{"id":27015,"date":"2023-04-10T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T19:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=954399"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T19:19:30","slug":"forget-chatgpt-let-the-robots-take-over-your-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2023\/04\/10\/forget-chatgpt-let-the-robots-take-over-your-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget ChatGPT, Let The Robots Take Over Your Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-940054\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/money-stack-bonus-chart-2022-GettyImages-1008861200-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"940051\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/>Everyone&#8217;s trying to figure out how <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2023\/03\/the-legal-industry-has-a-long-way-to-go-before-gpt-matches-the-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the computers will take over the legal profession<\/a>. But before handing the client over to the droids, consider the more straightforward tasks that lawyers assign to technology.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not next generation AI, but MyCase and LawPay offer a Smart Time Finder to passively track activities done within MyCase. And lest you think you&#8217;re a smarter than the computer when it comes to tracking your time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycase.com\/reports\/2023-benchmark-report-law-firm-productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyCase has run the numbers<\/a> and&#8230; you&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out MyCase customers who used the Smart Time Finder managed to capture 579,665 additional hours in 2022, three times more than they got in 2021. And those hours add up:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-954435\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-10-at-12.33.55-PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2023-04-10 at 12.33.55 PM\" width=\"512\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Per lawyer, that works out to an extra 64 hours of billable time, which works out to an additional $22,425 invoiced.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let pride get in the way of your money. Let the machines lend a hand.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-443318\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Headshot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot\" width=\"189\" height=\"126\" \/><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/joe-patrice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of <a href=\"http:\/\/legaltalknetwork.com\/podcasts\/thinking-like-a-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:joepatrice@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephpatrice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0if you&#8217;re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpnexecsearch.com\/josephpatrice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">There&#8217;s still a role for the simpler machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":940054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1839,358,112,7],"class_list":["post-27015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-lawpay","tag-mycase","tag-small-law-firms","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Forget ChatGPT, Let The Robots Take Over Your Billing - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2023\/04\/10\/forget-chatgpt-let-the-robots-take-over-your-billing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forget ChatGPT, Let The Robots Take Over Your Billing - 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