Legal Auditing

Accountability Services' legal auditing can isolate any inappropriate or inefficient billing practice that unnecessarily increased your legal fees. Aided by proprietary software, Accountability Services' attorneys recast billing and disbursement information into comprehensible formats and determine what was done, by whom and for how long. Then, our legal auditors 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. Legal audits are designed to quantify the financial impact of any legal fee billing abuse, inefficiency or fraud that may have taken place. Our legal auditors and accountants scrutinize all time charges and expenses with the assistance of our proprietary software. Underlying documentation is reviewed to assist our auditors in determining, among other things, whether the time taken to complete particular tasks was reasonable. Our audits culminate in a written report that provides a solid foundation for negotiating a settlement with your law firm. In the event that your case goes to trial, Accountability Services stands ready to give Expert Testimony regarding attorney's fees at depositions, hearings or trials. Accountability Services' legal audits have resulted in reductions of as much as 83% of the legal fees. Accountability Services customizes its legal audits to provide the most cost-effective solutions for your legal cost control needs.