Accurate Legal Billing

Checking time entries against client guidelines

Accurate Legal Billing, known as ALB, offers an AI product that reviews attorneys' hours against the billing rules each client sets, which are usually called OCG. The company describes its platform as an AI time entry cleansing tool that processes timekeepers' entries so they follow e-billing rules, with the aim of bringing a firm's entries into full compliance with the service levels its clients set. Its stated purpose is to help law firms meet their clients' billing rules, cut the invoice reductions that e-billing vendors make, and reduce write-offs.

Two stages are described. Compliance checks happen while timekeepers enter their time, and cleansing then works on entries before they reach the pre-bill step. The company says it builds an AI tool containing each client's billing guidelines, so every firm is checked against the rules its own clients apply.

One window for e-billing portals

The product does not replace a firm's billing and accounting platform. The company says it connects to that system and works alongside it, and that Clio is among the law firm billing platforms it connects to. Its ALBHub feature provides one window from which invoices can be moved from the firm's own billing software into each client's e-billing portal.

Insurance clients and billing support

ALB says it serves law firms, especially insurance defense practices that bill carriers. The company names USAA, Progressive, State Farm, Travelers, Liberty Mutual and Chubb among the carriers whose guidelines its tools are built around. Alongside the software it offers outsourced billing, collections, invoice appeals and submission of invoices in LEDES or paper format. A budget tracking feature alerts attorneys when spending on a matter reaches a level they have set, which the company presents as a way to protect cash flow as well as revenue.