1. Start with the handoff, not the population estimate
South Strabane is recorded in the 2020–2024 ACS 5-year data as a municipal-town in Washington County, Pennsylvania, with an estimated population of 9,647 and a margin of error of 19. For automation, the more relevant evidence is your firm’s existing path from first contact to next action. Review where inquiries arrive, where they are recorded, who owns the next step, and how a matter moves toward consultation or case-management review.
Recommended approach
Bring a recent, representative view of your intake path to the consultation. Identify the first system touched, the person responsible for review, the information required for triage, and the point at which a human must decide whether to proceed. Design around those observed handoffs rather than an assumed volume.
