Inquiries this week27
Avg acknowledgment0:48
Awaiting attorney2
Consults booked9
Prospect’s web form
westbrooklegal.example/contactAutomation run
Run —Intake record
One record, no retypingWho does what
Automated
- Screening against practice areas
- Acknowledgment and referral emails
- Conflict search across client and party records
- Scheduling, reminders, record creation
Human
- Conflict decision by the responsible attorney
- Urgent matters triaged by the on-call attorney
- The first call and the consultation
- Any legal advice
How it would be built for a real firm
The same flow runs on tools most small firms already license: the firm’s website form, its email and calendar platform, a workflow tool such as Power Automate, Zapier or Make, and the practice management system’s own intake features. Data stays inside those systems. Nothing is sent to public AI tools, and every step is logged so the firm can see who handled each inquiry and when.