AI receptionist for law firms

Turn after-hours calls into booked consultations.

Valley Front Desk is the AI receptionist we built for law firms in all 50 states. When your team can't pick up (after hours, during court, or when every line is ringing), it answers in English, Spanish or Vietnamese, takes a clean intake with conflict-check names up front, books consultations, and gets urgent calls to your on-call attorney. It does intake and scheduling only: it never gives legal advice, and a call with it doesn't make anyone your client.

  • English
  • Español
  • Tiếng Việt
  • No legal advice, ever
  • No contract
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The calls law firms get all day

From first ring to booked consultation, on your firm's rules

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New-client intake

A conflict-ready intake note, not a voicemail

Instead of a rushed message to decode, your team gets the names it needs for a conflict check, a short description of the matter and a callback number, before anyone calls back.

  • Name, best phone and email, and the best time to call back
  • Type of matter (for example a car accident, a divorce, a DUI, a visa or a will) and how urgent it is
  • Names of the other people involved, such as the opposing party, put at the top of the note so your staff can run a conflict check first
  • How they heard about your firm
  • Callers are asked to save the details of their case for the attorney. The note holds only what your team needs
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Consultations & overflow

Consultations booked while the caller is still on the line

  • Consultations booked into the times you offer, in person, by phone or by video, on the Booking plan and up (or sent to your team as a request)
  • Your consultation fee, if you charge one, stated only in your approved words
  • Nights, weekends, lunch, and the hours your attorneys are in court
  • Messages from existing clients go to the right attorney or paralegal, marked new or existing
  • One summary every morning: every call, what each person needed, and what still needs a human
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Urgent calls

Urgent matters reach your on-call attorney, not a voicemail box

The assistant doesn't judge a case or give advice. It routes, following rules your firm approves.

  • Someone in danger: a clear instruction to call 911
  • Urgent matters you define (a family member was just arrested, someone was served papers, a court date is today or tomorrow, an immigration detention): connected to your on-call attorney, or flagged for an urgent callback
  • Everything else: a consultation request or a message for your team

Ground rules

It never gives legal advice. Ever.

Intake and scheduling only. A good legal receptionist knows where the line is, so we built these rules into every law firm's setup, and you approve every answer before go-live.

  • No legal advice. It never tells a caller what to do about their legal problem.
  • No predictions. It never says whether someone has a case, what it's worth, or how it might turn out.
  • No attorney-client relationship. It tells callers the call doesn't make them a client. Your firm decides that after its own review.
  • No deadline talk. If a caller mentions a deadline or a court date, it flags that for your team and never comments on it.
  • No card numbers by phone. Payments only go through secure links, with your firm as the merchant.
  • No pretending. It will always say it's an AI and always offer a person.

Made for your practice area

Set up around the calls your practice actually gets

Every firm gets its own playbook: your practice areas, your intake questions, your rules for what's urgent, and who gets those calls.

Personal injury

  • Type of incident, the date it happened, and the best callback number
  • Fast callbacks for new injury calls, nights and weekends included
  • Never comments on fault or what a case is worth

Family law

  • Other party's name collected for your conflict check
  • Upcoming hearing dates flagged for your team
  • A calm, private tone; a caller in danger is told to call 911

Criminal defense

  • "My son was just arrested" goes straight to your on-call attorney
  • Where the person is being held and the next court date, if the caller knows them
  • Never discusses the facts of the case or what to tell the police

Immigration

  • Consultation requests in English, Spanish and Vietnamese
  • Detentions and interview dates routed the way you choose
  • Never comments on a caller's status or options

Estate planning & probate

  • Will, trust and probate consultations booked
  • What to bring to the first meeting, in your own words
  • Gentle, patient calls with older clients and families

Employment

  • Employer name collected for your conflict check
  • Type of issue and the date it happened, noted for the attorney
  • Never says whether something was legal

Bankruptcy

  • Free-consultation requests booked at the times you offer
  • Your document checklist sent by text to callers who agree
  • Never gives advice about debts or which chapter to file

Your practice

  • Real estate, business, tax, workers' comp and more
  • We write the intake questions with you
  • You approve every answer before go-live

A day at a law firm front desk

The phone rings at the worst moments. We pick up.

  1. Before you open. A woman calls because her husband was arrested overnight. The assistant notes where he's being held and connects her with your on-call attorney.

  2. Everyone's in court. Two new injury calls come in at once. Both get a warm answer, an intake note and a consultation request.

  3. Lunch hour. An existing client asks for a call about her divorce. The message goes to her attorney's paralegal, marked existing client.

  4. After closing. A father calls in Spanish about a visa consultation. The whole call happens in Spanish, and a consult is booked.

  5. Late evening. Someone was just served with papers and has a hearing in two days. The note is flagged urgent for a first-thing callback, with the other party's name ready for your conflict check.

  6. Next morning. Your team opens one tidy summary: every call, what each person needed, and what still needs a human.

In your callers' language

Hablamos español. Chúng tôi nói tiếng Việt.

People in a legal crisis want to explain it in the language they're most comfortable with. Every plan includes Spanish and Vietnamese, and your team gets the summary in English.

"Necesito hablar con un abogado. Arrestaron a mi hijo anoche."

