# Justia Lawyer Directory Scraper (`gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper`) Actor

Scrape attorney listings from justia.com/lawyers directory by practice area, state and city.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 lawyer scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Justia Lawyer Directory Scraper

Scrape attorney listings from the **justia.com/lawyers** directory by practice area, state and city. Returns lawyer name, phone number, profile URL and photo for each attorney on the directory page.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|--------------|
| `url` | string | A justia.com/lawyers/<practice-area>/<state>/<city> directory URL |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max lawyer profiles to return (default 50) |

### Output

```json
{
    "name": "Scott A Ritsema",
    "telephone": "(800) 561-4887",
    "url": "https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/scott-a-ritsema-1523932",
    "image": "https://justatic.com/profile-images/1523932-1763659743-sl.jpeg",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per lawyer scraped.

### Common uses

- Legal lead generation and outreach lists
- Local market research on attorney density by practice area
- Building referral directories

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

A justia.com/lawyers/<practice-area>/<state>/<city> directory URL, e.g. https://www.justia.com/lawyers/personal-injury/california/los-angeles

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lawyer profiles to return from this directory page.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.justia.com/lawyers/personal-injury/california/los-angeles",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://www.justia.com/lawyers/personal-injury/california/los-angeles",
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "url": "https://www.justia.com/lawyers/personal-injury/california/los-angeles",
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://www.justia.com/lawyers/personal-injury/california/los-angeles",
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gio21/justia-lawyer-directory-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eiIuka9r7wgSOIt0G/builds/yJyfqXVBCVGlUuJc3/openapi.json