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A 12-Point Intake Process Checklist for Personal Injury Firms

10 minutesBy Kerri Coby White, CEO, KerriJames Last updated: October 2026 If your personal injury firm is spending money on marketing and getting people to call, I would want to know what happens once those calls come in. Are they being answered? Is your team getting the information it needs? And

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8 Common Legal Intake Mistakes That Law Firms Should Avoid

9 minutes8 Common Legal Intake Mistakes That Law Firms Should Avoid What Are the Most Common Mistakes Made During Legal Intake? The first conversation with a law firm can shape a person’s decision to move forward. Someone might call after an accident, an employer dispute, or a stressful family matter. They

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How to Train an Intake Team to Deliver a “Scary Good” Client Experience

11 minutesClient intake training is the legal industry’s most underused lever for growth. Firms that reliably convert more leads and deliver standout client experiences aren’t always the ones with the biggest marketing budgets. They invest in building high-performing intake teams. A scary good client experience starts before an attorney ever sees

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What a “Scary Good” Intake Looks Like for Modern Law Firms

12 minutesIf your law firm is pouring resources into marketing but still falling short on signed cases, the real problem likely isn’t lead generation. In most firms, the real bottleneck is intake. A scary good intake process separates a signed client from a lost opportunity. It’s the combination of systems, people,

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intake performance

What Should Law Firms Measure to Improve Intake Performance?

9 minutesA law firm can spend a lot of time and money attracting potential clients, yet still lose cases before a meaningful conversation even takes place. A phone call goes unanswered. A website inquiry sits in an inbox. Someone promises to call a lead back but gets caught up with other

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Key Skills Every Legal Intake Specialist Needs

9 minutesWhat Skills Are Important for a Legal Intake Specialist? The first person a potential client speaks with at a law firm may not be an attorney. Often, a legal intake specialist answers the phone, listens to the person’s concerns, and helps them understand what to do next. That first conversation

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technology

When Technology Becomes a Turnoff Inside Your Law Firm

12 minutesBuying new technology is the easy part. Getting your team to actually use it the way you intended is where things usually get harder. A firm can spend a lot of money on a new platform, train everyone on it, and still find people working around it a few weeks

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