AI meeting notes and billable hours for general practice firms
A general practice handles a bit of everything, and bills some matters hourly and some flat. Astrid writes the note for every call, and drafts time entries for the matters you bill by the hour.
How general practice firms use Astrid
One tool across practice areas
Call types and note templates for each kind of matter you take.
Hourly and flat fee side by side
Mark how each matter bills, and Astrid drafts time only where it should.
Every client gets a recap
A plain-language summary after each call, reviewed by your firm before it goes.
The calls Astrid recognizes
Astrid sorts each general practice call by type and writes the note in that type's template, set up with you during onboarding from the file notes you already write.
A first call that decides whether the firm will take the case: a screening conversation, often ending in a retainer or sign-up.
A long fact-gathering call with a new client: what happened, who is involved, background, records needed.
A routine check-in with the client on where the matter stands, with no major new development.
A call about settlement: an offer, a demand, valuation, or whether to accept.
A call updating the client on a filed case: pleadings, hearings, discovery, deadlines, court rulings.
A call between the attorney and opposing counsel to resolve a discovery or procedural dispute.
A call where the attorney interviews a witness (not the client) about what they saw or know.
Billable hours, from the same calls
Astrid drafts time entries for the matters you bill hourly and skips the rest. See how billable hours works.
Billable hours add-on
Or $590 per timekeeper per year, billed annually (2 months free). Added to the $40 notetaker seat.
Add it for the people who bill by the hour. Staff who do not bill do not pay for it.
- A time entry for every call, meeting, email thread and document you work on
- Measured durations for calls and meetings, explained estimates for everything else
- Your week of time on one page, approved one at a time or all at once
- Approved time files to Clio, Smokeball, Lawcus and 8am MyCase
- Included in the 14-day free trial
Frequently asked questions
Does Astrid have note templates for general practice?
Yes. Each general practice call type gets its own note template, set up with you during onboarding from the file notes your firm already writes. You can change them any time.
Does Astrid draft time entries for this practice?
Astrid drafts time entries for the matters you bill hourly and skips the rest.
How is recording consent handled?
Your firm sets one-party or all-party consent for each matter, and Astrid keeps a consent record for every call. The meeting notetaker and the dial-in both announce the recording.