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Stop Losing Clients to Voicemail

AI-powered intake and multilingual agents in 65+ languages capture every potential client call, qualify leads, and schedule consultations around the clock.

The short version: AI voice is $0.15 a minute and live agents start at $300 a month for 500 minutes. AI handles hours, directions and existing-matter scheduling; a person runs new-client intake, because that is where the value is and where a conflict check starts. English and Spanish share one queue.

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how it plays out

A potential client who called three firms.

Phone English

"I was just in a car accident and need a lawyer"

After-hours intake call from potential client

  1. AI answers immediately, captures incident details and injuries
  2. Qualifies case type and confirms practice area match
  3. Collects contact info and insurance details per intake protocol
  4. Schedules priority consultation with attorney for next morning
New client captured Lead Secured
Live Chat Spanish

"Necesito ayuda con mi caso de inmigración"

Spanish-speaking prospect on firm website

  1. AI engages in fluent Spanish, asks about visa type and timeline
  2. Gathers current immigration status and case urgency
  3. Explains consultation process and fee structure in Spanish
  4. Books bilingual attorney consultation and sends confirmation
Consultation booked Bilingual Intake
Email Mandarin

"I need to review a commercial lease before signing Friday"

Urgent document review request with deadline

  1. AI identifies time-sensitive nature and practice area
  2. Confirms document type and key concerns from client
  3. Flags as urgent to real estate attorney with Friday deadline
  4. Sends secure upload link for lease documents
Urgent matter routed Deadline Met
WhatsApp Portuguese

"What is the status of my custody filing?"

Existing client checking case progress

  1. AI verifies client identity through secure authentication
  2. Retrieves latest case status notes from case management system
  3. Provides update on filing status and next court date
  4. Offers to schedule a call with assigned paralegal if needed
Client updated Satisfaction

the team behind it

Who runs your intake questions at 9pm.

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Legal-Trained Specialists

  • Client intake screening with conflict-check awareness and case qualification
  • Appointment scheduling integrated with attorney calendars and court dates
  • Confidential message handling following attorney-client privilege protocols

65+ Languages

  • Native-speaking agents in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and 60+ more
  • Real-time AI translation for rare language pairs
  • Cultural context training for every market we serve

Follow-the-Sun Coverage

  • Operation centres in Canada, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Philippines and China
  • Smooth handoff between time zones with shared context
  • Holiday and weekend coverage without overtime costs

the part nobody prices in

A missed intake call is not a missed call. It is a missed case.

Legal is the one vertical where every answering-service company puts its best page, and the reason is arithmetic. A single retained matter is worth more than a year of the service, and prospective clients call three firms in an afternoon.

They also call at the worst possible times — evenings, weekends, the hours right after something went wrong. And they do not leave voicemails. A prospective client who reaches a machine calls the next firm on the list, and you will never know the call happened.

What makes this different from taking a message is that the intake itself has to be done properly: enough detail to run a conflict check, enough structure that an attorney can decide in thirty seconds whether to take it, and nothing said that could be construed as legal advice.

where AI should not be

The calls we will not put a bot on.

New-client intake

This is the money call. It needs someone who can follow a question set, hear when an answer opens a conflict issue, and keep an anxious caller talking long enough to get the facts. Automation collects fields; a person collects a case.

Anything touching a deadline

A caller mentioning a filing date, a statute of limitations or a court date gets a person and gets flagged to you immediately. The cost of routing that into a queue is not a lost client — it is a malpractice exposure.

Existing clients asking about their matter

A client chasing a status update is anxious and paying. That conversation goes to a person who can take the question precisely and get it to the right attorney, without ever discussing the substance.

Anyone in distress

Domestic violence, arrest, an accident that just happened. These calls need a human being first and an intake second, and they need someone who knows when to stop asking questions and connect them to you.

what comes off the call

An intake an attorney can act on, not a message slip.

We run your intake questions, in your order, with your disqualifiers. What comes back is structured enough for a conflict check and a go/no-go:

  • Caller name, all other parties named, and any opposing party mentioned — the conflict-check fields first
  • Practice area and a one-line description of the matter in the caller's own words
  • Where and when it happened, and which jurisdiction
  • Any deadline or statute date the caller is aware of
  • Whether they are already represented, and whether they have spoken to other firms
  • How they found you — referral, search, a previous matter
  • Insurance, police report or case numbers where they exist
  • Best callback times, and whether it is safe to leave a message at that number

It reaches you as a structured intake, not a note. Agents do not give legal advice, do not estimate the value of a matter, and do not tell anyone whether they have a case — they say the attorney will make that call.

what it costs

Published rates, so you can do the arithmetic first.

