Time Tracking and Billing Software Solutions for Lawyers

I’ve been using Chrometa for about a year to track my time and must say I agree with your assessment. It is easy to use and the interface is simple.  Highly recommend it for any attorney.

Hi Niki,

I’ve been following you on Twitter for a while because I enjoy your take on technology for the legal field. While I’m not a lawyer myself, I am the co-founder of Syncd.com, a time and expense tracking service that is used by many in the legal field.

We developed Syncd to work for many professions by allowing accounts to be customized with appropriate classifications and terminology. For instance, lawyers often configure Syncd accounts to track time and expenses for clients, matters and tasks. Others keep it simple and just use clients.

Syncd also has a lot of flexibility in how time can be entered: with a timer, in bulk by day or week, or using a time listing view that allows you to see and fill the gaps in your day. Syncd’s reports are very flexible, as are user assignments and permissions, which work well for groups. Every account is protected with SSL security and allows for full account backups to be downloaded whenever you like.

While our service does not yet include invoicing, which is in development, Syncd can create detailed billing reports that can be exported. In addition to invoicing, we’re also developing more client, project and document management features, all of which I hope will make our service even more useful to attorneys. Syncd has a 30 day free trial, and costs just $5 per user per month, so please check it out if you’re interested.

Best regards,
Dan Gebhardt
Co-founder, Syncd.com
Twitter: @dgeb, @syncd

Hi Nicole,

Wanted to also mention Qlockwork, an automatic time-tracker that plugs into Outlook (and full disclosure, we wrote it!).  Like syncd we don’t yet have full invoicing, but we do have time reporting.  PC-based activities are all recorded automatically (no need to remember any timers) and can be assigned to the right client or project, either manually or according to simple rules you set up. 

There’s a free trial available from http://www.qlockwork.com and t,he one-time licensing fee is $49.95. 

Regards,
Liz & the Working Program team

Hi Nicole,

There is a neat little desktop tool called Fanurio http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com . I love it! You can try it for free too. You can just click to start, pause it, etc and you can do nifty reports. I use it to track the time I spend on client projects.

Even though I only bill hourly for consulting projects, it helps me to see how much time I’m spending to make sure my rates are in line. With Fanurio you can customize invoice templates using your own layouts and export them to HTML or PDF.

Hey thats a good article about timetracking. I work with a company that offers a time-tracking solution and we found out that revenue leakage (i.e. not tracking all your billable hours). To show case this problem, I developed a Flash game. Have a look… http://www.severa.com/crm-fun

Enjoy this and once again, good article!

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