The Centerbase Blog.
Find legal technology and law practice management insights, education, trends, and actionable takeaways to advance your firm.

August 24, 2026
Centerbase and Scan Logic Partner to Deepen Financial Strength for Midsize Law Firms
A new integration with Scan Logic brings AI-powered e-billing and OCG compliance into the Centerbase platform.
July 24, 2026
Get the Answers You Need, the Moment You Need Them: Meet AI Assist From Centerbase
Running a firm can sometimes feel like your answering a hundred small questions that come up over the course of a day. These questions shouldn't be difficult to answer, but they can slow you down, especially when the answer might mean sending an email or leaving a voicemail and waiting for a reply. That's the gap AI Assist is here to close.
July 23, 2026
AI Ethics Is Already Here
Most firms already use AI. Far fewer can prove how the work got done. That distance between using AI and governing it is where your professional exposure is. This is not simply a technology problem, although the right technology can help. It is, however, a leadership decision about how your firm operates.
July 14, 2026
The Revenue Loop Most Mid-Law Firms Haven't Closed Yet
You've automated how the bill goes out. Here's the half of the loop nobody automated: how the money comes back. Most managing partners can tell you, almost to the day, how long it takes their firm to get a bill out the door. Pre-billing, partner review, finalization: that part of […]

July 13, 2026
The Hours You’re Not Billing: Why Even Your Best Timekeepers Leave Money on the Table
The busiest attorneys lose the most time, not because they’re careless, but because reconstructing a day from memory never quite works. Firms using Billables AI capture 10–30% more billable time, and accurate records drive insights around firm profitability. Ask any managing partner who their best timekeepers are and they’ll name […]

July 9, 2026
AI Is a Competitive Advantage for Law Firms.
Secure by design, reliable by architecture, and built for the business of law this is what Centerbase IQ is delivering. The conversation about artificial intelligence in law firms has moved. It is no longer a question of if your firm will use AI. Here is what the data is telling us: attorneys at law firms across […]

June 16, 2026
From System of Record to System of Action: How Extending the Fintech Layer Further Powers the Centerbase Platform for Midsize Law
Running a law firm is running a business, but the financial side of that business still looks surprisingly analog. Checks get printed and signed by hand, invoice details get keyed in twice, and payments get tracked in spreadsheets. These are the kind of manual tasks that lower efficiency: hours lost […]

June 15, 2026
Webinar Recap: Closing the Loop on Law Firm Accounts Payable with Centerbase and AvidXchange
Webinar: Centerbase and AvidXchange Integration In this on-demand session, we walk through the new AvidXchange integration built natively into Centerbase’s Vendor Pay module and demo the full workflow live. You'll see how AP automation works for the way law firms actually operate: selecting vendor bills, choosing payment preferences, validating with AvidXchange, and tracking everything in the Vendor […]

May 19, 2026
Centerbase Brings Embedded Accounts Payable Automation to Midsize Law Firms Through Partnership with AvidXchange
The partnership gives law firms a fully managed accounts payable automation solution built directly into Centerbase, eliminating manual payment workflows without leaving the platform they already use to run their practice. DALLAS, TEXAS, May 19, 2026. Centerbase, the operating platform purpose-built for midsize law firms, today announced a partnership with […]

May 18, 2026
The Billing Problem You Inherited Has a Fix.
Multi-Payor Billing is live in Centerbase. Here's what it means for your firm — and why it matters at the partner level. There's a version of this conversation that happens in law firms everywhere. A managing partner discusses with the billing director how to improve the process for multi-payor matters, […]

May 18, 2026
7 Billing Tasks Your Team Stops Doing the Day You Activate Payments
If your firm is already on Centerbase for practice management but still running collections through a separate payments tool, there's a quiet cost to that setup. It doesn't show up on an invoice. It shows up in the reconciliation steps your team runs at month end. It shows up in […]

May 18, 2026
From Manual to Manageable: How Multi-Payor Billing Transforms the Way Law Firms Handle Complex Matters
There's a particular kind of frustration that billing professionals at law firms know well. It's the moment you open a multi-payor matter and realize you're about to spend the next hour doing something that should take five minutes. You've got one matter. Three payors. An insurance carrier at 60%, a […]

