Law Firm Answering Service in Montreal, Quebec.
Every missed law firm call in Montreal is a customer your competitor just booked.
Montreal, Quebec
Greater Montreal
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24/7 answering
Eastern Time
90+ languages
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BotsDontSleep is a 24/7 answering service for Montreal law firms and notaries. It answers calls in French by default, captures new-matter details, runs your conflict questions, and books consultations in French, English, or Arabic — $0.60 per minute.
Why do Montreal legal firms lose calls?
Montreal legal practice runs in French, and a prospective client who is greeted in English by an answering service often does not continue the conversation. Civil-law firms and notarial practices also handle vocabulary that a generic call centre reads phonetically and gets wrong. Add real-estate closings and family matters where the caller may be more comfortable in Arabic or Spanish, and language handling stops being a nicety and becomes the intake itself.
Which calls does it answer for you in Montreal?
- New-matter enquiries in French from prospective clients comparing firms
- Notarial enquiries about closings, wills, and mandates with fixed deadlines
- Existing clients seeking file status while you are with another client
- Calls in Arabic, Spanish, or Italian from Montreal's immigrant communities
- Evening calls from clients who cannot phone during their own work hours
The receptionist greets in French, continues in whichever language the caller uses, and captures names, matter type, deadlines, and opposing parties using your screening questions. Deadline-sensitive notarial and litigation matters are escalated by SMS; everything else is booked into the right lawyer's or notary's calendar with a written transcript attached.
What does it cost in Montreal?
$0 setup and $0.60 per answered minute, with no monthly minimum and no contract. A single-location law firm business in Montreal typically spends $150 to $500 a month. A live answering service charges $1.50 to $3.00 a minute plus setup, and a full-time front-desk hire covers about 40 of the 168 hours in a week. Full numbers are on the answering service cost page.
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Montreal law firm answering service FAQs
- What does a Montreal firm typically pay each month?
- $0.60 CAD per answered minute, no setup fee, no monthly minimum. A practice logging 300 intake minutes a month spends about $180, compared with $450 to $900 at a live answering rate of $1.50-$3.00 per minute.
- Will a caller from the Plateau be greeted in French, not English?
- Yes. You choose a French-first greeting, and the receptionist runs the entire intake — matter type, deadlines, opposing parties — in French, switching to English, Arabic, or Spanish the moment the caller does.
- Can it capture a notarial deadline that can't slip, like a closing date?
- Yes. It records the specific date and matter details, and anything you flag as deadline-sensitive triggers an immediate SMS to the responsible notary or lawyer rather than waiting in a general message queue.
- How fast can a Montreal or Longueuil practice launch?
- About one week. We tune the French-language intake script to your civil-law or notarial vocabulary, run test calls your team reviews, and switch call forwarding on once approved.
- How does answering compare with a live bilingual answering service in Quebec?
- A live bilingual service in Quebec typically bills $1.50 to $3.00 a minute for a shared agent; this runs at $0.60 a minute and uses your exact screening questions in French every time, not a paraphrase.
- Can it handle an evening call from a client who works during business hours?
- Yes. Calls at 8pm are answered the same as calls at 10am, capturing the same intake details so nothing is lost between when the client calls and when your office opens.
- Will our published Montreal office number stay the same for clients?
- Yes. You forward the number already on your letterhead and website — nothing about what clients dial changes.
- Can a Spanish-speaking Côte-des-Neiges client complete new-matter intake without a bilingual staff member on duty?
- Yes. The receptionist completes full intake in Spanish, Arabic, Italian, or 90+ other languages using the same screening questions as the French and English versions.
- Does it run conflict-check questions in French correctly, not a translated script?
- Yes. We tune your specific conflict-screening questions into French during onboarding, and you review the test-call transcripts before launch so the wording matches how your firm actually asks.
- Does it use correct French legal and notarial terminology?
- Yes. We tune the intake script to your practice, including civil-law and notarial vocabulary in French, and you review the test-call transcripts before launch so the wording is yours, not a generic translation.
- Can it greet in French and continue in Arabic or English?
- Yes. The greeting can be French-first or bilingual, and the receptionist switches to English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, or Creole the moment the caller does — mid-sentence if necessary.
- How are deadline-sensitive matters escalated?
- You define what counts as urgent. Those calls trigger an immediate SMS and call to the responsible lawyer or notary with the caller's details and the deadline captured, rather than sitting in a message queue.
Last reviewed: August 2026. Pricing and capability details verified against our current service.
Stop losing Montreal law firm calls
Forward your existing Montreal number and every caller is answered on the first ring, in their language, at any hour — for $0 setup and $0.60 per minute.