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Your attorneys bill by the hour.
They should not spend those hours
on intake forms and data entry.

The most expensive resource in a law firm is attorney time. AI automation protects it — by handling every repetitive, administrative task before it ever reaches your legal team.

Automated client intake that qualifies leads 24/7. Document processing that extracts data from contracts in seconds. Case workflow automation that tracks deadlines without manual follow-up. And if you want your firm to appear when potential clients search on ChatGPT and Perplexity — we build that too.

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40%

of potential clients lost to slow intake response at law firms

2-3h

saved per attorney per day on admin, data entry, and follow-up

60-80%

reduction in document review time for routine contract types

2-4w

from kickoff to live AI system, fully integrated with your practice management platform

THE PROBLEM

Law firms are built to practice law. Not to manage intake queues and data entry.

A potential client submits a contact form at 7pm. Your intake team sees it the next morning. By then, they have called two other firms, one has already scheduled a consultation, and your firm has lost the case before it ever had a chance to win it.

Inside the firm, attorneys spend 2-3 hours per day on tasks that have nothing to do with practicing law: reviewing intake forms, updating case management records, chasing document signatures, and sending status update emails that a system should be sending automatically.

AI does not replace attorneys. It removes everything that should not require an attorney in the first place.

Potential client calls at 6pm on a Friday

Intake team is gone. No response until Monday. Client retained a competitor by Saturday morning.

Attorney spends 45 minutes reviewing a contract for key dates

AI extracts the same data in 8 seconds. That 45 minutes was not billable.

Case deadline missed because the reminder was manual

Paralegal was out sick. No automated tracking. The deadline slipped. The client relationship did not recover.

Firm invisible when potential clients search on ChatGPT

Competitor appears in the AI answer. Your firm does not. The client never reaches your website.

WHAT NEXUM BUILDS

AI systems built specifically for legal practices

Every system is done-for-you. Nexum builds, integrates, and maintains it. Your team just uses it.

System 01

Automated Client Intake & Lead Qualification

Qualifies every new inquiry 24/7 before staff involvement

Every new inquiry — from your website, phone line, referral partner, or legal directory — receives an immediate AI response. The AI asks practice-area-specific qualifying questions: type of legal matter, jurisdiction, timeline, prior representation, and conflict check information. Qualified leads are routed to the right attorney or paralegal instantly. Unqualified inquiries are handled gracefully without consuming firm time.

What it replaces

  • Manual intake calls and forms
  • After-hours coverage gaps
  • Unqualified consultations
  • Lost leads from slow response

Integrates with

  • Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther
  • Lawmatics, Filevine, Smokeball
  • Your website contact forms
  • Legal directory lead feeds

System 02

Legal Document Processing & Data Extraction

Extracts key data from contracts and legal documents in seconds

AI reads contracts, NDAs, pleadings, discovery documents, and intake forms — extracts key clauses, critical dates, party names, obligations, and risk flags — and populates your case management system automatically. What takes an attorney or paralegal 30-45 minutes per document takes AI under 60 seconds. The attorney reviews the extracted summary, not the raw document.

Documents handled

  • Contracts and NDAs
  • Employment and lease agreements
  • Pleadings and court filings
  • Discovery and deposition transcripts

Output

  • Structured data in your case system
  • Key clause and date extraction
  • Risk and anomaly flags
  • Comparison against standard templates

System 03

Case Workflow & Deadline Automation

Tracks every deadline and task without manual follow-up

Every case has a sequence of deadlines, tasks, and client touchpoints. AI workflow automation tracks all of them: court deadlines, document due dates, client update schedules, billing milestones, and task assignments. Attorneys and paralegals receive alerts only when human action is required. Everything else runs automatically — reminders sent, status updates delivered, tasks escalated when overdue.

What it automates

  • Court deadline tracking and alerts
  • Client status update emails
  • Document signature follow-up
  • Billing and invoice reminders

Integrates with

  • Clio, MyCase, Filevine
  • Court calendar systems
  • DocuSign, Adobe Sign
  • Clio Payments, LawPay

System 04

Client Communication & Follow-Up Automation

Keeps clients informed without attorney or staff involvement

Client communication is one of the highest sources of bar complaints and client dissatisfaction at law firms — not because attorneys do not care, but because communication falls through the cracks when everyone is busy. AI communication automation sends case status updates on schedule, responds to routine client inquiries instantly, and escalates to an attorney only when the question requires legal judgment.

