Billable hours

Estimate billable hours for a professional-services work product with a detailed task-by-task breakdown, staffing levels, complexity modifiers, and cost ranges. Uses industry benchmarks (LEDES / UTBMS for legal work where applicable). Use when the user asks to estimate hours, scope a matter, budget a project, price a deliverable, or produce a fee estimate. Trigger phrases: estimate billable hours, hours estimate, fee estimate, scope this matter, budget for this work, price this deliverable, billing forecast.