Case Study
67x ROI $120,245/month in recovered billable time across 10 pilot users
Trust & Estates
New York, NY
"I've been doing billing for a long time, and it's a pain in the neck. This is refreshing."
Andrew Stathopulos
Senior Attorney, 40+ Years
$120K
Monthly Revenue Recovered
+1.5
Extra Billable Hours / Day
21
Active Users
81%
Firm-Wide Adoption
The Practice
A Denver Firm Built on Personal Service
Illumine Legal LLC is a general practice firm in Denver's Tech Center with approximately 26 team members. The firm handles litigation, corporate work, estate planning, medical law, real estate, tax planning, and civil rights. Their attorneys range from associates fresh out of law school to veterans with 40+ years of experience. Everyone bills hourly, and the firm has a strong block-billing culture: one consolidated entry per matter per day.
The Challenge
A Problem That Gets Worse the Busier You Are
At Illumine Legal, timekeeping followed the same pattern seen at most firms. Attorneys would reconstruct their day from memory, losing the small tasks that are hardest to recall: a quick client email, a five-minute phone call, a brief document review between meetings. Each of those is billable work. Each routinely went unrecorded. Senior attorney Andrew Stathopulos put it simply: he had been billing for over 40 years and never found a system he liked.
The Evaluation
An Internal Champion Made the Case
When Ajax was introduced to the firm, Devin Daines saw the demo and immediately wrote a detailed email to the team explaining what the tool could do. The email was persuasive enough that colleagues based their pilot participation entirely on it. The firm launched a pilot group, and results came quickly. Within weeks, two attorneys alone were generating $10,000 to $15,000 per month in previously uncaptured billable time.
The Results
Every Role and Generation Adopted
Feedback from Our Team
About Illumine Legal LLC
Illumine Legal LLC is a general practice firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado's Tech Center. The firm serves individuals, families, and businesses across litigation, corporate law, estate planning, medical law, real estate, tax planning, and civil rights. Founded by attorneys seeking to build a different kind of firm, Illumine Legal brings together practitioners ranging from early-career associates to senior attorneys with over four decades of experience. The firm manages its practice through Clio.
