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

Let’s face it: billing and trust accounting aren’t the glamorous parts of legal practice—but they are the parts most likely to get you in trouble. Whether you’re a solo, managing a small firm, or just trying to keep your IOLTA above water, this CLE is your roadmap to avoiding the most common (and costly) missteps that land attorneys in hot water with the bar. 

Join attorney Jordan Turk as she takes you through what not to do, how to clean up your existing practices, and how to build systems that keep you ethical, compliant, and confident.

In this free CLE webinar, you’ll learn about:

• How to automate your billing processes to make your billing run like clockwork
• The most common ethical issues with billing practices, and how to avoid them
• Streamlined trust account management and reporting for your state bar
• Strategies for obtaining payment from nonpaying clients, including templates to help you along the way

Duration: 60 minutes
 

This webinar is eligible for CLE credit in multiple jurisdictions.*

Featured Presenter:

Jordan Turk, Attorney & Director of Education and Attorney Development

Jordan is a practicing attorney in Texas, and the Director of Education and Attorney 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.

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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.

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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.