Billing Best Practices: How to Ethically Meet Clients’ Expectations

03 Nov , 2021

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This webinar focuses on ways to capture more revenue by eliminating clients’ excuses for non-payment, late payment, reduced payment, or complaints about fees. Clients expect invoices to arrive in a timely manner and to contain sufficient information to describe the services provided, written in a way they can understand. When written from the client’s point of view, invoices can show progress vis-a-vis the expectations set in the engagement letter. We will discuss the ethics related to setting and collecting fees, referencing both the ABA and New York State Rules of Professional Responsibility as well as relevant ethics opinions and articles. 

You will learn: 

How to meet the pricing and billing expectations of 21st century clients 

How to discuss billing and pricing with clients 

Procedures you should have in place to set and meet client expectations 

Adding payment plans and other options to meet clients halfway when they are struggling financially 

Modern payment alternatives 

ABA Model Rules of Professional Responsibility, New York Rules of Professional Conduct, and ethics opinions governing billing and payments, including: 

Communication with clients about billing 

Reasonableness of fees and scope of work 

Changing fees during representation 

Retainer fees 

Acceptability of alternative payment methods 

Trust accounts and fiduciary duties 

Engagement agreements

 

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