Billing Reports
Smokeball includes several billing reports which are essential to Family Law firms. You can access these reports by navigating to the Reports page on the Smokeball Web App, Smokeball Boost or Smokeball Bill.
The Time and Expense Entries report can serve as a Fee Affidavit and a way to check out billable v. non billable time. You can run this report by matter or across all matters.
You can use the Income Allocation report to track your firm’s collections.
The Trust Balances report is one part of the three-way trust reconciliation available in Smokeball and shows where all of your clients stand with Trust money.
The Work In Progress report will help to ensure that your firm is not leaving any money on the table. Use report to see all unbilled time, fees, and/or expenses.
Performance Report & Matter Profitability (only available to firm owners on Smokeball Desktop)
Whether it is a simple flat fee uncontested divorce or a case that goes on for a long time, Smokeball helps you understand profitability on each of your matters.
Access this report from within a matter by selecting the Matter Insights tab.
- You can run a Profitability Report based on the amount of activities completed per staff member.
- Each report will have a staff member breakdown.
- Note: If you are not using Smokeball for billing purposes yet, Matter Insights might be missing some information.
- Firm Insights allows you to gain insight into profitability across all matters. For example, if you are charging a flat fee for an uncontested divorce, understanding actual time spent on all billable activity can help you determine a competitive rate that also allows you to be profitable.
- Review other Firm Insights articles more information about additional profitability reports.