Paralegal/Legal Invoice

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a ­­­­­­­­Paralegal/Legal Invoice for a prominent client of ours.  This position is located in­­Minneapolis, MN (HYBRID). Details for the position are as follows:

Temp (6 months) to Permanent opportunity.

Job Description:

• Will be responsible for the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fee and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients.

• The candidate will be responsible for making adjustments to invoice line item entries, where those line item entries violate provisions of the relevant billing guidelines and documenting the justification for such adjustments.
• The Legal Invoice Analyst I will provide guidance to business unit partners regarding issues or opportunities within the LBA process.
• Efficiently and accurately review legal invoice entries.
• Receive legal invoice assignments from the Operations Support Specialist and/or work the intake queue for self-assignments.
• Verify the compliance to legal billing guidelines by law firms and vendor submitting invoices.
• Verify the accuracy of the UTBMS task codes (Fee, Activity and Expense codes) applied to invoice line items.
• Document reasons for any adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
• Forward the audited legal bill through the review chain as required.
• Communicate and calibrate with Legal Invoice Analyst and Quality Assurance Analyst team members.
• Excellent ability to review, analyze and evaluate legal fee and cost/expense invoice entries and to exercise discretion and sound judgment when making audit and adjustment decisions.

Qualifications:

• Minimum: Paralegal Certification or Bachelor’s Degree in legal related discipline and/or equivalent work experience.

• Minimum Experience: 1-3 years of experience as a Paralegal is required.
• Experience with legal billing processes a plus, not required.
• Firm understanding of the federal and/or state rules of civil procedure.

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