1. Start with Cottage Grove’s actual service boundary
Your firm may serve Cottage Grove city and matters connected to Washington County, while also accepting inquiries from elsewhere in Minnesota. Those are different geographic questions. The Census records Cottage Grove as a municipality in Washington County; it does not establish how many legal inquiries a firm receives or what kinds of matters callers want to discuss. Intake Coach is therefore best evaluated against the geography your firm actually accepts, rather than against population alone. In the consultation, identify which callers are in scope, which locations require attorney review, and which inquiries should be declined or referred. The product’s stated call analysis can then be considered in relation to those decisions.
Recommended approach
Bring your current service-area rules to the consultation. Ask how call summaries, extracted jurisdictions, deadlines, and case facts could support a consistent decision about Cottage Grove, Washington County, and other Minnesota inquiries. Do not treat the city population as a forecast.