Most vendors in this category quote by form. These are our published packages — not a quote, since language mix, hours and volume all move the number. The per-minute figures are simply the monthly price divided by the included minutes.

OptionPublished pricePer minuteWhat it's for
Dedicated agent from $5.80 per hour, per agent Your intake script, your conflict fields, one team that knows your practice areas
AI voice $0.15 per minute Office hours, directions, and scheduling for existing matters
Web chat $0.05 per session Website and paid-search enquiries that arrive after close
Live shared team from $300 / month includes 500 min → ≈ $0.60/min Evenings and weekends, when prospective clients actually call
Live shared team from $650 / month includes 1,500 min → ≈ $0.43/min Overflow when the firm is in trial or a campaign is running

Anything involving a person is a starting price. Two things move it: which languages you need, and how senior an agent the work actually requires — a bilingual agent handling refund authority is not the same hire as one taking bookings. AI voice and web chat are flat, because there is no hiring in them. And every model above is open to every business on this page: which one fits is a question about the shape of your volume, not about your industry.

Minimum engagement is half a seat — not a five-seat block. We also bill per resolved issue, from $1, where you pay nothing if it is not resolved; that model fits businesses where a customer problem actually gets solved on the call, not businesses where the call is intake.

who takes which call

Route by the cost of getting it wrong.

Most vendors sell you either an AI receptionist or a live answering service and leave the allocation to you. Since we run both, here is the split we would actually recommend — including the calls we think should never touch automation.

The callRoute toCost of getting it wrong
Office hours, parking, which floor AI An annoyed caller
Scheduling a meeting on an existing matter AI A slower calendar
"Do you handle this kind of case?" AI A lead sent to the wrong practice area
A new potential client describing what happened Human A retained matter worth more than a year of this service
Any mention of a filing date or statute Human Not a lost client — a malpractice exposure
A caller in distress or just arrested Human A person who needed a person

setup

Five days to put the right person on it.

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

your existing software

It goes into your system, with a record of who said what.

We work inside the CRM, practice system or case tool you already run, rather than handing you a second inbox to check. Every contact leaves a timestamped record — who called, what was asked, what was said back, what was promised — because in your line of work the question six months later is not "did someone call" but "what exactly did we tell them". Tell us what you run and we will say straight whether we connect to it today.

when we're the wrong choice

Three cases where you should hire someone else.

  • You want paralegal-level screening. We run your intake questions and flag your disqualifiers. We do not assess the merits, estimate damages or tell a caller whether they have a case. If you need substantive screening before it reaches an attorney, that is a paralegal, not an answering service.
  • You want someone admitted in your jurisdiction. Our agents are trained on your intake process, not on law. They will never give legal advice, which is the point — but if what you want is a licensed professional on the phone, we are the wrong purchase.
  • Your practice runs on referrals and you rarely take cold calls. If new matters come from other attorneys and past clients rather than search, an intake service solves a problem you do not have. Spend it on the referral relationships.

questions

What buyers ask before they sign.

How much does it cost?

AI voice is $0.15 per minute and web chat is $0.05 per session. Live agents start at $300 per month including 500 minutes — about $0.60 per minute — or from $5.80 per hour for a dedicated agent working only your account. The minimum engagement is half a seat, not a five-seat block.

How fast can you start answering our phones?

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

Do you answer in Spanish?

Yes, on the same number, with agents in our Bolivia and Nicaragua operation centres — native Spanish, not machine translation. English and Spanish share one queue, and we cover 60+ more languages if you need them.

Can I mix AI and live agents on one number?

That is the normal setup. You decide which call types go to AI and which reach a person, and you can change the split as your volume changes. Nothing about that decision is locked in at signup.

Can you run our conflict-check questions?

Yes — the party names come first in our intake, before the description of the matter, so nothing gets discussed that should not be. We collect the caller, all other named parties and any opposing party, flag anything matching a list you give us, and send it to you before anyone follows up.

Will your agents ever give legal advice?

No, and it is the line we train hardest on. Agents do not assess whether someone has a case, do not estimate value, and do not comment on the law. They collect the facts and say that the attorney will make that call. If a caller pushes, they say it again.

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