Criminal defense
A criminal defensewebsite that answersat the hour the call comes
A criminal defense website earns the call by opening instantly on a phone, saying whether someone will answer right now, explaining in general terms what happens after an arrest for each kind of charge, and putting the number and the form on the first screen.
What usually goes wrong for criminal defense firms
- The person searching has just been released, or is a family member calling from a car, and the site takes seconds to load.
- Charges are listed as a menu of statute names with no explanation of what happens next.
- The site does not say whether calls are answered outside office hours.
- Consultation requests go to a form that nobody watches on a Saturday night.
The pages your site will carry
Each one written for your firm from the onboarding call, with consultation terms on every practice area page and the form on every page that needs it.
- Home
- DUI and DWI charges
- Drug charges
- Assault and domestic violence charges
- Federal charges
- What happens after an arrest
- Attorney bios with admissions
- Consultation request
Fee and retainer estimator for defense matters
The estimator shows an illustrative retainer for the categories of charge you publish, labeled as not a quote and not legal advice, so a family member calling at night knows the scale before they ring. Every estimate is captured into intake with the contact details, ready for the callback.
Illustrative only. Not a quote, not legal advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. The firm sets every figure and approves every sentence.
What the AI Engine does for criminal defense callers
Chambers and Firmwide plans
Arrests happen at night and at weekends, and the family member calling will call the next firm if nobody answers. The AI receptionist answers at any hour, asks what the charge concerns and where, takes details and books a consultation. It never discusses guilt, bail amounts or what to say to police; those questions go to your team.
The receptionist, site chat and SMS, Messenger and Instagram agents never give legal advice. You approve the script before launch, every conversation is logged, and AI usage is billed at cost. How the AI Engine works.
In the firm's words
What firms like yours say
Client reviews matched to this practice area where we have one.
Before this, sending our consultation preparation form felt like mailing a letter into the dark. Now the sender gets a summary, the next step in plain language, and a way to correct mistakes. It sounds minor until you add up the reassurance calls it has replaced.
The part I rate most highly is the form, not the visuals. The form gathers consultation topic, general location and safe contact preference at the start, exactly the details our follow-up messages always requested. The first message is usually enough to act on now.
Case studies
Case studies for criminal defense and similar practices
What happens after you order
- Pay the first monthly invoice (Day 0). Choose Counsel, Chambers or Firmwide and pay the first month. Nothing else is due until the site is live and you have approved it.
- Fill in the onboarding form (Same day). About 15 minutes at /onboarding: practice areas, attorneys and admissions, offices, consultation terms and your intake tool. Anything missing can follow by email or as a ticket in your client portal.
- One onboarding call (Within 2 days). We walk through your answers, fill the gaps, agree the tone for the practice area pages and set the launch date. That call is the whole brief.
- We write and build every page (The build). Practice area pages, attorney bios, office pages, the consultation request form wired to your CRM and the fee and retainer estimator, all reviewed with you before launch.
- Live, then the build fee (Launch). The site goes live in 7, 10 or 15 days depending on the plan. The $797 build fee is invoiced only after you have approved the live site, and your portal account opens the same day.
Three ways to run it
Every plan carries the pages above, the estimator and the intake connection. Chambers adds the AI Engine that answers and books; Firmwide adds the Content Engine. The $797 build fee is invoiced only after launch.
| Plan | What it is | Monthly | Live in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counsel | The website, fully managed | $137 / month | 7 days |
| Chambers | Everything, plus the AI Engine | $297 / month + usage | 10 days |
| Firmwide | Everything, plus the Content Engine | $747 / month | 15 days |
Questions from criminal defense firms
Can the site say we answer calls around the clock?
If you do. On the Chambers and Firmwide plans the AI receptionist answers every call, takes the details and books, so the statement is true at any hour. On Counsel the site states your real hours and the form goes straight to your intake CRM.
Do you write about specific charges?
Yes. One page per charge category you handle, describing the process in general terms: arrest, arraignment, discovery, hearings. Nothing on the page is advice about a particular case, and every page says so.
Can the site show prior results?
Only where your state's rules allow and you supply them with the required disclaimer. We never write or imply results.
How do you keep the site fast on a phone?
Static pages with almost no JavaScript, served from Cloudflare's edge, with a 90+ PageSpeed guarantee. The phone number and the form are visible on the first screen without scrolling.
Can the AI receptionist handle calls from a jail or a relative?
It answers any caller, takes the details you want captured, and books or flags the consultation for your team. It never gives advice about the case.
Can the site explain what happens after an arrest?
Yes, as general information: the typical stages and what the firm does at each, with a plain statement that it is not legal advice.
Does speed matter more for criminal defense?
Often, because searches happen in a hurry on a phone. Every page is built to 90+ PageSpeed in our terms.
Can we publish our retainer ranges?
If you want to, the estimator can show illustrative retainer ranges by charge category, labeled as not a quote and not legal advice.
Weighing other options? See how a managed site compares with WordPress, a freelancer or a legal marketing agency, or every comparison.
The next step
See it built for criminal defense
A live walk-through, on your screen, of the site your firm would get: these pages, your attorneys, your consultation terms. The build fee is invoiced only after launch.
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