Smokeball gives law firms visibility over matters, time, billing, workflows and so much more. FWO helps you understand what that information means for profitability, cashflow and decision-making.
As strategic financial partners to law firms, we work alongside Smokeball firms to translate practice data into insight; supporting better decisions, stronger performance to support long term, sustainable growth.
We help law firms connect Smokeball activity with financial outcomes by bringing together data from across the practice, including time recording, billing and payroll. On its own, Smokeball provides visibility over daily operations. But when paired with structured financial insight, it becomes a powerful foundation for understanding how your firm is really performing.
We use this combined data to help law firms interpret what is happening behind the numbers, from fee earner capacity and utilisation to profit margins, billing behaviours and cashflow timing. Our role is not just to report, but to guide.
Through regular conversations and structured reporting, we turn complex information into meaningful insight, so you can plan with confidence, drive accountability and make informed decisions that support long-term financial performance.
We use data from Smokeball, alongside accounting and payroll information, to help firms gain clarity across the areas that matter most.
As part of our Grow Your Firm program, our work with Smokeball firms typically focuses on:
Our advice is practical, structured and grounded in the realities of running a law firm.
Connecting Smokeball data to financial performance.
MiNumbers is FWO’s integrated financial reporting platform that connects practice management data with financial information to create consistent, meaningful visibility.
For Smokeball firms, MiNumbers allows us to:
MiNumbers sits within our structured Grow your Firm pathway.
Clarity establishes the budgeting and reporting foundation through MiNumbers.
Insights builds on this foundation with regular interpretation, reforecasting and advisory guidance. It will be delivered through structured group sessions and is coming soon.
Insights Plus adds deeper analysis, structured accountability and more intensive advisory support through one-to-one advisory sessions.
Rather than focusing on how to use Smokeball, we focus on how to use the information it produces.
Examples include:
This is where insight replaces guesswork.
Our work with Smokeball firms is best suited to law firms that:
FWO collaborates with Smokeball through events, workshops and educational sessions designed to help firms better understand financial performance.
These sessions are practical, experience-led and focused on helping firms turn data into action, not on teaching software features.
If you’d like to explore how insight-led financial guidance can help you get more value from Smokeball and improve decision-making in your firm, we’d welcome a conversation.
