A client cannot appear at a hearing they forgot.
Remind them automatically. See who confirmed.
Cronote texts each client their court date on the schedule you choose: 30 days out, 7 days, 48 hours, and the morning of. Clients confirm with one tap in their browser, no app and no account. If someone has not confirmed by 48 hours before the hearing, your office gets a notification, so your staff call exactly the clients who need a call and nobody else.
Free to start with 10 text credits. Around $8 to $10 a month for a small firm. These are reminders from your office, not legal advice and not court notice. Sending reminders since 2010.
A missed hearing costs your client the most, and your office the rest of the week.
Most clients who miss court are not hiding. The date moved, the notice letter went to an old address, the ride fell through, or childcare did. By the time anyone finds out, it is a bench warrant, a forfeited bond, or worse, and hours of unbillable cleanup.
Set the sequence once. Work only the exceptions.
- Create the reminder sequence: Write the message once, with the client's first name and the date filled in automatically. Schedule it 30 days out, 7 days, 48 hours, and the morning of the hearing. Write it in English, Spanish, or both; Cronote sends exactly what you write.
- Add your clients: Phone numbers or emails, one at a time or imported from a spreadsheet. Clients get a normal text and confirm with one tap in their browser. No app, no account, no password.
- See who confirmed: Every client shows as confirmed, needs to reschedule, or no response, hearing by hearing. The client who taps "Need to reschedule" three weeks out just saved you a motion.
- No confirmation by your deadline? You find out: Set a no-answer deadline, like 48 hours before the hearing. If a client has not confirmed by then, Cronote notifies your office, so staff call the three people who need it instead of all thirty.
- Confirm your email: One tap after you sign up, so your reminders are never held. This is the step people skip and regret.
Three sequences that cover the whole docket.
Set them up once per hearing. They run on their own, and your office only hears about the clients who go quiet.
The hearing countdown
Thirty days out: "Hi Maria, your hearing is June 12 at 9am, Room 204. Can you make it? Confirm or Need to reschedule." The same message again at 7 days and 48 hours. One tap back and your file shows who is set.
Moment→
Decision
The morning-of nudge
The morning of the hearing: courtroom, time, what to bring, where to park. The clients most likely to miss court are the ones juggling a ride and a shift; the morning text is the one that gets them through the door.
Moment
The reschedule catcher
When a client taps "Need to reschedule" three weeks before the date instead of telling you on the courthouse steps, you can act while there is still time. The answer lands in your office the moment they tap it.
Moment→
Decision
About the cost of one stamp per client.
Every feature is free, with unlimited app and email delivery. Text messages use one credit each: buy a one-time pack, no monthly fee, and credits never expire. A small firm sending around 200 texts a month spends about $8 to $10.
Free
- Scheduled reminder sequences
- One-tap client confirmation
- No-answer notifications
- Spreadsheet client import
- 10 free text credits to start
100 texts
- A month of reminders for a light docket
- Credits never expire
500 texts
- Two to three months for a small firm
- No monthly fee, ever
2,000 texts
- A busy docket, covered for months
- Best per-text rate
Common questions
Is this affiliated with the court?
No. Cronote sends reminders from your office to your own clients. It does not replace official court notice, it is not legal advice, and a client's confirmation is not a court filing. Your calendar and the court's notices remain the source of truth; Cronote just makes sure your clients heard about the date and tells you who confirmed.
Do my clients need to install an app?
No. The reminder arrives as a normal text message or email, and clients confirm with one tap in their browser. There is nothing to install, sign up for, or remember, and it works on any phone that can receive a text.
What happens when a client does not confirm?
You choose a deadline, like 48 hours before the hearing. If a client has not confirmed by then, Cronote sends your office a notification listing who has not answered, so your staff spend their phone time on the two or three clients who actually need a call.
Can I send reminders in Spanish?
Yes. Cronote sends exactly the message you write, so you can write it in Spanish, English, or both in one message. Many firms keep two sequences, one per language, and add each client to the right one.
Do reminder texts actually reduce missed hearings?
Published court reminder programs have reported substantial drops in failure-to-appear rates, commonly in the 20 to 40 percent range, and the reason is simple: most missed hearings are notice and logistics problems, not defiance. A text the client actually sees, plus a confirmation loop that tells your office who has not answered, helps more clients show up. No reminder system can guarantee an appearance.
How much does it cost for a small firm?
Cronote is free, including unlimited app and email delivery. Text messages use one-time credit packs that never expire: $5 for 100 texts, $15 for 500, $40 for 2,000. A firm sending a four-message sequence to fifty clients a month lands around $8 to $10, with no subscription and no per-seat pricing.
Set it up before the next docket call.
Fifteen minutes today and every client on your calendar gets reminded automatically, with your office notified about the ones who go quiet. Free to start, no card required. Remember to confirm your email so delivery is never held.