Bill the hours.Not the follow-ups.
Urgent filings hide in a full inbox and status updates slip while you're in court. alfred_ flags what's urgent, finds what you sent, and drafts the routine replies.
- 2-minute setup
- No credit card
- You approve every send
Email is the unbillable hour
Every minute triaging your inbox, hunting for a sent email, or drafting a routine status update is a minute you can't bill, and a deadline you might miss.
Three weeks every attorney has lived
Here is what each one looks like once alfred_ is watching your inbox.
4:50 PM Friday. Opposing counsel files a motion. It lands alongside 38 others. You're on a client call until 6, then driving to your kid's recital. By Monday the response window has narrowed.
With alfred_, the filing was flagged urgent the moment it arrived (the sender is on your court-alerts rule) and an SMS hit your phone. You read it between recital sets. Monday, the draft response was queued.
A partner asks: 'Did you send that scheduling order to Henderson?' You know you did. Probably. You spend 12 minutes scrolling through Sent. Repeat 4x a week.
You text alfred_: 'When did I send the scheduling order to Henderson?' It pulls it from your sent folder with the exact date, subject, and recipients. An 8-second answer instead of a 12-minute hunt.
Sent: Feb 28, 2:41 PM
To: jhenderson@hendersonlaw.com
Subject: Scheduling Order, Atlas Logistics matter
A client emailed asking 'any update on the Williams matter?' You meant to respond after court. Court ran long. By Thursday they'd emailed your partner asking the same thing, copying the managing attorney.
With alfred_, the brief flagged 'awaiting your reply' Wednesday morning with the Williams thread linked. You responded in 90 seconds with a status line and ETA before opening anything else.
How alfred_ protects billable time
Get an SMS the moment a client, opposing counsel, or court email lands. Everything else waits for your morning brief. You never miss a deadline because you were in court.
'Did I send X to Y?' alfred_ searches your sent folder and answers in seconds, date, recipients, subject. No more scrolling through six months of correspondence.
'Any update on the Williams matter?' is your most common email. alfred_ drafts the routine status reply, pulled from your recent activity, for you to approve. One tap to send.
Tell alfred_ once: 'remind me 7 days before the Henderson response is due.' It surfaces in your brief on the day, with the original filing linked.
Connect your email in 2 minutes. alfred_ starts flagging urgent filings, answering sent-email questions, and drafting status replies, all under your review.
Open alfred_Frequently Asked Questions
Confidentiality and client privilege, is this safe?
alfred_ uses OAuth (never sees your password), AES-256 encryption, and per-user isolation. Your email is processed in memory for triage, not stored or used to train AI models. For sensitive matters, you can keep specific threads out of alfred_'s scope.
How reliable is the urgent-court-email SMS alert?
alfred_ runs continuously against your connected email. The moment a sender matching your rule lands, the SMS fires, no batching or polling delay. It's the same pipeline your phone uses for direct text messages.
Does it integrate with Clio / MyCase / PracticePanther?
Not directly. alfred_ sits on top of your email and calendar, not your practice management software. Most attorneys use both: PM software for matter tracking, alfred_ for the email coordination around those matters.
Will alfred_ send a draft without my approval?
Never. alfred_ drafts replies and queues them for your review. Especially for legal correspondence, every word goes out under your name, alfred_ never sends autonomously.
Is my email safe with alfred_?
alfred_ uses OAuth 2.0 (never sees your password), AES-256 encryption, and user-level data isolation. You review every draft before it's sent, and your data is never used to train AI models. See our security page for full details.