Time & Billing

Advanced Billing Tool | Billing & Reporting

February 28, 2025

Legal billing often involves manual data entry, multiple spreadsheets, and the potential for costly errors. Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool offers a sophisticated solution, allowing you to create invoices with unbilled time, expenses, and fees, finalize them in bulk, and send them to clients efficiently. 

With robust customization options and support for LEDES billing (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard), the Advanced Billing Tool empowers you to streamline your workflow and ensure accuracy

Generate LEDES Invoices in Filevine

For clients who require LEDES-formatted invoices, Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool simplifies the process and helps ensure accuracy. Generate LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, and LEDES 2000 compliant invoices directly within Filevine, eliminating the need for manual data entry or third-party tools.

Example: Instead of manually transferring time entries, expenses, and other information, generate a complete and accurate LEDES invoice with just a few clicks.

  • Automated Invoice Generation: Eliminate manual data entry and reduce the risk of errors. The Advanced Billing Tool automatically populates LEDES invoices with the necessary information from your Filevine project data. Focus on legal work, not tedious data entry.
  • Supported LEDES Formats: Filevine supports common LEDES formats, including LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, and LEDES 2000.
  • Reduced Errors: Automated data population minimizes the risk of manual errors, ensuring accurate invoices. Improve accuracy and get paid faster.
  • Faster Payment Processing: Standardized invoices can lead to quicker processing by clients' accounts payable departments. Improve your firm's cash flow.

Customize Invoices to Meet Your Firm's Needs

Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool goes beyond standard invoice generation, offering a high degree of customization to reflect your firm's branding and accommodate specific client or matter requirements.

  • Add Your Firm's Branding: Easily incorporate your firm's logo and color scheme to create professional, branded invoices.
  • Customize Invoice Templates: Tailor invoice layouts to display the information that's most important to you and your clients. Choose from our pre-built template or create your own from scratch. When using multiple invoice templates, bulk invoicing will use the template assigned to each individual project.
  • Set Up Different Billing Rates: Manage different hourly rates for partners, associates, paralegals, and other staff members. You can also set matter-specific rates or apply custom fee arrangements.

Access Key Billing Data with the Advanced Billing Tool

The Advanced Billing Tool provides a centralized location for managing your firm's billing information, making it easy to access the data you need for reporting and analysis. Use the tool to:

  • View and Edit Time Entries: Ensure all billable time is accurately recorded before creating invoices.
  • Manage Invoices: Track invoice statuses, make adjustments (before finalization), and generate LEDES1998B files.
  • Review Unbilled Time: Monitor time and view/take action.

Get Started with Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool

Ready to take control of your firm's billing and financial management? Request a demo of Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool today and see how it can transform your practice.

Learn more about Advanced Billing within Filevine.


Frequently Asked Questions

UTBMS (Uniform Task-Based Management System) is a set of billing codes used by legal professionals to classify services for invoicing. Filevine's Advanced Billing Tool supports UTBMS codes, allowing you to comply with client billing requirements.

Filevine employs industry-leading security measures to protect your financial data. This includes encryption, access controls, regular security audits, and compliance with relevant data privacy regulations.

Yes, Filevine offers data migration services to help you transfer your existing billing data into the Advanced Billing Tool. Contact our support team for more information on the import process.

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