Chatter for law firms

Intake questions answered at 9 p.m. Case questions handed to a person.

Most people who reach a law firm’s website at night want three things answered before they will pick up the phone: do you handle this, what does a first meeting cost, and where are you. Chatter answers those from your own pages, in your firm’s voice, and passes anything about someone’s actual matter to your team — with the reason attached.

Built by Inherent, the agency that has built and marketed law firm websites for thirty years. Runs on your own AI account; nothing you or your visitors say trains any model.

HHartley & CoUsually replies in seconds
Hi! How can we help?
Do you handle custody cases, and what does a first meeting cost?
Hartley & Co
We do — family law is one of our main practice areas. A first 30-minute consultation is free, and there’s no obligation after it. Would you like to book one?
Answered from: Family law · Fees & consultations
My ex moved the kids to Nevada without telling me. Can I get them back?
That needs a person — I’m passing you to the team now.
Type your question…
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You are chatting with an AI assistant. It can’t give legal advice, and nothing here creates an attorney–client relationship.
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Legal advice givenIt answers about the firm, never about the matter. A question about someone’s case goes to a person, every time.
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Line of disclosureEvery visitor is told it is an AI before they type, in words you can edit and the checklist cites.
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States, one checklistThe rules that apply to your firm, by state, each with its source and a one-click fix.
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Markup on your AIYour own Anthropic, OpenAI or Google account. Chatter is priced as software, from $99 a month.
Built around the rules

Tell It Your State. It Lists What Applies.

Mark the account as a law firm and pick the state, and the Knowledge page shows the rules that touch a website chat — what is already in place, what is not, and a fix for each. A checklist with sources, not legal advice: confirm it with your bar.

The checklist, for a New York firm.

Each line names the rule behind it. “Apply” writes the wording into the assistant’s instructions or the widget’s disclosure; the check turns green when it is in place.

Compliance · law firm, New York
✓ Visitors are told it’s an AI Cal. B&P §17941 · NY AI disclosure
✓ No legal advice, no client relationship ABA 1.18, 7.1
✓ Own-case questions hand over ABA 1.18
! “Attorney Advertising” on the chat NY 7.1(f) · Apply
! No promises about outcomes ABA 7.1 · Apply

What it will and won’t say.

Will: your practice areas, what a consultation costs and how to book one, offices and hours, what to bring, how fees generally work, who is on the team.

Won’t: whether someone has a claim, what their case is worth, what they should do next, deadlines for their situation, or anything that reads as an opinion on a matter. Those go to a person, and the visitor is told so plainly.

It asks for nothing about a matter, so it cannot become a conflicts problem or a confidentiality one. When a visitor volunteers facts anyway, the thread goes to your team.

For your staff

The Hand-Over Lands On A Phone, With Replies Ready

The moment the assistant steps back, the push says who asked what and why. Whoever opens it finds three suggested replies drawn from your site and the conversation — tap to edit, hold to send — and answers under the firm’s name or their own.

Who, what, why — before you open it.

Assigned matters notify the assignee; new ones notify everyone. The badge counts only what is waiting on a human. Nobody’s phone buzzes while the assistant is handling routine questions.

Needs a personPriya Shah asked about her own case: “My ex moved the kids to Nevada…”
Needs a personAI handlingAll
Priya ShahMy ex moved the kids… · waiting 2 min
dan@example.comDo you do estate plans? · yours

Three ways to open, none of them legal advice.

Suggestions follow the same rules as the assistant: one moves things forward (a consultation, what to bring), one asks a useful question, one buys time honestly. Your staff edit and send; the visitor sees nothing until they do.

Priya ShahNeeds a person · asked about her own case
My ex moved the kids to Nevada without telling me. Can I get them back?
That needs a person — I’m passing you to the team now.
Suggested replies from your site & this chat
1I’m sorry — that’s a stressful situation. An attorney needs to look at the details; the first 30-minute consultation is free. Could you do a call today or tomorrow?
2Before we set that up: is there an existing custody order, and which county was it made in?
3Let me get one of our family law attorneys to call you. What number and time work best?
Write my ownhold to send
Message Priya…↑
Questions firms ask

The Ones Managing Partners Ask

Does Chatter give legal advice?

No. It answers questions about your firm from your own pages: practice areas, fees and consultations, offices, hours, what to bring. Ask it about a specific case and it says a person will need to look at it and hands the visitor to your team. That rule is on by default and the checklist tells you if it is ever switched off.

Does it create an attorney–client relationship?

It is set up not to. Every visitor is told they are chatting with an AI assistant, and the assistant says that nothing it says forms an attorney–client relationship or is legal advice. The wording is editable, and the compliance checklist cites the rules behind each line so you can confirm them with your bar.

What about confidentiality and conflicts?

The assistant asks for nothing about a matter: no facts of a case, no other party’s name. When a visitor volunteers them anyway, the thread goes to a person, and your team decides what to do next. Conversations live in your account, are never used to train any model, and can be set to expire on a schedule.

Which states does the checklist cover?

It starts with what applies everywhere (ABA Model Rules 1.18, 7.1, 8.4) and adds state rules where we have them: California’s AI disclosure, New York’s “Attorney Advertising” marking, and more as they are added. It is a checklist with sources, not advice; your bar has the last word.

Can it book consultations?

It can offer one and take the details: it asks for a name, a way to reach the person and a good time, and the request lands with your team in the app, with the reason attached. Calendar booking links you already use can be placed in its answers.

Pricing, the full walkthrough and everything else about Chatter is on the main page.

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