Who We Are At Benesch we pride ourselves on exceeding expectations and building trust not only with our clients but with our employees
– Benesch’s 1 asset.
Committed to providing not only the highest level of legal service to our clients, Benesch also aspires to create a positive work environment for our employees.
Our Firm continues to earn placement on Chicago and Cleveland’s Top Workplaces list, along with Cleveland’s NorthCoast 99 Top Workplaces rankings.
We also continue to advance on the AmLaw 200 list, placing us among the top 200 law firms in the country.
Benesch is proud to be recognized for being a Firm that attracts and retains top talent
– making Benesch a great place to work.
We offer a hybrid schedule, career development and growth, transparent and visible leadership teams, and a place where diversity, equity and inclusion is celebrated.
In addition, the Firm offers a full array of benefits which can be viewed at www.mybeneschbenefits.com .
Working with Us
– Come and “Be Benesch” We are Cleveland’s second largest law firm, and have offices in Chicago, Columbus, San Francisco, New York City, Wilmington, and Hackensack.
We continue to expand our geographic footprint and value the talent that comprises each of our locations.
If you are someone who champions a First in Service approach and are ready to be part of an exciting and growing Firm, we would invite you to apply to join our team.
Want to know more?
To hear from some of our team, click here: https://www.beneschlaw.com/careers/index.html Benesch is proud to announce the opening for a Legal Billing Specialist in our downtown Cleveland office Essential Functions: Manage the full cycle billing relationships and processes for a designated portfolio of client matters.
Establish, foster and maintain professional and collaborative relationships with attorneys, staff and clients to ensure account support for both attorney and client specifications as well as ensuring attorneys receive and return accurate pro formas in a timely manner.
Check rates and guidelines; have rates revalued as appropriate; monitor fee caps, discounts and other non-standard billing arrangements; track disbursements; monitor progress against approved budgets; and communicate with appropriate parties with respect to write-offs.
Review pro formas, make preliminary edits and route to appropriate attorneys for review.
Research, analyze and respond to underlying issues and inquiries.
Work with attorneys and staff to finalize invoices.
Submit finalized bills in appropriate format, ensuring compliance with outside counsel guidelines.
Communicate directly with clients as requested or as established and provide clients with requested reports or information related to special billing, collection arrangements and any other administrative matter(s).
Monitor client trust accounts, accurate payment application, and unapplied funds resolution throughout the life cycle of assigned accounts.
Additional Responsibilities: Assist with the set-up of electronic clients including but not limited to monitoring the submission of electronic invoices, assisting with troubleshooting and proactively following up regarding acceptance and timely payment of e-bills.
Provide detail-based documentation, statistics and rate analysis related to assigned accounts upon request.
Maintain working familiarity with current client billing guidelines & special fees as scanned in Elite both at the client or matter level.
Participate in continuous improvement projects.
Perform other functions and duties as assigned.
Qualifications: The Legal Billing Specialist must have at least 5 years of law firm billing and account management experience.
A solid working knowledge of Excel is required.
Aderant experience is preferred.
Qualified individuals will possess strong analytical abilities, solid communication and interpersonal skills as well as flexibility to ensure deadlines are consistently met.