Legal Disclaimer

1. No Legal Advice

TriBalance is a bookkeeping and reconciliation software tool for law firms. It does not provide legal advice, legal opinions, or legal recommendations of any kind. The Service performs computational tasks: parsing financial data, calculating balances, comparing accounts, and identifying numerical discrepancies. These are data-processing functions, not legal services.

At no point does the Service interpret the law, apply law to facts, advise on legal rights or obligations, or make any determination that requires legal judgment. All legal judgments are exclusively yours as the licensed attorney of record.

2. No Attorney-Client Relationship

Use of TriBalance does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and TriBalance LLC, its officers, employees, agents, or affiliates. Communications with TriBalance are not protected by attorney-client privilege. TriBalance is a software vendor, not a professional services firm.

3. No Audit, Attestation, or Certification

The Service generates reconciliation reports, exception registers, and supporting schedules. These are not audits, attestations, or certifications. They are computational outputs — the result of applying reconciliation algorithms to the data you provided. They have not been reviewed by a CPA, an auditor, or any qualified third party (unless you separately engage one). They carry no assurance or opinion regarding the accuracy, completeness, or compliance of your trust account records.

If your state bar or a court requires an audit, an attestation, or a certified reconciliation, you must engage a qualified professional independently of this Service.

4. No Compliance Guarantee

TriBalance does not guarantee compliance with any state's rules of professional conduct, trust accounting requirements, IOLTA program rules, or any other legal or regulatory obligation.

Each jurisdiction has its own rules governing client trust accounts. These rules change. Interpretations evolve. TriBalance's reconciliation logic is informed by general trust accounting principles, not by jurisdiction-specific legal analysis. The Service may not reflect the most current regulatory guidance, ethics opinions, or enforcement priorities in your state.

You are solely responsible for understanding and complying with the trust accounting rules applicable in your jurisdiction(s). We recommend consulting with ethics counsel or a qualified CPA regarding your specific compliance obligations.

5. Accuracy and Completeness of Inputs

The Service's outputs are only as accurate and complete as the data you provide. TriBalance does not verify the accuracy, completeness, or authenticity of the bank statements, transaction records, or client ledgers you upload. If you upload incomplete, inaccurate, or manipulated data, the resulting reports will reflect those deficiencies. You are solely responsible for the integrity of your input data.

The Service performs completeness checks (e.g., period coverage, opening balance continuity) and flags potential issues. These checks are heuristics, not guarantees. The absence of a flag does not mean your data is complete or accurate.

6. Exception Detection Limitations

The Service's exception detection identifies potential issues — negative client balances, bank fees on trust accounts, stale outstanding items, unclassified transactions — using deterministic rules. Exception detection is suggestive, not exhaustive. The Service may not identify every anomaly, error, or compliance issue in your trust account records. False positives and false negatives are possible.

Each flagged exception requires your professional review and judgment. An exception flag is a prompt to investigate, not a conclusion. The absence of a flag is not a clean bill of health.

7. No Autonomous Financial Action

TriBalance does not and cannot move money, initiate bank transfers, modify bank accounts, edit financial records at financial institutions, file documents with courts or regulatory bodies, or take any autonomous financial action. The Service is read-only with respect to external accounts and institutions.

8. Jurisdictional Limitations

Trust accounting rules vary significantly by state. TriBalance was initially designed with reference to general trust accounting principles. It has not been reviewed or approved by any state bar association, IOLTA program, or regulatory body. State-specific rule packs may be released in the future; until then, the Service applies general reconciliation principles that may not account for jurisdiction-specific requirements.

Attorneys practicing in multiple jurisdictions bear additional responsibility to reconcile any differences in trust accounting requirements across those jurisdictions.

9. Limitation of Liability for Professional Consequences

TriBalance LLC is not liable for any professional consequences arising from your use of the Service, including but not limited to bar complaints, disciplinary proceedings, malpractice claims, client losses, regulatory penalties, sanctions, suspension, or disbarment. The decision to rely on any output of the Service is exclusively yours. You bear the professional risk of that decision.

10. Professional Judgment Override

The Service may produce outputs that appear definitive — balanced reports, classified transactions, severity-coded exceptions. These outputs are the result of algorithms, not professional judgment. You must exercise independent professional judgment in every case. If your professional judgment conflicts with any output of the Service, your professional judgment governs.

11. No Endorsement

References on this site to state bar rules, professional conduct standards, IOLTA programs, or any regulatory framework are for informational and contextual purposes only. They do not constitute endorsement, approval, or certification by any bar association, regulatory body, or IOLTA program.

12. Changes to Product and Disclaimer

TriBalance is under active development. Features, capabilities, and limitations may change. We reserve the right to modify this disclaimer at any time. Material changes will be communicated by email and through a notice on the Service.

13. Acknowledgment

BY USING TRIBALANCE LEDGER, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO THIS DISCLAIMER. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

14. Contact

For questions about this disclaimer:

TriBalance LLC
Email: legal@trybalance.io