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Matters, WIP, and disbursements —
one conversation.

Brunell helps your firm capture every billable unit, surface matter WIP in seconds, and invoice with confidence — without another clunky matter billing stack.

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10 sec
Matter WIP on request
100%
Disbursements tied to matters
2 hrs
Saved per lawyer per month on billing admin

Law firms sell judgment. Not billing archaeology.

Lawyers and clerks lose billable time to fragmented matter tracking, late time entry, and disbursements that never make the prebill.

Time entry after the fact
Narratives and units logged days late — write-offs and client pushback follow.
Disbursements off-matter
Court fees, searches, and counsel invoices sit in inboxes instead of on the matter ledger.
WIP surprises before invoice
Partners can’t see live matter WIP without a report request and a wait.
Without Brunell · a typical week

⚖️  Associate reconstructs Tuesday’s units from calendar and notes.

📎  Court filing fee — which matter? Clerk searches email.

📋  Prebill prep: export, fix narratives, chase missing disbursements.

💸  Partner asks for WIP — answer tomorrow.

Your rate card is premium. Your process isn’t.

Matter management through conversation.

Brunell tracks matters as jobs — time, costs, quotes, and invoices — with the speed partners expect and the detail clients demand.

Open a matter & quote
"New matter for Chen v Meridian, litigation, estimate $45k." Structured tasks and rates in seconds.
Log units in natural language
"0.8 units on Chen, draft witness statement, for James." Done — narrative-ready.
Matter WIP & prebill prep
"WIP on Chen and overdue firm-wide?" Live breakdown; invoice when you approve.
With Brunell · same week
WIP on Chen v Meridian and any overdue?
Chen: $18,400 WIP, 42 units unbilled. No overdue firm invoices. Largest matter: Chen.
Add court filing disbursement $340 on Chen
Disbursement logged on Chen — $340, expense category. Included in matter costs.
Invoice Chen for all unbilled units and disbursements
Invoice INV-2026-077 — $19,100. Review PDF before send?
Total time: under a minute. Margin protected.
Legal workflow

Instruction to invoice —
matter-accurate, every time.

01

Matter intake & estimate

Quotes and matter budgets with tasks aligned to how you bill.

02

Activate the matter

Quote to job; team and rates applied; WIP clock starts.

03

Capture billable work

Units and narratives via chat — same-day discipline, less write-off.

04

Disbursements & counsel fees

Every pass-through on the matter, marked up per your rules.

05

WIP review & approval

Partners ask for matter or firm WIP; canvas shows the truth.

06

Invoice & follow-up

Tax-aware invoices; send and track from one place.

"Our lawyers actually log time the day they do the work now. That alone changed our realisation rate."

James Whitfield, Firm Administrator — Whitfield & Co, Auckland

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