ArgoPro Claims (5300) Ebilled - Quarterly billing – Quovant
- The retained attorney will be responsible for work on the matter and cannot be transferred to a different attorney without prior approval
- Time of more than one partner requires approval from senior claims management with a title of AVP or higher
- Block billing is not permitted except for simple tasks billed up to .2 hours
- Multiple attendance requires prior approval
- Legal research exceeding ten (10) hours requires client authorization
- Prior approval is required before any experts, consultants, independent professionals, or investigators are retained
- Timekeeper limited to (10) hours per day (absent trial, long distance travel, mediation, or arbitration)
- Travel time billed at 50% of the approved hourly rate
- Must be billed separately from attendance or preparation time
- Coach airfare, standard car rental, reasonable hotel rates, and mileage (not exceeding current IRS rate) is reimbursable for long distance travel
- Local travel time >50 miles round trip is not billable
- Parking and tolls incurred in connection with local travel are reimbursable
- Local travel time >50 miles round trip is not billable
- Meal expenses for overnight travel reimbursed up to a maximum of $65.00 per day
- Individual expenses exceeding $500 must be discussed in advance and must be sent directly to the claims professional and should not be submitted through Legal-X
- Expenses to be emailed to Argo Pro Claims at ArgoMLMail@argogroupus.com
- Bill within 180 days to avoid stale billing
