How much of your firm's work has preserved proof of who authorized it?

The Reconstruction Tax

The Reconstruction Tax is the cost of proving decisions after execution has already occurred.

It surfaces when the firm is asked to explain who approved a change, when it was approved, and under what authority—during billing review, reporting, audits, or disputes.

Billing entries, approvals, document changes, access actions, and system handoffs execute every day without a complete lineage of who acted, what triggered the action, and under what authority it occurred.

Engagement Record — Billing & Reporting Transition

System transition executed with billing and partner compensation cycles active.

Financial actions executed across multiple systems. Approval communicated through conversation and email.

No execution-time record preserving approver identity. No execution-time record preserving approver role. No execution-time record preserving approval timing.

Discrepancies identified after reporting close. Resolution required retrospective reconstruction across systems.

Losses accumulated across reporting cycles.

Dominion

Dominion captures authority at the moment execution occurs.

Dominion is Yavardi's governance platform for law firms. It deploys inside the firm's existing Microsoft environment.

When a consequential action occurs, Dominion preserves the approval that already took place as part of execution.

That record remains available during billing review, audits, and disputes.

Billing systems record what was billed. Document systems record what was saved. Access controls record who can enter.

None of these systems preserve who authorized a decision at execution.

Dominion preserves authority where decisions occur—before execution reaches billing, documents, or access layers.

What Changes Inside the Firm

Authority is preserved at execution. Billing review relies on records rather than memory. Scope questions resolve without escalation. Senior time remains focused on revenue work. Approved work is defended without reconstruction.

Execution continues in the same tools. Authority is preserved when it matters.

Authority capture must exist at the infrastructure layer. It cannot be added through policy or process after the fact.

Initial review conducted at no cost. Findings inform your governance roadmap.