--- title: "AI Receptionist for Law Firms (2026): Intake and Conflict Checks" description: "An AI receptionist for law firms. Captures matter details, runs the conflict check, books consultations, and never gives legal advice. From $179/mo." canonical: https://dolfyn.ai/legal source: dolfyn.ai --- # AI Receptionist for Law Firms (2026): Intake and Conflict Checks > An AI receptionist for law firms. Captures matter details, runs the conflict check, books consultations, and never gives legal advice. From $179/mo. **⚖ Built for Law Firms # A client with a legal emergency calls the first firm that answers. dolfyn answers every call 24/7, qualifies potential clients, and ensures no legal inquiry goes unanswered. The first firm to respond wins the client. [Book a Demo](#demo) [See How It Works](https://dolfyn.ai/) Includes a 2-week free trial. No credit card required. The Problem ## You cannot take every client call while you are in court. Your competitors can. Potential clients calling a law firm are often in a stressful situation and need help now. They do not leave detailed voicemails and wait patiently. They call the next firm on the list. The first firm that answers and captures their information wins the case. 28% of law firm calls go unanswered during business hours 85% of callers who reach voicemail never call back $800 average initial retainer or consultation value The Cost ## What missed calls are actually costing you. Based on industry averages for legal businesses. Every missed call that goes to voicemail is a job your competitor booked. Missed calls per weekAverage for an active legal business ~20 Average job valueService call average, legal $800 Call-to-job rateIndustry average, legal 25% Weekly revenue lostBefore dolfyn $3,400 Estimated annual revenue lost $177K dolfyn pays for itself with a single recovered call. What You Get ## Everything a firm's intake actually requires. 📞 ### 24/7 Call Answering Every call answered instantly, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. 📋 ### Client Intake Potential client details, case type, and urgency captured before the inquiry reaches you. 📋 ### Full Lead Details Caller name, number, address, and problem sent to you the moment a call ends. 📅 ### Direct Booking Jobs booked straight into your calendar without a callback. 🔀 ### Practice Area Routing Calls routed to the right attorney based on case type and practice area. ⚡ ### After-Hours Coverage Evening and weekend calls answered professionally, never sent to voicemail. After Every Call ## This lands on your phonebefore the caller has left their driveway. Every intake summarised and sent to you the way you want it, with the conflict check already run. Legal intake looks nothing like a trades call. We build the fields around matter type, opposing party, limitation dates, and conflicts, so nothing reaches your desk without the basics settled. New call captured 4:07 PM Hi Alana, a new enquiry just came in. New matter enquiry NamePriya RaghunathanPhone(555) 0136Emailp.ragh@example.comMatter typeEmployment, wrongful dismissalOpposing partyNorthgate LogisticsKey dateDismissed 3 weeks agoConflict checkNo match foundReferred byExisting clientConsult bookedThu 11:00 AM Summary**Priya was dismissed three weeks ago and believes it followed a formal complaint she filed internally. The agent ran the conflict check against the opposing party and found no match, captured the dismissal date for limitation purposes, and booked a paid consultation for Thursday. Delivered Built for Firms ## Why legal intake is its own problem. A missed call at a firm is not a missed booking. It is a matter that goes to the next name on the list, often the same afternoon. ### Conflicts come first, not last There is no point capturing a detailed matter description before establishing who the opposing party is. The agent asks for it early and runs the check against your existing client list, so a potential conflict surfaces before anyone at the firm has spent time on the file or heard something they should not have. ### Dates that cannot be missed Limitation periods, filing deadlines and notice requirements make legal intake genuinely time-sensitive in a way most industries are not. The agent captures when the event actually happened rather than when the caller got around to phoning, because those are frequently months apart and only one of them matters. ### It never gives advice This is the hard boundary. A caller asking whether they have a case, how much they might recover, or what they should do next gets their details captured and a consultation booked. They do not get an answer. An agent that speculates about the merits of a matter creates a problem for the firm, so it is configured not to. ### Matter type drives everything Family, employment, personal injury, real estate and criminal intake need different questions, different urgency, and often different lawyers. A wrongful dismissal call and a closing enquiry should not follow the same script. The agent routes on matter type so the right person gets the right file. Most firms want consultations booked directly into the calendar with the conflict check already cleared. Some want everything routed to a paralegal first. Both are configurable, and it is worth deciding before go-live rather than after. ## What a firm is actually choosing between Most firms are weighing three options, and they compare like this. A dedicated receptionist costs roughly $44,000 to $47,000 a year all in, on a median salary of $33,960 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025), and covers business hours. Legal answering services built for firms typically start in the mid-$200s to low-$300s a month and bill per call or per minute, so a busy month costs more than a quiet one. Both take messages competently. Neither runs your conflict check. An AI receptionist starts at $179 a month with the rate set to your call volume before go-live. The reason it fits legal intake specifically is not price. It is that intake is a structured process, the same questions in the same order every time, and structure is what software is good at. The judgement calls, whether there is a case and what it is worth, stay with the lawyer where they belong. Book a Demo ## Hear it handle a real intake call. Book a quick call and hear exactly how your AI agent would handle calls for your plumbing business. No pitch deck. No pressure. Hear your agent handle a live call Get an exact price for your setup 2-week free trial included No contracts, cancel anytime Book your demo We'll be in touch within 24 hours. Your name Please enter your name Phone number Please enter your phone number Company name Please enter your company name 2-week free trial. No credit card. No contracts. Book my demo Or [pick a time on our calendar](https://cal.com/dolfyn/15min) You're booked. We'll be in touch within 24 hours to walk through your demo. [Pick a specific time](https://cal.com/dolfyn/15min) ### Related guides for legal businesses [Law Firm After-Hours Answering](https://dolfyn.ai/blog/law-firm-after-hours-answering) [AI Receptionist vs Answering Service](https://dolfyn.ai/blog/ai-receptionist-vs-answering-service-contractors) [24/7 Answering Service for Small Businesses](https://dolfyn.ai/blog/24-7-answering-service-small-business) ## Stop losing matters to voicemail. 2-week free trial. No credit card. No contracts. 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