See what really happened. On every invoice.

Legal invoices aren't just bills. They're a roadmap to better staffing, workflows, and billing performance—and a blueprint for Al strategy. We turn that data into clear, actionable insights for in-house teams and law firms.

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Aperture by Legal Decoder

Ask all of your burning legal
invoice questions

Your legal invoice data, brought into focus. Aperture is a natural language interface that allows users to query legal billing and spend data. Ask about staffing, task mix, pricing, or billing behavior, and receive answers with full analytical depth in just seconds.

Data Through Dialogue. Aperture’s NLQ architecture enables users to interrogate their data conversationally.

Tokenize, Then Analyze. Before any data is sent to an LLM, Aperture replaces all identifying markers with secure tokens, protecting your data at every step.

Built on Better Data. Aperture lets users further analyze structured legal data to surface inefficiencies in staffing, workflows, and billing practices.

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$10B+

in legal fees analyzed

Court-validated

methodology

BOTH SIDES OF THE INVOICE

Same invoice. Two truths.

Corporate legal teams see rising legal spend. Law firms see declining realization rates. We give both sides the story behind every invoice line item.

CORPORATE LEGAL

Justify every dollar in legal spend.

Outside counsel spend is rising, and manual invoice review can't keep pace with what's driving it.

  • Flag overstaffing and billing anomalies across every invoice, automatically

  • Benchmark rates and spend against comparable matters

  • Catch guideline violations before invoices are approved

LAW FIRMS

Defend your rates with data.

Write-offs are climbing and rate pressure is mounting, with no clear view into where profitability breaks down before invoices are challenged.

  • Diagnose realization leakage at the task level

  • Price competitively and profitably against matter-specific market benchmarks

  • Reduce billing friction before it becomes a dispute

Transparency isn't invoice policing. It's alignment.

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BEYOND UTBMS

Codes tell you what was billed.
Not what happened.

UTBMS codes classify time by category. Legal Decoder reads the billing narrative itself, connecting individual entries to staffing patterns and matter history to surface the inefficiencies the codes were never designed to catch.

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

Clarity over complexity.
Evidence over opinion.

  • "The output was easily digestible and led to a comprehensive report for our GC. Leadership was blown away."

    — Fortune 100 GC Team Member

  • "Legal Decoder gives you the big picture, not just a snapshot in time. The historical patterns are invaluable for fee examination."

    — Fortune 100 Legal Operations Leader

  • "You're hitting things I've been frustrated with for 8 years as a billing partner. I'm doing this at 7:30 at night when I should be with my family."

    — Partner, AmLaw 100 Firm

  • "Cleaner invoices, faster payment, fewer rejections — and realization that climbs instead of slides."

    — AmLaw 100 Pricing Leader

See what's hiding in
your invoices.

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