Answering service · Law firms

Legal answering service and client intake for law firms.

A potential client calls once. If nobody answers, they call the next firm. An AI receptionist run on TIOS answers every call on the first ring, runs new-client intake to your script, books consultations and puts urgent matters in front of an attorney — 24/7, in English or Spanish. A trained agent takes over whenever a caller needs a person.

Free trial · Month-to-month, no long-term contract · English & Spanish, 24/7

What we handle

Every call a firm gets, handled to your script.

New-client intake

Intake by practice area, to your questions: contact details, the matter, key dates, the other parties for your conflict check, and how they found you.

Consultations booked

Callers who fit your criteria are booked straight into an attorney's calendar, with the intake notes attached.

Urgent matters, fast

An arrest, an accident, a hearing tomorrow: your rules decide which matters go to an attorney immediately, by call or text.

Existing clients

Clients calling about their matter get a courteous answer and a message routed to the right attorney or paralegal — never advice.

Courts and opposing counsel

Calls from courts, opposing counsel and other firms are identified and routed exactly the way you specify.

Spanish-speaking callers

Intake runs in Spanish to the same script, with the notes delivered to your team in English.

Example call flow

A car-accident call on a Saturday night

1

First ring

The AI receptionist answers as the firm's virtual assistant.

2

Intake

It collects the caller's details, the date and place of the accident, injuries and the other parties.

3

Qualifies

The matter fits your personal-injury criteria and, under your rules, needs a fast response.

4

Attorney alerted

The on-call attorney gets the intake summary by text, and a consultation is booked.

5

Logged

The intake notes go into Clio or MyCase, ready for your conflict check.

An illustration of how a call can run — not a recording of a real call. Your own rules decide each step.

When a person takes over

AI on the first ring. A person the moment it matters.

The AI receptionist introduces itself as a virtual assistant and offers a person. No pretending. A trained agent takes over when:

The caller asks for a person — at any point, in English or Spanish.
The call is urgent by your definition. You write the rules; we follow them.
The caller is upset. TIOS reads sentiment and moves the call to a person first.
The request is complex, sensitive or outside your script.
A caller in distress, or asking for legal advice — a trained agent takes over, and advice is left to your attorneys.

Every handover carries the full context — who is calling, why, and what has been said — so nobody has to repeat themselves.

Guardrails

Intake, never advice.

Agents and the AI never give legal advice — the script says so, politely.
Nothing is promised about fees or outcomes.
Only the details your intake script asks for are collected.
Conflict-check details are captured so your team can run the check before anyone is engaged.
Works with your tools

Into the systems you already use.

Intake notes and consultations go into Clio or MyCase — or reach you by email and text if you prefer.

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Why Tribe

Run on TIOS. Proven at scale.

TIOS is Tribe's operating model: AI agents, enterprise platforms and trained people working as one system. On your phones, that means an AI receptionist that answers instantly, people who step in with the full context, and one record of every call.

Since 20142,000+ professionals30,000+ calls a day24/7/365 coverageGold Award, Best in BPO — P@SHA ICT Awards 2026

Calls are answered by Tribe's delivery centres in Pakistan and Costa Rica. Our US office is in Laconia, New Hampshire.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Do you give legal advice?
No. Agents and the AI never give legal advice; they take the details and route the caller to your attorneys.
Can you run intake for my practice area?
Yes. Intake follows your questions for each practice area — personal injury, family, criminal defence, immigration, estate planning or any other.
Do you run conflict checks?
We collect the names and details your team needs to run one and flag them in the intake notes, so the check happens before anyone is engaged.
Does intake go into Clio or MyCase?
Yes. Intake notes and bookings go into Clio or MyCase, or reach you by email and text if you prefer.
Is client information kept confidential?
Yes. Tribe operates to recognised security standards — PCI DSS compliant, ISO/IEC 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type II audited — with documentation available under NDA.
Is it AI or a real person?
Both. An AI receptionist, run on TIOS, answers first and says it is a virtual assistant. A trained agent takes over whenever a caller asks for a person, the call is urgent by your rules, or it needs judgment — with the full context.

Every call answered, from the first ring.

Start with a free trial — month-to-month, no long-term contract.