Getting legal bills right
Practical guides for legal, legal operations and finance teams on reviewing, approving and controlling outside counsel spend.
How to review a law firm invoice, step by step
Six checks, in the order that catches the most for the least effort, and what to do with what you find.
Designing a legal invoice approval workflow
Who should see which bill, how thresholds and flags change the route, and how to keep approvals fast without waving bills through.
Outside counsel billing guidelines: what to include
The six sections that make billing guidelines enforceable, with example language for each.
Block billing, vague entries and other red flags on legal bills
Eight patterns worth a second look on any law firm invoice, what each one usually means, and how to raise it with the firm.
See these checks run on your own invoices.
Bring a handful of recent bills and your engagement letters. We will show you what QuarterHour finds.