Manual intake eats your margin
Chapter 7 and 13 filings are high-volume, fixed-fee work. Every minute of paralegal time spent chasing documents is margin gone. Most firms spend 4+ hours per case on intake alone.
Bankruptcy is a volume business with fixed fees and thin margins. GavelGrow automates the intake, pre-qualification, and document collection that junior staff should not be spending billable hours on — so your firm can handle 3x the cases at the same headcount.
Chapter 7 and 13 filings are high-volume, fixed-fee work. Every minute of paralegal time spent chasing documents is margin gone. Most firms spend 4+ hours per case on intake alone.
Half your consultations end with "you do not qualify for Chapter 7." Attorneys burn time on leads who should have been filtered out at the intake form.
Pay stubs, tax returns, 910 creditors, means-test data — clients forget, stall, or send wrong files. Paralegals spend 10+ SMS exchanges per case just getting documents in.
Intake form asks income, household size, and state — auto-calculates means-test result before attorney involvement. Disqualified leads get a polite response + debt-relief resource links.
After intake, a 7-step sequence auto-requests pay stubs, tax returns, bank statements, and creditor list — with client upload link and reminders every 48 hours until received.
Based on income and means-test result, leads are routed to Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 intake flows with the right questions for each filing type.
Track retainer payments and filing-fee installments per case. See which leads converted to filings and which paid in full — all linked back to the campaign that generated them.
$48 Avg. CPL (mid-market bankruptcy). Top 10% of bankruptcy firms run at $24 CPL. See exactly where your firm ranks — and which campaigns drive filed cases vs. tire-kickers.
Yes. Our pre-built bankruptcy intake asks income, household size, and state, then calculates median income comparison. Leads clearly below median get flagged as "Chapter 7 likely". Leads above median get routed to Chapter 13 intake. Edge cases route to attorney for manual review.
Yes. Every document request sends a secure upload link (no login required for the client). Uploads are encrypted at rest (AES-256) and attached to the case record automatically. Attorneys and paralegals can flag documents as verified.
No. GavelGrow handles marketing + intake + document collection. NextChapter / Bestcase / Stretto handle the actual filing preparation and court filing. We export a CSV of collected client data that maps cleanly into their import format.
Two separate intake flows. No-asset flow asks about house, car, and retirement accounts. Means-test-fail flow routes to Chapter 13 questions (income, monthly expenses, disposable income). Attorneys see the filing type recommendation at the top of every case record.
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