Decision · Intake
Who should own client intake?
Intake ownership is one of those decisions firms rarely make on purpose. It defaults to whoever picked up the phone first, and stays there until something breaks. The right answer depends on firm size — and the wrong answer is whichever one the firm hasn't reviewed in three years.
6 min readUpdated April 2026Members only
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