Patent ID: 7958023

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a billing program for a legal services client, the billing program including each of the following components: periodic flat rate charges billable to the client on a regularly occurring basis for a pre-defined scope of legal service, litigation defense charges billable to the client according to a graduated fee structure based in part on an outcome of a litigation, such litigation being within the scope of legal service provided under the periodic flat rate, and an accrual of credits at a predetermined multiplier of the periodic flat rate, which credits accrue over time and are redeemable to offset litigation defense charges otherwise billable, the accrual of credits being based in part on continued payment of the periodic flat rate by the legal services client; and using a processor to generate a billing for the legal services client, the billing including periodic flat rate charges, litigation defense charges, and an accrual of credits associated with the legal services client.