# Time narrative
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Generate, improve, and validate attorney billing narratives for LEDES/UTBMS-compliant invoices.

Generate, improve, and validate attorney billing narratives for LEDES/UTBMS-compliant invoices. Covers all four core operations: (1) generate narratives from bare time entries, (2) rewrite vague descriptions into specific, billable-quality text, (3) convert block-billed entries into individual task-level line items, and (4) validate completed narratives against client billing guidelines and e-billing platform rules (Tymetrix, Legal Tracker, CounselLink, eBillingHub, Brightflag). Applies the ABA UTBMS task code framework (L-codes for litigation, C-codes for counseling/advisory, P-codes for transactions, B-codes for bankruptcy) combined with cross-cutting activity codes (A101–A111). Also enforces professional ethics compliance under ABA Model Rule 1.5 and MRPC fee standards. Use when a law firm timekeeper needs to draft, fix, or audit billing narratives; when a legal ops team needs to pre-validate invoices before e-billing submission; when a file reviewer is converting legacy block-billed time records; or when an outside counsel is preparing narratives to survive client billing guideline review or lodestar fee petition scrutiny. Triggers on: UTBMS task codes, LEDES narratives, block billing, time entry descriptions, billing narrative, legal billing compliance, Tymetrix billing, CounselLink invoice, Legal Tracker submission, billing guidelines narrative, vague time entry, attorney time records, fee petition narrative, lodestar.

This skill generates, improves, and validates attorney time entry narratives for LEDES/UTBMS e-billing submission, client billing guideline compliance, and fee petition preparation. **Covers four operating modes:** | Mode | Use Case | Input | Output | |------|----------|-------|--------| | **Generate** | Create narratives from bare or minimal time data | Timekeeper, date, task code, brief note | Complete compliant narrative | | **Improve** | Rewrite vague or inadequate existing narratives | Draft time entries with poor descriptions | Improved narratives with task code validation | | **Convert** | Break block-billed entries into individual line items | Block-billed entry (multiple tasks, one duration) | Separated task-level entries with distributed time | | **Validate** | Audit completed narratives against billing guidelines | Completed time entries + client guidelines | Compliance findings with remediation | **Also covers:** - UTBMS task code selection and validation (L-codes, A-codes, P-codes, activity codes) - LEDES 1998B / LEDES 2000 field compliance - Client e-billing platform requirements (Tymetrix/Legal Tracker, CounselLink, eBillingHub, Brightflag) - ABA Model Rule 1.5 ethics compliance for billing narratives - Fee petition / lodestar methodology narrative standards - Minimum time increment compliance (.1 hour standard; platform-specific variations) - Privilege preservation in billing narratives **Does not:** - ...

## Jurisdictions

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