All systems nominal
avg. intake
conflict-checked
matters opened
saved per partner / wk
Client
Hale & Co.
Industry
Legal · 12 lawyers
Team
12 lawyers · 1 office
Agents
Intake, Inbox
Stack
Clio · DocuSign · Gmail
Timeline
18 days to go live
[ 01 ] The challenge
Four days of email tag for every new client.
Every enquiry started a chain of emails: questions, documents, conflict checks, scheduling. Good clients gave up and called another firm.
[ 02 ] What we built
An Intake Agent partners actually trust.
The Intake Agent screens every enquiry, collects documents, runs conflict checks in Clio and drafts the engagement letter. Partners get a one-page summary and a recommended next step.
“I read one summary instead of forty emails. That’s the whole pitch.”
— Amelia Hale, Managing Partner, Hale & Co.
[ 03 ] Results
Intake takes four minutes.
Matters opened rose 31% in the first quarter, every new client is conflict-checked before a partner sees them, and nobody chases paperwork anymore.
Metric | Before | With Vigil |
|---|---|---|
Time to intake | 4 days | 4 min |
Matters opened / quarter | 96 | 126 |
Partner hours on admin / wk | 11 | 0 |


