The Intake You Keep Losing
The new-client intake you missed
Someone who just got hurt or served papers is calling firms one after another. Miss that call and they retain the next firm that answers. The AI answers on the first ring, captures the intake, and books the consultation.
After-hours and weekend intake
Legal problems do not keep business hours. The AI answers 24/7, takes the caller's details and matter type, flags anything time-sensitive, and books a consult, so leads stop going cold overnight.
Status calls clogging the line
Existing clients calling for updates tie up your front desk while new leads hit voicemail. The AI handles routine status and scheduling questions and routes the rest, so intake calls always get through.
What to Look For as a Firm
Captures intake, does not just take a message
For a firm, the receptionist should collect the caller's name, contact, and matter type and book the consultation, so the lead is qualified and scheduled rather than sitting in a voicemail box.
Discreet and consistent
It should follow your intake script the same way every time, stay professional with distressed callers, and hand off to a person when a matter genuinely needs one.
Books consultations on your real calendar
It should check your actual availability and book the consult live, then text a confirmation, instead of promising a callback that competes with every other firm the caller reached.
Flat pricing that fits legal call patterns
Intake calls can run long. Per-minute answering services get expensive fast on legal calls. A flat monthly rate keeps costs predictable no matter how long the intake takes.
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Built around your intake, not a script
Everyday Software builds a custom AI receptionist trained on your practice areas and your intake questions. It answers every call 24/7, qualifies and captures new-client intake, books consultations on your real calendar, and warm-transfers sensitive or urgent calls to your team, at a flat monthly rate that does not balloon on long intake calls the way a per-minute service does.
See how it compares on the best AI receptionists guide, weigh it with the cost calculator, or hear one trained on your website.
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