# Avvo Lawyer Scraper - Attorney Leads & Contacts (`logiover/avvo-lawyer-scraper`) Actor
Scrape US attorneys from Avvo: name, firm, website, phone, full address, geo, practice areas, languages, bar license, ratings, reviews, awards, law school & bio. Thousands of B2B legal leads. No login.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/logiover/avvo-lawyer-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Logiover](https://apify.com/logiover) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Marketing
- **Stats:** 51 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $3.50 / 1,000 results
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
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
## ⚖️ Avvo Lawyer Scraper — US Attorney Leads
#### Pull thousands of US attorneys from Avvo with firm, phone, address, bar license, ratings & bio. No login, no API key.
**Search any practice area + US state and harvest a clean, ready-to-use list of attorneys** —
names, law firms, phone numbers, full addresses, practice areas, bar licenses, Avvo
ratings, review counts, awards and bios. The fast, no-API-key way to build legal B2B lead lists at scale.
---
### 📌 Overview
The **Avvo Lawyer Scraper** turns Avvo's attorney directory into structured **B2B legal leads**.
Give it a **practice area** (divorce, personal injury, criminal defense, immigration, bankruptcy…)
and a **US state or city**, and it walks the full paginated results — **20 attorneys per page,
100+ pages, thousands of lawyers** — returning each as a clean record.
Flip on **Fetch full profile details** to open each attorney's page and pull the complete
professional record: **bar license (jurisdiction, recognizing bar, admission date), Avvo rating,
review count, awards, languages spoken, law school and a full bio.**
It needs **no login, no cookies and no API key** — it reads only public directory data through
US residential proxies. With **no headless browser** it's a **fast, low-cost** way to assemble
large attorney datasets.
> ✅ Set `maxResults: 0` to pull an entire practice-area + state directory in a single run.
---
### ✨ Features
| | Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📦 | **Thousands of leads** | Paginates the full search (20/page, 100+ pages) for any practice area + state. |
| 🏢 | **Firm & contact data** | Attorney name, law firm, firm website, phone and full mailing address. |
| 🎓 | **Bar license details** | Jurisdiction, recognizing bar association and admission date per license. |
| ⭐ | **Ratings & reviews** | Avvo rating (1–5) and review count to qualify and prioritize leads. |
| 🗺️ | **Geo & practice areas** | Latitude/longitude plus every practice area and language the attorney lists. |
| 🏆 | **Awards & bio** | Awards, law school and the attorney's full biography. |
| ⚡ | **No browser** | Lightweight HTTP + JSON-LD parsing — fast and cheap at scale. |
| 🛡️ | **Login-free & safe** | Reads public data over US residential proxies — no account, no ban risk. |
| 📤 | **Any format** | Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or pull via API & webhooks. |
---
### 🎯 Who it's for
- **Legal-tech & SaaS sales** — build targeted outreach lists of attorneys by specialty and state.
- **Marketing & lead-gen agencies** — supply law firms and legal vendors with qualified prospects.
- **Recruiters & legal staffing** — source attorneys by practice area, location and bar admission.
- **Market researchers** — map the competitive landscape of any practice area across the US.
