As a busy attorney, you know plenty about endless interruptions throughout the day, with phone calls most likely topping the list. Each call takes you away from the task at hand and interrupts your workflow. Researchers have found that it isn’t unusual for people at work to be interrupted every three minutes, which is bad enough. But it can then take more than 23 minutes to get back to where you left off. All those interruptions can add up to nearly six hours a day in productive time – and billable hours – lost.
A loss of six billable hours a day, per attorney, is serious business. The simplest way to improve your law firm’s profitability is by efficiently managing that billable time. And one of the best ways to manage attorney time is by avoiding anything that wastes it.
One of the best ways to cut down on office interruptions is hiring a professional call answering service. A call answering service means no more unwanted interruptions. Calls from current or potential clients are always handled in a professional and friendly manner. Best of all, since incoming calls are not diverted to voicemail, a 24-hour legal call answering service can help you convert new client inquiries into cases. An answering service can also help by:
A professional answering service frees up your time to focus on the important legal matters at hand. At Legal Call 24, we like to think of ourselves as much more than an outside service. Our family-owned business becomes an extension of your law firm, providing live answering service and after-hour call support to help your firm run more smoothly and profitably. Contact us today to learn more.