What it handles

  • Scheduled case status updates
  • Document request follow-up
  • Appointment reminders
  • Post-matter review requests

Channels

  • Email and SMS
  • Client portal messages
  • Secure messaging platforms
  • Automated voice updates

System 05

GEO — AI Search Visibility for Law Firms

Makes your firm the cited answer in ChatGPT and Perplexity

When a potential client asks ChatGPT "best employment attorney in New York" or searches Perplexity for "top personal injury law firm in Miami," the firms that appear are the ones optimized for AI citation. Nexum's GEO service makes your firm that answer — with structured data, llms.txt, entity building, and practice-area-specific content strategy across all 5 major AI platforms.

What GEO includes

  • AI visibility audit across 5 platforms
  • Practice area FAQ content optimization
  • Attorney entity and authority building
  • Citation strategy for legal directories

Platforms covered

  • ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
  • Perplexity AI
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Google AI Overview

ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE

Built within ABA Model Rules and state bar guidelines.

Every Nexum AI system for legal practices is designed to handle administrative and intake workflows — not legal advice, not attorney-client privileged communications, and not tasks that require attorney judgment. The AI qualifies leads and routes them to attorneys. It processes documents and surfaces data for attorney review. It tracks deadlines and sends reminders. It does not practice law.

No unauthorized practice

AI handles administrative tasks only. All legal judgment stays with your attorneys.

Confidentiality maintained

All systems built with data isolation and confidentiality protocols appropriate for legal practice.

Bar guideline review

Every implementation reviewed against ABA Model Rules and applicable state bar guidelines before go-live.

HOW IT WORKS

From kickoff to live AI system in 2-4 weeks

No technical knowledge required from attorneys or staff. Nexum handles everything.

01

Week 1

Audit & System Design

We audit your current intake process, practice management setup, document workflows, and AI visibility. We identify every point where leads are lost, every task consuming non-billable attorney time, and every gap in your AI search presence. We present a complete system design with expected impact before any build begins.

02

Week 2

Build & Integration

Nexum builds the AI systems and integrates them with your practice management platform, document systems, and communication channels. Your firm keeps operating normally during the build. No disruption to active cases or client work.

03

Week 3

Testing & Staff Onboarding

We test the system through real intake scenarios before go-live. Attorneys and paralegals receive a 30-minute walkthrough covering what the AI handles, what gets escalated to them, and how to read the data the system generates. No technical training required.

04

Week 4+

Go-Live & Ongoing Optimization

System goes live. Nexum monitors performance for the first 30 days and optimizes based on real intake data. Monthly reporting shows leads processed, qualification rates, document processing volume, non-billable hours eliminated, and AI citation frequency. Ongoing support included.

WHO THIS IS FOR

Built for every type of legal practice

Solo Practitioners

One attorney doing the work of three. AI handles intake, follow-up, and document processing so you focus entirely on client work and billable hours.

Focus: Intake automation, CRM, document extraction, personal AI visibility

Small & Mid-Size Firms

Multi-attorney practices that need consistent intake handling, team-wide case workflow discipline, and firm-level reporting without adding admin staff.

Focus: Intake routing, case workflow, document processing, firm AI visibility

High-Volume Practice Areas

Personal injury, immigration, family law, and criminal defense practices that handle large volumes of similar cases benefit most from intake and document automation at scale.

Focus: High-volume intake, document processing at scale, case pipeline automation

WHAT CHANGES

Before and after Nexum automation

The operational changes law firms see after implementing Nexum AI systems.

Before

After Nexum

Intake response time

Hours or next business day

Under 60 seconds, 24/7

Document review time

30-45 minutes per document

Under 60 seconds for data extraction

Deadline tracking

Manual, paralegal-dependent

Automated, zero manual tracking

Client status updates

When attorney remembers

Scheduled automatically, every case

AI search visibility

Not appearing in AI answers

Cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI

Non-billable admin time

2-3 hours per attorney per day

Under 30 minutes per day

Want to see exactly which workflows to automate in your practice?

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Frequently asked questions

Legal-specific answers about AI automation and compliance.

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