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Your Firm Has Data.
But Does It Have Clarity?

Your practice management software tells you what happened yesterday. Firehawk Legal tells you how to win tomorrow. We turn your matter and billing data into a high-performance engine — built for managing partners, team leads, and fee earners alike.

48 hours from connection to clarity. No lock-in. No contracts.

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One Platform. Every Stakeholder.

A Dashboard Built for Every Role

Whether you run the firm, manage a practice area, or bill client time — select your role and see exactly what Firehawk surfaces for you.

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Your Dashboard, Delivered to Your Inbox

On top of your live dashboard, Firehawk automatically pushes the metrics that matter straight to your inbox — no login required. Scheduled reports keep your whole firm across performance without anyone having to ask.

Weekly Billing Wrap

Every Monday at 7 am — a snapshot of WIP, billable hours, utilisation and your top 5 fee earners, pulled straight from your dashboard.

Partner Monthly Insight

1st of every month — a full P&L summary, gross profit, top fee earners and matter metrics, compiled automatically from your live data.

Role-filtered

Partners see the P&L. Team leads see utilisation. Each recipient gets only what's relevant to their role — no noise, no information overload.

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The Problem

Most Firms Are Drowning in Information Debt

Information Debt is the gap between the data you collect and the decisions you can actually make. Your practice management software records everything — but turns it into nothing actionable.

Every day you operate without clarity, you're leaving billable time on the table, missing WIP before it ages out, and making strategic calls based on gut feel instead of evidence.

01

Invisible WIP & Write-Offs

Billable time sits unrecorded and WIP ages without visibility. Write-offs are only discovered at billing — by then the revenue is already gone.

02

Fragmented Matter & Finance Data

Your practice management system and accounting platform live in separate silos. Nobody sees fee earner profitability, matter-level margin, or cash flow in one view.

03

Gut-Feel Resource Decisions

Hiring, capacity, and practice area investment made without a data foundation. Every strategic call is a gamble when you're flying blind on your own numbers.

Zero Cost. No Lock-in.

The Firehawk 48-Hour Blueprint

From your first conversation to live dashboards in 48 hours. Here's exactly what happens.

Day 0

Connect

We integrate directly with your practice management system — Smokeball or LEAP. No IT department required. Takes under an hour.

Day 0–1

Audit

We identify your Information Debt — exactly where unbilled time, WIP leakage, and write-offs are costing your firm revenue every month.

Day 1

Map

We build your reporting hierarchy: firm-wide P&L for the managing partner, utilisation dashboards for team leads, performance views for fee earners.

Day 2

Live

Your first dashboards are live. 48 hours from connection to clarity. You own the IP. No lock-in. No contracts holding you back.

Day 0

Connect

We integrate directly with your practice management system — Smokeball or LEAP. No IT department required. Takes under an hour.

Day 0–1

Audit

We identify your Information Debt — exactly where unbilled time, WIP leakage, and write-offs are costing your firm revenue every month.

Day 1

Map

We build your reporting hierarchy: firm-wide P&L for the managing partner, utilisation dashboards for team leads, performance views for fee earners.

Day 2

Live

Your first dashboards are live. 48 hours from connection to clarity. You own the IP. No lock-in. No contracts holding you back.

Direct Integrations

Connects to the tools you already use

Firehawk Legal pulls data directly from your practice management and accounting platforms. Automated daily sync. No manual exports.

Practice Management

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What Our Clients Say

Trusted by Legal Leaders

Real outcomes from firms that made the switch to data-driven decision making.

12 hrs

Average time saved per firm per week on manual reporting

48 hrs

From system connection to live dashboards — guaranteed

“We finally have visibility across every fee earner and every matter type in one place. Before Firehawk, end-of-month reporting was a two-day scramble. Now our managing partner has the P&L on their phone before 7am.”

S.H.

Practice Manager, Multi-partner Law Firm, NSW

The Metrics That Matter

What You're Flying Blind On Right Now

These are the 12 metrics most law firms aren't tracking — and the ones that separate high-performing practices from the rest.

01Utilisation

Fee Earner Utilisation Rate

Billable hours as a percentage of available hours per fee earner. Benchmark: 75–85% for high-performing firms.

Benchmark75–85% target
02Revenue

Revenue Per Fee Earner / Month

Total billed revenue divided by active fee earners. Tracks productivity, capacity, and billing consistency.

