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Family law firms
Answer every call and catch conflicts before they hit your calendar
Family law callers are ex-spouses, co-parents, and opposing parties as often as they’re new clients. Smith.ai checks your CRM for conflicts, qualifies the matter against your criteria, and books the consultation directly on your calendar before anyone on your team has to get involved.
Family law disputes are rarely just legal questions. Opposing parties call the same firm more often in family law than in any other practice area, and a missed conflict has a larger impact on your firm than a missed lead.
Right nowWith Smith.ai
Conflicts hide in plain sight, requiring your team to check and verify every inquiry
Every caller is checked against your existing contacts and matters before intake is complete
Domestic violence and custody emergencies get stuck behind routine intake
Safety-flagged and emergency calls are escalated straight to your team, any time of day
Consultations get missed, not just calls
Appointments are booked directly on your calendar the moment a caller qualifies—no callback required
Generic scripts miss the real complexity of a claim
Custom intake with qualification by claim type, from contested custody cases to high-value asset division
Your CRM and your calendar don’t talk to each other
Contact and matter details sync to the practice management system you already run
Sensitive and distraught callers need more than an accurate script
Trained live agents step in for calls involving high emotional tension at any time, day or night
Conflicts hide in plain sight, requiring your team to check and verify every inquiry
Every caller is checked against your existing contacts and matters before intake is complete
Domestic violence and custody emergencies get stuck behind routine intake
Safety-flagged and emergency calls are escalated straight to your team, any time of day
Consultations get missed, not just calls
Appointments are booked directly on your calendar the moment a caller qualifies—no callback required
Generic scripts miss the real complexity of a claim
Custom intake with qualification by claim type, from contested custody cases to high-value asset division
Your CRM and your calendar don’t talk to each other
Contact and matter details sync to the practice management system you already run
Sensitive and distraught callers need more than an accurate script
Trained live agents step in for calls involving high emotional tension at any time, day or night
The Smith.ai difference
The Smith.ai difference
Your firm’s 24/7 virtual intake team.
Family law callers are often in high-stakes, emotionally fraught, or unsafe situations. With Smith.ai, your callers can always reach a human, even when your team is unavailable. Our network of 500+ North America-based live agents—many of whom are former paralegals or court staff—are professionally vetted, trained to handle sensitive conversations, and ready to act as an extension of your team.
Even on AI-first plans, our Live Agent Network is available around the clock for escalations and any matter that requires a human touch.
Built for family law firms. Tailored to your practice.
Smith.ai is configured to match your firm’s intake process, not replace it.Automated conflict checks: Every caller checked against your practice management system and CRM before schedulingUrgent call triage: Domestic violence disclosures, restraining orders, and custody emergencies transferred straight to your teamCustom qualification: Ask the right questions for each claim to drive the right outcomes for every lead
Deeply integrated
Deeply integrated
Your practice management system stays your system of record.
Smith.ai integrates with 7,000+ systems to sync data and push structured intake into the tools your firm already runs, including firms managing prospective and existing clients across two separate systems. No re-entry, no second (or third) system for your team to check.
Since we started with Smith.ai, we’ve gotten 12 cases. We wouldn’t have gotten those cases unless Smith.ai had answered the phone, and they do a great job—and our clients tell us that as well.
I don’t have to worry about my reputation. Smith.ai professionally answers the phones as if they are an employee. I’ve had really positive feedback about their professionalism.
One of the big reasons we chose a virtual receptionist is after looking at the statistics of the number of phone calls that go unanswered… we wanted to be proactive in making sure we aren’t responding in the way that the industry standards appeared to be.
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FAQs
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
No. They collect information, qualify leads against your criteria, and route or schedule based on your instructions — the same way a trained intake coordinator would.
Either, or both. AI Receptionist, Virtual Receptionist, and Hybrid are all available, so you can match the mix of AI and live agents to how your firm wants family law calls handled.
Every caller is checked for conflicts before your calendar ever sees them, qualified against your firm’s actual criteria, and — for urgent matters like a custody emergency — escalated straight to your team instead of sitting in a routine queue. The result is fewer missed conflicts and fewer routine calls treated with the same urgency as an emergency.
