You wanted your own law firm. You probably did not realize you were also signing up to be the receptionist, billing department, file clerk, and the person asking for those documents again.
Standby Lawyer handles the administrative legwork so you can handle the law.
Good. Let it.
Standby Lawyer answers, runs your approved intake, gathers the facts, gets the documents, and flags what actually needs you.
Not a twenty minute voicemail. Not “Call Sarah. Something about a divorce.” An actual intake.
Here is the part you actually need.
Standby organizes the parties, dates, documents, open questions, and anything requiring your judgment.
Now twelve things have to happen.
Standby sends the engagement, watches for signature, requests payment, opens the matter, creates tasks, requests documents, and starts your workflow.
Standby tracks what is due, what was paid, and what is still sitting there pretending your invoice never arrived.
When routine follow up stops being routine, you hear about it.
Standby Lawyer is not being built to replace your judgment. It is being built to stop wasting it.
The lawyer makes the decisions. Standby does the work those decisions create.
The lawyer approves everything. Standby Lawyer prepares; the lawyer decides.
Standby Lawyer gives no legal advice. Legal questions go to the lawyer.
Nothing is sent, filed, charged, or communicated to a client without attorney approval.
Each firm's data is isolated to that firm. Nothing from one firm's matters is shared with another.
Sometimes there is one. Sometimes there isn't.
Either way, your client still wants an answer.
Standby Lawyer handles approved routine updates using your matter information and communication rules. If the answer is not confirmed, it comes back to you.
That is a confirmed calendar answer.
Congratulations. You're back on the clock.
The hearing is Thursday.
The client still owes you documents.
The invoice is unpaid.
The task is due tomorrow.
Standby Lawyer watches the practice while you practice law.
Click through a fictional divorce inquiry. Nothing here sends a message, charges a card, opens a real matter, files anything, or contacts anyone.
“My husband filed for divorce and I received papers yesterday. We have two children.”
Standby Lawyer begins the firm's approved family law intake. It collects information. It does not give Sarah legal advice.
Matter: Potential divorce
Spouse: Michael Johnson
Children: Two minor children
Documents: Complaint uploaded
Missing: Hearing date not confirmed
Question for lawyer: “What are my chances of getting custody?”
That custody question stays with the lawyer. Standby Lawyer does not answer it.
Standby Lawyer has gathered the information. Representation is still the lawyer's decision.
Illustrative dashboard with fictional data. Dates and legal deadlines remain subject to attorney verification.
Start with the help you need now. Move up when your practice gets busier. No mystery pricing and no sales call just to find out what it costs.
Prototype pricing for illustration while Standby Lawyer is being built. Final pricing, usage allowances, and included features may change before launch.
I'm Wayman Newton. I'm a lawyer, and I've run my own practice.
I've taken the prospective client call when I was supposed to be doing something else. I've waited on documents promised “tonight.” I've had invoices go invisible the second I sent them.
Eventually I asked: why am I still doing all of this myself?
Not the law.
The other stuff.
So I'm building the administrative help I wish I'd had when I started out.
Built by a solo lawyer who got tired of doing all this stuff himself.
Not to replace the lawyer.
To let the lawyer be the lawyer.
Practice law. Standby Lawyer does the legwork.
Built for independent lawyers. By one.