{
  "name": "Law Firm Listings: directory-wide measurements",
  "description": "Aggregate measurements across every law firm profile published on lawfirmlistings.com. Counts are three-way: what we read, what we looked for and did not find, and what nobody established. Percentages exclude the third.",
  "url": "https://lawfirmlistings.com/data/directory.json",
  "publisher": "Law Firm Listings",
  "methodology": "https://lawfirmlistings.com/methodology/",
  "methodology_version": "v2.0",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-05",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Quote it, cite it, link it.",
  "citation": "Law Firm Listings, \"Directory-wide measurements\", https://lawfirmlistings.com/data/directory.json",
  "scope": {
    "firms": 1388,
    "states": 13,
    "cities": 19,
    "practice_areas": 13,
    "note": "Every published firm has a verified Google Business Profile and a working site, because those are conditions of being listed at all. Statistics here describe the firms that clear that bar, not every law firm in the United States."
  },
  "score": {
    "scale": "0 to 100",
    "comparable_firms": 1385,
    "incomparable_firms": 3,
    "median": 50,
    "mean": 50.3,
    "lowest": 18,
    "highest": 87,
    "tiers": {
      "Verified": 766,
      "Listed": 403,
      "Certified": 206,
      "Distinguished": 9,
      "Elite": 1
    },
    "pillars": {
      "A": {
        "average_share_of_max": 17.1,
        "firms": 1385
      },
      "B": {
        "average_share_of_max": 28.1,
        "firms": 1385
      },
      "C": {
        "average_share_of_max": 82.9,
        "firms": 1385
      },
      "D": {
        "average_share_of_max": 27.7,
        "firms": 1385
      },
      "E": {
        "average_share_of_max": 30.9,
        "firms": 1385
      }
    }
  },
  "what_firms_publish": {
    "names_at_least_one_attorney": {
      "yes": 1008,
      "no": 380,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 72.6
    },
    "states_a_fee_model": {
      "yes": 779,
      "no": 609,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 56.1
    },
    "offers_a_free_consultation": {
      "yes": 1155,
      "no": 233,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 83.2
    },
    "publishes_its_own_mark": {
      "yes": 1310,
      "no": 78,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 94.4
    },
    "publishes_a_language_other_than_english": {
      "yes": 745,
      "no": 643,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 53.7
    },
    "publishes_a_readable_case_result": {
      "yes": 606,
      "no": 745,
      "unestablished": 37,
      "of_those_read": 44.9
    },
    "works_from_more_than_one_office": {
      "yes": 455,
      "no": 933,
      "unestablished": 0,
      "of_those_read": 32.8
    }
  },
  "rosters": {
    "attorneys_named": 10010,
    "firms_naming_nobody": 380,
    "median_roster_where_one_exists": 5,
    "largest_roster": 197,
    "note": "A name here is a person the firm names on its own site. It is not a claim that the person is admitted anywhere: most states publish no attorney register we may query."
  },
  "evidence": {
    "observed": 9691,
    "places": 4155,
    "firm": 4050,
    "ahrefs": 2770,
    "no queryable source": 1585,
    "registry": 633,
    "no roster published": 529,
    "pending": 132
  }
}