Accountability Services' legal auditing can isolate any inappropriate or inefficient billing practice that unnecessarily increased your legal fees. Aided by proprietary software, Accountability Services' experienced attorneys recast billing and disbursement information into comprehensible formats and determine what was done, by whom and for how long. Then, our attorneys test for mathematical errors and internal inconsistencies in the legal bills and determine whether the legal fees and disbursements were reasonable and whether there were any inappropriate or inefficient billing practice. Once these practices are identified you may be entitled to a refund or a reduction in your legal bill.

Accountability Services' legal audits have resulted in reductions of as much as 75% of the legal fees

Accountability Services customizes its legal audits to provide the most cost-effective solutions for your legal cost control needs.

Provides a general overview of the law firm’s patterns and practices.

A sampling of the legal bills are selected for computer assisted analysis with the balance reviewed in less detail. The preliminary legal audit, memorialized in a written report, will assist the client in determining whether a more comprehensive audit would be cost effective. Often, the preliminary report will be enough  to effectuate a settlement with the law firm.
 

Isolates and quantifies the financial impact of any legal fee billing abuse, inefficiency or fraud.

Our attorneys scrutinize all time charges and expenses with the assistance of our proprietary software. Underlying documentation may be is reviewed to assist our auditors in determining, among other things, whether the time taken to complete particular tasks was reasonable. Our efficiency audits culminate in a written report, which provides a solid foundation for negotiating or litigating the appropriate reductions in the legal bills.  

Detects legal fee billing irregularities.

All time charges and expenses are scrutinized with the assistance of our proprietary software. In addition, our attorneys visit the law firm to review work product, time sheets and underlying invoices for disbursements. With the audit report in hand, our clients are in an excellent position to negotiate or litigate appropriate reductions.