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Time Tracker for Attorneys

Harvest provides attorneys with precise time tracking to capture every billable hour, addressing the challenge of under-billing and maximizing profitability.

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How much revenue is your team leaving on the table?

Most agencies run at 55-60% utilization. Even a small improvement means significant revenue. See what closing the gap looks like for your team.

Number of people who track billable time
$
Blended rate across roles (junior, senior, lead)
55%
Percentage of total hours that are billable. Industry average is 55-60%.
75%
A realistic target for service businesses is 70-80%.
Monthly revenue gap $0
Revenue at current utilization $0/mo
Revenue at target utilization $0/mo
Extra billable hours needed per person/day 0h
Annual revenue opportunity $0

Start tracking team utilization

Walk through the entire flow below. Start a timer, check your reports, and create a real invoice — all in three clicks.

Go ahead — start tracking!

One click and you're timing. Try it right here: start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Harvest.

  • One-click timer from browser, desktop & mobile
  • Works inside Jira, Asana, Trello, GitHub & 50+ tools
  • Duration or start/end — your call
  • Day, week & calendar views to stay on top of it all
  • Friendly reminders so no hour gets left behind
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0:45:00
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Today's total 6:54:09

Maximizing Billable Hours with Accurate Time Tracking

Attorneys face the constant challenge of maximizing billable hours while maintaining accuracy and compliance. The average lawyer bills only 1,693 hours annually, falling short of the typical firm requirement of 1,800 to 2,200 hours. This discrepancy often stems from delayed time entries, which can lead to under-billing by 10-15% if recorded at the end of the day, and up to 25% if delayed by 24 hours. Harvest addresses this challenge with its one-click start/stop timers that automatically log time, ensuring that no billable hour is missed.

Accurate and timely time tracking is not just a business necessity but an ethical obligation for attorneys. The American Bar Association mandates honest and reasonable billing practices, with severe repercussions for overbilling or inaccuracies. By using Harvest, firms can meet these ethical obligations effortlessly with detailed reports and manual time adjustment capabilities, ensuring that all logged hours are precise before invoicing clients.

Streamlining Administrative Work with Harvest

Attorneys often find their days consumed by non-billable tasks, with 48% of their time spent on administrative duties and 33% on business development. This leaves only a fraction of their workday dedicated to billable tasks, which directly impacts profitability. Harvest helps alleviate this issue by integrating seamlessly with tools like Slack and Trello, allowing time tracking without disrupting workflow.

Moreover, Harvest's expense tracking capabilities with receipt capture ensure that all legal case expenses are accurately recorded. This feature is particularly beneficial for law firms, as it simplifies the process of managing and invoicing expenses, further streamlining administrative workloads. By reducing time spent on non-billable work, attorneys can focus more on client-facing activities, ultimately enhancing firm profitability.

Preventing Budget Overruns in Legal Projects

Budget overruns are a significant concern for law firms, as they can lead to unanticipated costs and reduced profitability. Harvest offers a comprehensive solution with its project budget tracking features. Attorneys can set specific budgets for each legal project and receive alerts as they approach budgetary limits. This proactive approach helps prevent overspending and ensures that all projects remain within financial constraints.

In addition, Harvest supports customizable billing rates for different attorneys or case types, providing flexibility to charge appropriately based on expertise or project requirements. This ensures that the firm maximizes revenue from each case while maintaining client satisfaction. With Harvest, law firms can manage their financials with greater precision, avoiding the common pitfalls of budget mismanagement.

Harvest for Attorneys

See how Harvest's time tracking features help attorneys capture every billable hour efficiently.

Harvest time tracking interface for attorneys

Time Tracker for Attorneys FAQs

  • Attorneys can maximize billable hours by using tools like Harvest that offer one-click timers for accurate and immediate time logging. This helps prevent the common issue of under-billing due to delayed entries.

  • Essential features for attorneys include automated time capture, customizable billing rates, project budget tracking, and detailed reporting. Harvest offers all these, making it ideal for legal professionals.

  • Harvest allows attorneys to set project budgets and provides alerts when limits are near. This proactive monitoring helps prevent budget overruns, ensuring financial control over legal projects.

  • Yes, Harvest can track expenses related to legal cases with receipt capture. This feature ensures all case expenses are accurately managed and invoiced, streamlining financial processes.

  • Accurate time tracking is crucial for attorneys to meet ethical obligations, ensure reasonable billing, and avoid disciplinary actions. Tools like Harvest help maintain accuracy through automated tracking.

  • Harvest integrates with popular tools like Slack, Asana, and Trello, allowing seamless time tracking without disrupting existing workflows. This integration helps attorneys manage their time efficiently.

  • Most attorneys bill in six-minute increments (0.1-hour), which is the industry standard for efficiency. Harvest supports this format, ensuring compatibility with typical legal billing practices.