How do lawyers keep track of all the emails they get? Should I assume after a day or two you if dont hear back from a partner they probably are not responding because your email is buried really deep now in their inbox that it is lost? How do lawyers keep track of emails

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I just wait for someone to call if it is important

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Very poorly for the most part. Some people are good at flagging emails for follow up later, but if this is a John question about cold emails, then I'd assume it was ignored or lost after 48 hours without a response.

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Also FYI I have had partners reply to my cold emails a week later so 48 hours may be too short...

Ask the partner how they want to be reminded—sometimes, it’s Teams, text, setting up a meeting to review. A few partners ghost to see how you’ll respond. Flag emails to respond and set tasks.

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I maintain a “follow up” folder for stuff I send out and then check it daily to see what I need to follow up on

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I immediately sort all “handled” items out of the inbox so that my inbox is my to do list

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Folders per matter and I try to keep my inbox below 40 emails (with varying success throughout a given week) - these emails are the ones I haven’t gotten to yet, and I flag the ones that I have to actually take action on. But I don’t think this is typical. Most lawyers have thousands of emails in their inbox.

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For outlook — filters, folders, and flags.

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