Intelligent Workflow

Legal Workflow Automation That Routes Itself

The right work reaches the right person at the right time, and the routine steps run themselves. LegalOperator sorts every request, routes it by skill and workload, escalates cleanly when a human is needed, and keeps everyone in sync, without static rules you have to build and maintain.

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The problem

Most routing is a static rule and a hope

In a lot of legal teams, requests get triaged by hand or pushed through rigid, pre-built rules. Work lands on the wrong desk, urgent items sit behind trivial ones, and someone has to keep the routing logic up to date as the team changes.

LegalOperator takes a different approach. It reads each request, understands how much work it really needs, and sends it to the right person based on who can handle it and who has room, all on its own.

How it works

Four things working together

Every request runs through the same intelligent pipeline, from the first question to a clear resolution.

Smart intake

It knows what kind of request this is

Before anything is routed, the system sorts each request by how much work it really needs: a simple question gets answered on the spot, a harder one becomes a tracked Legal Request, and substantive work is promoted to a Matter. It tells "Who reviews contracts?" from "Review this $5M contract," so the important things are never treated as trivial.

Skills + workload routing

The right person, not just any person

Routing answers two questions at once: who can handle it, by matching the request to each person's expertise, and who has room, by assigning to the lightest current load. Open requests count once and matters count double. Ties break by who has waited longest, then alphabetically. If no one is a clear fit, it stays unassigned for an admin rather than forcing a bad match.

Escalation ladder

Clean handoffs, nothing dropped

Work climbs a ladder with a clean handoff at each step: AI chat handles what it can, a Legal Request is created when a human is needed, and it becomes a Matter when the work is substantive and ongoing. Some escalations are automatic. Attach a document, for example, and the system assumes it needs human eyes rather than letting the bot guess.

Status + notifications

Everyone stays in sync

Requests move through clear states: open, assigned, waiting on user, on hold, resolved, and closed. People get real-time alerts the moment something is assigned, answered, or reopened, plus a persistent inbox and a daily email digest, so nothing is lost if someone was away.

The escalation ladder

From a quick answer to real legal work

Not every request is the same size, so they should not all be handled the same way. Work moves up only as far as it needs to.

1

AI chat

Simple, routine questions are answered instantly, with no human needed.

2

Legal Request

When a person is needed, a tracked request is created and a lawyer picks it up in Slack, Teams, email, or the web app.

3

Matter

When the work is substantive and ongoing, it is promoted to a Matter and handed off to the deeper matter tools.

Works everywhere your team does

One pipeline across every channel

Intake, routing, and escalation behave identically no matter where a request starts. People get help where they already work, and your team manages it all from one place.

Slack Microsoft Teams Email Zoom Web app

It gets smarter over time

The workflow learns from your team

Every answer a lawyer gives can feed back into the knowledge base, so the AI handles more on its own next time and fewer things need a human at all. The more your team works, the more the routine runs itself. It is the same engine behind the legal front door and Iris.

Common questions

What is legal workflow automation?

Legal workflow automation gets each request to the right place without manual triage. In LegalOperator, the system sorts every incoming request, routes it to the right person based on skills and workload, escalates it cleanly when a human is needed, and tracks its status from open to closed.

How does LegalOperator decide who gets a request?

It answers two questions at once: who can handle it, by matching the request to each team member's expertise, and who has room, by assigning to the person with the lightest current load. Open requests count once and open matters count double, since matters are heavier. Ties go to whoever has waited longest, then alphabetically. If no one is a clear fit, the item is left unassigned for an admin rather than forced into a bad match.

What happens when the AI cannot answer a question?

It hands off cleanly. Simple questions are answered on the spot. When a human is needed, the request becomes a tracked Legal Request a lawyer can pick up in Slack, Teams, email, or the web app. When it becomes substantive, ongoing work, it is promoted to a Matter. If someone attaches a document, the system escalates to a person automatically rather than guessing.

Does the workflow work across Slack, Teams, and email?

Yes. Intake, routing, and escalation behave identically whether the request comes from Slack, Teams, email, Zoom, or the web app, so people get help where they already work.

See the workflow in action

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