Business Details
41 Years
experience
Legal Spend Management Experts Since 1985
Founded in 1985, Stuart Maue pioneered the legal audit industry by developing innovative cost management solutions for legal expenditures. Our approach combines experienced attorneys and accountants with advanced technology to deliver comprehensive legal spend analysis, billing guideline reviews, and vendor management programs. We specialize in retrospective invoice auditing, real-time expenditure monitoring, and customized analytics to help clients optimize legal budgets while maintaining compliance with billing standards.With headquarters in St. Louis and satellite offices in New Jersey, Arizona, and the UK, our team provides tailored services to insurance companies, Fortune 500 corporations, and law firms across diverse industries. Our SAS-70 Level II certified processes ensure data security and accuracy, while strategic partnerships with technology providers enhance our service delivery capabilities.
Services
Legal Spend Management
Legal Auditing
Bankruptcy Fee Examination
Vendor Management
Law Firm Services
Details
- Year established: 1985
Highlights and features
- We employ experienced attorneys and accountants for comprehensive legal audits
- Our proprietary technology enables real-time invoice analysis and reporting
- We guarantee compliance with billing guidelines and industry standards
- We offer tailored solutions for Fortune 500 companies and law firms
- Our SAS-70 Level II certification ensures data security and process integrity
Associations and certifications
- SAS-70 Level II
What people say
User-friendly system
Expert help available
Dedicated contact person
Significant cost savings
Comprehensive analysis
Services
Legal Spend Management
Our legal spend management programs combine attorney-led invoice reviews with advanced analytics to identify billing discrepancies and optimize legal budgets. We analyze invoices for guideline compliance, unauthorized charges, and mathematical errors while providing actionable insights for long-term cost reduction. Clients receive customized reporting tools to track spending patterns and improve vendor accountability across multiple jurisdictions.
Legal Auditing
We conduct comprehensive legal fee audits to evaluate law firm billing practices against industry standards and client guidelines. Our attorneys identify excessive, duplicative, or non-compliant charges while providing expert testimony support for fee disputes. The audit process includes document review, stakeholder interviews, and detailed reporting to improve future billing practices and negotiation strategies.
Bankruptcy Fee Examination
As court-appointed fee examiners, we analyze professional fee applications in bankruptcy cases to ensure compliance with legal standards. Our services include preparing detailed reports, negotiating settlements, and providing expert testimony regarding fee reasonableness. We specialize in handling complex cases with multi-million dollar fee requests while maintaining strict adherence to bankruptcy code requirements.
Vendor Management
Our vendor management programs identify billing errors and contractual non-compliance in non-legal supplier invoices. Experienced auditors review contracts and payment records to recover overpayments while providing performance metrics for better vendor management. The service includes customized reporting tools to track supplier compliance and improve procurement processes across multiple business units.
Law Firm Services
We provide law firms with proactive billing reviews to ensure compliance with client guidelines and industry standards. Our services include invoice verification, staff training on billing best practices, and expert support for fee disputes. Law firms also benefit from our allocation analysis services to properly distribute costs between covered and non-covered claim issues in complex litigation matters.
People
Stuart Maue
Founder
Stuart Maue founded the legal audit industry in 1985 and has developed proprietary methodologies for legal cost analysis. With decades of experience as both attorney and auditor, he specializes in helping corporations and law firms optimize legal expenditures through customized compliance programs and advanced analytics.
Questions
What legal spend management services do you offer?
We provide invoice auditing, billing guideline reviews, budgeting tools, and analytics to help organizations optimize legal expenditures through attorney-led analysis.
How do your legal audits benefit law firms?
Our audits help law firms verify billing compliance, recover disputed fees, and improve billing practices through expert analysis and training programs.
Do you serve clients outside the US?
We operate from St. Louis with satellite offices in the UK and serve international clients through our secure online billing platform.
What industries do you work with?
We serve insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms, manufacturers, financial institutions, and corporate legal departments across multiple industries.
How do you ensure data security?
Our SAS-70 Level II certified systems use secure online portals and encryption to protect client data during all audit and billing processes.
What bankruptcy-related services do you provide?
We serve as court-appointed fee examiners, analyzing bankruptcy professional fees, preparing reports, and providing expert testimony in complex Chapter 11 cases.
