aid: headnote
name: Headnote
description: >-
  Headnote is a legal payments and accounts-receivable platform built specifically
  for law firms. Founded in 2016 by attorney Sarah Schaaf, it lets firms accept
  trust-compliant credit card and eCheck (ACH) payments via shareable payment links
  and a hosted client payment portal, then automates collections, AR tracking, and
  client NPS/satisfaction reporting. Headnote is designed to be 100% compliant with
  IOLTA rules, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and lawyer trust/operating
  account requirements across all 50 states, and integrates with existing billing and
  practice-management software by attaching a Headnote payment link to invoices. Card
  and bank data are tokenized with Stripe and Plaid and the platform runs on AWS with
  PCI-compliant, encrypted-at-rest-and-in-transit infrastructure. Headnote was acquired
  by ASG LegalTech (an Alpine Investors platform, alongside PracticePanther, Bill4Time,
  and MerusCase) in 2020. It was surfaced in the API Evangelist network as a portfolio
  company of Uncork Capital. Headnote does not publish a public developer API, OpenAPI,
  or developer portal; this profile is an identity record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/headnote/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://headnote.com/assets/images/logo-without-tagline.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Legal
- LegalTech
- Payments
- Accounts Receivable
- Law Firms
- eCheck
- ACH
- Credit Card Payments
- Trust Accounting
- IOLTA
- Compliance
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/headnote-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://headnote.com/
- type: About
  url: https://headnote.com/about/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://headnote.com/pricing/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.headnote.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://headnote.com/contact/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://headnote.com/faq/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://headnote.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://headnote.com/privacy/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://headnote.com/security-and-compliance/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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