Inside LawAccounting's Payment Plans & Installment Billing: How Firms Collect From Clients Who Can't Pay All at Once (2026 Feature Spotlight)

Payment plans are how most family, criminal defense, immigration, and bankruptcy firms actually get paid — and they are almost always run on a spreadsheet and a reminder. LawAccounting's payment plan engine schedules installments against an invoice, automates collection and reminders, tracks delinquency, and keeps trust-funded plans on the right side of the IOLTA line.