Attorneys meet referral sources at bar association events, continuing legal education seminars, and community boards, often months before a matter comes up. The lawyers who get those calls are the ones who stayed in touch. A relationship system makes that consistent without mixing business development with privileged client files.
Short answer
Most legal work comes through referrals and reputation, which means remembering the accountants, other attorneys, and potential clients you meet. Genify keeps those relationships organized with notes and reminders, while client matters stay in your firm's practice management system.
Scan cards at bar events and seminars, or record a short voice note on who you met and their practice area.
Use connection types for referring attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, and potential clients.
Note who referred whom, so you can thank sources and send work back when it fits.
Set reminders to check in with key referral sources, and use drafts that reference your last conversation.
After a seminar on estate planning, you speak with two financial advisors and a CPA. You save each with their specialty and a note on the clients they serve, and set reminders to follow up next week.
A family law attorney you met last year sends you a business dispute. Your notes show you once promised to refer divorce matters her way, and you do the next time one comes in.
A reminder brings up your top ten referral sources each quarter. You send each a short note with a relevant article or a congratulations on recent news.
Hi [name], it was good to meet you at [event]. I enjoyed hearing about your [practice area] work. If you ever have clients who need help with [your practice area], I would be glad to talk, and I will keep you in mind for [their area].
Hi [name], thank you for sending [client] my way. I appreciate the trust. If anything comes up in [their practice area], I would be glad to return the favor. Coffee soon?
Referral sources hear from you regularly, so you are the name they remember when a client needs your practice area.
Knowing who sends you work makes it easy to return the favor.
Relationships live in Genify; matters and privileged information stay in your firm's systems.
Create connection types for referral sources and potential clients
Note each contact's practice area or specialty
Record who referred each new matter
Check in with top referral sources every quarter
Keep matter details and privileged information out of Genify
No. Keep matters, documents, and privileged information in your firm's practice management system. Genify is for professional relationships and business development.
By staying in touch with the people who can send work, such as other attorneys, accountants, and advisors, and by referring work back when it fits.
Yes. Professional conduct rules on solicitation and client communications vary by jurisdiction. Follow your jurisdiction's rules and your firm's policies.
Capture each person right after you meet them with a card scan or a voice note on their practice area and what you discussed.
Yes. Your Genify digital card opens from a QR code in the other person's browser, with no app needed.
The job is not just collecting contacts. It is preserving context, recalling the right details later, and keeping important conversations moving for a specific professional audience.
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