lawpay Review, Pricing & Features

LawPay is IOLTA/ABA-compliant payment and billing software for law firms, starting at $19/month with card, eCheck, and financing options.

Category
Legal
Pricing
Flat $19/month subscription with no long-term contract, plus per-transaction processing fees (2.99%+$0.30 for Visa/Mastercard/Discover, 3.90%+$0.30 for Amex, 1% for eCheck, 5.95% for Affirm-based client financing); custom pricing available for firms with specialized processing needs., from $19
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August 6, 2026
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LawPay (operated by 8am LawPay, part of 8am LLC) is a financial management platform built specifically for law firms, covering payment processing, billing and invoicing, trust accounting, spend management, and financial reporting. It is designed to help attorneys accept client payments correctly under state bar ethics rules, particularly around IOLTA and ABA trust-accounting compliance, while also giving firms tools to capture time, generate invoices, send payment reminders, and reconcile accounts. LawPay supports credit card, debit card, eCheck, and Affirm-powered client financing payments with next-day fund transfers, and it connects to more than 70 legal practice-management and billing applications, including MyCase, DocketWise, and CasePeer (sister products also owned by 8am LLC). The company states it has more than 20 years of experience in the legal payments space, serves over 120,000 lawyers, and is endorsed by all 50 state bar associations as the only ABA-recommended payment solution for the legal industry. LawPay operates as an Independent Sales Organization for banking partners including Fiserv Canada Ltd and Pinnacle Bank, and its target users range from solo practitioners and small firms to large enterprise legal departments across practice areas such as bankruptcy, criminal defense, family law, and immigration.

Key Features

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Purpose-built for IOLTA/ABA trust-accounting compliance, which most general payment processors don't handle correctly for law firms
  • Endorsed by all 50 state bar associations, reducing due-diligence risk for attorneys evaluating a payment vendor
  • Flat $19/month plan with no long-term contract, rather than a tiered or opaque enterprise-only pricing model
  • Connects to 70+ legal practice-management and billing platforms, including its own sister products MyCase, DocketWise, and CasePeer

Cons

  • Card processing fees (2.99%+$0.30 for Visa/Mastercard/Discover, 3.90%+$0.30 for Amex) are on top of the $19/month base fee, so total cost scales with transaction volume
  • Detailed pricing for firms with specialized processing or technical requirements is only available by contacting sales, not published
  • Built specifically for the legal industry, so firms outside law practice would need a general-purpose payment platform instead

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