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Antoine Cuvelier
Founder, Intakes.io
August 18, 2026
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The cost of a wrong first answer

A fast reply that gets the practice area wrong or promises too much can lose the file. Speed only helps when the rules behind it are approved.
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A fast reply that is wrong can cost more than a slow one. Telling someone the firm handles their matter when it does not, promising a consult that cannot happen, or hinting at the outcome of a case can lose the file and create a complaint.

Where wrong answers come from

  • Screening rules that nobody at the firm approved
  • Messages written once and never reviewed
  • No clear point where the conversation goes to a person

How we keep first replies accurate

Your firm approves every message, screening question, and escalation path before it runs. Anything that needs legal judgment, including whether someone has a case, goes to a lawyer at your firm with the intake so far attached. We review the conversations every month and propose changes your firm approves or rejects.

Speed comes from the workflow. Judgment stays with your lawyers.

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Antoine Cuvelier

Antoine Cuvelier founded Intakes.io in 2020 and manages intake and follow-up for Canadian employment law firms.

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What you leave with
Where your follow-up stalls, written down
Which open inquiries have no owner today
What we would run for your firm, and what would stay with your team

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