Case Study

AI Receptionist That Never Loses a Client

A smart voicemail replacement for a South Jersey family law firm. When everyone's with clients, the AI handles intake, scheduling, and follow-up so no caller falls through the cracks.

Industry: Legal (Family Law) Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Build Time: 1 day
100%
Calls Answered
~$200/mo
vs. $2,000+ Answering Service
60%+
Intake Calls Come After Hours

Missed calls = missed clients

Solo and small law firms live and die by intake calls. No call center, no dedicated receptionist. It's the attorney or a paralegal who's already buried.

A solo attorney misses 3 calls on a Monday. That's a DUI, a personal injury case, and a custody dispute. Combined value: $15,000 to $150,000. Gone. Because nobody picked up the phone.

Legal answering services charge $1,500 to $3,000/month and still just take messages. They can't qualify leads, check conflicts, or book consultations.

A receptionist that never clocks out

When a call comes in and everyone's with clients, the AI picks up. It's not pretending to be human. It tells the caller it's an AI assistant, then gets to work:

Call Comes In
AI Answers
Collects Intake
Books Consult
Emails Confirmation

New clients get the full intake: name, contact info, what they need, urgency, conflict check, and a booked consultation with the right attorney.

Existing clients calling about their case get their message parsed and a follow-up generated for their attorney.

General questions about hours, fees, or practice areas get answered from the firm's knowledge base. If the AI doesn't know, it says so and takes a callback.

Every interaction ends with a confirmation email to the caller proving the system understood and nothing was lost.

From voicemail graveyard to qualified pipeline

Before

  • 40% of intake calls go to voicemail
  • After-hours callers get a beep and hang up
  • 10-20 potential clients lost per month
  • $30k-60k/month walking out the door
  • Attorney starts Monday with 47 voicemails

After

  • Every call answered, 24/7
  • Intake captured, consults booked
  • Conflicts flagged automatically
  • Caller gets confirmation email immediately
  • Attorney walks in to a qualified pipeline

Live demo

AI Receptionist — Brennan & Clark Family Law (Demo)

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What powers it

Claude API Retell AI (Voice) Pinecone (RAG) Google Calendar Google Sheets Flask Python WebGL

The chat interface uses a Pinecone RAG pipeline with NJ family law knowledge indexed for accurate, grounded responses. The voice agent runs through Retell AI with custom tool endpoints for real-time calendar availability and booking. Every interaction logs to Google Sheets and sends a confirmation email via Google Workspace.

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