What is spend management?

Spend management is a business process used to track, control, and optimize firm-wide spending to protect your firm’s financial bottom line.

Why should my law firm use legal spend management software?

Smart Spend frees you from the headache of tracking expenses. You can recover full case costs and save untold hours of bookkeeping work with Smart Spend’s automated expense tracking and client billing.

How do law firms benefit from a legal spend management solution

Keep more of your hard-earned money by accounting for every case expense. Track and recover 100% of advanced costs, making sure nothing falls through the cracks. Free yourself from manual expense reconciliations. Smart Spend’s automated expense tracking does the reconciliation work for you. Know exactly what is being spent at any point in time. A real-time dashboard gives you full visibility into who is spending what, so you can stay on top of everyone’s spending. Control your firm’s spend before it happens with individual card limits. You can also instantly pause or lock cards if a card is lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised.

Do I need to be using LawPay to apply for the LawPay Visa® Business Card?

No, the firm does not have to be using LawPay, though it’s recommended for a true all-in-one experience.

How much does Smart Spend cost?

The software, MyCase Smart Spend, is free included with any MyCase subscription. The LawPay Visa® Business Card has a $0 annual fee. Other fees and charges may apply. See terms and conditions for complete details, including APR and other potential fees."

How do I sign up for Smart Spend?

MyCase customers can apply for Early Access here. If you’re not yet a MyCase customer, sign up for a MyCase demo here.

Do I qualify for the LawPay Visa® Business Card?

If your firm meets the criteria below, you are strongly encouraged to apply: Your firm has been in business for at least 12 months Minimum annual revenue of $50K and maximum of $10M (past 12 months, not fiscal year) Beneficial owners are U.S. citizens, residing in the U.S. If annual revenue is less than $500K, personal credit score must be 660 or higher

Introducing MyCase Smart Spend

Powered by the LawPay Visa® Business Card.

Smart Spend revolutionizes how you pay and manage expenses by integrating the LawPay Visa^® Business Card with expense management automation in MyCase.

Unlike traditional business credit cards, Smart Spend*—powered by the LawPay Visa® Business Card—gives you peace of mind that firm expenses are controlled, organized, and fully accounted for.

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Your Firm’s Finances, Before and After Smart Spend

	WITH SMART SPEND	WITHOUT SMART SPEND
	No More Missed Expenses Every dollar is tracked effortlessly. Use Smart Spend to link expenses to cases and automatically add those expenses to the next client invoices.	Lost Billable Expenses and Revenue Missed expenses mean lost client reimbursements. Without a reliable expense tracking system, law firms leave money on the table.
	Faster, Easier Month-End Reconciliation Since expenses are already categorized and linked, staff can close books faster with less chance of missing transactions.	Hours Wasted on Manual Reconciliations At month’s end, staff scramble to find receipts, match expenses, and reconcile accounts manually.
	Full Visibility & Spend Control Smart Spend’s dashboard shows every transaction while spend limits for individual cards prevent overspending. Cards can be locked or paused instantly.	Limited Control Over Card Spend Firms don’t know what’s been spent until the statement arrives. Firms can’t set individual card limits, issue dedicated cards, or lock and pause cards.
	Smarter Cash Flow & Firm Credit Benefits Strengthen your firm’s credit profile with the LawPay Visa® Business Card, the only credit card that integrates with practice management to meet the unique financial needs of law firms.	Cash Flow Challenges When cash isn’t coming in, it can be difficult to make purchases or pay bills. Mixing personal and business finances complicates reconciliations and results in higher personal credit utilization.

The Financial Reality for Law Firms

55

%

of firms report expense tracking as a challenge.

57

%

of firms struggle with reimbursable expense collection.

61

%

of firms cite accounting as a challenge.

I love this. This is the best thing ever. This is going to save so much time for my staff

Emily McFarling / Managing Partner, McFarling Law

Integrated Spend Management. Total Financial Clarity.

Seamless spend management for law firms, built right into MyCase’s platform—where you already handle your cases, billing, and business operations.

Spend Management Software Built for Law Firms

Lawyers have spoken—we listened. MyCase Smart Spend delivers exactly what law firms need: a smarter way to track expenses, manage budgets, and simplify client billing.

Track and Bill Expenses with Ease

Ensure every reimbursable expense is accounted for—no more losing revenue to unbilled client costs.

Automate expense tracking for case expenses like transcripts, depositions, and court filing fees
Link expenses and receipts directly to client cases
Add case expenses automatically to invoices for seamless billing

Know Exactly What’s Being Spent

Stay in control of your firm’s finances with real-time expense insights and reporting.

