ALP Development, founded in 2017 and based in New York, is a software consulting firm focused on the implementation and customization of financial and accounting systems for service-based corporations. Its founders have worked in the legal sector for over 30 years, creating solutions for firms looking to improve productivity and streamline their billing practices. ALP TimeCheck was developed to meet the direct needs of law firms. The ALP TimeCheck system centralizes all client validation rules and distributes the workload of fixing timecards to individual timekeepers or their administrators and assistants.  Administrators define rules to validate timecard narratives, such as Minimum Word Count, Invalid Keywords, and Block Billing.  They also define time filtering criteria against which those rules will be applied, such as Work Dates, Clients, Matters, Titles, and Timekeepers, or even custom SQL’s.  The system then applies this information by flagging every timecard that violates one or more rules.  Timekeepers or their assistants review their timecards, supplying alternative narratives that meet these rules.  Billers have the ability to review users’ corrections, and import the new narratives into the financial system (e.g., Elite Enterprise, Elite 3E, or Aderant).