Multi-State Bar Association Scraper

Extract licensed attorney records from official state bar websites across 10 U.S. states in a single run. Data comes from the authoritative source — the state bar's own public directory — so bar status, disciplinary history, and contact details are as current as the bar site itself.

Phase 1 states: CA, TX, NY, FL, IL, PA, OH, GA, NJ, MA

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What You Get

Each attorney record contains up to 26 fields depending on what the state bar publishes:

Field	Type	Description
state_bar	string	State code (CA, TX, NY, etc.)
bar_number	string	Bar registration number, unique within a state
full_name	string	Full name as listed by the state bar
first_name	string	First name
middle_name	string	Middle name or initial
last_name	string	Last name
suffix	string	Name suffix (Jr., Sr., III, etc.)
bar_status	string	Active, Inactive, Suspended, Disbarred, Retired, or Deceased
license_type	string	Attorney, Foreign Legal Consultant, Registered In-House Counsel, etc.
admission_date	string	Date admitted to the bar in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD)
eligible_to_practice	boolean	Whether the attorney is currently authorized to practice in this state
firm_name	string	Current firm or employer
address	string	Practice street address
city	string	Practice city
state	string	Practice state abbreviation
zip	string	Practice ZIP code
county	string	Practice county (when published by the state bar)
phone	string	Formatted as (XXX) XXX-XXXX
fax	string	Formatted as (XXX) XXX-XXXX (when available)
email	string	Publicly listed email (availability varies by state)
practice_areas	array	Self-reported or bar-certified specializations
law_school	string	Law school attended
sections	array	Bar association section memberships
has_disciplinary_history	boolean	Whether any disciplinary actions are on record
disciplinary_actions	array	Disciplinary actions with date, type, and description
judicial_district	string	Circuit or judicial district (when available)
profile_url	string	Direct link to the attorney profile on the state bar site

Dataset Views

Three pre-built views are available:

• Attorney Overview — name, state bar, bar number, status, firm, city, state, phone
• Detailed Attorney Record — all 26 fields
• Compliance Check — name, bar number, state bar, status, eligible_to_practice, admission date, disciplinary history, profile_url

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How to Use

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
states	array	["CA"]	One or more state codes. Supported: CA, TX, NY, FL, IL, PA, OH, GA, NJ, MA
searchName	string	—	Search by last name, or "Last, First". Leave blank to crawl by bar number range (CA, FL)
barNumber	string	—	Look up a single attorney by bar number. Overrides name search
city	string	—	Filter results by city
barStatus	string	—	Filter by status: active, inactive, suspended, disbarred, retired, deceased
maxItems	integer	100	Cap on total records across all selected states. 0 = unlimited
barNumberStart	integer	100000	Starting bar number for range-based crawling (CA, FL)
proxyConfiguration	object	US Apify proxy	US proxies are required — several state bar sites block non-US traffic

Name Search Across Multiple States

{
  "states": ["CA", "TX", "NY"],
  "searchName": "Smith",
  "barStatus": "active",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Single Bar Number Lookup

{
  "states": ["CA"],
  "barNumber": "300000",
  "maxItems": 1
}

Range Crawl for Bulk Records (California)

{
  "states": ["CA"],
  "barNumberStart": 340000,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

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Sample Output

{
  "state_bar": "CA",
  "bar_number": "300000",
  "full_name": "Hae-Ri You",
  "first_name": "Hae-Ri",
  "middle_name": null,
  "last_name": "You",
  "suffix": null,
  "bar_status": "Active",
  "license_type": "Attorney",
  "admission_date": "2014-12-02",
  "eligible_to_practice": true,
  "firm_name": null,
  "address": "2101 Lyon Avenue",
  "city": "Belmont",
  "state": "CA",
  "zip": "94002",
  "county": null,
  "phone": "(425) 505-7437",
  "fax": null,
  "email": null,
  "practice_areas": [],
  "law_school": "UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA",
  "sections": [],
  "has_disciplinary_history": false,
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "judicial_district": null,
  "profile_url": "https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/300000"
}

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Use Cases

• Compliance verification — confirm an attorney holds an active license and has no disciplinary history before engagement, using the eligible_to_practice and has_disciplinary_history fields
• Attorney lead generation — build outreach lists filtered by state, city, and practice area; use admission_date to estimate seniority without resume screening
• Expert witness vetting — verify credentials against official bar records, including law school and admission date
• Background check enrichment — access disciplinary history from state disciplinary boards, which commercial directories do not carry
• LegalOps data enrichment — append current bar status and verified contact information to existing attorney databases for conflict checks and panel management

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State Coverage

State	Bar Site	Crawl Method
California (CA)	calbar.ca.gov	Bar number range or single lookup
Texas (TX)	texasbar.com	Name search
New York (NY)	iapps.courts.state.ny.us	Name search
Florida (FL)	floridabar.org	Bar number range or name search
Illinois (IL)	iardc.org	Name search (two-phase HTML)
Pennsylvania (PA)	padisciplinaryboard.org	Name search
Ohio (OH)	supremecourt.ohio.gov	Name search
Georgia (GA)	gabar.org	Name search (JSON API)
New Jersey (NJ)	njcourts.gov	Name search
Massachusetts (MA)	massbbo.org	Name search

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Why Official Bar Data vs. Attorney Directories

FindLaw, Avvo, and Martindale aggregate self-reported attorney profiles. They do not have access to a state bar's internal disciplinary system.

Official state bar websites are the authoritative source for:

• Bar status — active, suspended, disbarred, or inactive as determined by the state bar
• Disciplinary history — formal reprimands, probations, and disbarment records
• Admission date — the exact date an attorney was admitted in that jurisdiction
• Eligible to practice — a definitive boolean that directory scrapers cannot provide

For compliance, verification, or background screening workflows, official state bar data is not interchangeable with directory data.

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Pricing

Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing. You pay per attorney record saved to the dataset — not per page fetched. Pages that return no record (gaps in bar number sequences, empty search results) are not charged.

Records	Estimated cost
1,000	~$2.50
10,000	~$25
100,000	~$250

Apify platform compute costs are billed separately and are typically small relative to data volume.

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Limitations

• 10 states in Phase 1. Requesting an unsupported state code returns an error listing available codes. Phase 2 targets VA, NC, MI, CO, WA, and additional states.
• Email availability is inconsistent. Most state bars do not publish attorney emails. California obfuscates email addresses with JavaScript — CA records will have null for email.
• Field coverage varies by state. County, judicial district, law school, and section memberships are not published by every state bar. Unavailable fields return null.
• barStatus filter is applied post-extraction. It does not change what a state bar's search form returns. Some bars only expose active attorneys through their public search interface.
• CA and FL use bar number range crawling. These states do not have a functional public name-search API. Set barNumberStart and maxItems to control run scope.
• Rate limits. The crawler runs at 2–5 concurrent requests with automatic retries. Full-state crawls of 100k+ records take several hours. NY and NJ are more restrictive — residential proxies reduce failure rates on those states.

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Related Actors

• FindLaw Lawyer Directory Scraper
• Avvo Lawyer Directory Scraper
• Martindale Attorney Directory Scraper