Give the role a reliable starting point.
Specify what may be collected at each intake stage and the approved secure delivery method.
Intake document requests
Intake document requests
Coordinate attorney-approved document requests through the firm’s secure channels.
Book a free consultationScope, access, and coverage are agreed with your team.
The day-to-day work
A clear queue. A useful handoff.
Define the recurring work and the evidence your team needs to review it. These building blocks become a role-specific operating plan.
- Send reviewed request lists
- Record receipt of files
- Flag unreadable or missing items
- Organize documents for attorney review
What comes back to your team
Work you can see and review.
Document request tracker
A working record with source references, current status, and the person responsible for the next step.
Receipt index
A focused view of missing inputs, unanswered questions, and items that need your decision.
Review-ready pack
A dated handoff that distinguishes completed work from pending review and unresolved exceptions.
Put the role into practice
From the first brief to the final check.
A practical handoff
An attorney requests a particular agreement after initial review. The assistant sends the approved request and indexes the returned file without assessing its legal effect.
Illustrative workflow, not a client case study.Check the work before closing the loop.
Match documents to the correct inquiry and preserve original filenames or source metadata.
Your systems, your permissions
Fit the role to your environment.
Tool familiarity is considered when defining the role. Your team approves every platform, access level, and source of truth.
ShareFileClioSharePointSecure client portal
Platform names describe possible working environments, not endorsements or a promise of certification.
Inside the responsibility
What intake document requests looks like in practice.
Coordinate attorney-approved document requests through the firm’s secure channels. The scope below connects each recurring responsibility to its source information and a checkable working record. Your team confirms the exact steps, templates, and approval limits before work starts.
Send reviewed request lists
Begin with the latest request and its approved source record. Check that the necessary information is present, identify the owner, and clarify conflicting details before making an update.
Working output: Document request tracker. Include the source reference, current status, and next owner when an item remains open.
Record receipt of files
Use the agreed template or checklist to carry out this task. Record what was checked and the date of the action so another team member can understand the current position.
Working output: Receipt index. Include the source reference, current status, and next owner when an item remains open.
Flag unreadable or missing items
Keep this work connected to the wider queue. Note dependencies and unanswered questions, and use the agreed escalation route when the next step requires a decision.
Working output: Review-ready pack. Include the source reference, current status, and next owner when an item remains open.
Organize documents for attorney review
Complete the task only when its agreed checks have passed. If an input is missing or an approval is pending, keep that status visible rather than treating the item as finished.
Working output: Document request tracker. Include the source reference, current status, and next owner when an item remains open.
A handoff you can act on
Keep ready work separate from unresolved work.
An attorney requests a particular agreement after initial review. The assistant sends the approved request and indexes the returned file without assessing its legal effect.
Ready for review
The agreed task is complete and the supporting information is available in your approved system. Attach or link the relevant record and identify any final reviewer before closing the item.
Review against: Match documents to the correct inquiry and preserve original filenames or source metadata.
Waiting on an input
Name the missing information, where it was requested, and who is expected to supply it. Keep a follow-up date visible. An unanswered request should not disappear into a completed-work total.
Starting requirements: Specify what may be collected at each intake stage and the approved secure delivery method.
Needs your decision
Summarize the exception and the information already checked. Ask a specific question and route it to the authorized person. Keep the original source intact while the decision is pending.
Approval boundary: Attorneys decide what evidence is needed and interpret its significance.
Set the role up well
Agree what good work means before the first handoff.
Access and examples
Provide individual, approved access to the systems used for this responsibility. Share a completed example, an incomplete example, the relevant template, and a named reviewer. Sensitive working records belong in those systems, not in a public inquiry form.
Possible working environments include ShareFile, Clio, SharePoint, Secure client portal. Tool access and familiarity are confirmed as part of the role brief.
Review and workload measures
Agree which measures are useful for this queue: completed items, items awaiting an input, age of unresolved work, and corrections requested by the reviewer. Review these together with actual examples; volume alone does not establish that work is accurate.
Set response expectations from your operating needs. Coverage, turnaround targets, and the amount of work assigned are agreed separately rather than assumed from the service name.
Before you start
A few useful questions.
What should we prepare for intake document requests?
Specify what may be collected at each intake stage and the approved secure delivery method.
How will we know what is complete?
Match documents to the correct inquiry and preserve original filenames or source metadata.
Which decisions remain with us?
Attorneys decide what evidence is needed and interpret its significance.
Can the role work in our existing tools?
We scope the role around your approved systems, including environments such as ShareFile, Clio, SharePoint. Access, training, and the final tool requirements are confirmed before the role begins.
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