Know exactly what’s being spent at any point in time
Track purchases by card from a comprehensive spend dashboard
Avoid end-of-month surprises with full visibility into firm spend

Free Yourself from Manual Expense Reconciliations

Ditch the piles of receipts with automated receipt tracking and case linking.

Link expense details to cases at time of purchase
Every time the card is used, there’s one less expense to reconcile
Simplify accounting and bookkeeping with automated expense reporting

Get Peace of Mind with Smart Spending Controls

Reduce financial risk by managing firm spend before it happens.

Set spending limits by card to prevent overspending
Instantly pause or lock cards when misplaced or misused
Assign virtual or physical cards to staff for controlled purchasing

Card details: Spending limit, nickname, and type

Take Charge of Your Firm’s Expenses with Spend Management for Law Firms

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Legal Spend Management Software FAQs

Enjoy these additional benefits:

$0 annual fee
Smart Spend software is free
Bonus Cash Rewards Offer.
$500 statement credit when you spend $7,000 on your card within the first 90 days of account opening.**
Save on Business Expenses with Visa SavingsEdge^⨥
- Free to enroll
- Shop at participating merchants
- Save automatically on qualifying purchases
- Cashback offers and Instant Coupons merchants

The LawPay Visa® Business Card is issued by Emprise Bank, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A., Inc.

* Smart Spend is provided by AffiniPay. Emprise Bank is not affiliated with and does not endorse or promote Smart Spend. All questions or concerns should be directed to AffiniPay at 844-335-3373 or lawpaycard@support.lawpay.com.

** Bonus Cash Rewards Offer. You will qualify for a $500 statement credit if you use your LawPay Visa® Business Card account to make any combination of purchase transactions totaling at least $7,000 (excluding any interest or fees) that post to your account within 90 calendar days of the account activation date. Returns, credits, and adjustments to this card will be deducted from purchases, even if this card was not the original payment method. Cash Advances, Balance Transfers, traveler’s checks, foreign currency, money orders or wire transfers, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers, or similar betting transactions, and pending, unauthorized, or fraudulent charges are not considered purchases and do not apply for purposes of this offer. Limit 1 bonus cash rewards offer per new account. This one-time promotion is limited to new customers opening a new account in response to this offer and will not apply to requests to convert existing accounts or for existing customers who already have an account. Your account must be open and in good standing in order to receive this offer. If you qualify, your statement credit will be posted to your account within ninety (90) calendar days after you earn it. The value of this reward may constitute taxable income to you. You may be issued an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 (or other appropriate form) that reflects the value of such reward. Please consult your tax advisor, as neither we, nor our affiliates or service providers, provide tax advice. Additional terms and conditions may apply. This offer is subject to change at any time.

Emprise Bank does not promote or endorse this offer. For any questions regarding this offer, please contact 1-844-335-3373 or lawpaycard@support.lawpay.com.

⨥ Discounts provided as credits on future account statements. ⨥ Visa SavingsEdge is a Small Business loyalty and discount program offered by Visa U.S.A. Inc. to eligible businesses and their authorized cardholders that hold an eligible Visa Business card. Visa Small Business cardholders can receive savings through two types of discount offers: Instant Coupons and Cashback. With Instant Coupons cardholders may receive a discount at the time of purchase by using an applicable coupon code or link from a participating merchant. A linked card is not required for cardholders to use Instant Coupons. With Cashback offers, cardholders must link (enroll) their eligible card in the program and use their linked card to make qualifying purchases of goods or services pursuant to an active cashback offer provided by a participating merchant, and that transaction must be processed or submitted through the Visa payment system (a “Qualifying Purchase”). Visa may modify, restrict, limit or change the program in any way and at any time. Visa reserves the right at any time to cancel the program. Visa also reserves the right to suspend or cancel any cardholder’s participation in the program. Cardholders will only receive discounts for qualifying purchases that are in full compliance with the terms of the applicable discount offer. Discount offers may be subject to additional terms and conditions. Discount offers may be removed from the program at any time and are subject to availability. Discount offers are also subject to any applicable law or regulation that may restrict or prohibit certain sales. Discounts will not appear on a cardholder’s receipt at the point of sale. For Cashback offers, discounts are provided in the form of credits posted to the cardholder’s applicable Visa Business card account. Please visit www.visasavingsedge.com for complete details on the program, including the program terms and conditions.