CONTRACT | Legal Billing Specialist

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is currently seeking a client account specialist to support one of our law firm clients on a hybrid assignment.

Start: ASAP once interviewed and selected

Pay Rate: $35/hour

Location: Washington DC OR NYC

Hybrid, one day per MONTH on site

Availability for overtime required.

Position responsibilities:

• Responsible for all billing aspects for designated billing attorneys: distribution, logging, preparation, processing, and mailing of client billing
• Provide prompt and accurate assistance to attorneys, clients and staff in resolving billing problems by providing billing analysis/adjustments
• Provide guidance and training to new billing attorneys, as necessary
• Implement and maintain client and matter database
• Research all inquiries regarding past and present billing
• Enter Financial Arrangements in accounting system
• Submit electronically billed invoices
• File and prepare past month's billing for electronic scanning
• Review and summarize engagement letters pertaining to special financial agreements
• Implement and maintain special fee and cost rate structures
• All other duties as assigned or required

Skills and experience:

Required:

• Must exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage, and other firm applications
• Available to work overtime, as required
• Strong Excel skills
• Prior experience with full cycle billing with attorney assignments
• General knowledge of accounting concepts

Preferred:

• 2-3 years direct applicable experience (e.g., principles of billing, billing rates and client maintenance procedures)
• Bachelor’s degree
• Prior law firm experience
• Previous 3E and electronic billing experience
• 10 key by touch

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio company, is a global leader in legal staffing, eDiscovery, risk management, and legal consulting services. The company supports multinational law firms and corporations by providing identifying and sourcing talented individuals for staffing needs, using innovative software, combining deep legal and regulatory industry expertise and excellent client service.