{"id":18011,"date":"2025-03-14T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nqzw.com\/?p=18011"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:38:53","slug":"law-firm-collections-made-easy-with-invoices-to-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/law-firm-collections-made-easy-with-invoices-to-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firm&#8217;s Collections Made Easy with Invoices-to-Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18011\" class=\"elementor elementor-18011\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0ccee2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0ccee2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fdd4e5\" data-id=\"7fdd4e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f743907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f743907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a395da5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a395da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FitzGerald Morris Baker Firth P.C. (FMBF), a mid-sized law firm, faced inefficiencies in its law firm collections process and sought to implement an invoices-to-cash solution to enhance its existing billing system. The firm&#8217;s prior approach lacked customization and control, leading to:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Inefficient Billing Workflows:<\/strong> Email invoicing indiscriminately sent all or no invoices, often missing prior balances on bills.<\/li><li><strong>Manual Payment Processing:<\/strong> The firm\u2019s previous law firm merchant account didn\u2019t make clear outstanding balances, leading to fragmented payments.<\/li><li><strong>Time-Consuming Collections:<\/strong> A\/R follow-ups were entirely manual.<\/li><\/ul><p>As a result, FMBF found itself spending excessive time on administrative work and affecting cash flow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588abf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"588abf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6360e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e6360e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seeking a modern law firm collections software, FMBF implemented BillQ <a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/legal-invoices-to-cash\/\">Invoices-to-Cash<\/a> and PayQ <a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/law-firm-merchant-account\/\">Online Payments for Law Firms<\/a> to streamline the whole process.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Bill Delivery<\/strong>: The firm could now select specific invoices to send, customise messaging, and include prior balances, eliminating the confusion that led to partial payments.<\/li><li><strong>PayQ Improved Payment Processing<\/strong>: Clients could now view their outstanding balance and pay accordingly through their client portal, reducing the need for manual follow-ups.<\/li><li><strong>Automated A\/R Notices<\/strong>: Follow-up reminders became seamless, allowing staff to focus on client service rather than chasing payments.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ca1a0 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"96ca1a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tBillQ gives us the control we never had in our billing system. Now we can customise messages, include prior balances, and streamline invoicing instead of dealing with one-off manual fixes.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">\u2014 Kyle M. Fish, Executive Director<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-463fc62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"463fc62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aecee6\" data-id=\"5aecee6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6a9d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd6a9d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Results <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49cedb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b49cedb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The implementation of BillQ and PayQ was swift and seamless. 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manual follow-ups.<\/li><li>Staff can override or customise specific invoices when needed, maintaining flexibility without compromising efficiency.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f94422 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8f94422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe transition was awesome. nQzw was phenomenal to work with\u2014things went faster than I thought they could, and when they were done, they were done. No cleanup, no issues.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">\u2014 Kyle M. Fish, Executive Director<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ccba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ccba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By adopting BillQ and PayQ, FMBF transformed its law firm collections process. 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