However, when it comes to
lawyers accepting credit card payments for legal services, there seem to be some serious obstacles, as described by at the Andrea Goldman and John W. Marshall at the Massachusetts Bar Association:
When it comes to
lawyers accepting credit card payments for legal services, there seem to be some serious obstacles.
Not exact matches
New options are available to the modern
lawyer, and PaySimple is exactly what it says — a simple software program that lets you schedule
payments and
accept e-checks and
credit cards while it automates your billing process.
A detailed review of solutions for
lawyers and law firms looking for
credit card processing software to help them
accept payments — online or in person — by e-check or
credit card, sync with their accounting software, and meet PCI / DDS requirements.
A post here in April reported that the practice management platform MyCase would soon be adding a feature to allow
lawyers to
accept credit card payments from clients directly through the MyCase application.
Legal - specific
credit card processors ensure compliance with ethics rules for
lawyers when it comes to
accepting credit card payments, so you never have to worry about potential violations.
There are a number of ethics rules that come into play when
accepting credit card payments, and
lawyers need to ensure that their
credit card processor will keep them compliant.
However, 85 percent of solo and small - firm
lawyers still don't
accept online
credit card payments.