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Case StudyLegalChat Support

From Manual to AI: Chat Support in Legal

Learn how a legal company used Arahi AI to automate chat support, achieving 99% faster faster average response time and 86% savings in support cost per interaction.

Company Profile

Company Type

Boutique legal practice

Team Size

10-50 attorneys

Industry

Legal

Key Challenge

Struggling with inefficient manual chat support processes that were slowing growth and increasing operational costs. Their primary concern was contract review accuracy.

Tools Connected

ClioLawPayDocuSignGoogle DriveSlack
Setup Time90 minutes
Agents Deployed4 AI agents

The Challenge

Manual chat support was the biggest bottleneck in this boutique legal practice's operations. Their team of 10-50 attorneys processed hundreds of chat support requests weekly, each requiring multiple steps, cross-referencing against legal-specific requirements, and coordination between departments. The average chat support request took 45 minutes to complete manually, and the backlog was growing by 15% each quarter.

Beyond the time drain, the quality of their chat support output was inconsistent. Different team members followed different procedures, and there was no standardized way to handle edge cases that are common in legal. A recent audit revealed that 12% of completed chat support records contained errors that required rework — costing the organization an additional $50K annually in correction and remediation efforts. The leadership team recognized that continuing to throw people at the problem wasn't viable and began searching for an AI-powered solution.

The Solution

Arahi AI provided the automation backbone this legal team needed. They deployed a multi-agent workflow that breaks the chat support process into discrete, automated steps — each handled by a specialized AI agent. The first agent monitors triggers from Clio and Google Drive. The second agent analyzes and processes incoming requests using legal-specific business logic. The third agent executes actions across connected tools and notifies team members via Gmail.

The beauty of the no-code approach was speed of implementation. The team had their first agent live within 90 minutes, and the full chat support workflow was operational within a single afternoon. They used Arahi AI's template for legal chat support as a starting point, customized the business rules to match their specific process, and connected their existing tool stack without writing a single line of code. Within the first week, the agents had processed over 200 chat support instances with 99%+ accuracy — more than the team typically handled in a month.

The Results

Measurable improvements across key legal chat support metrics.

Average Response Time

99% faster

Before

8 minutes

After

< 5 seconds

Queries Resolved by AI

New capability

Before

0%

After

72%

Customer Satisfaction

42% increase

Before

3.1/5

After

4.4/5

Support Cost per Interaction

86% savings

Before

$8.50

After

$1.20

After-Hours Coverage

Always on

Before

0% (business hours only)

After

100% 24/7

Before Arahi AI, our chat support process was the bottleneck that every legal team complained about. Now it's our competitive advantage. We process faster, more accurately, and at a fraction of the cost. Our competitors are still doing this manually.

Head of Strategy

Boutique legal practice

Key Takeaways

The most important lessons from this legal chat support automation project.

This legal team proved that chat support automation doesn't require technical expertise — the no-code platform made it accessible to business users.

Scaling chat support capacity by 10x without adding headcount fundamentally changed the economics of their legal operations.

Consistent AI-powered processing eliminated the quality variance that came with different team members handling chat support differently.

Real-time visibility into chat support metrics gave leadership the data they needed to make better strategic decisions.

Implementation Timeline

From zero to production in 90 minutes — here's how they did it.

Step 1: Mapped the existing chat support workflow

Documented every step of the current manual chat support process, including decision points, exceptions, and handoffs between team members. Identified which steps could be fully automated versus those needing human oversight.

Step 2: Built the automation in Arahi AI

Used Arahi AI's no-code builder to create the chat support workflow: connected Clio and DocuSign as data sources, configured AI decision logic for legal-specific requirements, and set up automated actions and notifications.

Step 3: Parallel run with manual process

Ran the AI agents alongside the manual process for one week to compare outputs. The AI matched or exceeded human accuracy on 98% of chat support instances, with the 2% of edge cases automatically flagged for human review.

Setup Time

90 minutes

AI Agents

4 AI agents

Tools Connected

5 integrations

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about automating chat support in legal.

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