Your Client Communication Agent Logs Every Client Call for Billing
The Client Communication Agent in EngageSuite360 takes the handling and logging of client calls and emails off your attorneys and their assistants — the people who today answer interruptions all day, promise callbacks that aren't tracked, and try to reconstruct at month-end which client conversations should have been time entries. Your attorneys still hold every substantive conversation; the record of it stops depending on memory.
What it takes off your plate
Ask an attorney about client communication and you'll hear two complaints at once. "The phone never stops," and "I never bill for half of it." A client calls three times in a week about the same hearing. A long email thread about settlement terms spans a weekend. A callback promised on Tuesday happens on Friday, if at all.
Every one of those contacts is either work the client should see on the invoice or a missed promise the client will remember. Messages get lost in threads, callbacks go untracked, and at the end of the month the attorney sits with a calendar trying to rebuild time entries they can't fully recall.
What the Client Communication Agent does, step by step
The Client Communication Agent starts with the client who called.
- It answers the call, text or email. The agent responds promptly, identifies the client and the matter, and records what they need.
- It sorts by urgency. A court date tomorrow, a document served or a settlement offer with a deadline goes to the attorney immediately; a routine status question gets an answer from the matter record; paperwork requests go to the assistant.
- It books the callback. When the client needs the attorney, the agent schedules the call in the attorney's open time and confirms it with the client.
- It keeps the promise. If the callback slips, the agent reminds the attorney and reschedules with the client before the client has to call again.
- It sends status updates. On the cadence set for each matter, the agent drafts a brief update for attorney approval and sends it, so clients hear from the firm before they wonder.
- It logs every contact. Each call, email and text is recorded on the matter with the date, the duration, the participants and a short description.
- It prepares the time entry. The agent drafts a time entry for each billable communication for the attorney to approve, adjust or mark no-charge.
The Client Communication Agent never gives legal advice or bills a client without attorney review. Those decisions stay with your attorneys.
Where the work is recorded
Every contact is recorded in EngageSuite360 on the client's record and, for businesses, the client organization: what was asked, how it was answered, the callback booked and the next step written down — "callback booked with the responsible attorney," "status update approved and sent." The matter holds its complete communication history for anyone covering it.
Draft time entries land in Clio for attorney approval, and callbacks on the attorney's Google Calendar or Outlook, where the agent does the work.
When your attorney opens EngageSuite360 in the morning, they see yesterday's client contacts, today's booked callbacks and the draft time entries waiting for approval. When the billing coordinator prepares invoices, communication time is already there, described in words a client understands.
What your people do instead
Your attorneys work without the constant break of the phone and return calls prepared, with the question and the file in front of them. Your assistants handle the clients who need a patient human voice. Nobody spends the last day of the month reconstructing time, and the client who calls with a worry gets a person when it matters most.
Clients who are heard, and billed accurately for it, trust the firm. The EngageSuite360 Client Communication Agent keeps the answers, callbacks and records moving so your people can serve.
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