About LawPay
Overview
LawPay is a payment processing solution designed for law firms, solo attorneys, and other legal professionals. It enables firms to accept credit card, debit card, and eCheck payments while preserving the separation between operating funds and client trust funds (IOLTA) required by state bar associations and ABA Model Rule 1.15. The platform offers branded payment pages, shareable payment links, recurring billing, and integrations with legal practice management tools such as Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, Smokeball, and Rocket Matter.
Parent Company
LawPay is a product of AffiniPay, an Austin, Texas software company founded in 2005 by Amy Porter. In August 2025, AffiniPay rebranded its corporate identity as 8am to reflect its expansion into a broader suite of professional-services products that also includes MyCase, CASEpeer, Docketwise, CPACharge, and ClientPay. LawPay continues to operate under its own brand within the 8am portfolio.
Trust Account Compliance
LawPay routes processing fees to a firm’s operating account rather than its trust account, so the full client payment lands in trust. The company maintains PCI DSS Level 1 certification, the highest tier defined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
Pricing
Processing Rates
LawPay charges 2.99% plus $0.30 per transaction for Visa, Mastercard, and Discover, and 3.90% plus $0.30 per transaction for American Express, as published on the company’s pricing page. eCheck/ACH transactions are billed at 1% with a $10 cap per transaction. Foreign-issued cards carry an additional 1.75% surcharge on top of the standard card rates.
Subscription Tiers
LawPay Classic is offered at $19 per month for unlimited users with payment processing only. LawPay Pro adds practice management, time tracking, and billing features and is priced per user, listed at $19 per user per month on the annual plan or $29 per user per month on the monthly plan. Firms processing more than $50,000 per month are directed to LawPay’s sales team for custom pricing.
Other Fees
A $4.99 monthly pass-through allocation fee is applied to each account. LawPay does not publish an early termination fee on its consumer-facing pricing page. Chargeback fees and any additional gateway or hardware costs are quoted at signup based on the firm’s configuration.
Contact
Ownership/Leadership: Dru Armstrong (CEO, 8am/AffiniPay)
Address: 3700 N Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78746
Phone: 866-730-4140
Website:lawpay.com
Recent User Reviews
As a user of lawpay for a few years now, I realize they do NOT have my back at all. I will look for another merchant account company. When a customer does a chargeback, I should be notified every step of the way. And when I provide proof of services provided, LawPay and their underwriter should NOT be granting chargebacks.
I am a solo attorney in Phoenix, and recently had misinformation from LawPay when I was changing from one bank account for my LawPay payments to a new bank account at the same bank. As a result of this misinformation, I now have several thousands of dollors in banking limbo, and all LawPay states is as soon as the bank that they sent the funds to rejects the same because the account LawPay sent them to does not exist, LawPay will send them to the correct account.
For some reason, I do not have much confidence that this will happen soon.
I am a consumer. I paid my first $1300 installment to my attorney and was charged an an administrative fee by LawPay of 29.99. I will definitely will find another method of payment.