Collection Agency for Law Firms
Commercial collections for law firms billing business clients. We recover unpaid legal fees and aged receivables so your attorneys can stay on billable work instead of chasing invoices.
- No recovery, no fee: contingency pricing
- Free 20-minute call to review the account and the paperwork
- Clear read on what's likely recoverable
- No obligation, no scripted dialer
Prefer the phone? 763-373-0600
RecoverMax is a member of the Commercial Receivers Association. We work to the standards of the commercial receivables industry, not just our own policy, with accountability on conduct, compliance, and how every account gets handled.
Minnesota collection agency license #40996825
“RecoverMax stepped in and handled the matter with a high degree of professionalism, consistency, and integrity.”
“They integrated seamlessly with our team and helped us stabilize cash flow during a tough quarter.”
“Trustworthy partners in a sensitive distressed portfolio. They brought structure and clear communication.”
Who calls us in.
- Managing partners
- Firm administrators
- Billing and A/R managers
- Law firm CFOs and controllers
How law firms engagements actually work.
Every engagement starts with a real conversation about your portfolio. No automated triage, no template responses.
Law firm receivables have a timing problem built in. Fees are earned month after month, but a business client often decides whether to pay once the matter ends, and that is exactly when their reasons to pay drop away. A win feels like it should have cost less. A loss feels like it shouldn't be paid at all. Either way, the firm has already carried the time, the staff, and the costs.
The usual fix is to have the billing partner call the client, which is the most expensive collector a firm can use. Every hour spent chasing an old invoice is an hour not billed, and the conversation puts strain on a relationship the attorney may need for the next matter. RecoverMax takes that work off the attorney's desk. We work the account with the company's accounts payable and finance contacts, document what was agreed in the engagement letter, and press for a firm payment date.
Discretion matters more here than in most industries. We work from the engagement letter, the invoices, and the payment history, and we don't need privileged details about the matter to recover the fee. Your firm decides what is shared and when an account goes to collections, so our work stays inside the obligations your firm already follows.
When law firms is the right call.
A few signals that suggest this engagement model fits. If most of these are true, we should talk.
- 01
A business client stopped paying once the matter closed
- 02
Invoices are past 90 days and the billing partner has already called
- 03
A client disputes the bill after the work was delivered
- 04
Write-offs on unpaid fees are eating into realization
From stuck to cash in four moves.
Diagnose
We review your aging, account documentation, and prior efforts to identify where recoverability is genuinely at risk.
Stabilize
Structured outreach replaces stalled internal follow-up. Accounts start moving again under disciplined cadence.
Resolve
Negotiated settlements, payment plans, or escalation paths, chosen to protect customer relationships where possible.
Report
Transparent updates on what recovered, what is still in motion, and what we recommend doing differently next time.
Common questions about law firms.
Pulled straight from the conversations we have with finance leaders most weeks. If your question isn't here, reach out and we'll answer it directly.
Yes. Law firms regularly place unpaid fee accounts with outside collection agencies. The firm keeps its own professional obligations, including client confidentiality, so the right agency works from the billing records and engagement terms and does not need details about the underlying matter. Your firm decides what to share.
No. RecoverMax is a commercial collection agency. We collect from businesses, so this service is for fees owed by corporate and business clients, not individuals.
Handled well, it often protects it. When an outside firm handles the balance, the attorney can stay out of the money conversation and keep the working relationship clean. Our outreach goes to accounts payable and finance, it stays professional, and many accounts resolve with a payment plan instead of a fight.
Fee disputes are the most common reason legal invoices stall. We work from what the engagement letter says and what was actually invoiced, separate a real dispute from a reason not to pay, and push the account toward a resolution, whether that is payment in full, a structured plan, or a documented position your firm can act on.
Once an invoice is past 90 days and the client has stopped committing to a payment date. The longer a fee sits after the matter closes, the harder it gets to collect, so earlier placement recovers more.
Recovery work is typically contingency-based: we earn a percentage of what we collect, and nothing if we recover nothing. You only pay when the firm gets paid.
Often paired with this work.
Third Party Recovery
A commercial debt collection partner for businesses with overdue B2B accounts. We help companies recover aging commercial receivables, improve cash flow, and move stalled accounts toward resolution without burning customer relationships.
Learn more →A/R Collection Services
Outsourced accounts receivable collection that recovers overdue B2B invoices and reduces aging without adding headcount. We work your stalled accounts receivable toward payment while protecting the customer relationships you want to keep.
Learn more →Pre-Collection
Resolve unpaid invoices earlier with commercial collections support that improves cash flow and acts before accounts need formal recovery.
Learn more →Move forward on law firms.
Tell us what's stuck. We'll give you a realistic read on what's recoverable, what isn't, and the right next step.