# Avvo Attorney Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes attorney listings from Avvo by practice area and location, capturing names, firms, ratings, reviews, years licensed, practice areas, contact details, bios, education, awards, headshots, and profile URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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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 Attorney Scraper

Collects attorney listings from Avvo, one of the largest US legal directories. Search by practice area and city or state, and get one flat record per attorney with the name, firm, Avvo rating, client review score and count, years licensed, practice areas, office address, phone number and profile URL.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `practice_area` | `personal injury` | Legal practice area to search for, e.g. `criminal defense`, `divorce`, `immigration`, `estate planning`. |
| `location` | `Chicago, IL` | US city and state (`New York, NY`) or a state name/abbreviation (`Texas`, `CA`). |
| `limit` | `20` | Maximum attorney records to return (1–1000), paged 20 at a time. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional | Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results. |

### Output

Each result is one attorney:

```json
{
    "name": "Matthew Randall Basinger",
    "firm": "Shapiro, Cohen and Basinger Trial Lawyers",
    "profile_url": "https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/60601-il-matthew-basinger-445296.html",
    "professional_id": "445296",
    "is_pro": true,
    "avvo_rating": 9.5,
    "review_rating": 5.0,
    "reviews_count": 6,
    "years_licensed": 22,
    "practice_areas": ["Personal Injury", "Medical Malpractice"],
    "address": "180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 3050, Chicago, IL",
    "city": "Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "zip_code": "60601",
    "phone": "(312) 263-3443",
    "bio": "Matthew R. Basinger is a Chicago medical malpractice attorney and personal injury attorney...",
    "education": ["Cleveland State University", "Ohio University"],
    "award": "Super Lawyer",
    "headshot_url": "https://images.avvo.com/avvo/ugc/images/head_shot/standard/lawyer_matthew_basinger_445296_1577811852.jpg",
    "raw": { ... }
}
```

### Notes

- Runs with empty input (defaults to personal injury attorneys in Chicago, IL).
- Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.
- Intended for research and personal use; please respect Avvo's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `practice_area` (type: `string`):

Legal practice area to search for, e.g. 'personal injury', 'criminal defense', 'divorce', 'immigration', 'estate planning'.

## `location` (type: `string`):

US city and state (e.g. 'Chicago, IL', 'New York, NY') or a state name/abbreviation (e.g. 'Texas', 'CA').

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of attorney records to return. Results are paged 20 attorneys at a time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the run. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results, especially for sites that limit non-US or datacenter traffic. Optional — leave off to run directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "practice_area": "personal injury",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "limit": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "practice_area": "personal injury",
    "location": "Chicago, IL",
    "limit": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-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 = {
    "practice_area": "personal injury",
    "location": "Chicago, IL",
    "limit": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-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 '{
  "practice_area": "personal injury",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "limit": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/avvo-attorney-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/RCAu8evz2LbGg5itv/builds/gFh2cy3SnVsZkLJMk/openapi.json