Tony Prieto

It’s easy to see why managing a calendar is such a stressful part of the job for lawyers. The calendar has to be full of consultations with new clients, because new clients are the lifeblood of any business. But with a full calendar, it can be difficult to get work done!

The difference between a low-quality call center and a premium one is clearest when it comes to legal intake call centers. You might think that speaking to a legal intake receptionist from one of these call centers means talking to a poorly-trained offshore agent. In this blog, we’re going to correct some of these misconceptions.

What if we told you there was a trick to stress-free vacations as a small law firm owner or solo attorney? A simple hack that would let you actually enjoy quality time with the family or whatever else your vacation entails, without constantly checking back on the firm? That hack is hiring a law firm virtual receptionist.

In this blog, we’ll be trying to predict the future. Not that we think we’re more equipped than our favorite experts to do so! But, given the arc of remote attorney work, from the pre-pandemic early adopters through the necessities of quarantine until today, we think it actually won’t be too difficult to see where things are going.

This webinar, featuring Answering Legal’s marketing Director Nick Werker and Gavel’s Head of Legal Innovation Brittany Hernandez, shows that old-school lead capturing and document automation together can be used to bring in more clients without dramatically increasing your workload!

Making the switch from physical office to virtual doesn’t have to affect your marketing strategy. As new school as your firm might be, some old school tactics are still worth keeping around. After all, most clients are still going to call you to make first contact.

While AI has hogged the spotlight of legal tech for the last few years, cloud technology has not become any less important. Instead, since 2020, it has become standard fare in legal tech. If your tools aren’t cloud-compatible, you’re operating at a severe disadvantage.