---
### 🧾 Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `practiceArea` | string | Practice area slug (`divorce`, `personal-injury`, `criminal-defense`, `immigration`…). |
| `location` | string | US state 2-letter code (`ny`, `ca`, `tx`) or a city slug. |
| `startUrls` | array | **Advanced.** Avvo search or profile URLs. Overrides Practice area + Location. |
| `fetchProfileDetails` | boolean | `true` = open each profile for the full record (license, rating, awards, bio). `false` = cheap 20/page search records. Default `false`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max attorneys to collect. `0` = unlimited. Default `1000`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | US **RESIDENTIAL** proxy (required — Avvo is Cloudflare-fronted). Pre-configured for you. |
#### Example input
```json
{
"practiceArea": "personal-injury",
"location": "ca",
"fetchProfileDetails": true,
"maxResults": 2000
}
````
Or drive it with explicit URLs:
```json
{
"startUrls": [
"https://www.avvo.com/divorce-lawyer/ny.html",
"https://www.avvo.com/immigration-lawyer/tx.html"
],
"fetchProfileDetails": false,
"maxResults": 5000
}
```
***
### 📦 Output
Each attorney is saved as one structured record (full record shown — `fetchProfileDetails: true`):
```json
{
"name": "Jane A. Attorney",
"profileUrl": "https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/10001-ny-jane-attorney-1234567.html",
"firm": "Attorney & Partners LLP",
"website": "https://www.attorneypartners.com",
"phone": "(212) 555-0123",
"address": { "street": "123 Main St, Suite 400", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "zip": "10001" },
"lat": 40.7128,
"lng": -74.006,
"practiceAreas": ["Divorce", "Family", "Child Custody"],
"languages": ["English", "Spanish"],
"licenses": [
{ "state": "New York", "bar": "New York State Bar", "admissionDate": "2009" }
],
"rating": 9.5,
"reviewCount": 42,
"awards": ["Avvo Clients' Choice 2024"],
"lawSchool": "Columbia Law School",
"bio": "Jane is a family-law attorney with 15 years of experience...",
"scrapedAt": "2026-06-04T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```
#### 📖 Output field reference
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `name` / `profileUrl` | Attorney name and Avvo profile link |
| `firm` / `website` | Law firm name and firm website (from `sameAs`) |
| `phone` / `address` | Phone and full mailing address (`street`, `city`, `state`, `zip`) |
| `lat` / `lng` | Geo coordinates |
| `practiceAreas` | Practice areas the attorney lists (`knowsAbout`) |
| `languages` | Languages spoken (`knowsLanguage`) |
| `licenses` | Bar licenses — `state` (jurisdiction), `bar` (recognizing bar), `admissionDate` |
| `rating` / `reviewCount` | Avvo rating (1–5) and number of reviews |
| `awards` | Recognitions and awards |
| `lawSchool` / `bio` | Law school and full biography |
> With `fetchProfileDetails: false` you get the search-level subset (name, profile, phone,
> address, practice areas, rating) — much faster and cheaper for volume.
***
### ⚙️ How it works
1. You provide a **practice area + US state** (or explicit **Start URLs**).
2. The actor builds the Avvo search URL and paginates it — **20 attorneys per page** — until results run out.
3. Each result is parsed from the page's **JSON-LD** structured data into a clean record.
4. If **Fetch full profile details** is on, each profile page is opened for the complete record.
5. Results stream to the dataset, de-duplicated, ready to export.
No login, no cookies, no API keys — and **no account is ever used or risked**.
***
### ❓ FAQ
Do I need a login or API key?
No — the actor reads only public Avvo directory pages. No cookies, no developer key.
Why is a residential proxy required?
Avvo is fronted by Cloudflare. Clean US residential IPs are served normally; the default proxy config handles this for you — just leave it as-is.
How many attorneys can I get?
Thousands. A single practice-area + state search paginates 100+ pages at 20 attorneys each. Use maxResults: 0 for everything.
What's the difference between the two modes?
With fetchProfileDetails: false you get fast, cheap 20-per-page search records. With it true, the actor opens each profile for the full record — bar license, rating, awards, languages, law school and bio.
Can I scrape several practice areas or states at once?
Yes — pass multiple startUrls (search or profile URLs); records are de-duplicated across them.
Are bar licenses and ratings included?
Yes — when present in profile mode: jurisdiction, recognizing bar and admission date, plus the Avvo rating and review count.
***
### 🔗 Works great with
- 📧 **Email Finder & Verifier** — enrich attorney firm websites with contact emails.
- 🗺️ **B2B Lead Scraper** — pair with location-based business leads for full coverage.
***
**Avvo Scraper · Lawyer Scraper · Attorney Directory Scraper · Legal Leads · Law Firm Lead Generation · US Attorney Data · Bar License Scraper · No-API-key Legal Data**
⚖️ Collects publicly available directory data only. You are responsible for compliance with Avvo's Terms and applicable laws.
### 📝 Changelog
#### 2026-06-05
- 🛡️ Reliability fix: results are no longer dropped by strict output validation — runs now complete cleanly even at high volume (thousands of results).
- ⚡ Stability & performance hardening; fresh rebuild.
#### 2026-06-04
- Verified live & refreshed build — reliability/maintenance pass.
