Every matter carries its own operating context.
Custom fields and layouts, people, firms, tasks, dates, files, budgets, invoices and history stay together and searchable.
Matter-first enterprise legal management
Run legal work from first request to final payment.
The eBilling System connects intake, matters, deadlines, outside counsel, invoices, budgets, accruals and AP in one ELM platform for in-house legal teams.
- Matter system of record
- Free firm portal
- Cloud, dedicated or on-prem
Matter 2026-0142
Northstar commercial dispute
Active
Budget$425,000
Committed$291,840
Available$133,160
Spend position68.7%
Needs attention3
Invoice 104872 cited billing issues
Budget updateWaiting on outside counsel
Response due Sep 03Owner: Maya Chen
Why matter-first
Spend management is one chapter. We connect the whole story.
Point tools become useful when an invoice arrives. Legal work starts much earlier. The eBilling System keeps the request, matter, people, work, budget and bill connected, so the department can act before spend becomes a surprise.
See every platform capability
Spend-only tool
The eBilling System
Starts when the invoice arrives
Starts with the legal request and matter
Analyzes outside counsel spend
Connects work, deadlines, firms, budgets and spend
Collects invoices from firms
Gives firms a complete collaboration workspace
Ends at approval or export
Continues through AP, payment and reconciliation
One connected workflow
Control the work before you count the spend.
Every handoff stays attached to the same matter and audit history.
- 01
Intake
Capture business requests, service of process and required context in structured forms.
- 02
Operate
Open the matter, assign people, track tasks, key dates, files, risks and status.
- 03
Collaborate
Engage firms, approve timekeepers and rates, request budgets and collect updates.
- 04
Control spend
Validate invoices, apply guidelines, review cited issues, allocate and approve.
- 05
Close the loop
Send clean data to AP, track payment, reconcile accruals and report the outcome.
Depth where it matters
Built for legal operations, not adapted to it.
Review the bill with the matter beside it.
Guidelines, rates, budget position, accruals, cited flags and line-level adjustments appear in one reviewer workspace.
Fix problems before they reach your team.
Firms submit LEDES or PDFs, confirm extracted data, correct validation findings, propose budgets and manage rates themselves.
Ask a business question. Keep the evidence.
Build reports in plain English, drill into the underlying rows and keep computed money deterministic.
Cloud, dedicated or on-prem.
One containerized product and one data model, deployed to match your security and residency requirements.
Outside counsel collaboration
A firm portal designed to reduce cleanup, not relocate it.
Firms see the exact finding, correct the source, and resubmit before bad data reaches the client ledger. The same workspace handles rates, budgets, accruals, files and matter updates.
- LEDES, PDF and manual invoice submission
- Firm-side validation and corrected-invoice history
- Timekeeper, rate, budget and accrual round-trips
- Database-enforced firm and client boundaries
Invoice INV-10487Review before submit
✓
Matter matchedNorthstar commercial dispute
✓
Approved timekeepers12 of 12 recognized
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One rate needs attentionCorrect the line or add context
Security by architecture
Legal and financial data deserve controls beneath the interface.
Tenant, matter and firm boundaries are enforced in PostgreSQL row-level security. Material changes enter an append-only audit ledger. Vendor identities use a separate realm, and sensitive actions remain server-side and attributable.
Read the security architectureDatabase-enforced isolation
Every access path inherits the same tenant, matter and vendor walls.
Append-only accountability
Financial and workflow decisions retain who, what, when and why.
Human-controlled AI
Cited suggestions support professional review; they do not make the decision.
Hands-on product sandbox
Take the system for a test drive.
Explore realistic matters, firms, invoices, budgets and reports using synthetic data. No production data, customer integrations or full implementation project required.
Explore sandbox accessSee it in your operating model
Bring us the workflow that creates the most drag.
We will show how the platform handles it from intake through reporting, then help your team explore the product in a sandbox using synthetic data.
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