How it works
A back office that runs the firm, so you can practice law
Lawstaff is a staffed back office for a law firm: reception, intake, drafting, deadlines, timekeeping, billing and collections. The staff are AI. The judgment stays yours — nothing leaves the building until you approve it.
From a first call to a paid bill
One matter, left to right. Every stage hands to the next on its own. You appear at the gate in the middle, and nowhere else unless something needs you.
So what is Atticus?
The others do the work. Atticus is the one who checks it got done. Every morning he reviews the whole firm against your standards, and every Monday he turns what's slipping into a short list owned by a named person with a Friday deadline — then chases them on Thursday and tells you on Friday if it still isn't finished.
That last part is the whole thing. Most firms already have the data somewhere. What they don't have is anyone making sure the work behind it actually happens — which is why a dashboard on its own changes nothing.
See a firm's dashboard →Who does what
Answers every call and web inquiry, day or night. Screens, captures the details, books the consult against your real calendar.
Qualifies against your criteria, runs the conflict check, drafts the engagement letter and chases the signature.
Drafts letters, demands and discovery from your templates. Tracks deadlines and keeps clients updated. Finds the controlling authority.
Reconstructs the day's work into time entries — no timers — then assembles the pre-bills.
Works the invoice the way you would: a reminder, then a call, then a payment plan. Stops dead if the client disputes it.
Who this is for
You are the lawyer, the biller, the receptionist and the collections department. The work that isn't law is eating the day.
You can't say what's unbilled, what's owed, or whether last month was good until your bookkeeper tells you weeks later.
You hired people, and you're still the one chasing whether the work got done.
Nothing here advises a client, signs a filing, or decides a matter. It drafts and it chases; you approve. That line does not move.
Where you stay in control
- Nothing reaches a client — no email, letter, filing or bill — without your approval.
- Conflicts and engagement terms are yours to confirm, always.
- Trust money is never touched by an automation.
- Every approval is recorded, with what was decided and why.
The ABA's guidance on generative AI (Formal Opinion 512) puts competence, confidentiality, communication and supervision on the lawyer — not the software. These gates exist so those duties stay somewhere you can actually discharge them. How we handle your data →