Everhour tracks legal work by task and project, helping firms turn approved hours into billing and reporting workflows.
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Legal time tracking starts with a practical job: record who worked, for which client and matter, on which date, for how long, and with what billing detail. A useful entry links the timekeeper to the matter before the invoice stage, because LEDES 1998B includes client and law firm matter identifiers and may include a client-assigned matter ID.
The record also needs a clear work description, billing rate, and enough coding detail to survive review. A partner drafting a motion, an associate reviewing discovery, and a paralegal preparing exhibits should not collapse into one weekly total. Separate entries preserve the client, matter, timekeeper, date, narrative, hours, rate, and task or activity code behind each billing line.
A legal timesheet entry should capture the same facts the invoice needs later: date incurred, timekeeper ID or name, timekeeper classification, line-item description, hours, unit cost, and task or activity codes. LEDES 1998B treats fee line units as billed hours, so the hours field drives the fee line rather than serving as a note.
A practical entry can read: March 5, 2026, client ABC, matter 1042, associate, 0.30 hours, review correspondence and update discovery index, task L320, activity A104, rate $275. The exact codes come from the firm's client billing rules, but the structure keeps the entry ready for invoice preparation, e-billing export, and matter profitability reporting.
Task codes organize legal work, but they do not replace the narrative. ABA litigation UTBMS groups work across phases such as L100 case assessment through L500 appeal, with activity codes A101 through A111 showing how the work was performed. Project UTBMS codes P100 through P800 cover non-litigation work such as due diligence, strategy, document preparation, negotiation, closing, and maintenance.
The common mistake is treating the code as the whole entry. A client reviewer can see that L320 relates to discovery, but the description still needs the work performed and the matter context. Keep the narrative concise, use the code required by the client or e-billing system, and avoid combining several unrelated tasks into one block when the client requires task-based billing.
A one-off timesheet works for a solo attorney closing a weekly invoice or a small firm cleaning up time before billing. It is enough when the matter count is low, the reviewer is the same person entering time, and invoices do not require a formal approval trail or recurring e-billing structure.
A managed workflow becomes necessary once legal time moves through review, correction, approval, invoicing, and payroll. Everhour Time Tracking lets users start timers or add manual entries against tasks and projects, then routes those hours into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review with admin controls for approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules.
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A legal timesheet should capture client, matter, date, timekeeper, timekeeper role or classification, hours, narrative, rate, and task or activity codes when the client requires them. LEDES 1998B fee lines use billed hours as line units, so accurate hours and matter tagging need to exist before invoice generation.
Client billing rules determine whether UTBMS codes are required. Litigation matters often use ABA UTBMS phase and task codes, while non-litigation project work can use project codes P100 through P800. The code should match the billed work, and the narrative should still explain the actual service performed.
Weekly totals are too thin for legal billing when client, matter, timekeeper, narrative, rate, and code details are needed. Under the FLSA federal baseline, covered employers must also keep daily hours worked and total weekly hours worked for employees covered by minimum wage or overtime provisions.
The FLSA does not require premium pay solely because work happens on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday, or a regular rest day. Under the federal baseline, covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek, unless another law, policy, or agreement adds a different rule.
Federal wage-and-hour rules require employers to preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, such as daily start and stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years. Client billing files, e-billing requirements, litigation holds, contracts, and firm policy can require longer retention.
Everhour Time Tracking captures legal work through live timers or manual entries against tasks and projects. Those entries feed timesheets, reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review, while admin controls support approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer behavior before hours move into billing or payroll workflows.
Everhour Reporting turns logged hours, costs, budgets, and project data into customizable reports with columns, grouping, filters, date ranges, and exports. A firm can review time by project, client, member, billable time, labor cost, invoice status, and budget metrics before sending invoices or analyzing matter performance.
Track approved legal hours by matter, review entries before billing, and keep time data ready for invoices, reports, and payroll review with Everhour Time Tracking.
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