Everhour tracks matter time and budgets, while law firms need itemized records that support billing, review, and collection.
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A law-firm time record has to answer four practical questions: who did the work, which client or matter it belongs to, whether it is billable, and how it should appear on the invoice. The target outcome is a clean set of entries that a billing manager can review by day, timekeeper, matter, task description, duration, and rate or fee model.
Use the page to organize daily legal work before it reaches billing. For example, a litigation associate logs client correspondence, case research, and case development to a matter, then marks an internal team meeting or administrative task as non-billable. That split protects invoice clarity and gives partners the data behind utilization, realization, collection, and matter budget discussions.
A defensible legal time entry should carry the date, timekeeper, client, matter, task narrative, billable status, duration, and applicable rate or fee model. California State Bar fee-arbitration guidance describes a standard chronological fee bill as itemized by day and timekeeper, and says the method and timing of entry preparation matter when accuracy is reviewed.
For hourly matters, six-minute billing increments are common: 1 to 6 minutes becomes 0.1 hour, 7 to 12 minutes becomes 0.2 hour, and 55 to 60 minutes becomes 1.0 hour. A sample entry can read: March 5, 2026, J. Lee, Smith v. Apex, draft discovery response letter, 0.4 hour, billable, $325 per hour.
Contemporaneous entries matter because legal work fragments across calls, emails, research, drafting, and short status checks. ABA GPSolo timekeeping guidance, quoted by the Association of Legal Administrators, warns that end-of-day entry can lose 10%-15% of potential billable time, waiting 24 hours can lose about 25%, and weekly entry can lose about 50%.
Delayed entry also distorts the firm's operating metrics. Clio's 2025 benchmarks report 38% utilization, 88% realization, and 93% collection, with median lockup at 43 days of realization lockup, 32 days of collection lockup, and 93 days total. Accurate daily matter records show whether lost revenue comes from uncaptured time, write-downs, unpaid invoices, or budget overrun.
A one-off tracker is enough for a solo lawyer or small team that needs a weekly matter summary, a quick invoice backup, or a clean export for a single client review. It works best when one person controls the entries, billing increments are simple, and the firm does not need approvals, recurring budgets, or a long-term audit trail.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when several timekeepers share matters, partners need budget status before billing, and finance needs approved records for invoices or payroll review. Everhour can keep tracked matter time connected to time or money budgets, recurring budget periods, threshold email alerts, and budget protection, so the firm has a system of record instead of reconstructed notes.
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Each entry should identify the date, timekeeper, client or matter, task narrative, billable status, duration, and rate or fee model. The description should be specific enough for billing review and client questions, such as "review deposition transcript and summarize key admissions," rather than a vague label like "case work."
Yes. Non-billable entries show internal reporting, team meetings, administrative work, networking, and other effort that does not appear on a client invoice. That separation keeps client bills clean and gives managers a denominator for utilization, the share of an 8-hour day directed to billable work.
Reconstructed time is less reliable for billing review than entries made as work happens. California State Bar fee-arbitration guidance treats timing and method of preparation as relevant to accuracy, and ABA GPSolo guidance warns that weekly entry can lose about 50% of potential billable time.
The FLSA does not require a specific timekeeping form or app. It requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek for employees covered by its minimum wage or overtime provisions. State wage, privacy, and employee-monitoring rules can add requirements.
No. Under the federal baseline, the FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek, unless another law or agreement adds a different rule.
Everhour Project Budgeting lets a firm set hour-based or money-based budgets for matters, clients, or recurring periods, then tracks budget use as time is logged. Email alerts at 75%, 90%, 100%, or custom thresholds give admins a warning before the matter exceeds its limit.
Everhour Timesheets collects weekly project hours and working hours by person, so a billing manager can review entries before payroll, billing, or reporting. Submitted time locks until it is withdrawn or rejected, and approved time stays locked for regular members.
Everhour Project Budgeting ties logged matter time to hour or money budgets, recurring periods, and threshold alerts, giving partners earlier visibility into spend before invoices are drafted.
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