Telephone answering service

Tired of missing calls? A telephone answering service can help. Learn how below!

What is a telephone answering service?

A telephone answering service is a tool businesses can use to ensure they never miss a call from a customer. Telephone answering services employ virtual receptionists in call centers or working remotely, forwarding a business’s calls to their phones so that they can answer instead of an in-house representative of the business in question.

Lawyers in particular can get a lot out of a telephone answering service. Because most law firms still bill by the hour, each individual phone call is worth a lot of money, whether it’s an existing client or a new lead. Ensuring you never miss a call will help your firm succeed.

What is a telephone answering service?

What can a telephone answering service do for my law firm?

Capture more leads

By ensuring you never miss a call, a telephone answering service will boost your lead capture rate by at least 100 percent. You’ll have the opportunity to secure clients you otherwise would have missed.

Keep clients happy

Nobody likes to leave a voicemail. Your clients will feel much more comfortable speaking to a live virtual receptionist from your telephone answering service, and new leads will be much more likely to stick with your firm.

Make your firm more efficient

Delegating your phone answering to a telephone answering service will save you time, letting you focus on your legal practice.

Is Answering Legal a telephone answering service?

Yes, Answering Legal is a telephone answering service! Our virtual receptionists are 100 percent U.S.-based, and work around the clock to ensure none of our law firm customers ever miss a call.

But we’re not just a telephone answering service; we only answer for law firms. We find that specializing allows us to deliver a higher standard of service to legal consumers, who have very high expectations of their law firms.

How does Answering Legal’s telephone answering service work?

Extensive training

Our virtual receptionists train for months on legal terminology and processes before picking up the phone.

Legal intake

We train our virtual receptionists on your unique legal intake process.

Mobile app

Our mobile app lets you follow up on new leads from anywhere.

Hear from lawyers just like you

Thousands of lawyers like you trust Answering Legal to handle their phones. These are their stories.

“I have a lot of Spanish-speaking clients, and it’s such a joy to have them have the ability to call my firm and somebody on the other line is speaking their native language.”

- Martin Quintana, Founder and Managing Partner, Quintana Law Group

“Answering Legal is so flexible, you’re able to customize it entirely to fit your firm’s needs, your firm’s hours, and your firm's boundaries that you want to set with clients.”

- Bianca Santorini, Principal Attorney, The Santorini Law Firm PLLC

“I love the fact that, 24/7, 365, even on Christmas, someone is answering our phones and that is Answering Legal.”

- Kamiel Harrison, Esq., The Harrison Firm

“Answering Legal allows me to have a personal life… and it also helps me be a better attorney. It saves time and helps you grow your practice without you even realizing it.”

- Laura Pfeifer, Esq., Founding Partner, Battiloro Law Group

“People from Answering Legal are trained to ask particular questions, to relay messages back and forth, and to send me a summary of those phone calls.”

- Lonny Fish, Owner, Liberty Law Team

“Answering Legal has allowed my firm to get hired on numerous clients that we never would have without them.”

- Margo L. Gaines, Esq., Founder, Gaines & Musico, LLP

“When we’re not there—after hours, evenings, nights, weekends—they’ll answer the call like somebody at Gainsberg Law, ready and willing to answer the phone call.”

- Neal Gainsberg, Owner & Principal, Gainsberg Law, P.C.

“One of the things that Answering Legal allows me to do is quickly get back to new clients… I’ve been hired because I was the only lawyer who called the person back.”

- Neal Davis, Neal Davis Law Firm

“Answering Legal has allowed us to scale up and have the equivalent of what would probably be ten staff members answering phones.”

- Kaitlin Nares, CEO & Co-owner, Hagen Nares PLLC

“Answering Legal’s got my back. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, my phones are answered and my clients’ concerns are addressed.”

- Anthony M. Grandinette, Esq., Founder, The Law Office of Anthony M. Grandinette

“Whenever my staff and I are in consultations with a client, nobody has to walk out of the consults. The office doesn’t miss any calls anymore.”

- Allison Gordon, Gordon Law Firm

“I started out with Answering Legal, and now my practice has grown tenfold.”

- Brian D. Perskin, Esq., Managing Partner, Brian D. Perskin & Associates P.C.

“In this business, whoever answers first usually gets the business, and Answering Legal has really improved my ability to do that.”

- MAJ (R) Christopher Curley Esq., The Law Office of Christopher Curley

“Answering Legal has allowed us to streamline our communication process so that the caller is matched with the party they’re seeking to reach.”

- Justin Reiff, Director of Administration, The Reiff Law Firm

“We transitioned to Answering Legal to get a live operator and started closing with a far higher percentage of our incoming leads.”

- Paul M. Marriett, Law Office of Paul M. Marriett

“I have a lot of Spanish-speaking clients, and it’s such a joy to have them have the ability to call my firm and somebody on the other line is speaking their native language.”

- Martin Quintana, Founder and Managing Partner, Quintana Law Group

“Answering Legal is so flexible, you’re able to customize it entirely to fit your firm’s needs, your firm’s hours, and your firm's boundaries that you want to set with clients.”

- Bianca Santorini, Principal Attorney, The Santorini Law Firm PLLC

“I love the fact that, 24/7, 365, even on Christmas, someone is answering our phones and that is Answering Legal.”

