1. Start with the Frederick service boundary
Your firm may serve Frederick, other parts of Frederick County, Maryland, or a combination of areas. Those are not interchangeable geographic descriptions. Automation should preserve the service boundary you actually use rather than treating every inquiry as the same.
Recommended approach
Before discussing workflows, list the geographic distinctions that affect intake: where the firm accepts matters, whether service-area questions require human review, and whether a location detail should influence routing. Use the consultation to decide which geographic answers belong in an intake form, which require staff judgment and which should never determine eligibility by themselves.
