Pre-bill review that finishes
Billing partners review in one place instead of in email threads, with AI-assisted narrative and compliance checks flagging problems while they are still cheap to fix.
What this looks like today
Review happens in email
A PDF goes out, three partners reply with edits, someone reconciles them by hand, and the version of record is whichever attachment was opened last.
Bills wait on one reviewer
The cycle runs at the speed of the slowest partner, and nobody can see where a given bill is stuck without asking.
Problems are found after submission
Narrative quality and guideline issues surface when the client objects — the most expensive moment to discover them.
43 days
median time between work performed and it being billed at all
Clio, Law Firm KPIs & Benchmarks, 2025 — median realization lockup
What changes
- One review surface, with every edit attributed and current
- AI-assisted narrative and guideline checks run before partner review
- Bills stuck in review are visible, not discovered at month end
- Fewer write-downs negotiated after the fact
Delivered by Willow — Invoice Review
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The 93-Day Problem
Why the median firm waits three months to be paid for work it has already delivered — and which of those days are recoverable.
Written for Managing partners and firm leadership
- What lockup is, and why most firms track only half of it
- The 43 days of completed work sitting unbilled before anyone chases it
- Why compressing lockup is a balance-sheet change, not a growth projection
- The formulas to calculate your own number from your general ledger
- Four questions to put to your next partner meeting
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