- Kamiel Harrison, Esq., The Harrison Firm

“Answering Legal allows me to have a personal life… and it also helps me be a better attorney. It saves time and helps you grow your practice without you even realizing it.”

- Laura Pfeifer, Esq., Founding Partner, Battiloro Law Group

“People from Answering Legal are trained to ask particular questions, to relay messages back and forth, and to send me a summary of those phone calls.”

- Lonny Fish, Owner, Liberty Law Team

“Answering Legal has allowed my firm to get hired on numerous clients that we never would have without them.”

- Margo L. Gaines, Esq., Founder, Gaines & Musico, LLP

“When we’re not there—after hours, evenings, nights, weekends—they’ll answer the call like somebody at Gainsberg Law, ready and willing to answer the phone call.”

- Neal Gainsberg, Owner & Principal, Gainsberg Law, P.C.

“One of the things that Answering Legal allows me to do is quickly get back to new clients… I’ve been hired because I was the only lawyer who called the person back.”

- Neal Davis, Neal Davis Law Firm

“Answering Legal has allowed us to scale up and have the equivalent of what would probably be ten staff members answering phones.”

- Kaitlin Nares, CEO & Co-owner, Hagen Nares PLLC

“Answering Legal’s got my back. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, my phones are answered and my clients’ concerns are addressed.”

- Anthony M. Grandinette, Esq., Founder, The Law Office of Anthony M. Grandinette

“Whenever my staff and I are in consultations with a client, nobody has to walk out of the consults. The office doesn’t miss any calls anymore.”

- Allison Gordon, Gordon Law Firm

“I started out with Answering Legal, and now my practice has grown tenfold.”

- Brian D. Perskin, Esq., Managing Partner, Brian D. Perskin & Associates P.C.

“In this business, whoever answers first usually gets the business, and Answering Legal has really improved my ability to do that.”

- MAJ (R) Christopher Curley Esq., The Law Office of Christopher Curley

“Answering Legal has allowed us to streamline our communication process so that the caller is matched with the party they’re seeking to reach.”

- Justin Reiff, Director of Administration, The Reiff Law Firm

“We transitioned to Answering Legal to get a live operator and started closing with a far higher percentage of our incoming leads.”

- Paul M. Marriett, Law Office of Paul M. Marriett

“I have a lot of Spanish-speaking clients, and it’s such a joy to have them have the ability to call my firm and somebody on the other line is speaking their native language.”

- Martin Quintana, Founder and Managing Partner, Quintana Law Group

“Answering Legal is so flexible, you’re able to customize it entirely to fit your firm’s needs, your firm’s hours, and your firm's boundaries that you want to set with clients.”

- Bianca Santorini, Principal Attorney, The Santorini Law Firm PLLC

“I love the fact that, 24/7, 365, even on Christmas, someone is answering our phones and that is Answering Legal.”

- Kamiel Harrison, Esq., The Harrison Firm

“Answering Legal allows me to have a personal life… and it also helps me be a better attorney. It saves time and helps you grow your practice without you even realizing it.”

- Laura Pfeifer, Esq., Founding Partner, Battiloro Law Group

“People from Answering Legal are trained to ask particular questions, to relay messages back and forth, and to send me a summary of those phone calls.”

- Lonny Fish, Owner, Liberty Law Team

“Answering Legal has allowed my firm to get hired on numerous clients that we never would have without them.”

- Margo L. Gaines, Esq., Founder, Gaines & Musico, LLP

“When we’re not there—after hours, evenings, nights, weekends—they’ll answer the call like somebody at Gainsberg Law, ready and willing to answer the phone call.”

- Neal Gainsberg, Owner & Principal, Gainsberg Law, P.C.

“One of the things that Answering Legal allows me to do is quickly get back to new clients… I’ve been hired because I was the only lawyer who called the person back.”

- Neal Davis, Neal Davis Law Firm

“Answering Legal has allowed us to scale up and have the equivalent of what would probably be ten staff members answering phones.”

- Kaitlin Nares, CEO & Co-owner, Hagen Nares PLLC

“Answering Legal’s got my back. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, my phones are answered and my clients’ concerns are addressed.”

- Anthony M. Grandinette, Esq., Founder, The Law Office of Anthony M. Grandinette

“Whenever my staff and I are in consultations with a client, nobody has to walk out of the consults. The office doesn’t miss any calls anymore.”

- Allison Gordon, Gordon Law Firm

“I started out with Answering Legal, and now my practice has grown tenfold.”

- Brian D. Perskin, Esq., Managing Partner, Brian D. Perskin & Associates P.C.

“In this business, whoever answers first usually gets the business, and Answering Legal has really improved my ability to do that.”

- MAJ (R) Christopher Curley Esq., The Law Office of Christopher Curley

“Answering Legal has allowed us to streamline our communication process so that the caller is matched with the party they’re seeking to reach.”

- Justin Reiff, Director of Administration, The Reiff Law Firm

“We transitioned to Answering Legal to get a live operator and started closing with a far higher percentage of our incoming leads.”

- Paul M. Marriett, Law Office of Paul M. Marriett

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