Step 01
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Invoices under review$33,415 recovered this month
How it works
Four steps. Then a smaller bill.
Upload a recent invoice. Our software audits it line by line — flagging block billing, vague entries, rate creep, duplicate work — and generates the reduction letter for you to send. You only pay $199 to find out what you’re owed back.
Step 02
Upload your invoice
PDF, scan, or screenshot — encrypted in transit and at rest. Add a few matter details and you’re done.
Step 03
Get your review + reduction letter
Plain-English PDF review benchmarked to billing-rate surveys, ABA guidance, and your venue — plus an editable Word reduction letter.
Step 04
Send for reduction
You send the letter and use our negotiation playbook. Keep every dollar you save.
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What's hiding
in your invoice?
Plug in your last invoice's hours and average rate. We'll estimate what an audit would likely recover, based on patterns across the bills we've reviewed.
Hours billed12 hrs
Avg. hourly rate$525/hr
Your invoice
$6,300
Est. recoverable @ 23% avg.
$1,449
After our $199 review fee, net savings $1,250
Audit this invoiceWhat we findThe seven sins
The seven sins
of legal billing.
Built by an attorney, run by software. Your invoice is analyzed against the patterns below in under five minutes — no waiting on a reviewer, no human looking at your matter.
Read the full playbook →01
Block billing
Lumped tasks that hide non-billable work.HIGH02
Vague entries
“Reviewed correspondence” — for 3.4 hours.MED03
Rate creep
Junior associate’s rate quietly rose mid-matter.HIGH04
Internal conferences
Three lawyers billing the same meeting.HIGH05
Administrative tasks
Photocopying at $750/hr.MED06
Duplicate work
Two attorneys drafting the same motion.HIGH07
Unauthorized work
Tasks you never asked for.LOWBy the numbers
From clients
“I almost paid it. The whole thing. Then I uploaded it, got a letter back in minutes, sent it to the firm, and walked away $6,200 lighter on the bill.”
“As GC for a 40-person company, I push every outside-counsel bill through TrimTheFee. It pays for itself ten times over.”
“I felt weird questioning my divorce attorney's hours. Their software made it feel routine, not adversarial.”
“Found three duplicate entries on the very first invoice they audited. Now it's part of our intake checklist.”
FAQBefore
Before
you upload.
Will my attorney know I had it audited?
Only if you decide to send the reduction letter we generate. You stay in control — nothing is sent to your firm without you doing it yourself.
What if I already paid the invoice?
Recovery is harder but possible. The review will tell you upfront whether it’s worth pursuing.
Is a human attorney reviewing my bill?
No. Trim the Fee is a software product, built by an attorney but operated entirely by software. Your invoice is analyzed automatically against our benchmarking database — no human reviewer touches your matter, which is what keeps it fast and affordable.
How fast is the review?
Under 5 minutes. You upload the PDF and the findings report plus the reduction letter are ready almost immediately — not in days.
What if you don’t find anything?
Money back. If we don’t identify reductions worth at least 2× the review fee, you don’t pay.
Stop wondering
if you got
billed fairly.
Upload your most recent invoice. In under five minutes, you'll know whether it's worth pushing back — and we'll generate the reduction letter for you to send.