Every caller is checked against your existing contacts and matters before the call ends, and your team is notified immediately if a potential conflict is flagged. This capability is built for Clio today, with the same conflict-check logic extending to other practice management systems through our Solutions team — ask your onboarding team to confirm the right setup for your stack.
These calls are escalated immediately according to your firm’s configured protocol — routed straight to your team, any time of day, ahead of the standard intake queue. Smith.ai doesn’t attempt to assess risk or provide safety guidance itself; it follows the escalation rules your firm sets during onboarding.
These calls follow whichever attorney-transfer pattern your firm sets up — either a sequential fallback (one attorney, then a second, then paralegal backups, tried in order) or a call blast (every configured line rings at once, first to answer connects) — so the call reaches someone without the caller waiting on hold or hitting voicemail.
Yes — Smith.ai can schedule consultations directly through Clio, Lawmatics, PracticePanther, or Calendly, whichever your firm uses.
Yes. When a call qualifies, Smith.ai can trigger your e-sign tool to send a retainer or fee agreement automatically — ask your onboarding team to confirm current availability for your firm.
We connect to most practice management systems, including Clio, Lawmatics, and PracticePanther, through native integrations and Zapier’s 7,000+ app connections. Connection depth — including calendar access — varies by system, so ask your onboarding team about the right setup for your stack.
Only what your firm needs to act — marital status, reason for the call, court dates or deadlines, the opposing party’s name, children under 18, and whether there are shared assets. We don’t ask for irrelevant fields like date of birth, country of birth, or a full address that generic, copy-pasted intake scripts sometimes carry over by mistake.
Yes — full conversational fluency in English and Spanish on every call.
Smith.ai identifies out-of-practice-area callers during screening and can optionally refer them to a bar association or another firm, rather than taking a full intake for a matter you don’t handle.
Self-serve plans are month-to-month with no contract. Enterprise and Hybrid plans are tailored to your call volume.
Onboarding is three steps: tell us your conflict-check criteria, escalation rules, and scheduling process; send us your calls; then try your custom plan risk-free for 30 days.
Handle every caller with the right intake process for their matter.
Answer every call and catch conflicts before they hit your calendar
Family law firms
Family law callers are ex-spouses, co-parents, and opposing parties as often as they’re new clients. Smith.ai checks your CRM for conflicts, qualifies the matter against your criteria, and books the consultation directly on your calendar before anyone on your team has to get involved.
Family law disputes are rarely just legal questions. Opposing parties call the same firm more often in family law than in any other practice area, and a missed conflict has a larger impact on your firm than a missed lead.
What family law firms face
Right now
With Smith.ai
Conflicts hide in plain sight, requiring your team to check and verify every inquiry
Every caller is checked against your existing contacts and matters before intake is complete
Domestic violence and custody emergencies get stuck behind routine intake
Safety-flagged and emergency calls are escalated straight to your team, any time of day
Consultations get missed, not just calls
Appointments are booked directly on your calendar the moment a caller qualifies—no callback required
Generic scripts miss the real complexity of a claim
Custom intake with qualification by claim type, from contested custody cases to high-value asset division
Your CRM and your calendar don’t talk to each other
Contact and matter details sync to the practice management system you already run
Sensitive and distraught callers need more than an accurate script
Trained live agents step in for calls involving high emotional tension at any time, day or night
The Smith.ai difference
Your firm’s 24/7 virtual intake team.
Family law callers are often in high-stakes, emotionally fraught, or unsafe situations. With Smith.ai, your callers can always reach a human, even when your team is unavailable. Our network of 500+ North America-based live agents—many of whom are former paralegals or court staff—are professionally vetted, trained to handle sensitive conversations, and ready to act as an extension of your team.
Even on AI-first plans, our Live Agent Network is available around the clock for escalations and any matter that requires a human touch.
Built for family law firms. Tailored to your practice.
Smith.ai is configured to match your firm’s intake process, not replace it.
Automated conflict checks: Every caller checked against your practice management system and CRM before scheduling
Urgent call triage: Domestic violence disclosures, restraining orders, and custody emergencies transferred straight to your team
Custom qualification: Ask the right questions for each claim to drive the right outcomes for every lead
Features
Everything your intake needs, fewer interruptions for your team.
