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Keep the settlement tied to the matter
Record the client, settlement amount, firm fees, costs, and every recipient in one matter-linked disbursement instead of rebuilding the story from bank memos and spreadsheets.
The matter settled. Now every check becomes your problem.
Employment settlements may have fewer medical lienholders than a typical PI matter. But client proceeds, attorney fees, costs, co-counsel, tax-sensitive allocations, and uncashed checks still need a clear payment record tied to the trust account.
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Demo call in which a new solo employment attorney connected both operating and IOLTA accounts while opening the firm.
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Supported payment choices: Quick Pay, Standard Pay, or a tracked paper check sent through Lob.
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Realized employment-law before-and-after outcomes claimed here. The evidence below is early-adopter experience.
What differs from PI
Fewer lien payments does not mean a simpler trust record.
A PI disbursement commonly centers on many medical providers and lienholders. An employment settlement can instead center on the claimant, attorney fees and costs, co-counsel, and settlement allocations that may need separate legal or tax handling outside Disbo.
Disbo does not provide tax advice or employment-law-specific compliance automation. Its role is narrower: preserve who was paid, how they were paid, which matter authorized the payment, what remains outstanding, and how the transaction connects to the firm's trust records.
Stop rebuilding the settlement after the money moves.
The payment and its matter context stay together from review through delivery and the trust-account record.
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Choose a payment rail for each recipient
Send Quick Pay or Standard Pay where electronic delivery fits. When a paper check is necessary, Disbo uses Lob to print and mail it with tracking.
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See what is still outstanding
Keep payment status beside the matter record so an uncashed check is a visible item to resolve, not an unknown balance sitting in trust.
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Build the record as work happens
Disbo is designed to connect each disbursement to the trust ledger and reconciliation record, reducing the month-end reconstruction a solo attorney would otherwise do alone.
Early-adopter evidence
Two employment attorneys showed where the workflow breaks.
These are implementation-stage examples, not approved before-and-after results. One solo attorney had mailed every settlement check by hand and worried about IOLTA records and uncashed checks. Another connected operating and IOLTA accounts while opening a new solo firm, before the first client dollar entered trust.
“Disbo does all the reconciliation, so if I need to get audited, I can just hand them whatever Disbo produces?”
A brand-new solo employment attorney, onboarded live during a demo call
Your next settlement should leave a record, not a trail of questions.
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