Matter and client register
One sheet (or related tables) for client, matter number, practice area, responsible attorney, open/closed status, and key contacts.
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Excel Spreadsheet for Small Law Firm
Matter lists, deadlines, time capture, and client billing in one workbook your team already knows how to use.
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Solo attorneys and small firms often run matters in scattered Excel files, email threads, and sticky notes-then rebuild the same status report every Friday. A purpose-built Excel spreadsheet for a small law firm pulls matters, deadlines, time entries, and invoices into one controlled workbook so you stop losing billable hours and court dates to copy-paste chaos.
Serving businesses across North America and the UK
Excel Access Expert delivers this work remotely across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Engagements are fixed-scope after a free review-projects typically start at $1,200.
What breaks when a law firm outgrows ad-hoc spreadsheets
Matter status lives in different files for each attorney-nobody shares one source of truth.
Statute and filing deadlines sit in calendars that are not tied to the matter record.
Time is logged late (or never), so invoices underbill and partners cannot see realization.
Client trust-account or retainer balances are reconciled manually and error-prone.
Associates leave and take undocumented spreadsheet logic with them.
What we build in your law-firm Excel system
We design a fixed-scope Excel workbook (with VBA where it pays off) around your intake and billing workflow-not a generic template you have to force-fit. You own the file. There is no per-seat practice-management subscription.
What is included in your Excel spreadsheet for small law firm
Scoped to your workflow after a free review-not a one-size template dump.
Deadline and task tracking
Filing dates, discovery cutoffs, and follow-ups linked to each matter, with filters and conditional formatting for what is due this week.
Time and expense capture
Structured time entry by matter and attorney, with rate tables and non-billable flags so WIP is visible before invoice day.
Invoice and AR helpers
Draft invoice summaries from approved time, track payments, and flag aging balances without jumping into a separate billing app for every small matter.
Partner dashboards
Utilization, open matters by attorney, and revenue-by-practice views built with PivotTables or a simple dashboard sheet.
Handover documentation
Commented structure and a short runbook so your office manager can maintain the workbook after go-live.
Compared with the usual alternatives
Practice-management SaaS charges monthly per user forever and often overshoots what a small firm needs. DIY Excel works until formulas break and nobody owns the file. Our approach is a fixed-scope custom Excel system you own-scoped after a free review, typically starting at $1,200.
Who this is for (and not for)
A strong fit if
Solo and small firms (typically under ~15 fee-earners) that are not ready for Clio-class SaaS spend.
Firms whose matters are simple enough for Excel but too messy for uncontrolled shared drives.
Offices that already live in Excel and need discipline, not another login.
Not the right fit if
Large firms that need full conflict checking, document management, and court e-filing platforms.
Teams that require a true multi-user database with concurrent write load-those belong in Access or SQL Server.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about our services
For many solos and small firms, yes-for matter tracking, deadlines, time, and simple billing. If you need full document management, conflict databases, or court e-filing, we say so up front and may recommend Access/SQL or a hybrid instead of stretching Excel past its limits.
Projects are fixed-scope after a free review of your current files and workflow. Typical engagements start at $1,200. You approve a written quote before development begins-no retainer and no open hourly meter.
We keep entry screens simple: matter number, date, hours, narrative. Fancy analytics stay on dashboard sheets. Training is included in the project so paralegals and attorneys are not guessing which tab to open.
Yes. We map your current columns into the new structure, clean duplicates where needed, and validate a sample of open matters before go-live.
Yes. Delivery is remote. We screen-share for discovery and training and hand over the workbook plus documentation when the scope is complete.
Get a fixed quote for your Excel spreadsheet for small law firm
Send a sample matter list or describe your billing workflow. We reply with a written fixed-scope quote-no practice-management subscription required.
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