This sample Outside Counsel Billing Policy can be used alongside the guidance in the Billing Guidelines Essentials for Legal Operations to develop an e-billing policy for outside counsel.
Sample Outside Counsel Billing Policy
Tom Stephenson
Director, Legal Operations Credit Karma
With over a decade of varied roles within the legal industry, Tom has worked alongside global law firms, Fortune 500 corporations, legal tech vendors, and alternative legal service providers to address issues impacting today's evolving legal operations, legal technology, and legal innovation landscape.
Tom focuses on driving legal operations to run smarter and faster while implementing right-sized technology solutions that provide meaningful data about how teams work. Tom serves as a trusted advisor to design-thinking executive stakeholders in corporate legal departments to identify business objectives, value perspectives, and process inefficiencies during periods of hyper-growth.
Tom is the host of Dear Legal Ops, a weekly podcast sharing anonymous stories to empower the next generation of legal operations professionals to dig deep to find and release their inner brilliance through courageous conversations, mentorship, and educational opportunities. Tom is a community thought leader and regularly speaks as an authoritative voice on innovative legal operations strategies that drive efficiency, innovation, and transparency within an organization, including Harvard Law School.