LEDES Converter

Legal e-billing runs on LEDES 1998B, the pipe-delimited format most corporate legal departments require from outside counsel. Producing it by hand, or reading it back into something a person can review, means re-keying invoice data line by line. LEDES Converter removes that step in both directions.

Drop a PDF or a photographed invoice and the text is read directly in your browser. Scanned pages fall back to OCR, and AI running in your own Puter account structures the text into invoice data: header fields, matter IDs, timekeepers, codes, units, and rates. Drop a LEDES 1998B file instead and it is parsed locally, forgivingly. Missing format lines, reordered headers, mixed line endings, and multi-invoice files are all handled, and every repair is reported so nothing changes silently.

Both directions meet in one review screen. Line items come with UTBMS task, activity, and expense code pickers. Live validation checks the required 1998B fields, reconciles totals against line items, and flags dates outside the billing period, with one-click fixes where they apply. When the invoice passes, export a spec-clean LEDES file, a professional PDF with selectable text, or both from the same reviewed data.

Your invoices stay yours. Parsing and PDF generation happen locally, AI structuring runs through your own Puter account, and saved conversions live as files in that account, ready to reopen or re-download in either format. Free, with no ads.

Key features

- Convert PDF and photographed invoices into structured LEDES 1998B data, with OCR for scanned pages.
- Turn any LEDES 1998B file into a clean, printable PDF invoice with selectable text, in US Letter or A4.
- Import imperfect LEDES files without failing: missing format lines, reordered headers, and multi-invoice files are repaired and reported.
- Review every field before export, with header, matter IDs, and parties laid out in one editor.
- Code line items quickly with built-in UTBMS task, activity, and expense code pickers.
- Catch rejections early with live checks for required fields, totals reconciliation, and billing period dates.
- Export either format, or both, from the same reviewed invoice, and copy the raw LEDES text when you need it.
- Save conversions to your Puter account and re-download them later as LEDES or PDF.

Who it's for

- Law firm billing staff who must deliver LEDES 1998B files to clients that require e-billing.
- Solo and small-firm attorneys who invoice in PDF but face LEDES requirements from corporate clients.
- Corporate legal operations teams reviewing incoming LEDES files in a readable format.
- Legal billing consultants and bookkeepers who move invoices between formats for several firms.
- Anyone learning LEDES who wants to see how a real invoice maps to the 1998B format.