Welcome to
CaseFox-LawPay integration
setting page. You may accept online payments from your clients via CaseFox client portals. See Client Online Portal for details.
You have a choice to process payments through PayPal or LawPay. Only LawPay can be be used for accepting payments into client trust account. Payments made by your clients through their dedicated CaseFox client portal pages go directly to your LawPay or PayPal accounts. CaseFox does not charge any processing fees for these payments. However, PayPal and LawPay will charge a processing fees for each payment. Please refer to your LawPay or PayPal accounts for processing fee details.
View LawPay + CaseFox Page to learn more about LawPay.
Please follow these step for configuring your CaseFox and LawPay accounts for automatic payments.
CaseFox LawPay Integration Setup
Settings in LawPay
1 - Login to you LawPay account at www.lawpay.com
2 - Click on the button on the upper right corner. This button should have your name on it.
3 - Select Settings
4 - On the right side, click on "Developers".
5 - Click on "Authorize Application". Select "casefox" in the dropdown box and click on "Authorize Application" button. In Authorized Applications section, click on Show Credentials. On the popup, click on Live Credentials tab and copy account IDs of trust/operating accounts. You will enter these in CaseFox->LawPay Settings Page.
6 - On the same page, under "Webhooks" section enter https://secure.casefox.com/Membership/LawPayCallback in "Live-mode Webhook URLs" box and hit enter. The entry should now be displayed just above the textbox.
7 - Click on Save Changes button towards the bottom of the page.
8 - Now click on the New Charges icon on the left side bar. You should see Payment boxes for each account you have setup in Law Pay.
9 - On the upper right corner of these payment boxes, click on "Actions" and then select "Show & Copy Page Link". Copy the link and paste it to an empty Notepad file for later reference. Also not down if the copied link is for trust account or operating account. You will need these links later when configuring your CaseFox account for accepting payments through LawPay.
Settings in CaseFox
1 - Login to your CaseFox account (you must be Admin user of your CaseFox account)
2 - Click on Settings/Tools/Reports
3 - On the left side bar, select "LawPay Settings" link
4 - Enter your LawPay operating account payment page link that you pasted in a Notepad document(see #9 under "Settings in LawPay" section above).
5 - Enter your LawPay trust account payment page link.
6 - Select the trust and operating accounts where CaseFox should record payments for bookkeeping purposes.
7 - Save.
How to Accept LawPay Payments through CaseFox
1 - Login to your CaseFox account
2 - Select "Client Online Portals" link on the left side bar under "Settings/Tools/Reports" link (upper right corner)
3 - On the right side, select a client in the dropdown (alternatively, to create client online URL for all existing clients, leave the default "All Remaining Clients" selected)
4 - Optionally, select credit card payment surcharge. When a client pays a certain amount, CaseFox will reduce that payment by this percentage and record the resultant amount against client's invoice(s). No adjustment of amount will be made when a client pays into trust account.
5 - Click on "Create Client Portal URL" button.
6 - Click on the URL under "Payment URL" table heading to make a copy of the URL. You may send this URL to Client. This URL will also be printed on Client's invoices (if Print On Invoices checkbox is selected). This is a permanent URL for this Client
7 - When Client visits this URL, they will see their unpaid invoices and all payments previously made. Further, if there are unpaid invoices, the page will also enable Client to make a payment (which will be processed through your LawPay account). Payments made will be transparently recorded as invoice payments in CaseFox.
8 - Client can also make payments to trust account through this page. A trust payment made through this page will be processed through your LawPay account and upon successful payment, the payment will also be transparently recorded in CaseFox trust account module.
9 - NOTE THAT CaseFox generates an encrypted reference number before the URL is redirected from Client Portal to LawPay payment page. This reference number is sent back to CaseFox from LawPay to enable CaseFox to identify the transaction. Without this reference number, CaseFox cannot record the transaction in your account.
How to Accept Trust Payment via LawPay from a New Client
1 - Login to your CaseFox Account
2 - Click on the Clients tab
3 - Click on Add Client and enter client's information. Save
4 - Select "Client Online Portals" link on the left side bar under "Settings/Tools/Reports" link (upper right corner)
5 - On the right side, select the client in the dropdown (alternatively, to create client online URL for all existing clients, leave the default "All Remaining Clients" selected)
6 - Click on "Create Client Portal URL" button.
7 - Click on the URL under "Payment URL" table heading to make a copy of the URL. You may send this URL to the newly added client
8 - When the client visits this URL, the client can click on "Pay Advance Fee" button to make a trust payment. The trust payment will be automatically recorded for this client in CaseFox.
