Delayed and Deficient Partial Payment Remittance Procedures

$10,000-$100,000 annually in commission disputes; unreconciled collections lead to billing disagreements; collection agencies may pursue redundant collection efforts due to information gaps • $10,000-$75,000 annually per law firm in attorney/paralegal labor (5-15 hours/month on payment reconciliation); billing disputes with clients over partial payment crediting; potential sanctions if case status incorrectly tracked • $100,000-$750,000 annually in deferred state cash flow; audit findings show 20% of partial payments tested had priority distribution errors

Attorneys contact court records multiple times to confirm partial payment status; manual follow-up via phone/email; attorneys maintain separate payment tracking spreadsheets to reconcile against court records • Collection agencies track collections in their own systems; court clerk manually verifies what was collected via phone/email; discrepancies take weeks to reconcile; no real-time visibility into collected vs. remitted amounts • Collections Officer manually tracks agency payments in separate Excel file; no automated reconciliation of collected vs. remitted amounts; WhatsApp/email communication for payment status queries