Legal Services
Compliant Payment Processing for Law Firms
Built for law firms, not bundled legal software margins. Accept client payments, preserve trust accounting workflows, and reduce unnecessary payment processing costs without disrupting how your firm already operates.
Built for Law Firms
Law firms have different payment rules than most businesses
The issue is usually not just taking a payment. The issue is how funds are routed, how fees are handled, and how trust and operating workflows stay clean. Tampa Bay Pay helps firms build a payment structure that supports legal billing without forcing a full software change.
Most law firms already have practice management or billing software they know how to use. The weak point is often the payment layer attached to it — especially when the processor is expensive, inflexible, or creates trust-account complications.
We help law firms accept client payments more efficiently while preserving the firm’s existing workflow. That means cleaner routing, better economics, and less friction around retainers, replenishments, earned fees, and trust-sensitive deposits.
What this helps your firm do
1Accept client payments without bundled legal-software processor margins
2Maintain cleaner trust and operating workflows
3Keep your current billing and practice-management systems in place
4Support ACH, cards, payment links, and high-ticket invoices
Independent Payment Infrastructure
Most law firms need two merchant accounts to keep things clean
The right structure separates earned income from unearned client funds so payment routing is cleaner and trust-account handling is more defensible from day one.
Operating Account
Used for earned income such as hourly billing, flat fees, and invoices the firm is entitled to collect. This is where processing fees can generally be handled appropriately.
Common uses
Hourly Billing
Flat Fees
Invoice Payments
Earned Revenue
Trust Account
Used for retainers and other unearned client funds. This is where structure matters most, because fees and routing need to be handled carefully to avoid creating unnecessary trust-account problems.
Common uses
Retainers
Trust Deposits
Settlement-Related Funds
Unearned Client Funds
The Right Way
How we help law firms accept payments properly
We set your firm up with payment infrastructure that routes deposits correctly, keeps trust and operating activity separated, and helps avoid the common mess created by expensive bundled legal software processors.
Trust and operating separation
Deposits go to the correct place and payment workflows are structured to help support cleaner trust-account handling from the beginning.
Key benefit
Cleaner Routing
Less Risk of Co-Mingling
Support for ACH and cards
Use ACH, credit cards, and remote payment links for retainers, replenishments, high-ticket invoices, and client billing without being trapped in one expensive payment rail.
Payment types
ACH
Credit Cards
Payment Links
Remote Billing
Keep your current legal systems
Our setup works alongside your current practice-management or legal billing systems, so there is no need to disrupt how your attorneys and staff already operate.
Why it matters
No Workflow Disruption
No Full Platform Swap
Avoid bundled processor margins
Many legal software payment layers look simple on the surface but become expensive over time. A cost review can show what your firm is actually paying and whether a better structure exists.
Main advantage
Lower Costs
More Transparent Structure
Law Firm Use Cases
Law firm types and payment use cases we support
Whether you run a solo practice or a larger multi-partner firm, the core issue is the same: accept payments efficiently without creating trust-account headaches.
Law firm types we support
Solo & Small Law Firms
Personal Injury
Family Law
Criminal Defense
Estate Planning & Probate
Business & Transactional Law
Multi-Partner Firms
Common legal payment use cases
Client Invoice Payments
Retainer Deposits
Retainer Replenishments
Online Client Billing
Remote Payments
High-Dollar Invoices
Custom Payment Plans
Cost Review
See what your firm is paying to accept client payments
If your firm currently accepts payments through bundled legal software processors, a payment cost review can quantify what those fees are costing and compare that against a cleaner legal payment structure.
The review is straightforward:
1No system changes required just to review the numbers
2No obligation and no pressure to switch
3Clear comparison between your current processing costs and a cleaner legal payment structure
4A practical path forward if there is real savings or a better trust-sensitive setup available
Request a Payment Cost Review
Let’s review your current legal payment setup
If your firm is processing through bundled legal software or you are unsure whether your current structure is optimal, we can review the setup, quantify the costs, and show you a cleaner path forward.
No system changes · No obligation · Clear cost comparison
Get in Touch With Our Tampa Payment Processing Team
Call/Text : (727) 732-3292
Email: [email protected]
Address: 136 4th St N, Suite 223, St Petersburg, FL 33701
Hours: Mon-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
* By Appointment Only *
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