May 18, 2026
5 Ways Multi-Payor Billing Can Help Your Law Firm Work Smarter
If your law firm handles insurance defense, co-defendant matters, or any case where more than one party shares financial responsibility for fees, you've probably built a system for managing it. Maybe it's a spreadsheet that lives alongside every multi-payor matter. Maybe it's a manual allocation process your billing manager runs […]

May 7, 2026
Understanding Managed Services Organizations: Why MSOs Are Gaining Momentum in Legal
Law firms are under more pressure than ever to operate like modern businesses while still preserving the professional and regulatory structure that makes the legal industry unique. That tension is one reason Managed Services Organizations, or MSOs, are drawing so much attention right now. In a recent webinar, Cecy Graf, Co-Founder & […]

May 5, 2026
Your Multi-Payor Billing Headache? Yep, We Solved That.
Multi-Payor Billing is now live in Centerbase. You can now add multiple payors directly to a single matter. You assign each payor a percentage of the bill, designate a remainder payor to handle any rounding, and that's it. When you generate an invoice, Centerbase automatically routes the right amount to […]

April 13, 2026
Stop Waiting for Reports. Start Getting Answers with Centerbase IQ™
Centerbase IQ™ brings natural language business intelligence directly to law firm leaders. No report requests, no waiting, no guesswork. Dallas, TX, April 13, 2026 — If you've ever needed to know how your firm was really performing: collection rates by practice group, which attorneys have WIP aging past 60 days, […]

April 13, 2026
Centerbase IQ Delivers Citation-Backed Financial and Operational Answers to Law Firms
Centerbase IQ brings managing partners and firm administrators fast, citation-backed, natural language intelligence drawn from their firm’s own billing, financial, matter, and productivity data, without building reports or administrator support. Dallas, TX, April 13, 2026 — Centerbase, a leading legal operating platform built for midsize law firms, today announced Centerbase […]

April 7, 2026
Centerbase and Billables AI Give Midsize Law Firms Automated Time Capture and Actionable Practice Intelligence
The integration pairs Centerbase’s matter data, billing workflows, and operational intelligence with Billables AI’s automated time capture, giving midsize firms a stronger data foundation and the AI-powered reporting to make better decisions on profitability, timekeeper performance, and firm growth. Dallas, TX, April 7, 2026 — Centerbase, the operating platform purpose-built […]

March 23, 2026
Centerbase Launches First Native ndMAX Integration, Connecting Practice Management Data with AI-Powered Document Workflows
The new Centerbase + NetDocuments integration links a firm’s practice management data directly to its document AI, automating matter workflows, eliminating manual data entry, and giving midsize law firms the governed AI foundation they need to deliver more with the same team. Dallas, TX, March 24, 2026 — Centerbase, the […]

March 19, 2026
Legal Project Management Playbook: Scope to Review
You scope a matter, assign the team, and start work. Then month-end arrives, and the budget has blown up. Scope creep surfaced too late, and time entries trickled in after the fact. Now you're writing down hours you can't defend to the client. Legal project management gives you a matter-by-matter […]

February 18, 2026
10 Lawyer Tax Deductions to Claim in 2026
Tax season is stressful when your expenses are scattered across receipts, cards, and spreadsheets. Small mistakes can add up fast. You might miss deductions you earned or claim something you cannot support. What counts as a real business expense? Which costs are off-limits? Knowing the rules about lawyer tax deductions […]

February 16, 2026
What Does It Mean to Make Partner at a Law Firm? A Guide
You've probably heard lawyers talk about "making partner" as if it's the holy grail of a legal career, but few ever explain exactly what that means. What does it mean to make partner at a law firm, and why do so many attorneys chase this title? If you've ever wondered […]

January 19, 2026
QuickBooks for Lawyers: What Law Firms Need To Know
Managing your firm's finances should not feel harder than practicing law. Many attorneys still struggle with billing, bookkeeping, and trust account rules. Retainers create extra steps. Matter-based billing adds more detail to track. Trust requirements leave little room for mistakes. Small gaps can turn into big problems. QuickBooks is a […]

December 16, 2025
Cloud Computing for Law Firms: Exploring the Cloud Shift
Law firms of all sizes are embracing cloud computing to streamline operations, reduce IT costs, and keep pace with modern client expectations. Driven by hybrid work, rising security demands, and pressure to operate more efficiently, cloud adoption has shifted from a forward-thinking experiment to a foundational component of what it […]