There is no such thing as an invoice that is too long. If you do a good job of preparing invoices, clients will think they're getting a bargain and will be glad to pay them before you reconsider how little you seem to be charging. The source of information for invoices is your time records. If you recorded everything you did, then preparing the invoice will simply be a matter of transferring the services-rendered record from your time records to the invoices. The most important thing in invoicing is to list every single document you prepared or reviewed.
Clients often think that lawyers are in the stationery business.
Also indicate whether you reviewed the document or prepared it or revised it. Also list the forms your secretary prepared, including such documents as summonses, declarations or returns of service, and instructions to the clerk of court. Examples of three invoices are included at the end of this section. Be careful about repeating descriptions in your invoices. Clients commonly complain when they think you've double or triple charged.