Bookkeeping for Tomball Law Firms & Solo Attorneys
For a Tomball solo or two-attorney firm, the bookkeeping that matters is trust accounting. We run a three-way reconciliation every month — bank statement, trust ledger, and the sum of every client's individual ledger — so the balance is provable on the day the State Bar or a client asks.
Law Firms & Solo Attorneys in Tomball
The firms we support around Tomball handle family law, estate planning, personal injury, and small-business work. Retainers, settlement disbursements, and filing fees advanced on the firm card are where records slip, and a shortfall in trust is a grievance issue long before it is an accounting issue.
The issues that actually show up in Tomball
Harris County filing fees advanced from operating
Fees paid at the courthouse or through eFileTexas on a firm card have to be tracked as advanced client costs and recovered on the invoice. Left uncoded they simply become expense, and the firm quietly funds the docket.
Retainer replenishment on flat-fee family matters
Earned fees must move out of trust to operating with documentation, on a schedule. We build the transfer routine so trust never holds earned money and operating never spends unearned money.
Settlement disbursements with liens
Personal injury disbursement means medical liens, referral splits, and a client net, all out of one trust deposit. Each piece gets its own ledger entry so the file can be audited line by line years later.
One-attorney firms with no second signer
Small Tomball firms rarely have segregated duties. Monthly outside reconciliation is the practical control substitute, and it is the first thing a bar examiner looks for.
Scope for a Tomball law firms & solo attorneys engagement
- Monthly three-way IOLTA reconciliation with signed reconciliation report
- Individual client trust ledgers maintained per matter
- Operating and trust accounts kept fully separate in QuickBooks Online
- Earned-fee transfers documented with supporting invoices
- Advanced client costs tracked and recovered on billing
- Settlement disbursement schedules with liens and referral fees itemized
- Trust shortfall or commingling flagged the month it happens
- Year-end financials and 1099 handling for contract attorneys
Tomball areas and what changes in each
Old Town Tomball
Solo and two-attorney offices near the courthouse annex, mostly family law and estate planning with retainer-based billing.
FM 2920 professional offices
Small firms sharing suites, where a shared card makes expense allocation and advanced costs messy.
Willowbrook / SH 249
PI and consumer practices with settlement volume, so trust activity spikes unevenly month to month.
Solo family-law firm with 11 months of unreconciled trust
A Tomball solo had made earned-fee transfers whenever cash was tight, with no invoice trail, and bank fees had been debited against trust. We rebuilt individual ledgers for 38 open matters, identified a $4,180 shortfall funded from operating, and put a monthly three-way reconciliation in place. The firm now closes trust within five business days of month end.
Tomball law firms & solo attorneys bookkeeping questions
Do you do three-way IOLTA reconciliation for Texas firms?
Yes, monthly. Bank balance, trust account book balance, and the total of all client ledgers must agree to the penny. You get a dated reconciliation report you can hand to the State Bar or an auditor without preparing anything else.
What happens if my trust account is already out of balance?
We find the break first — usually a fee transfer without documentation, a bank fee charged to trust, or a disbursement recorded to the wrong matter. Then we reconstruct client ledgers month by month and document each correction so the fix is defensible.
Can you work with my practice management software?
Yes. We reconcile QuickBooks Online against Clio, MyCase, Smokeball, or a spreadsheet ledger, and we do not require you to switch platforms.
Is my Tomball firm too small for outside bookkeeping?
Solo firms are the most exposed, because there is no second person checking trust. Most solo engagements land between $400 and $900 per month including trust reconciliation.
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