03Revenue

WIP (Work in Progress) Value

Total unbilled time recorded but not yet invoiced. Tracks revenue at risk and billing lag across all matters.

04Efficiency

Write-Off Rate

Percentage of billed time written off before or after invoicing. Benchmark: under 5% for well-managed firms.

BenchmarkUnder 5% target
05Utilisation

Average Billable Hours / Day

Mean billable hours recorded per fee earner per working day. Reveals individual and team-level billing consistency.

Benchmark6–7 hrs target
06Efficiency

Matter Throughput Rate

Matters opened versus matters closed per period. Identifies bottlenecks and pipeline health across practice areas.

07Revenue

Debtor Days (Average Collection Period)

Average days from invoice to payment. Benchmark: under 30 days. Tracks cash flow risk and collection efficiency.

BenchmarkUnder 30 days target
08Revenue

New Matter Acquisition Rate

New matters opened per month. Leading indicator for firm growth, marketing ROI, and referral network performance.

09Efficiency

Revenue by Practice Area

Revenue breakdown by practice area (litigation, conveyancing, family law, etc.). Identifies high-margin and underperforming areas.

10Revenue

Referral Conversion Rate

Percentage of referrals converting to active matters. Measures intake funnel efficiency and referral partner value.

11Efficiency

Overhead Cost Ratio

Non-fee-earner costs as a percentage of total revenue. Benchmark: 35–45% for well-run firms.

Benchmark35–45% target
12Revenue

Revenue Growth Rate (MoM)

Month-over-month revenue change across the firm. Healthy target: 3–5% MoM for scaling practices.

Benchmark3–5% MoM target

Transparent Pricing

Plans Built for Law Firms

Simple per-fee-earner pricing that scales with your headcount. Start with a free 30-day trial — no credit card required.

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Firehawk Legal Plus+

Ideal for boutique & small multi-partner firms

$16/fee earner/mo

Billed annually (ex GST)

  • 50+ legal-specific metrics
  • Only pay for active fee earners — scale up or down anytime
  • Connect any one Practice Management System (PMS)
  • Automated daily data sync
  • Fee earner utilisation & WIP tracking
  • Team hub with permission controls
  • Ticket-based support
  • Onboarding demonstration included
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Firehawk Legal Pro

Best for growing multi-partner & multi-office firms

$280/mo

Billed annually (ex GST)

  • Everything in Plus+
  • Unlimited fee earners — single fixed price
  • Single-tenant environment
  • Connect one PMS + accounting platform
  • Budget comparisons & variance tracking
  • Matter-level profitability reporting
  • Fee earner target setting & tracking
  • Trust account reconciliation visibility
  • Priority support (faster response SLA)
  • Onboarding demonstration included
💡 Flat rate beats per-fee-earner pricing at 18+ fee earners

Firehawk Legal Custom

For national firms & multi-office legal groups

Custom

Tailored to your organisation

  • Everything in Pro
  • Custom integrations (all PMS, accounting & bespoke data sources)
  • Bespoke data modelling for your organisation
  • Bespoke dashboard creations tailored to your firm
  • Incentive planning & monitoring for fee earners
  • Ticket-based support
  • Onboarding demonstration included
No lock-in contract
Cancel anytime

All plans include unlimited viewer access for your full team — no extra seat fees. Every partner, manager, and support staff member gets the visibility they need.

All data is hosted on Australian infrastructure and complies with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

Stop Managing by Gut Feel.

Book your free 15-minute Level-Up Call. We'll show you exactly where your firm is leaving revenue on the table — and map out your path to a data-driven Digital Moat.

FAQ

Questions? We Have Answers.

Everything you need to know before booking your Blueprint session.

Firehawk Legal integrates directly with Smokeball and LEAP. Data syncs automatically every day — no manual exports or CSV uploads required. Plus+ connects to one PMS, Pro adds an accounting platform, and Custom connects to all sources.

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Start Your 48-Hour Blueprint.

In two days, you'll have a complete tactical audit and strategic blueprint. No 6-month discovery. No billable hours for data cleaning. Just clarity.

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Day 1: Automated AI audit of your entire data estate.

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Day 2: Strategic blueprint with defensible architecture plan.

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Your data stays yours. Custom code we build is your IP.

48-Hour Blueprint
Your Data, Your IP
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