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Live matter-to-cash work for small law firms

Keep billing and collections connected to every matter.

MatterZap keeps time, costs, prebills, invoices, fund records, payment records, and receivables tied to the matter. See what changed, what is ready to bill, and what needs follow-up without piecing the story together across practice-management screens, accounting handoffs, and email threads.

  • Matter, invoice, and fund views update live
  • Entries stay linked through prebill and invoice
  • Approvals, delivery, reminders, and AR stay visible
A current MatterZap matter record showing linked time and cost entries, invoices, operating and trust fund balances, and prebill status.

Continuity between records

The matter context stays attached through billing.

In MatterZap, time and cost entries keep their matter context as they move through prebill review and invoicing. Linked payment records and receivables keep the same matter-to-cash path visible, so the next person does not have to rebuild the billing story.

  1. 01Matter
  2. 02Time & costs
  3. 03Prebill
  4. 04Invoice
  5. 05Payment records
  6. 06Receivables
Context stays attached

A posted entry stays tied to its matter through billing.

The same posted time or cost entry keeps its matter and timekeeper context through prebill approval and invoice review. Matter, entry, invoice, and fund-ledger views update as saved records change.

A fictional time entry for Northstar Holdings retaining its matter context through prebill and invoice review.

Inside the workflow

See what is current, what is ready to bill, and what needs follow-up.

MatterZap keeps matter and billing context visible as work moves through billing and payment follow-up, so partners, attorneys, and billing staff can act from the same current records.

01

See the financial picture from the matter record

Open the matter to see its details, time and cost entries, invoices, and operating and trust fund records together. Check current status without asking someone to assemble it from separate views.

  • Review unbilled work, invoices, and fund context from the matter
  • Work from views that update as saved records change
A current matter record showing unbilled work, invoices, and operating and trust fund balances.
02

Move recorded work through review and delivery

Post draft time and costs, then review the linked entries in a prebill. Matter and timekeeper context stays in view through approvals, invoice finalization, delivery, and reminder history, so review starts from the recorded work.

  • Track required approvals before invoice finalization
  • Send invoices and reminders, then review delivery status
A billing workflow moving posted entries through prebill approval, invoice finalization, and delivery.
03

Turn open balances into clear next actions

Review open balances by client, matter, and aging bucket, then move to invoice follow-up. For received payments, MatterZap prepares a manual QuickBooks deposit view from current allocations for an admin or bookkeeper to verify.

  • Move from an aging balance to the client, matter, or invoice
  • Confirm prepared deposit details after manual QuickBooks review
A receivables aging view with invoice follow-up and a manual QuickBooks deposit review.

Shared records, clearer handoffs

Give each role the context to move work forward.

Partners

See financial status without chasing updates

See matters, unbilled work, invoices, fund records, and receivables in current shared views without waiting for someone to assemble a report.

Attorneys and staff

Capture work where the matter context lives

Record time and costs against the matter, then see that context carry into prebill and invoice review.

Billing administrators

Know which billing step needs action

Move entries through prebill approval, invoice delivery, reminders, receivables follow-up, and accounting review without losing the matter context.

Compare operating models

Choose where your matter-to-cash workflow lives.

With MatterZap, daily matter-to-cash work stays visible in one focused workspace. In a typical connected stack, the same work may cross practice-management, accounting, communication, and integration boundaries.

Where daily work happens

MatterZap
One focused workspace for matter-to-cash work
Typical connected stack
Practice management, accounting, and communication tools connected through configured integrations

How records stay current

MatterZap
Matter, entry, invoice, receivables, and fund-ledger views update as saved records change
Typical connected stack
Update timing and context can cross application or connector boundaries

Context from matter to receivables

MatterZap
Records stay linked from matter through prebill, invoice, payment record, and receivables
Typical connected stack
Billing and accounting context can span systems

Where review happens

MatterZap
Prebill approval, invoice delivery, receivables follow-up, and accounting preparation stay visible in MatterZap
Typical connected stack
Review may span product screens, reports, sync tools, and email

What the workspace prioritizes

MatterZap
Daily billing and collection work for small law firms
Typical connected stack
Broad feature and integration coverage

Best fit

MatterZap
Firms that prioritize a focused, current matter-to-cash workflow
Typical connected stack
Firms that prioritize broader document, calendar, portal, or integration coverage

This compares operating models at the category level. Products, packages, configurations, and integrations vary.