Matter-specific intake
Conflict checks
Location-based qualification
Payment collection
Consultation booking
Warm transfers
Follow-up SMS & email
Bilingual EN/ES call handling
Spam & robocall blocking
Call recording & transcripts
Instant call summaries
Native integrations
Deeply integrated
Your practice management system stays your system of record.
Smith.ai integrates with 7,000+ systems to sync data and push structured intake into the tools your firm already runs, including firms managing prospective and existing clients across two separate systems. No re-entry, no second (or third) system for your team to check.
Since we started with Smith.ai, we’ve gotten 12 cases. We wouldn’t have gotten those cases unless Smith.ai had answered the phone, and they do a great job—and our clients tell us that as well.
I don’t have to worry about my reputation. Smith.ai professionally answers the phones as if they are an employee. I’ve had really positive feedback about their professionalism.
One of the big reasons we chose a virtual receptionist is after looking at the statistics of the number of phone calls that go unanswered… we wanted to be proactive in making sure we aren’t responding in the way that the industry standards appeared to be.
No. They collect information, qualify leads against your criteria, and route or schedule based on your instructions — the same way a trained intake coordinator would.
Are the calls handled by a person or AI?
Either, or both. AI Receptionist, Virtual Receptionist, and Hybrid are all available, so you can match the mix of AI and live agents to how your firm wants family law calls handled.
How does your virtual receptionist service benefit my family law firm?
Every caller is checked for conflicts before your calendar ever sees them, qualified against your firm’s actual criteria, and — for urgent matters like a custody emergency — escalated straight to your team instead of sitting in a routine queue. The result is fewer missed conflicts and fewer routine calls treated with the same urgency as an emergency.
How do you handle conflict checks for family law calls?
Every caller is checked against your existing contacts and matters before the call ends, and your team is notified immediately if a potential conflict is flagged. This capability is built for Clio today, with the same conflict-check logic extending to other practice management systems through our Solutions team — ask your onboarding team to confirm the right setup for your stack.
What happens if a caller discloses domestic violence, a custody emergency, or another safety concern?
These calls are escalated immediately according to your firm’s configured protocol — routed straight to your team, any time of day, ahead of the standard intake queue. Smith.ai doesn’t attempt to assess risk or provide safety guidance itself; it follows the escalation rules your firm sets during onboarding.
What happens when family court staff or a judge’s chambers calls?
These calls follow whichever attorney-transfer pattern your firm sets up — either a sequential fallback (one attorney, then a second, then paralegal backups, tried in order) or a call blast (every configured line rings at once, first to answer connects) — so the call reaches someone without the caller waiting on hold or hitting voicemail.
Do you book consultations directly on our calendar?
Yes — Smith.ai can schedule consultations directly through Clio, Lawmatics, PracticePanther, or Calendly, whichever your firm uses.
Can you send retainer or fee agreements automatically?
Yes. When a call qualifies, Smith.ai can trigger your e-sign tool to send a retainer or fee agreement automatically — ask your onboarding team to confirm current availability for your firm.
Do you integrate with Clio, Lawmatics, or PracticePanther?
We connect to most practice management systems, including Clio, Lawmatics, and PracticePanther, through native integrations and Zapier’s 7,000+ app connections. Connection depth — including calendar access — varies by system, so ask your onboarding team about the right setup for your stack.
What information do you actually collect during a family law intake call?
Only what your firm needs to act — marital status, reason for the call, court dates or deadlines, the opposing party’s name, children under 18, and whether there are shared assets. We don’t ask for irrelevant fields like date of birth, country of birth, or a full address that generic, copy-pasted intake scripts sometimes carry over by mistake.
Do you handle Spanish-speaking callers?
Yes — full conversational fluency in English and Spanish on every call.
What if a caller’s matter is outside our practice areas, like a case that also involves criminal charges?
Smith.ai identifies out-of-practice-area callers during screening and can optionally refer them to a bar association or another firm, rather than taking a full intake for a matter you don’t handle.
Is there a contract, or can I cancel anytime?
Self-serve plans are month-to-month with no contract. Enterprise and Hybrid plans are tailored to your call volume.
What happens after I sign up?
Onboarding is three steps: tell us your conflict-check criteria, escalation rules, and scheduling process; send us your calls; then try your custom plan risk-free for 30 days.
Handle every caller with the right intake process for their matter.