AI law firm accounting and bookkeeping
Law firm accounting.
The firm's books, closed monthly.
Battle-tested on 1,000+ companies' books.
Zeni is an accounting firm too. More than 250 of our own accountants, bookkeepers and controllers use this platform every day to close the books for 1,000+ customers, with more than $20 billion in finances processed.¹
Zeni connects your banks, cards and payroll, and our team manages the AI agents and reviews the work. With other AI accounting tools, keeping the agents working is your job.
Costs by matter or practice
Tag spend to a class or project and see OPEX and net income for each practice area or matter.
Vendors and experts, paid right
Court reporters, experts and other vendor bills go through Bill Pay with multi-level approvals.
1099s without the scramble
Vendor spend and 1099 filing live in one Vendors view.
Results you can read
A profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow every month, with a summary of what changed.
An AI Accountant for the books.
An AI CFO for the answers.
The AI Accountant keeps the firm's books current. The AI CFO tells you which practices perform.
Connect your accounts. Get closed books.
Zeni's AI and finance team handle the bookkeeping. You practice law.
Connect your accounts
Banks, cards and payroll. Your Zeni team sets up a class or project for each practice area.
Books stay current
The AI Accountant codes and reconciles transactions as they land.
Zeni closes the books
Zeni's finance team reviews the AI's work and closes the month.
Know which practices perform
Ask the AI CFO for net income by practice area and a 13-week cash forecast.
What is law firm accounting?
Law firm accounting is bookkeeping and financial reporting for legal practices. It usually means recording fees collected, paying vendors, experts and staff, tracking costs and results by practice area or matter, and managing cash between client payments.
Every entry comes with its reasoning.
Each AI suggestion arrives with its reasoning and confidence. Bills wait for approval before they're paid, schedules wait for sign-off, and nothing changes in a closed period.
AI CFO · answers from live booksKnow which practices carry the firm.
Zeni's AI CFO answers questions on revenue, expenses and cash by practice area from your live books, shows how every number was calculated, and builds a 13-week cash forecast.²
Your firm's month-end close, in one workspace.
Thought process on every AI callCoded, with the reasoning attached.
Every deposit, vendor bill and software charge gets a category, class and vendor, plus the reasoning behind it.
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Prepaid schedule drafted, waiting on your approvalSchedules waiting for sign-off.
Prepaid insurance, annual software and equipment become schedules that post only after approval.
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Receipt matched to its charge, on the recordReceipts matched.
Missing receipts are flagged and matched automatically when they're forwarded or uploaded.
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AI CFO explains the spike: up 167% from SeptemberFlux before you ask.
Month-over-month variances by vendor, category and class, with an AI summary of what changed.
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Found 3 statement transactions missing from the booksReconciled to the statement.
Bank and card accounts are reconciled to statements, with missing transactions flagged and entries suggested.
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Every close task has an owner, a due date and time trackedClose tasks with owners.
Assign owners, priorities and due dates to every close task, so you see who owns what while the month is open.
Explore month-end close →Run more of the firm's finance work in one place.
Bill pay
Pay vendors and experts with multi-level approvals and invoices read automatically.
Class and project reporting
Report by class or project, including results by practice area or matter.
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Commenting
Comment on any transaction, @mention a teammate and keep the answer on the record.
Explore commenting →What partners ask. What the AI CFO answers.
Built for the people who run the firm.
Your team, plus an AI Accountant and AI CFOManaging partners and owners
Partners who want clear numbers on the firm without doing the books.
- Net income by practice area
- Cash forecast for the next 13 weeks
- Books closed every month
Firm administrators and office managers
The people who pay vendors and run payroll, and want the bookkeeping done first.
- Bills approved before they're paid
- 1099s tracked all year
- Reconciliations drafted for review
Practice law. Keep the books right.
See the AI Accountant and AI CFO on a law firm's books.
Law firm accounting and AI bookkeeping FAQs.
- Zeni internal figures, October 2026.
- AI CFO is in beta and can make mistakes; check anything important against the books.
See how Zeni's AI bookkeeping and accounting software works for other teams like yours.
