Beta · California residents only

AI opens
the door
to good counsel.

Talk through your situation in 20 minutes with an AI trained for legal triage. Walk away with a real plan, and real attorneys standing behind it.

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20minConversation, not a chatbot
$0For your first consultation
CA BarAttorney-supervised firm
02 · How it works

Three steps. One conversation.
A plan you can hold.

Most people don’t need a lawyer right away. They need to understand what they’re actually dealing with. OpenCounsel gives you that, in plain English, in twenty minutes, for free.

  1. IIntake

    Tell us what’s going on.

    Ninety seconds. Your situation, in your own words.

    Intake · 90 seconds
  2. IIConversation

    Talk through it for 20 minutes.

    A voice agent calls you. It asks the right questions and listens.

    Voice call · ~10–20 min
  3. IIIReport

    Get a written plan you can act on.

    Issues identified, deadlines flagged, options ranked. With a real attorney standing behind it.

    Report · delivered by SMS
03 · Why not an AI chatbot

“Consider consulting a local attorney.”We’re the firm that comes next.

Every chatbot ends the same way: with a deflection. There’s no firm behind it, no license, no door to knock on if the answer’s wrong. OpenCounsel is built the other way around.

The line every chatbot lands on

“Workers may have rights to recover unpaid wages. Consider consulting a local attorney.” That’s the end of every chatbot’s answer. It’s the beginning of ours.

AI chatbots

A blank text box with no firm behind it.

  • Mirrors your framing. Affirms what you said instead of asking the question that changes the answer.
  • Confidently wrong. No expert in the loop. Wrong statutes, wrong deadlines, invented case law: all ship unchecked.
  • Nobody is behind it. No firm, no license, no jurisdiction. If the answer is wrong, there is no door to knock on.
  • You still have to find a lawyer. Most won’t take an AI transcript as a starting point. You start over from scratch.
OpenCounsel

A California law firm with named supervising attorneys.

  • Asks like an attorney. Trained on real intakes. Surfaces what you’d leave out instead of accepting your premise.
  • Hallucinations get caught. Flagged cases route to our attorneys before the report goes out. AI gives general info; lawyers give advice.
  • A real firm stands behind it. CA-licensed, named supervising attorneys. Engagement attaches when you sign, not before, not implied.
  • The report is our intake. If your matter needs representation, engagement is one click. No re-explaining your story to a stranger.
You’d describe it as“My paycheck is short.”
A chatbot answers“Workers may have rights to recover unpaid wages. Consider consulting a local attorney.”
OpenCounsel asks“Are you classified exempt or non-exempt? Did you authorize any deductions in writing? What do you actually do most days?”
First consultation · Free

The door is open.
Walk through it.

Twenty minutes, in your language, on your phone. A real plan at the end. And if your situation needs an attorney, we’re a real law firm with attorneys ready when you are.

  • 20 minFree first consultation
  • EN · 한국어In your language
  • CA BarAttorney-supervised firm
No credit card. California residents, v1.