1. Start with the calls your Trotwood team cannot answer
A location fact cannot tell you how many calls a law firm receives or when they arrive. Trotwood’s municipal population estimate is therefore context, not a forecast. Your own unanswered-call records, voicemail history and phone-system reports are more relevant to this decision. Review after-hours calls, lunch-period calls, holidays, busy-line events and calls that end before a staff member responds. Include calls from people seeking a consultation as well as current-client calls that may need a different route. Bosseo describes AI Answering as a backstop: calls go to the firm’s team first, and the AI answers when nobody picks up within 20 seconds.
Recommended approach
Bring a representative call-routing picture to the consultation. Decide whether a 20-second unanswered-call rule fits your current front-desk practice, and identify exceptions that require human handling or a different escalation path.