# Actor input Schema
## `practiceArea` (type: `string`):
Legal practice area to search, e.g. 'divorce', 'personal-injury', 'criminal-defense', 'bankruptcy', 'immigration', 'estate-planning'. Combined with Location to build the Avvo search URL. Ignored if Start URLs are provided.
## `location` (type: `string`):
US state 2-letter code (e.g. 'ny', 'ca', 'tx') or a city slug. Combined with Practice area. Ignored if Start URLs are provided.
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
Optional. Avvo search URLs (e.g. https://www.avvo.com/divorce-lawyer/ny.html) or attorney profile URLs (e.g. https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/...html). Overrides Practice area + Location.
## `fetchProfileDetails` (type: `boolean`):
If ON, the actor opens each attorney profile to return the FULL record (bar license, rating, awards, languages, bio). Slower & more requests. If OFF, returns the cheaper 20-per-page search-level record.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of attorneys to collect. 0 = unlimited (paginates 100+ pages, thousands of leads).
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Avvo is fronted by Cloudflare — US RESIDENTIAL proxy is required. Leave the default.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"practiceArea": "personal-injury",
"location": "ca",
"startUrls": [
"https://www.avvo.com/divorce-lawyer/ny.html"
],
"fetchProfileDetails": false,
"maxResults": 1000,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
],
"apifyProxyCountry": "US"
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `name` (type: `string`):
Attorney name
## `firm` (type: `string`):
Law firm
## `phone` (type: `string`):
Phone
## `rating` (type: `string`):
Avvo rating
## `reviewCount` (type: `string`):
Review count
## `profileUrl` (type: `string`):
Avvo profile
# 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 = {
"practiceArea": "divorce",
"location": "ny",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
],
"apifyProxyCountry": "US"
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("logiover/avvo-lawyer-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 = {
"practiceArea": "divorce",
"location": "ny",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": True,
"apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
"apifyProxyCountry": "US",
},
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("logiover/avvo-lawyer-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 '{
"practiceArea": "divorce",
"location": "ny",
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
],
"apifyProxyCountry": "US"
}
}' |
apify call logiover/avvo-lawyer-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=logiover/avvo-lawyer-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Avvo Lawyer Scraper - Attorney Leads & Contacts",
"description": "Scrape US attorneys from Avvo: name, firm, website, phone, full address, geo, practice areas, languages, bar license, ratings, reviews, awards, law school & bio. Thousands of B2B legal leads. No login.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "eouNBsyYChcSjbLS3"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/logiover~avvo-lawyer-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-logiover-avvo-lawyer-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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/logiover~avvo-lawyer-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-logiover-avvo-lawyer-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/logiover~avvo-lawyer-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-logiover-avvo-lawyer-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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",
"properties": {
"practiceArea": {
"title": "Practice area",
"type": "string",
"description": "Legal practice area to search, e.g. 'divorce', 'personal-injury', 'criminal-defense', 'bankruptcy', 'immigration', 'estate-planning'. Combined with Location to build the Avvo search URL. Ignored if Start URLs are provided."
},
"location": {
"title": "Location (US state or city)",
"type": "string",
"description": "US state 2-letter code (e.g. 'ny', 'ca', 'tx') or a city slug. Combined with Practice area. Ignored if Start URLs are provided."
},
"startUrls": {
"title": "Start URLs (advanced)",
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional. Avvo search URLs (e.g. https://www.avvo.com/divorce-lawyer/ny.html) or attorney profile URLs (e.g. https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/...html). Overrides Practice area + Location.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"fetchProfileDetails": {
"title": "Fetch full profile details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If ON, the actor opens each attorney profile to return the FULL record (bar license, rating, awards, languages, bio). Slower & more requests. If OFF, returns the cheaper 20-per-page search-level record.",
"default": false
},
"maxResults": {
"title": "Max results",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of attorneys to collect. 0 = unlimited (paginates 100+ pages, thousands of leads).",
"default": 1000
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy",
"type": "object",
"description": "Avvo is fronted by Cloudflare — US RESIDENTIAL proxy is required. Leave the default.",
"default": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
],
"apifyProxyCountry": "US"
}
}
}
},
"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
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```