Lead intake · attorneys
AI Receptionist for Attorneys
Capture every potential case before it dials your competitor.
An AI phone system for law firms. Captures every new-client call with case-type intake questions, routes urgent matters, and stops paralegal time leaking into qualification calls.
What this fixes
- × Every missed new-client call is a $5k-50k case that calls the next firm on Google.
- × Paralegal time disappears into intake calls — asking name, issue, jurisdiction, urgency — before anything billable happens.
- × Urgent matters (arrests, emergency hearings, deadlines) need a path to reach you fast; everything else can wait until tomorrow.
- × Existing-client questions ('when's my next hearing?') eat the same intake bandwidth as new-business calls.
What it actually does
- ✓ Captures name, contact, case type, jurisdiction, and urgency in a structured intake conversation.
- ✓ Classifies case type against your practice areas — routes mismatches to a referral message rather than scheduling.
- ✓ Escalates flagged-urgent calls (arrest, deadline, restraining order) to your cell via text within 60 seconds.
- ✓ Schedules an initial consult for non-urgent matters straight onto your calendar with the intake notes attached.
The cost math
Intake assistant or answering service
$30-45k/year salary + benefits, or $400-800/mo answering service with overage
Hand-deployed
$8k one-time deployment + ~$120/mo provider usage
Net
$22k+ year 1, scales with call volume not headcount
When this isn't the right first move
If your case volume is <2 new clients a month, the deployment cost won't pay back inside the year. Get to 4+/mo via marketing first, then revisit.
Complex litigation intake that requires legal judgment in the first call (e.g. immigration deportation matters with tight clocks) still needs human intake. Use the AI for routine work and route the complex stuff through directly.
Best fit
- Solo practitioners and 2-5 attorney firms
- Practices with consumer-facing intake (PI, family, criminal, immigration, estate)
- Firms tired of paying a paralegal to answer phones half the day
Not for you if
- Firms whose new clients come exclusively from referrals (no cold intake)
- Practices where the first call requires substantive legal analysis
Want this for solo attorneys and small firms?
Send me your workflow and I’ll reply with a one-page deploy plan — or tell you to fix something else first.