Law firms live and die by captured billable time. Keito records hours by client, matter, and attorney, separates billable from write-off, and reviews entries before they become an invoice the client will accept.
Partner review
Billable hours
386h
Active work
24
Reviewed
91%
Ready to bill
$18.4k
Time captured with context
law firm time tracking
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
law firm time tracking needs more than a timer. The billing record has to keep client, project, approval, and invoice context together before the work reaches finance.
Record time by client, project, and team member role so billing reports reflect actual team composition without needing a separate tracking system per person.
Give project leads a combined view of who worked on what, what is billable, and whether the team effort matches the client story before invoice prep starts.
Produce summaries that explain team effort by deliverable, milestone, or service area so clients understand what they are paying for.
Legal billing accuracy
For a law firm, unbilled time is lost revenue, and the hours most easily lost are the small ones — the five-minute call, the quick email, the document review squeezed between meetings. When attorneys reconstruct their day at the end of the week, those increments vanish, and what remains is a softer, less defensible version of the real effort. Worse, when a client questions a bill, the firm needs to show which matter each entry belonged to, who did the work, and that someone reviewed it before it went out. Keito gives a firm a billing-grade record built for exactly that. Time is captured against the right client, matter, and attorney as the work happens, billable status and write-downs are handled in the entry, and a billing partner or practice manager reviews time before it becomes an invoice. That makes three things possible at once: invoices clients accept because the matter-level detail is there, realisation that improves because fewer billable increments slip through the cracks, and a clear internal view of which matters and attorneys are actually profitable. The legal work stays where it belongs; the billable record finally matches the effort behind it.
Capture billable time by client, matter, and attorney as work happens
Handle billable status and write-downs before invoicing
Review entries at the partner level before a bill goes out
Workflow fit
Keito keeps law firm time tracking connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Capture billable time by client, matter, and attorney as work happens
Handle billable status and write-downs before invoicing
Review entries at the partner level before a bill goes out
Keito flat pricing means project leads can add contractors, specialists, and reviewers without facing a billing escalation each time the delivery team changes composition.
Keito is designed for teams who move fast. It captures the minimum needed for billing accuracy: client, project, task, and billable status, without turning every entry into a form.
Project leads can see all team contributions to a client engagement, not just their own entries, so the billing review is a single step rather than an aggregation exercise.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
End-of-week recall vs captured billable record
Keito keeps law firm time tracking tied to clients, projects, billable status, approvals, and billing summaries in one workspace.
Typical setups capture time in one tool and rebuild the billing explanation later from exports, comments, or spreadsheet cleanup.
Review before invoicing
Managers review entries before they become invoice evidence, so missing context is fixed internally rather than during a client dispute.
Raw timer exports usually reach finance before delivery leads have confirmed whether the work is billable, complete, or client-ready.
Predictable team pricing
Flat-rate plans let delivery staff, reviewers, contractors, and finance users participate without per-seat pricing friction.
Per-seat time trackers make teams choose between clean billing participation and controlling tool spend.
The best way to manage law firm time tracking is to capture work at source, attach it to the right client and project, review it before invoicing, and use the reviewed record as billing evidence. Keito is built around that workflow so time, approvals, and invoice context stay connected.
Yes. Keito helps with law firm time tracking by tracking work by client, project, task, person, billable status, and review state, then turning approved records into client-ready summaries. That makes the data useful for billing, profitability, and client reporting rather than just attendance.
Keito is different because it treats time as billing evidence, not just duration. A generic timer records how long something took; Keito records who did the work, where it belongs, whether it was reviewed, and how it should appear in client billing context.
A project lead or delivery manager should review law firm time tracking before invoicing because they can confirm whether the work is billable, complete, and explained in client language. Keito gives reviewers a shared workspace for checking team entries before the billing record leaves the delivery team.
A client-ready law firm time tracking report should include the client, project, task, contributor, billable status, approval state, and a concise explanation of the work completed. Keito keeps those details connected so reports can answer client questions without exposing internal delivery noise.
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Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.