What is an AI voice receptionist for attorneys?

An AI voice receptionist for attorneys is a system that answers your phone calls 24/7, conducts a professional intake conversation with callers, and emails you a full summary — including the caller's name, number, email, practice area, and preferred callback time — within 60 seconds. Presently is built specifically for solo and small law firms.

How much does Presently cost?

Presently is $8,150 per year for standard access. Founding firms who join during our early access period pay $4,000 per year — a rate that is locked in for life. There are no per-call fees, no overage charges, and no long-term contracts beyond the annual subscription.

Does Presently integrate with Clio or other legal practice management software?

Presently delivers intake summaries by email immediately after each call. Integration with Clio, MyCase, and other practice management platforms is on the product roadmap. Founding firms will be the first to access native integrations when they launch.

Can Presently answer calls in Spanish?

Yes. Presently conducts intake conversations in both English and Spanish. If a caller begins speaking Spanish, Presently automatically continues the conversation in Spanish and delivers the intake summary to you in English.

How quickly do I receive the intake summary after a call?

You receive a full intake summary by email within 60 seconds of the call ending. The summary includes the caller's full name, best callback number, email address, practice area, preferred callback time, urgency level, and any additional notes the caller shared.

What practice areas does Presently support?

Presently is trained to handle intake for estate planning, personal injury, employment law, family law and divorce, criminal defense, and general matters. For each practice area, Presently asks the right follow-up questions — for example, asking personal injury callers about treatment status and insurance contact.

How does call forwarding work with Presently?

You forward calls to your Presently number using your existing carrier's call forwarding feature — typically by dialing a short code on your phone. No hardware or app is required. Setup takes under five minutes and can be activated or deactivated instantly.

Is Presently compliant with call recording laws?

Yes. Presently discloses at the start of every call that the call will be recorded and transcribed for intake purposes, and identifies itself as an AI assistant. This disclosure satisfies federal one-party consent requirements and is designed to meet two-party consent requirements in states like California, Florida, and Washington.

Can Presently handle multiple calls at the same time?

Yes. Presently handles simultaneous calls — every caller reaches a live AI immediately regardless of how many calls come in at once. There is no queue, no hold music, and no missed calls due to the line being busy.

What happens after Presently takes a message?

As soon as the call ends, you receive an email with the full intake summary. The summary flags urgent matters and high-priority leads so you can triage quickly. You call the client back directly — Presently handles the intake so you can focus on the follow-up that wins the case.

Capturing just one additional case per month at $3,500 equals $42,000 per year in recovered revenue. Here is why solo attorneys still lose 35% of their calls — and the math that fixes it.

One Extra Case a Month Is Worth $42,000 a Year — The AI Receptionist Math Solo Attorneys Keep Getting Wrong

Capturing one extra case per month at an average value of $3,500 equals $42,000 per year in recovered revenue. That is the entire argument for an AI receptionist, and most solo attorneys never run the number because they are too busy missing the calls that prove it.

Law firms miss 35% of their inbound calls. Solo and two-person firms miss more, because there is no one to pick up while you are in a deposition, in front of a judge, or driving between courthouses. The Clio Legal Trends Report found that 72% of potential clients who reach voicemail hang up and call the next firm instead of leaving a message. They do not wait. They do not call back. They hire your competitor.

The Lost Revenue Is Bigger Than the Lost Call

The average solo attorney loses over $110,000 per year to unanswered calls. That figure is not theoretical — it is the direct product of three numbers every firm can verify in its own phone log:

Call volume — how many new-client calls arrive each month
Miss rate — the share that hit voicemail (industry average: 35%)
Case value — what a signed matter is worth to your firm

Run those against a firm taking 40 new-client calls a month. A 35% miss rate is 14 lost conversations. If even one of those 14 would have become a $3,500 case, that single missed call cost you more than a month of an AI receptionist subscription. The other 13 are upside.

Why "Just Use Voicemail" Stopped Working

A decade ago, a missed call meant a voicemail and a callback. In 2026, it means a lost client. Prospective clients calling a lawyer are almost always in distress — a car accident, an arrest, a divorce filing, a deadline. Urgency does not wait on hold. The moment they hit voicemail, they are already dialing the next name in the search results.

Traditional answering services don't solve this either. A human service reads from a script, can't screen for practice area, and bills by the minute. A two-attorney firm cannot justify a full-time receptionist for unpredictable call volume, and a part-time human still sleeps, takes lunch, and goes home at 5 p.m. — exactly when injured and arrested people start calling.

What an AI Receptionist Actually Captures

This is the gap Presently was built to close. Presently answers every call 24/7, in a natural voice, and runs real intake instead of taking a message:

Screens the caller — practice area, jurisdiction, conflict-relevant details
Captures the matter — what happened, when, and the contact information you need to follow up
Books the consultation — straight onto your calendar, with confirmation
Hands off cleanly — a structured summary waiting for you when you walk out of court

Every one of those is a call that used to go to voicemail and then to a competitor. At a price that costs less than the value of a single missed case, the question is no longer whether you can afford an AI receptionist — it is whether you can afford to keep funding your competitors' caseloads with your own missed calls.

The Number That Closes the Argument

One case a month. $3,500 each. $42,000 a year. That is the floor, not the ceiling — and it assumes you only ever recover a single conversation out of the dozens you currently lose. Most solo firms recover far more, because the calls were always coming. The only thing missing was someone to answer them.

Stop sending your prospective clients to voicemail. Start with Presently → and capture the calls you are already paying to miss.