready Records
Courts require detailed trust accounting statements in probate proceedings. Our Accounting for Law Firms is designed to keep your records formatted and documented to court-submission standards from day one.
Transactional
Real Estate Law
Earnest money, closing funds, and escrow deposits held securely in trust — often for short, high-stakes windows where precision and speed both matter. Real estate closings leave absolutely no room for reconciliation errors.
Escrow Management
Closing Fund Disbursement
Earnest Money Tracking
Real estate trust funds often move in 24–48 hour windows. Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms ensure your ledger reflects every inflow and outflow in real time, so closing day stays a celebration, not a scramble.
Firm Size
Built for Every Size of Law Firm
From solo practitioners to 50-attorney operations — and the CPAs who support them. Ethnum delivers the same ethical precision and jurisdiction-specific expertise every time.
Solo Practitioner
Starts from $299/mo
You didn’t go to law school to manage books. Efficient, compliant trust accounting and Law Firm Accounting Services built for one-attorney practices, so you can focus entirely on your clients and your cases.
Single trust account management
Monthly IOLTA reconciliation
Jurisdiction-specific bar compliance
Monthly financials by the 10th
Small & Mid-Size Firms
Custom engagement
With multiple attorneys, retainers, and trust balances to juggle, your books get complex fast. Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms in USA keep everything clean, compliant, and organised — including multi-trust account management.
Multiple attorney & matter ledgers
Multi-trust account reconciliation
P&L by attorney or matter
3-Way reconciliation, every month
Firms with Complex Trust Activity
Full-service engagement
Multi-client retainers, multiple trust accounts, and high-volume reconciliation needs handled with clarity and precision. Our Accounting for Law Firms keeps your Trust Score audit-ready every single month.
High-volume client ledger management
Multi-account 3-way reconciliation
Monthly Trust Score reporting
vCFO-level financial dashboards
New & Rapidly Growing Firms
Foundation packages available
Whether you’re opening your first practice or expanding your team, our Law Firm Accounting Services build clean, scalable financial systems from day one. The right foundation means no expensive clean-up later.
Chart of Accounts setup
Trust account structure from day one
Scalable workflows as you hire
CPA onboarding coordination
Jurisdictions
Where We've Served. What We Know.
We hold knowledge across all 56 US bar jurisdictions and deliver Accounting for Law Firms in USA with active client experience in the states and regions below. To know more about How It Works, check out our page for more information.
Jurisdictions We've Actively Served
Ohio
California
Washington
Utah
Canada
- 50 more jurisdictions on knowledge base
Don’t see your state? Our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms cover every US bar jurisdiction, with active client experience expanding through every new engagement.
56
US Jurisdictions Covered
50 states · D.C. · 5 territories · Rules updated daily · Official forms on file · Approved bank lists tracked.
What "Jurisdiction Knowledge" Actually Means
IOLTA rules, trust account naming requirements, overdraft notification rules, approved financial institutions, and official state bar forms — all maintained daily for every jurisdiction we cover as part of our Law Firm Accounting Services.
All
US Jurisdictions Covered
Daily
Rule Updates
0
Violations Ever
California calls it CTAPP — we know the forms, the timelines, and the approved institutions
Texas Rule 1.14 — we maintain the exact disbursement and record-keeping requirements
New York IOLTA — we track the approved bank list and required notifications
Ohio IOLTA — record-keeping, monthly reconciliation, and client ledger standards maintained
Washington RPC 1.15A — we know the 10-day reconciliation window and what it demands
Utah Rule 1.15 — separate trust account maintenance and prompt delivery requirements
Canada (Law Society rules) — trust accounting principles and reporting maintained by province
Tools & Integrations
We Work Inside the Software You Already Use
No new platforms. No forced migrations. Our Accounting for Law Firms integrates directly with your existing software stack and gets to work, typically within 48 hours of onboarding.
QuickBooks Online
Accounting
The most widely used accounting platform in the US. We manage your full general ledger, chart of accounts, and trust transactions inside QBO through our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms, keeping everything law-firm clean.
Law-firm chart of accounts
Trust vs. operating separation
Monthly P&L, BS & Cash Flow
CPA-ready year-end books
Clio
Practice Management
We integrate directly with Clio’s trust accounting module, making our Law Firm Accounting Services seamless by reconciling billing data with your bank and trust ledger.
Trust account sync
Matter-level ledger reconciliation
Billing-to-trust transfer tracking
Client balance verification
Zoho Books
Accounting + Projects
For firms using the Zoho ecosystem, our Accounting for Law Firms operates natively inside Zoho Books while leveraging Zoho Projects and Zoho Desk for efficient collaboration and communication.
Full general ledger management
Zoho Projects task tracking
Zoho Desk support tickets
Credential management via Zoho Vault
Xero
Accounting
Popular with growing and multi-entity firms, Xero’s reporting capabilities pair perfectly with our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms, configured specifically for legal trust accounting requirements.
Trust account tracking
Multi-entity support
Real-time bank feeds
Custom law-firm reporting
Not on this list? We also work with MyCase, CosmoLex, PracticePanther, Filevine, Gusto, and more. If your firm uses a platform we haven't listed, our Law Firm Accounting Services team will confirm compatibility before onboarding begins—not after.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Ethnum provides accounting services exclusively for law firms across the United States. We work with solo attorneys, small and mid-sized law firms, multi-partner practices, and growing firms that require accurate bookkeeping, trust accounting, IOLTA reconciliation, financial reporting, and ongoing compliance support. We do not serve businesses outside the legal industry, allowing us to focus entirely on the unique financial needs of law firms.
Yes. We support law firms across a wide range of practice areas, including personal injury, family law, immigration, criminal defense, estate planning, probate, real estate, litigation, and other practices that manage client trust funds. Our legal accounting specialists understand the unique workflows, billing structures, and trust accounting requirements of different practice areas, helping firms maintain accurate, compliant financial records.
Yes. Ethnum supports law firms across all 56 U.S. bar jurisdictions, including all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Our team stays current with jurisdiction-specific trust accounting requirements, IOLTA rules, and bar compliance standards, enabling us to provide consistent accounting support regardless of where your law firm operates.
Absolutely. Whether you're a solo practitioner looking to outsource your bookkeeping or a multi-attorney firm requiring advanced financial reporting and trust accounting support, our services scale with your practice. Every engagement is tailored to your firm's size, workflows, and compliance requirements, ensuring you receive the right level of accounting support as your firm grows.
Almost certainly yes. We work with all major legal-approved IOLTA depositories and integrate with Clio, MyCase, Smokeball, PracticePanther, QuickBooks, Xero, and most other legal or accounting platforms. If you use something else, ask us — we've likely seen it.
Don't see your practice area listed?
We work across virtually all civil and transactional practice areas where IOLTA trust accounts are required. If you hold client funds and need bar-compliant Accounting for Law Firms, our Legal Accounting Services for Law Firms are built to support your practice with precision, compliance, and confidence.