Billing Specialist

• Collaborate with attorneys and staff to create, distribute, edit, post and submit legal bills via various delivery methods.
• Maintain a list of special arrangements, billing guidelines, attorney preferences, billing rates, fee caps, formatting and expense requirements for client matters and ensure these requirements are adhered to.
• Prioritize and meet aggressive deadlines.
• Work with the Rates Team to ensure rates are properly assigned per client guidelines
• Work with the Matter Information Team on updates to client matters requested by clients or attorneys once matters are opened.
• Collaborate with the eBilling Team to assist in the successful submission of bills, along with resolving  rejections and appeals.
• Resolve billing-related issues from internal and external clients
• Coordinate with other teams within the Financial Operations department to address questions/problems related to the billing process.
• Prepare adhoc reports, providing analysis of financial and historical billing data.
• Resolve complex billing issues by working with the Billing Attorney, practice assistant and client.
• Proactively recommend improvements to existing processes.
• Track status of insurance company billing engagements to ensure compliance with billing requirements set forth by various insurance company clients, and/or those serving as insurers to existing clients.

• 2+ years of billing experience required
• Legal billing experience preferred
• Aderant and Prebill Viewer experience is a plus
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly with Excel and Outlook
• Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to interact with all levels of staff and attorneys
• Must be customer service oriented with strong problem solving skills
• Must be detailed oriented and possess strong organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work overtime, as needed in order to fulfil the firm’s goals

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Sick Time, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Teladoc (24/7 access to a doctor by phone or online video), Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.