Thornquill Law: October 2026
In October 2026, Thornquill Law invoiced $210,952, up 13% on October 2025, and collected $211,580, up 26.3%. Hours recorded rose 29.7% to 775, with the team at 105% of its target hours, and 19 new matters opened against 8 a year earlier. The first flag worth your attention is overdue money: $31,118 of the $198,826 owed to the firm (15.7%) is over 60 days old, led by Harlow Fabrication LLC at $22,637. The second is $37,005 of work done more than 60 days ago that has not yet been invoiced, all of it on the Northgate Dental Group supply agreement renegotiation, led by Dana Whitfield.
Written by Claude from the figures below. Every number in it was checked against them.
Worth a look this month
Overdue invoices
$31,118 of the $198,826 owed (15.7%) is over 60 days old. The largest is Harlow Fabrication LLC, $22,637 across 4 invoices; next is Westbrook Veterinary Clinic, $8,481 across 3 invoices.
Worth a call or a payment plan before it ages further.
Unbilled work
$37,005 of work done more than 60 days ago hasn't been invoiced, all of it on supply agreement renegotiation for Northgate Dental Group, led by Dana Whitfield.
Worth checking whether it's on hold on purpose or waiting to be billed.
Busy week ahead
13 deadlines fall in the week of Nov 23.
Worth checking cover and preparation time now.
Market prices rising faster than your rates
In the year to Sep 2026, prices for business & commercial work rose 10% and labor & employment work rose 7.9%; the firm's standard rates rose 4.1%.
Worth reviewing at the next rate change.
Each item comes from a fixed rule on the firm's numbers. They say what is worth checking, not what will happen or what to do.
The month in numbers
- Invoiced in Oct 2026$210,952▲ +13% compared with Oct 2025
- Collected in Oct 2026$211,580▲ +26.3% compared with Oct 2025
- Owed to the firm$198,826$31,118 over 60 days
- Work not yet invoiced$257,577$37,005 over 60 days
- New matters1947 open at month end
- Hours recorded775▲ +29.7% compared with Oct 2025
Money owed, by age
| Client | Invoices | Owed |
|---|---|---|
| Harlow Fabrication LLC | 4 | $22,637 |
| Westbrook Veterinary Clinic | 3 | $8,481 |
Team hours against target
| Person | Hours | Of target |
|---|---|---|
| Dana WhitfieldPartner | 141 | 117% |
| Marcus OyelaranPartner | 107 | 92.8% |
| Priya NatarajanAssociate | 154 | 110% |
| Tom BrennanAssociate | 143 | 102% |
| Rosa DelgadoParalegal | 128 | 117% |
| Kevin AsheParalegal | 102 | 92.4% |
| Jen ParkOffice manager | – | No target |
Targets are monthly billable hours. Under 70% or over 120% is flagged.
New matters by practice area
| Practice area | Oct 2026 | Oct 2025 | Last 3 months | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business & commercial | 8 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| Employment | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Estate planning | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
The next 30 days: 29 deadlines
- Mon, Nov 2MediationNon-compete review · Brightwater Builders
- Mon, Nov 2SigningAsset purchase · Kestrel Physical Therapy
- Mon, Nov 2Draft to clientCustomer terms of service · Kestrel Property Management
- Tue, Nov 3MediationWage and hour audit · Oakhurst Brewing Co.
- Tue, Nov 3HearingNon-compete review · Brightwater Landscaping
- Tue, Nov 3Draft to clientEquipment financing · Fieldstone Accounting LLP
- Wed, Nov 4Signing meetingEstate plan update · J. Ramirez
- Mon, Nov 9MediationSeverance negotiation · Cedar Point Fabrication LLC
And 21 more. Highlighted: the busiest week.
What the market is charging
Producer price indexes for legal services from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: real data, compared with the same month a year earlier because the index steps up every January.
- All legal services+7.5%Sep 2026 on a year earlier
- Business & commercial legal services+10%Sep 2026 on a year earlier
- Labor & employment legal services+7.9%Sep 2026 on a year earlier
- Wills, estate planning & probate+4.2%Sep 2026 on a year earlier
- Thornquill Law's standard rates+4.1%set each January
How the automated job made this brief
Started by the monthly schedule. Each step below is what this run actually did.
Fetched the market price index
4 legal-services series from FRED, through Sep 2026; no revisions.
Reconciled invoices against payments for Oct 2026
541 time entries, 55 invoices and 56 payments this month; 4 of 4 checks passed.
Ran the test suite
43 tests passed.
Wrote the summary
Written by Claude (claude-haiku-5-5); every number checked against the figures.
Published
The job committed this brief to the site on November 2, 2026, which redeploys it.
See the 8 checks this run had to pass
| Check | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing dated after the month end | Passed | All records on or before 2026-10-31. |
| Invoices minus payments equals money owed | Passed | $5,739,675 invoiced, $5,540,849 paid since the records began. |
| Earlier months unchanged | Passed | All 1,454 earlier invoices identical. |
| The month has recorded work | Passed | 775 hours recorded. |
| All legal services | Passed | Through Sep 2026. |
| Business & commercial legal services | Passed | Through Sep 2026. |
| Labor & employment legal services | Passed | Through Sep 2026. |
| Wills, estate planning & probate | Passed | Through Sep 2026. |
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Market data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index by Industry, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This product uses data from FRED® but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.