Senior Billing Specialist
Current• Manages and coordinates billing functions for over 40 attorneys and paraprofessionals• Provides expertise and trains coworkers and managers during migration from Elite Enterprise to 3E• Trains attorneys and paraprofessionals throughout migration to paperless proforma• Facilitates cross-team collaboration during testing and training efforts for our new financial system• Interfaces with attorneys, legal administrative assistants, and other accounting personnel in order to respond to billing questions and resolve issues• Performs billing for alternate fee arrangements including flat fee, fixed fee, and interim billing along with split billing, multipayor, and joint or group setups• Assists with client inquiries and collection efforts• Analyzes fee discounts and helps to increase billing rates by with engaging attorneys and the rate team• Maintains rate exceptions and timekeeper inclusion lists• Successfully processes electronic billing and accruals• Works with legal team and e-bill vendors to implement new clients on selected e-billing platforms, including timekeeper rate uploads and maintenance• Resolves errors, rejections, reductions and other electronic billing issues• Utilizes 3E, Elite Enterprise, eBillingHub, BillBlast, BillingPoint, Billstream, doeLegal ASCENT, Legal eXchange, Legal Tracker, LexisNexis CounselLink, Mitratech Collaborati, Mitratech Corridor, Simple Legal CounselGO, Tymetrix360, Wolters Kluwer Collaboration Portal and more• Process improvement champion