The Billable-Hour Recovery Diagnostic

Your firm's number, in two minutes.

Answer 12 questions using honest back-of-envelope numbers. No exact figures needed, we're estimating, not auditing. Your inputs never leave this browser.

How many billing partners? Count equity + non-equity partners who record billable time

How many associates + of-counsel? Anyone billing under partner-level rates

Partner blended rate ($/hr) Rough average, fine to estimate

Associate blended rate ($/hr)

Partner hours per week lost to admin + time entry Timesheet reconstruction, document chasing, formatting. Industry avg: 8-12.

% of partner work never billed (slipped time) Industry range: 6-15%. Underestimate if unsure, you'll still see the scale.

Days from first call to signed engagement letter Longer intake = colder conversion. 24h is the benchmark.

New matters per month

% of prospects lost to slow intake Your best guess, most firms have zero visibility. 5-15% typical.

Average matter value ($)

Associate hours/week on summarization + first drafts Work a capable system could draft in minutes

Work weeks per year (accounts for holidays/PTO)

What this number actually means

This is recoverable revenue, not projected savings.

Every number above is money your firm earned but couldn't bill, or money that walked because intake was slow. It's not speculative. It's already happened. It's happening again this quarter.

The number isn't automatic, it doesn't close itself. But it is systematically recoverable: most of it is partner-hour misallocation and time-capture gaps that a commissioned system closes in weeks, not years.

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