⚖️ Avvo Attorney Profile Scraper

The Avvo Attorney Profile Scraper collects lawyer data from Avvo.com, with 20+ fields per profile, plus Avvo ratings, client reviews, and endorsement counts.

✨ What Does It Do

This scraper searches Avvo.com for attorneys by practice area and location, then collects detailed profile data. Each result includes the attorney's name, firm, Avvo rating, client reviews, endorsements, practice areas, contact info, education, awards, and more.

Avvo is one of the largest legal directories in the United States with profiles for millions of attorneys. This scraper gives you structured access to that data.

🔧 Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrl	String	Direct Avvo listing URL (overrides practiceArea/location)
practiceArea	String	Type of law (e.g. "personal-injury", "criminal-defense", "family")
location	String	City and state (e.g. "New York, NY")
maxItems	Number	Maximum attorneys to collect (free users: max 100)
includeDetails	Boolean	Fetch full profile pages for complete data (default: true)
maxConcurrency	Number	Parallel requests (1-20, default 3)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy settings (residential recommended)

📊 Output

Each attorney profile includes:

{
    "profileUrl": "https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/10001-ny-john-smith.html",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "firmName": "Smith & Associates",
    "avvoRating": 9.5,
    "avvoRatingLevel": "Superb",
    "reviewCount": 42,
    "reviewRating": 4.8,
    "endorsementCount": 15,
    "practiceAreas": ["Personal Injury", "Car Accidents"],
    "location": "New York, NY",
    "state": "NY",
    "city": "New York",
    "phone": "(212) 555-1234",
    "website": "https://smithlaw.com",
    "bio": "Attorney with 20 years of experience...",
    "licensedSince": "2004",
    "education": ["Harvard Law School - J.D."],
    "awards": ["Super Lawyers Rising Star"],
    "associations": ["New York State Bar Association"],
    "languages": ["English", "Spanish"],
    "freeConsultation": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-12T06:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose This Scraper

• 20+ fields per attorney — ratings, reviews, endorsements, education, awards, and contact info
• Avvo Rating data — the proprietary 1-10 rating with level (Superb, Excellent, etc.)
• Practice area filtering — search by any legal specialty
• Location-based search — find attorneys in any US city or state
• Client review data — review counts and average ratings
• Contact details — phone numbers and website URLs when available
• Free and paid tiers — free users get up to 100 profiles, paid users up to 1 million

📋 How to Use

1. Open the scraper on Apify
2. Enter a practice area (e.g. "criminal-defense") and location (e.g. "Los Angeles, CA")
3. Set maxItems to control how many attorneys to collect
4. Click Start and wait for your data
5. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API

🎯 Business Use Cases

• Legal market research — analyze attorney density and specialization by region
• Lead generation — build targeted lists of attorneys by practice area and location
• Competitive analysis — compare ratings, reviews, and endorsements across firms
• Legal directories — feed attorney data into your own platform or directory
• Recruitment — find and evaluate attorneys for hiring or partnership opportunities
• Academic research — study legal market dynamics with structured data

❓ FAQ

Do I need an Avvo account? No. The scraper works without any login or account.

What practice areas can I search? Any practice area listed on Avvo — personal-injury, criminal-defense, family, bankruptcy, immigration, real-estate, employment, tax, and many more.

How many attorneys can I collect? Free users can collect up to 100 profiles per run. Paid users can set maxItems up to 1,000,000.

What's the difference between basic and detailed mode? With includeDetails off, you get profile URLs and names only (fast). With it on, each profile page is visited for full data (slower but complete).

🔗 Integrate

Connect this scraper to your workflow:

• REST API — call the scraper programmatically and fetch results as JSON
• Webhooks — trigger actions when a run completes
• Zapier / Make — automate data flows to Google Sheets, Slack, email, and more
• Google Sheets — export results directly to a spreadsheet
• Python / Node.js — use the Apify client library in your own code

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Click Start to begin collecting attorney profiles from Avvo. Your data will be ready in minutes.

🆘 Need Help?

Having trouble or need a custom solution? Reach out to us and we'll help you get the data you need.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This scraper is provided for educational and research purposes. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Avvo's terms of service and applicable laws. The authors are not responsible for any misuse of this tool.