AI Referral Engine Agent
Tracks every referral, computes the lifetime value of each source, drafts the thank-you note when a case closes, and surfaces the relationships worth a coffee. The growth channel that compounds when you remember to nurture it.
- Automatic referral attribution from the intake record
- Lifetime value computed per source by matter count and fee revenue
- Thank-you notes drafted on case close, in your voice
- Quarterly relationship-investment list with the next-touch suggestion
The relationship you would have let cool
An estates partner at a downtown firm has been referring you family law matters for 3 years. You've closed 11 of those with combined fees north of $180,000. You meant to send her a real thank-you after the last one closed. You also meant to take her to lunch in February. Both slipped. The Referral Engine drafts the thank-you note within a day of every closed matter and posts a quarterly list of your top 10 sources with the last-touch date and a recommended next contact. The lunch she's owed shows up on your calendar before the relationship cools.
What the Referral Engine does
- Captures the referral source on every new matter from the intake record
- Tracks matter count, fee revenue, and outcome per source over time
- Drafts a thank-you note on case close, tuned to your voice and the source's relationship type
- Posts a quarterly relationship-investment list ranked by lifetime value and last-touch recency
- Suggests next-contact format (lunch, coffee, holiday note, case-related touch)
Integrations
- Practice management system for matter and source attribution
- Accounting system for fee revenue per source
- Gmail or Outlook for the thank-you draft layer
- CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive) if you use one alongside the practice management system
Built from these legal skills
Each skill is a battle-tested template that codifies how your team already handles this kind of work. The agent orchestrates them into an end-to-end output.
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Practice-area fit
Every engagement tunes the agent to your firm's specific matter mix. The areas below are where we've seen this agent fit most naturally.
Function
Safety posture
Thank-you notes are drafts you review and send. The agent doesn't send a personal message to a referral source on your behalf. The relationship analysis is internal-only by default, scoped to the partners and any business-development lead who should see it.
Frequently Asked Questions
The agent prompts the responsible attorney during the first matter update to confirm the source if it's missing. After 3 to 6 months of disciplined attribution, your historical picture starts to look reliable. The Managed retainer reviews unattributed matters monthly and surfaces them for cleanup.
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