For law firms & legal practices

Law Firm Answering Service

The AI answering service that's also your business phone.

Whether the AI answers or your team does, every call lands in the same inbox with the same recording, transcript and summary. The AI runs your intake, filters spam, and books consultations, 24/7.

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Danny Bin

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CALL SUMMARY

Reason

Called about a DUI over the weekend

Intent

Book a consultation

Details

Qualified · new matter

Next step

Consultation booked April 12th at 1pm

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(424) 381-0731

Your own US number, pick any area code

It's a real phone line you and your firm can use, not just an AI. Your team answers, or the AI does when nobody picks up. Either way the call is recorded, summarized and filed on the contact, in one inbox. Call, text and chat from the app, ring it to your cell, put it on your website and ads, or port in the number you already have.

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Here's a Monday. You barely touched your phone.

WHO PICKED UPAI · nobody on the team answeredYour team · same number, from the appText thread

8:05 AM

8:05 AM

AI answeredNew intake before the office opens

Consultation booked Wed 1pm

“I got a DUI this weekend, do you handle that?”

Runs your intake questions, confirms it's a matter you take, captures the details, and books a consultation, before an attorney lifts a finger.

9:20 AM

9:20 AM

Danny answeredExisting client

Logged to the matter

“Any update on my case?”

Rang the team; Danny took it live on the business number. The call was still transcribed, summarized, and filed on the matter.

10:50 AM

10:50 AM

AI screenedSpam call filtered

Blocked · not forwarded

“This is about your business's Google listing…”

Recognized as a telemarketer by your rules, filtered, and never forwarded, so the attorneys were never interrupted.

12:30 PM

12:30 PM

SMS · auto-textMissed call while in courtPro

Texted back · intake started

Missed call · 12:30 PM

Sorry we missed you! This is the firm's intake line. What's your matter about? Reply here and we'll take it from there.

car accident last week, not my fault

Sorry to hear that. Were you injured, and has anyone else contacted you about it yet? This helps us route you to the right attorney.

yes, went to the ER

The team was in court. The missed-call automation texts the caller back instantly and starts the intake by text until an attorney is free.

2:15 PM

2:15 PM

AI answeredCase-type screening

Qualified · routed

“Do you take personal injury cases?”

Confirms the practice area, runs the intake, scores the matter, and routes it to the right attorney.

4:40 PM

4:40 PM

Paralegal answeredDocument question

Handled · logged

“Which forms do I need to bring Wednesday?”

The call rang the team; a paralegal took it live on the same number and it was logged with a summary.

9:30 PM

9:30 PM

AI answeredAfter-hours intake

Flagged urgent · attorney alerted

“I was just arrested, I need a lawyer.”

Runs the urgent-matter path by your rules, captures the essentials, and alerts your on-call attorney, so a time-sensitive client doesn't call the next firm.

7 touch points

4 by AI, 1 auto-text, 2 by your team

2 intakes booked

qualified before an attorney lifted a finger

1 spam call blocked

filtered before it reached the office

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Real calls

Hear the AI answer, in its own voice.

Real recordings from the same assistant that will answer your line: booking, capturing details, and switching languages mid-call.

AI ASSISTANT

AI Appointment Booking

This assistant booked an appointment straight onto our client's calendar — automatic win!

1:34

AI ASSISTANT

Inbound Call FAQ

This assistant handled questions from inbound calls about a short-term rental listed for sale on the MLS.

2:30

AI ASSISTANT

Collecting Information

This assistant collected customer information and sent an SMS notification with it to the business owner.

0:49

AI ASSISTANT

Switching to Mandarin

Our assistant speaks 40+ languages — hear it switch from English to Mandarin mid-call.

0:36

What's different from forwarding calls to an AI receptionist?

Most AI receptionists just forward the calls you miss to their AI, so they only ever see those. Fast Response is the business line itself, so every call lands in one place.

Forwarding to an AI

Only the calls the AI takes are loggedYou forward the calls you miss to their bot, so that's all it ever sees.

Calls your attorney answers leave no recordPick up on a cell and there's no recording, transcript, or summary.

Automations fire on the AI's calls onlyRules can't act on a call the system never handled.

Phone line and AI dashboard stay separateTwo tools, two inboxes, nothing joined up.

Fast Response

AI and team calls in one logWhoever answers, the call lands in the same place.

Every call recorded, transcribed & summarizedFiled on the contact automatically, with the texts and chats.

Automations on every call, AI or humanText a booking link to a caller who didn't speak, or text your own rep the second a hot lead comes in.

One business line and inboxCalls, texts, and web chat together, not scattered.

See how the call inbox works →

Can you afford to miss a call?

Why do law firms use an answering service?

Because marketing brings calls at all hours, most of them spam, and a potential client who reaches voicemail calls the next firm. Human answering services cost $200-500 a month and just take a message. Fast Response answers on your own line, runs your intake, filters the spam, books consultations, and texts a summary. Any attorney or paralegal can pick up any call live from the app, and those calls are logged exactly like the AI's.

