Rough Notes to Billable Time Entries
Takes a lawyer's or paralegal's scribbled notes about what they worked on and turns them into clear, consistent time entries ready to post to a bill.
Before and after
Michael security deposit matter, client Whitney Michael, 3/12
Entries
- 3/12 | Wesley McCarthy | 0.4 | Telephone conference with client Whitney Michael regarding move-out photographs. (25 min)
- 3/12 | Wesley McCarthy | 1.2 | Review letter from opposing counsel Willis Nelson and draft reply. (70 min)
- 3/12 | Wesley McCarthy | 0.1 | Correspond with Willis Nelson regarding extension. (6 min)
- 3/12 | William Moran | 0.7 | Pull lease and rent ledger. (40 min)
Not billed
- Lunch with Whitney Michael, no charge (per your note)
Totals (tenths of an hour, rounded to nearest tenth)
- Wesley McCarthy: 1.7 hours (0.4 + 1.2 + 0.1)
- William Moran: 0.7 hours
- Matter total: 2.4 hours
Questions for the owner
- Site visit to 1646 Dovewick St: how long did it take, and do you bill it? I did not add an entry.
- "Filed stuff": what was filed, and how much time did it take? I did not add an entry.
- Dollar amounts were not calculated because no rates were given.
What it does
Takes a lawyer's or paralegal's scribbled notes about what they worked on and turns them into clear, consistent time entries ready to post to a bill. It works from the time you actually recorded, and it asks about anything missing instead of guessing.
Use it when: Use when a lawyer, paralegal, or law office needs to turn rough time notes into clean, billable time entries, such as: clean up my time, turn these notes into billing entries, write up my hours for the invoice.