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Client Intake Agent

A 24/7 AI receptionist for law firms that screens new leads, runs conflict checks, qualifies matters, and books consultations — on infrastructure the firm owns.

The Client Intake Agent is an autonomous AI agent that answers new-client inquiries around the clock, screens and qualifies matters, runs preliminary conflict checks, and books consultations.

It captures the details that matter, applies the firm's intake criteria, and routes qualified prospects to the right attorney, instead of leads going to voicemail after hours.

This is not a scripted answering bot. It is an active agent that intakes, screens, schedules, and follows up — deployed on infrastructure the firm owns, with client information kept under the firm's control.

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AI Agent vs. Chatbot

A website chatbot collects a name and email. The Client Intake Agent runs a real intake — qualifying the matter, checking conflicts, booking the consult, and following up — autonomously, 24/7, across every channel.

Dimension
Chatbot
AI Agent
Execution
Captures a contact form
Qualifies the matter, runs a conflict check, books the consult, and opens the intake record
Initiative
Waits passively on the website
Follows up on partial inquiries and nurtures leads that go quiet
Memory
Stateless — forgets between sessions
Maintains intake history and prior contact across channels and time
Tools & APIs
Cannot reach practice systems
Writes to Clio and Lawmatics, runs conflict checks, and books via the calendar
Data Control
Lead data sits in a vendor cloud
Runs on infrastructure the firm owns; client information stays under the firm's control
Channels
Web chat only
Web, phone, and SMS, with multilingual handling
Confidentiality
No conflict awareness
Screens for conflicts before a consult is booked, with a complete audit trail
Autonomy
A human handles every qualification
Runs a continuous intake-screen-schedule-follow-up cycle without prompting

The Client Intake Agent is a true AI agent that goes beyond simple Q&A. It reasons, plans, and executes multi-step workflows autonomously while you retain full code ownership and infrastructure control.

Capabilities

24/7 Multichannel Intake

Answers new-client inquiries on web chat, phone, and SMS at any hour, in the prospect's language.

Engages every after-hours inquiry immediately and captures the matter details instead of sending it to voicemail.

Matter Qualification

Applies the firm's intake criteria to determine whether a matter fits practice areas, jurisdiction, and case thresholds.

Qualifies or politely declines a matter against the firm's rules and routes good fits to the right attorney.

Preliminary Conflict Checks

Screens parties against the firm's conflict database before a consultation is scheduled.

Runs a conflict check on the named parties and flags potential conflicts to staff before booking.

Consultation Scheduling

Books consultations on the right attorney's calendar based on practice area and availability.

Schedules the consult, sends confirmations and reminders, and reschedules on request automatically.

Lead Follow-Up & Nurture

Re-engages incomplete inquiries and prospects who have not yet booked.

Follows up on partial intakes and unbooked leads on a cadence, so fewer prospective clients slip away.

How It Works

Step 1

Receive — Engage the Inquiry

The agent answers the inquiry on web, phone, or SMS and captures the prospect's situation and contact details.

Step 2

Reason — Qualify and Screen

It applies the firm's intake criteria, identifies the practice area, and runs a preliminary conflict check on the parties.

Step 3

Act — Book and Record

The agent books the consultation, opens an intake record in Clio or Lawmatics, and notifies the assigned attorney.

Step 4

Evaluate — Follow Up

It tracks unbooked or incomplete inquiries and re-engages them, learning which sources convert.

Step 5

Report — Surface Intake Insight

The agent logs every intake to an audit trail and reports lead volume, conversion, and source performance.

Use Cases

A high-volume PI firm loses after-hours leads to voicemail. The Client Intake Agent answers immediately, qualifies the matter, and books the consult.

Personal Injury

Captured significantly more after-hours leads and improved signed-case conversion.

Sensitive inquiries need a careful, multilingual first touch and conflict screening. The agent handles intake compassionately and checks conflicts.

Family Law

Faster, conflict-aware intake without exposing client details to a third-party service.

An immigration practice fields high inquiry volume in multiple languages. The agent intakes and qualifies in the prospect's language.

Immigration

Scaled multilingual intake without adding reception staff.

A practice wants to convert web inquiries into booked consultations consistently. The agent qualifies and schedules around the clock.

Estate Planning

Higher consult booking rates from existing web traffic.

A solo attorney cannot answer every call while in court. The agent acts as a 24/7 receptionist and books qualified consults.

Small & Solo Practices

Recovered missed-call business on an owned, flat-fee platform.

Integrations

Clio

Opens and updates intake records and matters in Clio and associates each consultation with the right contact.

Lawmatics

Creates and nurtures leads in Lawmatics, syncing intake details and follow-up status.

Calendar & Scheduling

Books consultations on attorney calendars and sends confirmations and reminders.

Phone & SMS

Answers and intakes over voice and text, handling after-hours and overflow calls.

Conflict Database

Runs preliminary conflict checks against the firm's conflict system before booking.

Website Chat

Engages web visitors in real time and converts inquiries into qualified, booked consultations.

Deployment & Ownership

Full Source Code Ownership

You receive the complete codebase. The firm's intake infrastructure is yours to audit, modify, and operate permanently.

On-Premise & Private Deployment

Deploy on infrastructure the firm controls so client information stays under the firm's authority.

Any Cloud, Any Infrastructure

Run on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or the firm's own servers. ibl.ai is a certified partner of all three hyperscalers.

Model-Agnostic Architecture

Choose and swap the underlying model without rebuilding the intake workflow.

Zero Telemetry, Complete Audit Trail

No intake data is sent to ibl.ai. Every intake and conflict check is logged to the firm's own immutable audit trail.

ROI & Impact

+40%
After-Hours Lead Capture

Answering every inquiry immediately captures leads that previously went to voicemail.

higher
Consultation Conversion

Immediate qualification and booking lift the rate at which inquiries become booked consults.

significant
Reception Hours Reclaimed

Automating intake and scheduling frees staff from phone and form triage.

seconds
Speed-to-Lead

Prospects are engaged in seconds rather than the hours that erode conversion.

~10x cheaper
Licensing Cost vs. Per-Seat Tools

Enterprise-wide flat-fee licensing eliminates per-seat or per-call intake pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

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