A missed intake call is a potential client, and their case, signed by the next firm they call.

Run your numbers →

How much does a law firm answering service cost?

Legal answering services bill $200–500 a month, often per call, plus intake or after-hours surcharges. Fast Response is $29 for the line with 24/7 AI intake, $79 with team accounts and conflict-check routing, $249 with outbound follow-up. Flat base, no per-seat fees, no contract.

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Intake and spam filtering, 24/7

A billboard or a Google ad brings real clients and a flood of solicitations. Fast Response screens out the spam so your team never sees it, runs your exact intake questions on every real caller, captures the matter details, and books a consultation onto the right attorney's calendar. Urgent matters after hours are flagged to your on-call attorney. Every call is recorded, transcribed, and kept private to your firm.

Pricing

Simple, flexible pricing

Start at $29/mo and scale up when you're ready. No contract.

Starter

$29/mo

Handle everyone who contacts you.

For operators who are done losing business to voicemail.

250

Voice min

30

AI min

250

Texts

∞

Chats

Included each month, then pay-as-you-go

Calls and texts, answered 24/7

Outbound AI calls

Website chat embed

Emergency triage and dispatch to your on-call staff

SMS and email AI call summaries

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Stop sending customers to voicemail

Get your AI business line answering calls, texts, and chats in about five minutes.

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Dashboard

Test Call AssistantPhone DialerRiverside PM
+1 (916) 555-0142

95 calls in last 7 days · 18 after hours · 3 open tasks

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Needs attention now

3items

Follow-up tasks across 3 calls.

Call volume

95calls+12

71 incoming · 24 outgoing.

After-hours calls

18of 95+4

Outside 9am–6pm. AI answered all 18.

AI vs team handled

AI 61Team 34

Team time saved

3h 12m

Talk time the AI absorbed instead of your team.

Tasks from Calls

3 open across 1 type · 1 overdue

All tasks →

Leasing1

1 overdue

Confirm ShowingOverdue 4h

Caller asked about the 2BR on Oak St. AI booked 11am tomorrow — confirm access with the current tenant.

Suggested owner: leasing · from +1 (916) 555-3071

Priya Gill

+1 (916) 555-3071

AI CallFollow-up

Prospective tenant asked about price, pet policy and availability. AI answered from the listing and booked a showing into Dana's calendar.

▶0:00 / 1:22

Open full callAI CallManual CallTextShare

Latest Calls

95 calls · 71 incoming · 8 unreviewed

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AllNeeds actionUnreviewedMore (8) ▾

Priya Gill

+1 (916) 555-3071

Aug 13, 7:15 AM · 1m 22s

LESS ▴

New lead · leasingAI Call1 task

Outcome

Follow-up required

Handled by

AI Call

Status

Customer ended

How it ended

AI booked a showing and offered to text the address.

Details captured

Unit

2BR · 1450 Oak St

Budget

$2,400/mo

Move-in

Sept 1

Pets

1 cat

Pre-qualified

Yes · 3× income

Next step

Showing tomorrow 11am

▶0:00 / 1:22

AI CallManual CallTextShareMark Reviewed

Marcus T.

+1 (916) 555-4410

Human CallVendor

Owner check-in

+1 (916) 555-2298

Human CallIncoming

AI → Dana takeover

+1 (916) 555-7756

AI CallLeasing

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Fast Response starts at $29/mo and covers your whole firm, with no per-seat fees and no contract. Most firms are live in about 5 minutes. See full pricing →

Yes. Fast Response runs your exact intake questions on every call, captures the answers, and routes qualified matters to the right attorney.

Yes. Marketing brings spam as well as clients; the AI screens out telemarketers and solicitations so your team only sees real potential matters.

Yes. The AI runs intake 24/7 and flags urgent matters to your on-call attorney, so a client who was just arrested doesn't call the next firm.

Yes. Once a matter is qualified, the AI books a consultation onto the right attorney's calendar and confirms by text.

Yes. All data is encrypted in transit and stored on U.S.-based servers; recordings, transcripts, and summaries stay private to your firm.

Yes. You can port your existing number over to Fast Response, or keep it where it is and forward missed calls to your AI assistant. In our mobile app, your personal calls and Fast Response calls are clearly labeled on the call screen, so you always know which is which.

Yes. On any plan you can place calls and send single texts from the web or mobile app, and the AI can send one-to-one follow-up texts on your behalf. Mass outbound calling and texting — importing a list and launching campaigns — is on the Scale plan and requires A2P registration (approval usually takes 2–3 weeks). You're always in control of what goes out.

The AI answers calls in 40+ languages and switches to the caller's language automatically. Call transcripts, summaries, and text replies are available in 11 languages.

All data is encrypted in transit and stored on U.S.-based servers. Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries stay private unless you choose to share them, and we never sell your data.

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