The Accounting Firm Built for Law Firms.
Founded and led by an attorney and CPA, we proudly provide financial clarity, compliance, and strategic support to law firms and their leaders.
We understand law firms, we understand accounting, we speak your language.
We help legal professionals and firm owners navigate trust accounting, compliance, and day-to-day financial management with complete confidence. We won’t just manage your books, we’ll strengthen your firm’s foundation.
Here’s how we do it:
Benefit from meticulous trust accounting: no gray areas, no general advice.
Carefully tracking the movement of all your firm’s cash inflows and outflows helps you stay solvent, ensuring you’re not just profitable on paper. It’s also essential for compliance with state bar rules and avoiding ethical violations.
From partner compensation to profitability forecasting, we’ll support and plan out your long-term success.
Payroll & compensation We’ll handle complex pay structures and partner draws with absolute precision.
We’ll oversee organized, timely payments without disrupting cash flow.
You’ll get crystal-clear reporting, reconciliations, and recordkeeping tailored to your firm’s legal operations.
Benefit from meticulous trust accounting: no gray areas, no general advice.
When you’re a legal professional, precision in your expertise is non-negotiable. We think your accountant should have this too.
Explore our law-focused accounting services in more detail here.
I’m Knight Lancaster
I’ve been on both sides of the legal and financial desk, as a practicing attorney and as a CPA. It means I speak your language, understand your obligations, and anticipate the pitfalls that generalist accountants can miss.
Why law firms choose Lancaster CPA
Our clients benefit from a CPA who sits confidently at the intersection of financial accuracy and legal insight.
That’s why firm leaders across the U.S. trust us with what matters most: compliance, accuracy, and strategic clarity.
Adding Knight’s services to our operations has been tremendously helpful in streamlining our accounting, bookkeeping, and financial functions. Further, having Knight as a resource has been extremely valuable for strategic planning regarding big-picture financial outlook decisions as well as streamlining day-to-day business and accounting functions. The accuracy of Knight’s and his team’s work has been outstanding and is a huge improvement over our previous “DIY” approach. Knight has enabled us to focus more on the legal work we want to be doing and essentially outsourcing what used to be accounting and financial headaches.
Paul Zimmer
Managing Partner of Zimmer & Rens LLC (8-Attorney Firm)
At Lancaster, knowledge is power in more ways than one.
Get the go-to guide for managing your firm’s financial health, written specifically for attorneys. You’ll gain practical advice to help you make better business decisions.
Inside, you’ll learn:
- How to avoid common trust account mistakes
- What your accountant should be doing but probably isn’t
- Financial red flags and what to do about them
Download the free guide: Law Firm Financials for Attorneys, By Attorneys
Compliance is a must. So is profitability.
Let’s talk.
Choosing a financial partner is a big decision. But if you’re looking for someone who understands legal operations and numbers with equal fluency, we should talk.
We’ll discuss where your firm stands and where you want to go.