Main Accounting Services LLC

06/09/2026

Here’s a real quick breakdown on the metrics all law firms need to know.

06/04/2026

Running a law firm means making big decisions: when to hire, how much to pay yourself, when to grow. 📈

CFO services give you the forward-looking picture to make those calls with confidence, using budgets, cash flow forecasts, and scenario planning built on your real numbers.

We broke it all down in our latest blog. 👇

https://mainaccounting.com/what-are-cfo-services-for-a-law-firm/

Your Trust Matters! 💙

CFO services for a law firm give the owner forward-looking financial guidance built on the firm's actual numbers, including a working budget, regular cash flow forecasts, and scenario planning that informs hiring, distributions, and growth decisions.

06/02/2026

What does it really take to run and grow an accounting firm today? 🎙️

Our founder Angela Roberts joined The Modern Firm podcast to talk cash flow, growth, and how AI is changing the profession. One line we loved: "Anybody can count the beans. The value is in analyzing them."

It is a great listen for any business owner who wants more clarity on their numbers. 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAvlx4o5_4

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Angela Roberts, founder of Maine Accounting Services, joins me to t...

05/28/2026

Big thanks to Financial Cents for featuring our founder Angela Roberts in their customer story collection! 🎉

In the piece, Angela shares how Main Accounting Services uses Financial Cents to track team capacity, manage time against client fees, and get a clearer view of profitability across our growing roster of law firm clients.

It's a behind-the-scenes look at how we run the firm so we can show up well for yours. 👇

👉 https://financial-cents.com/resources/customer-stories/angela-main-roberts/

Your Trust Matters! 💚

Angela Main Roberts founded Main Accounting Services to give law firm owners the peace of mind of knowing that their accounting processes comply with state bar regulations.

05/26/2026

Meet the team! 👋

We are a fully virtual, U.S.-based team of degreed accountants who work with law firms exclusively across 30+ states. From trust accounting to CFO-level guidance, every law firm we serve is backed by a team that understands what it takes to run a practice.

Get to know the people behind your accounting: 👇

👉 https://mainaccounting.com/the-main-accounting-team/

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Our Bookkeeping and Accounting Team, with over 100 years of combined experience, offers your law firm the best services to keep your books on track.

05/21/2026

"I had to cap it and say, 'We can't take any more clients because I don't have any more of me.'" 💭

That was the turning point for our founder Angela Roberts when she realized Main Accounting couldn't grow past her own capacity.

On the Self-Made Is a Myth podcast, Angela opens up about the early years of building this firm: hiring up before she felt ready, the personal cost of working every weekend, niching down to law firms, and the mindset shift that changed everything.

If you're an owner who has ever hit a growth ceiling, this one is for you. 👇

👉 https://mainaccounting.com/lessons-in-accounting-for-law-firms/

Your Trust Matters! 💚

Angela Roberts, founder and CEO of Main Accounting Services, built a law firm accounting firm from the ground up while working every client file, fielding every referral, and wearing every hat. The lessons she learned along the way are ones many business owners recognize, even if they have never sai...

05/19/2026

Bookkeeping tells you what already happened. CFO services help you decide what to do next. 📊

If you're planning a hire, considering a new office, or wondering why profit on paper doesn't match the money in your operating account, this blog is for you.

We break down what CFO services actually look like for a law firm and what's inside our Future Package, built for small to mega firms who want forward-looking financial guidance.

👉 https://mainaccounting.com/what-are-cfo-services-for-a-law-firm/

Your Trust Matters! 💚

CFO services for a law firm give the owner forward-looking financial guidance built on the firm's actual numbers, including a working budget, regular cash flow forecasts, and scenario planning that informs hiring, distributions, and growth decisions.

05/14/2026

Our founder Angela Roberts recently sat down with business coach Tim Camell on the Self-Made Is a Myth podcast - and the conversation covers territory most accounting firm owners don't talk about publicly.

She shares what the early years of building Main Accounting Services actually looked like: doing all the client work herself, hitting a growth ceiling because there was no more of her to give, and making the decision to hire a higher-level "right arm" before she felt ready. That hire is now the firm's COO.

She also gets into what it cost her personally during that season, how niching down to law firms exclusively changed everything, and where she is now as a CEO - stepping out of team meetings, building internal procedures, and protecting time to think and plan instead of just execute.

If you run a service business and you've ever felt like the bottleneck in your own company, this one is worth 28 minutes of your time.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vci1Kt9nJO0

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Trying to grow your business, but still doing all the client work yourself?This is what the Messy Middle looks like when referrals are coming in, but the own...

05/12/2026

If you're only looking at your salary to evaluate what your law firm pays you, you're missing a significant portion of the picture.

Owner benefits represent the total financial value you receive from running your practice - salary, draws, health insurance premiums, retirement contributions, distributions, estimated tax payments, vehicle expenses, technology. When you add it all together and express it as a percentage of firm revenue, you have a much clearer view of what ownership is actually providing you.

This matters for more than just awareness. A complete owner benefit analysis informs business valuation, compensation benchmarking, tax planning, and retirement readiness. And tracking it monthly - not just at year-end - lets you spot trends and make adjustments before they compound.

If you've never run this analysis, it's worth starting.

Read more: https://mainaccounting.com/understanding-owner-benefits-the-true-value-of-running-your-law-firm/

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law firm owner benefits is a very important topic for your firm to understand. Dig into the details in this blog

05/07/2026

Most law firm owners know their way around a profit and loss statement. The balance sheet is a different story.

If you've ever opened it, felt a wave of confusion, and quietly closed the tab - you're not alone. But this report deserves your attention. While your P&L tells you how your firm performed last month, your balance sheet tells you where your firm stands right now. What you own, what you owe, and what's left.

For law firms specifically, there's an added layer: trust account balances appear as assets on the balance sheet - but they're paired with a matching liability because those funds belong to your clients, not you. If those two numbers don't match, you have a reconciliation issue that needs attention.

Our latest post breaks down the balance sheet section by section - assets, liabilities, and owner's equity - with specific context for law firm owners.

Read more: https://mainaccounting.com/how-to-read-your-law-firms-balance-sheet/

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Your law firm's balance sheet will tell you if your firm is financially stable and if you're building something of lasting value.