"Tôi cần nói chuyện với luật sư. Con trai tôi bị bắt tối qua."

Example caller phrases ("I need to speak with a lawyer. My son was arrested last night."). Scripts are reviewed by native speakers before go-live.

Confidentiality first

Built for the confidentiality your callers expect

  • Caller information is used only to serve your firm, never for anything else
  • Collects only what your team needs to call back and run a conflict check
  • Encryption required in transit and at rest; personal details will be removed from transcripts
  • Records kept only as long as your firm wants, then deleted
  • Every call will open with a recording and AI notice, following each state's consent rules (California requires everyone's consent)
How we protect caller data

Pricing

Simple monthly plans for law firms. No contract.

Per office location. Start with after-hours coverage and add booking when you're ready.

After-Hours

$297/mo

Nights, weekends, lunch and busy lines, with urgent-call routing. 600 minutes.

Booking

$497/mo

Adds consultations booked straight into your calendar and full new-client intake. 1,000 minutes.

Full Desk

$797/mo

Adds consultation confirmations and reminders to clients who opted in. 2,000 minutes.

Available now · 2–4 week setup

Complete Front Desk

$1,197/mo

Adds text-ahead check-in, digital intake forms, and billing help: retainer and invoice payments through secure payment links. See what's included.

Setup time depends on your scheduling software.

Setup for After-Hours, Booking and Full Desk: $500 one time (waived for founding offices). Complete Front Desk setup: $1,000 one time ($500 for founding offices). Extra minutes: $0.35 each. Month to month; cancel any time.

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Founding law firms: try it free for 14 days

We're opening a small number of founding spots for law firms and solo attorneys in any US state. We write your intake questions and urgent-call rules with you, and lock your founding price for 12 months. No contract, and you decide after 14 days.

Straight answers for law firms

What is an AI receptionist for a law firm?

An AI receptionist for a law firm answers the calls your team can't get to and takes new-client intake. Ours collects the caller's contact details, the type of matter and the names of other people involved for your conflict check, books or requests consultations, and routes urgent calls to your on-call attorney. It never gives legal advice; your attorneys answer every legal question.

How is it different from a legal answering service?

A message-taking legal answering service leaves your team a list of callbacks. Our AI receptionist also completes intake and books consultations. It writes a tidy intake note your staff can review, books consultation times you offer (on the Booking plan and up), handles several calls at once, and works in English, Spanish and Vietnamese on every plan. Urgent calls still go to your on-call attorney. It never gives legal advice.

Can it handle law firm intake after hours and in Spanish?

Yes. It takes intake calls you forward at any hour, including nights, weekends and while your attorneys are in court, in English, Spanish or Vietnamese. Your team gets the intake note and morning summary in English, with the caller's language noted. Urgent matters you define, such as an arrest or a court date tomorrow, go to your on-call attorney.

Will callers know they're talking to an AI?

Yes, on every call. The assistant will say it's an AI in its first sentence, tell callers the call is recorded, and offer a person whenever someone asks. A caller who doesn't want to be recorded gets your office number, and the call ends.

Does it ever give legal advice?

No. It handles intake and scheduling only. It doesn't give legal advice, say whether someone has a case, predict an outcome, estimate what a case is worth, or comment on deadlines. It also never tells a caller they're your client. It collects contact details and a short description of the matter, then your team takes it from there. When a caller asks a legal question, it says an attorney will need to answer and offers a consultation or a callback.

Does a call with the assistant create an attorney-client relationship?

No. The assistant tells callers that the call doesn't make them a client of the firm, and that the firm will be in touch after it reviews the request. Whether to take a matter, and when, is always your firm's decision.

How does it help with conflict checks?

If you want, it asks for the names of the other people involved, such as the opposing party in a family or civil matter, and puts them at the top of the intake note so your staff can run the conflict check before anyone calls back. It doesn't run conflict checks itself and never tells a caller whether you can take the case.

How do urgent calls reach our on-call attorney?

You decide what counts as urgent. Common rules: someone was just arrested or is in custody, a person was served with papers, a hearing or court date is today or tomorrow, or an immigration detention. Those calls are connected to your on-call attorney or flagged for an urgent callback, following your schedule. If someone is in danger, the assistant tells them to call 911.

How is confidential information handled?

The assistant asks only for what your team needs to call back and run a conflict check, and it asks callers to save the details of their case for the attorney. We require calls to be encrypted in transit and at rest, personal details will be automatically removed from transcripts, and records are kept only as long as your firm wants. Caller information is used only to serve your firm. See Privacy & Security.

Can clients pay a retainer or an invoice?

On Complete Front Desk, the assistant can text a secure payment link for a retainer or an invoice, with your firm as the merchant (your trust-account rules apply). It never takes card numbers by voice. Questions about a bill or a dispute go to your staff.

Do we have to change our phone system or number?

No. Your firm keeps its number and phones. You forward after-hours, busy or unanswered calls to us, and we walk you through it.

Will it replace our intake staff?

No. It covers the calls your team can't get to: after hours, during court, and when every line is ringing. Your staff still reviews every intake note, runs conflict checks and decides which matters to take. The assistant makes sure no caller reaches a voicemail box first.

This page describes our service. It isn't legal or ethics advice. Please check your state's professional-conduct rules on intake, confidentiality and call recording.