# Best Lawyers Scraper - Peer-Reviewed Attorney Directory (`jungle_synthesizer/bestlawyers-scraper`) Actor Scrape attorney profiles from BestLawyers.com, the oldest peer-reviewed legal ranking. Extract names, firms, practice areas, contact info, education, awards, and recognition years. Filter by US state and city. Covers 150+ practice areas across 75+ countries. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/bestlawyers-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Best Lawyers Scraper — Peer-Reviewed Attorney Directory Extract verified attorney profiles from [BestLawyers.com](https://www.bestlawyers.com/), the oldest and most trusted peer-reviewed legal ranking in the world. Filter by US state and city, collect contact details, practice areas, education, and recognition history — with optional full-profile enrichment for complete data. --- ### Features - **Peer-reviewed source**: Best Lawyers is the premier attorney ranking, recognized since 1983 — high signal for legal lead generation - **Full profile enrichment**: Visit each attorney's profile page to capture phone, address, education, awards, and website (in addition to listing-page basics) - **State + city filtering**: Narrow results to any US state (all 50 + DC) and any city within that state - **150+ practice areas**: Covers all major legal specialties — family law, corporate, criminal defense, IP, real estate, and more - **Pagination handled automatically**: Crawls all result pages per city without manual intervention - **Max items cap**: Set a limit to control run cost and dataset size - **Clean structured output**: Consistent field names across listing and profile data, including JSON-LD enrichment from profile pages --- ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `state` | string | Yes | US state slug (e.g. `california`, `new-york`, `texas`) | | `city` | string | No | City slug to narrow results (e.g. `los-angeles`, `chicago`). Leave blank to scrape all cities in the state. | | `enrichProfiles` | boolean | No | Visit each profile page for phone, address, education, and awards. Default: `true`. | | `maxItems` | integer | No | Maximum profiles to return. `0` = unlimited. Default: `50`. | #### Example input ```json { "state": "california", "city": "los-angeles", "enrichProfiles": true, "maxItems": 100 } ```` To scrape an entire state without city filtering: ```json { "state": "new-york", "enrichProfiles": false, "maxItems": 500 } ``` *** ### Output Each record represents one attorney profile. ```json { "lawyer_name": "Jeff M. Sturman", "firm_name": "Greenberg Traurig, LLP", "practice_areas": ["Family Law", "Divorce"], "city": "Los Angeles", "state_or_region": "CA", "country": "US", "recognized_since": "2009", "awards": ["Lawyer of the Year, Family Law, Los Angeles, 2022"], "phone": "(310) 586-7700", "street_address": "1840 Century Park East", "postal_code": "90067", "education": ["Loyola Law School"], "website": "https://www.gtlaw.com", "description": "Jeff Sturman has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2009...", "photo_url": "https://cdn.blrankings.com/...", "profile_url": "https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/jeff-m-sturman/66872", "firm_profile_url": "https://www.bestlawyers.com/firms/greenberg-traurig/..." } ``` #### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `lawyer_name` | Full attorney name | | `firm_name` | Law firm name | | `practice_areas` | List of recognized practice areas | | `city` | City where the attorney practices | | `state_or_region` | State abbreviation or region name | | `country` | Country code (always `US` for US listings) | | `recognized_since` | Year first recognized by Best Lawyers | | `awards` | Lawyer of the Year and other Best Lawyers awards | | `phone` | Office phone number (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `street_address` | Office street address (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `postal_code` | ZIP/postal code (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `education` | Law schools attended (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `website` | Attorney or firm website (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `description` | Bio summary from profile page (requires `enrichProfiles: true`) | | `photo_url` | Headshot image URL | | `profile_url` | Full Best Lawyers profile URL | | `firm_profile_url` | Best Lawyers firm profile URL | *** ### Use Cases - **Legal lead generation**: Build targeted lists of vetted attorneys by state, city, and practice area for B2B outreach - **CRM enrichment**: Populate Salesforce or HubSpot with peer-reviewed attorney contact data - **Market research**: Analyze attorney distribution, firm presence, and specialization across jurisdictions - **Competitive intelligence**: Track which firms dominate specific practice areas in target markets - **Legal recruiting**: Identify top-ranked attorneys for lateral hire outreach - **Directory aggregation**: Combine Best Lawyers data with Martindale, Avvo, and Super Lawyers for comprehensive coverage *** ### Supported States All 50 US states plus Washington DC. Use the lowercase slug format matching BestLawyers.com URLs: `alabama`, `alaska`, `arizona`, `arkansas`, `california`, `colorado`, `connecticut`, `delaware`, `district-of-columbia`, `florida`, `georgia`, `hawaii`, `idaho`, `illinois`, `indiana`, `iowa`, `kansas`, `kentucky`, `louisiana`, `maine`, `maryland`, `massachusetts`, `michigan`, `minnesota`, `mississippi`, `missouri`, `montana`, `nebraska`, `nevada`, `new-hampshire`, `new-jersey`, `new-mexico`, `new-york`, `north-carolina`, `north-dakota`, `ohio`, `oklahoma`, `oregon`, `pennsylvania`, `rhode-island`, `south-carolina`, `south-dakota`, `tennessee`, `texas`, `utah`, `vermont`, `virginia`, `washington`, `west-virginia`, `wisconsin`, `wyoming` *** ### Pricing Pay per result (PPE model): - **$0.10** per actor start (covers platform compute, charged based on memory allocation) - **$0.001** per attorney profile scraped A run extracting 1,000 profiles costs approximately $1.10. Profile enrichment adds more requests but no additional charge per record. *** ### Notes - `enrichProfiles: false` is significantly faster — use it when you only need listing-level data (name, firm, practice areas, location, recognition year) - Leaving `city` blank crawls the entire state, which can return thousands of profiles for large states like California or New York - Best Lawyers serves standard HTML — no JavaScript rendering required, making runs fast and reliable - The actor respects `maxItems` at the profile level, so total requests may slightly exceed the limit due to in-flight work # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `state` (type: `string`): US state to search. Uses the site's URL slug (e.g. 'california', 'new-york'). Required. ## `city` (type: `string`): City slug to narrow results (e.g. 'los-angeles', 'new-york', 'chicago'). Optional -- leave empty to crawl all cities in the state. ## `enrichProfiles` (type: `boolean`): Visit each lawyer's profile page to extract full details: phone, address, education, awards, and website. Listing pages provide name, firm, practice areas, location, and recognition year. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of lawyer profiles to scrape. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "state": "california", "city": "los-angeles", "enrichProfiles": true, "maxItems": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "state": "california", "city": "los-angeles", "enrichProfiles": true, "maxItems": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/bestlawyers-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "state": "california", "city": "los-angeles", "enrichProfiles": True, "maxItems": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/bestlawyers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "state": "california", "city": "los-angeles", "enrichProfiles": true, "maxItems": 50 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/bestlawyers-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/bestlawyers-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Best Lawyers Scraper - Peer-Reviewed Attorney Directory", "description": "Scrape attorney profiles from BestLawyers.com, the oldest peer-reviewed legal ranking. Extract names, firms, practice areas, contact info, education, awards, and recognition years. Filter by US state and city. Covers 150+ practice areas across 75+ countries.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "zdchYAa5obFwoItCy" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~bestlawyers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-bestlawyers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~bestlawyers-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-bestlawyers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~bestlawyers-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-bestlawyers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "state" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "state": { "title": "US State", "enum": [ "alabama", "alaska", "arizona", "arkansas", "california", "colorado", "connecticut", "delaware", "district-of-columbia", "florida", "georgia", "hawaii", "idaho", "illinois", "indiana", "iowa", "kansas", "kentucky", "louisiana", "maine", "maryland", "massachusetts", "michigan", "minnesota", "mississippi", "missouri", "montana", "nebraska", "nevada", "new-hampshire", "new-jersey", "new-mexico", "new-york", "north-carolina", "north-dakota", "ohio", "oklahoma", "oregon", "pennsylvania", "rhode-island", "south-carolina", "south-dakota", "tennessee", "texas", "utah", "vermont", "virginia", "washington", "west-virginia", "wisconsin", "wyoming" ], "type": "string", "description": "US state to search. Uses the site's URL slug (e.g. 'california', 'new-york'). Required." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City slug to narrow results (e.g. 'los-angeles', 'new-york', 'chicago'). Optional -- leave empty to crawl all cities in the state." }, "enrichProfiles": { "title": "Enrich with Full Profiles", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each lawyer's profile page to extract full details: phone, address, education, awards, and website. Listing pages provide name, firm, practice areas, location, and recognition year.", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of lawyer profiles to scrape. Set to 0 for unlimited.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```