Billing at the Heart of the Firm: Paralegal Timekeeping Essentials
Total Credits: 1 CLE, 1 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 31
- Categories:
- Law Practice Management & Technology
- Faculty:
- Roberta L Tepper
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Feb 14, 2025
Description
Learn about:
• Why timekeeping is important, even if your firm works on a contingent fee or flat fee basis
• Block Billing, Task Based Billing and Activity codes
• What information to include in a billing entry and what not to include
• Reasons your time might get cut
• Finding a timekeeping plan that works for you
Faculty:
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer, State Bar of Arizona
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Handouts
| BillingAtTheHeartOfTheFirm_FINALMATERIALS (1.2 MB) | 33 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Roberta L Tepper Related Seminars and Products
Chief Member Services Officer
State Bar of Arizona
Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer for the State Bar of Arizona, has been with the State Bar since 2004. Roberta leads the Member Services Division team which supports numerous programs and departments, including Continuing Legal Education; Lawyer Assistance Programs (Practice 2.0 and MAP); Legal Specialization; Mandatory CLE and Compliance; the Bar’s Resource Center, and more. Roberta served as the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, from 2013 until September 2021, which included responsibility for Practice 2.0, the State Bar of Arizona’s practice management advice program, the Bar’s Member Assistance Program, and support for the Bar’s 30 Sections as well as the Young Lawyer and Senior Lawyer Divisions. Roberta previously served as a prosecutor in North Carolina; worked in court administration in Delaware; and served as Bar Counsel and then Senior Bar Counsel in the Lawyer Regulation Office at the State Bar of Arizona.
Ms. Tepper is an active member of the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association, serves as the Division’s Secretary, is the Feature Editor for Law Practice Magazine, a member of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Lawyer Wellbeing Committee, Women Rainmakers, and the Strategy and Planning Committee, and served as the co-Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2021. She is a frequent author of articles on practice management, best practices and lawyer wellness and well-being for the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine and Law Practice Today. She also co-authored Tech From the Trenches, a column for Law Practice magazine that addresses best practices and the use of technology in the practice of law.
Roberta is a Fastcase 50 honoree (2019), an award that recognizes innovators, visionaries and leaders in law and was selected as one of the 2021 Women of Legal Tech honorees by the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center. She chairs the Practice Management Advisors of North America, is a Past President and an ex officio member of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association Board of Directors and, as a past chapter President, is an ex officio member of the AWLA, Maricopa Chapter, Steering Committee. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, Ms. Tepper is admitted to practice in Arizona and is an inactive member of the North Carolina and Delaware Bars.
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