What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Billing Specialist position at Ledgent?
A growing law firm in Beverly Hills is looking to hire a Legal Billing Specialist to their team. You will need to posses strong written and oral communication skills in this role, and be comfortable with multiple forms of insurance and legal billing. Please find the job duties attached below.
Billing Responsibilities
- Maintain billing schedules for all types of civil litigation matters, including direct bill, e-billing, adhering to monthly and quarterly billing schedules.
- Post client costs into the APS and onto bills accurately and timely.
- Collaborate with clients, experts, litigation support vendors, third party institutions and other team members to ensure all costs and accounts payable are accounted for.
- Generate invoices on schedule for each file, following client billing guidelines, timelines, and keeping track of exceptions to general billing rules for each client.
- Conversion of bills to LEDES format for e-billing.
- Familiarity with various e-billing portals such as Legal-X, Collaborati, Ascent, Legal Tracker a must.
- Interface with attorneys and clients re billing, fee entry, submission of bills to clients or 3rd party billing portals.
- Excellent knowledge of legal billing software, legal software systems a must.
Accounting Responsibilities
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county , to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
