Debt type: Legal Fees
Unpaid fees collected without a bar complaint.
Law firms carry significant unpaid fees and hesitate to pursue them because collection can trigger fee disputes and ethics complaints. HL Hunt handles client receivables with professional outreach, plan options, dispute routing, and awareness of bar rules governing client communication.
- Free plan, no credit card
- FDCPA, TCPA & Reg F enforced
- Outreach live in under an hour
- Commission only on recoveries
- +28%
- Aged fee recovery
- Bar
- Rule awareness for client communications
- Plans
- Offered before any escalation
- Disputes
- Routed to fee arbitration workflows
How HL Hunt collects legal fees
Professional client outreach
Reminders with invoice detail and pay links in a tone consistent with your firm's relationship with clients.
Plan options
Installment plans for larger balances presented clearly, with autopay and receipts.
Dispute handling
Fee disputes captured and routed to your fee arbitration or review process, with outreach paused.
Bar rule awareness
Communication practices aligned with ethics rules on client contact, confidentiality, and withdrawal notice.
Retainer replenishment
Evergreen retainer reminders and replenishment requests automated for active matters.
Practice management integration
Connect billing and practice management systems for placement and posting.
Start recovering legal fees today.
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and compliant AI outreach starts within the hour. No credit card, no contract.
How it works
- 01
Place accounts
Upload a CSV, connect your system, or push legal fees through the API with balances, itemization, and consent data.
- 02
AI runs the right strategy
Collectability scoring sets intensity, the waterfall picks channels, and every contact is checked against the rules that apply to this debt type.
- 03
Resolve and sync
Payments, plans, disputes, and status updates flow back to your system in real time with full audit trails.
The debt lawyers are most reluctant to collect
Law firms write off large amounts of earned fees because pursuing them feels risky. Aggressive collection can prompt a fee dispute, a malpractice counterclaim, or a bar complaint. Partners do not want to make the calls, and handing client relationships to an agency feels wrong. So invoices age, and eventually they are written off.
HL Hunt provides a professional, low-risk process. Clients receive clear reminders with invoice detail and a payment link, in a tone consistent with your firm. Plan options are offered for larger balances. If a client disputes a fee, outreach pauses and the matter routes to your review or fee arbitration process rather than escalating. Confidentiality is maintained: communications reference invoices and amounts, not matter details.
For active matters, evergreen retainer reminders and replenishment requests run automatically, preventing receivables from building in the first place.
What changes
HL Hunt vs the traditional approach
| HL Hunt | Traditional collections | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Fees rules | Type-specific laws, itemization, and strategy applied automatically | One generic workflow for every debt |
| Who does the work | AI contacts, converses, negotiates, and collects; humans handle exceptions | Agents on a dialer working whatever fits in the day |
| Compliance | Every contact checked against FDCPA, TCPA, Reg F, and state law before it happens | Training, scripts, and audits after the fact |
| Channels | SMS, email, AI voice, letters, and a self-service portal chosen per debtor | Phone calls and letters on a fixed schedule |
| Coverage | Every account worked, including small balances | Large balances worked; the rest ages out |
| Visibility | Every message, transcript, promise, and payment live in your dashboard | A monthly PDF report |
| Cost | Free to $649 a month plus 3% to 26% commission; Enterprise custom | 25% to 50% contingency, or seats plus modules plus services |
Pricing
Start free. Pay only on what you recover.
Legal Fees is included on every plan. Start at $0 a month with 50 active collections, and move up as your portfolio grows. Commission falls from 26% on Free to 3% on Enterprise, and it is charged only on money actually recovered.
Enterprise: unlimited collections, seats, SMS, voice, and email with a 3% commission, SOC 2 reports, DPA, and dedicated support.
- $0
- Free
- $149
- Basic, per month
- $349
- Growth, per month
- $649
- Scale, per month
50 active collections · 26% commission · 1 seat
250 active collections · 15% commission · 3 seats
1,000 active collections · 10% commission · 10 seats
5,000 active collections · 6.5% commission · 25 seats
Everything included
One platform covers all of it
Legal Fees is one part of the platform. Every HL Hunt plan, from Free to Enterprise, includes the full collections stack, so you never bolt on a second vendor as your portfolio grows.
- AI outreach engineRight channel, right time, right words for every debtor.Learn more
- SMS, email & lettersEvery channel, orchestrated per account.Learn more
- AI voice agentCompliant calls that take payments and hand off.Learn more
- AI payment plansAffordability-based plans negotiated automatically.Learn more
- Payments & portalCard, ACH, and wallets with a self-service portal.Learn more
- Compliance engineFDCPA, TCPA, Reg F, and 50 states, on every contact.Learn more
- Disputes & validationNotices, disputes, and cease requests handled.Learn more
- Recovery analyticsLive liquidation, channel, and cohort reporting.Learn more
- API, CSV & MCP serverConnect your LOS, billing, or let your agent do it.Learn more
Get started
Go live with Legal Fees today
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and AI outreach begins within the hour. No credit card, no contract, no implementation project. Here is what to have ready.
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- 01A CSV or system export of delinquent accounts: name, contact details, balance, and itemization
- 02Consent and contact-preference data you hold for phone numbers and email addresses
- 03Your legal entity, any collection licenses you hold, and the states you collect in
- 04Brand assets and tone preferences for outreach in your name
- 05Settlement authority and payment plan rules you want the AI to follow
Legal Fees FAQ
Is it ethical to use an automated system to collect legal fees?
Yes, provided communications comply with your jurisdiction's rules on client communication and confidentiality. HL Hunt keeps messages limited to billing information and lets you review templates against your bar's rules.
What happens if a client disputes a fee?
Outreach pauses, the dispute is logged, and the matter routes to your fee review or mandatory arbitration process per your state bar.
Can HL Hunt send retainer replenishment requests?
Yes. Evergreen retainer thresholds trigger reminders and replenishment links automatically.
Does the FDCPA apply to legal fee collections?
When a firm collects its own fees, generally no, though state rules may apply. Fees owed by individuals for personal matters may carry consumer protections, which the compliance engine applies.
Still have questions?
Talk to a collections specialist, or start free and see the platform for yourself.
Start recovering more today.
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and compliant AI outreach begins within the hour. Pay commission only on what you recover.