Illinois ARDC Attorneys Directory Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "lawyerId": "20982d9d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb",
  "name": "Angela Marie Bates-Smith",
  "nameListed": "Bates-Smith, Angela Marie",
  "fullLicensedName": "Angela Marie Bates-Smith",
  "firstNameQuery": null,
  "lastNameQuery": "Smith",
  "city": "East Saint Louis",
  "state": "Illinois",
  "phone": "(618) 398-0574",
  "email": null,
  "addressOrganization": "Land of Lincoln, Legal Assistance Foundation, Incorporated",
  "addressStreet": "8787 State Street",
  "addressCity": "East Saint Louis",
  "addressState": "Illinois",
  "addressZip": "62203-2026",
  "addressFull": "Land of Lincoln, Legal Assistance Foundation, Incorporated, 8787 State Street, East Saint Louis, Illinois 62203-2026",
  "dateAdmitted": "9/27/2019",
  "dateAdmittedFull": "September 27, 2019",
  "authorizedToPractice": true,
  "registrationStatus": "Active and authorized to practice law",
  "malpracticeInsurance": true,
  "malpracticeInsuranceText": "In annual registration, the attorney reported that the attorney, or the attorney's firm, maintains malpractice insurance.",
  "publicDiscipline": "None",
  "hasPublicDiscipline": false,
  "includeFormerNames": false,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.iardc.org/Lawyer/Details/20982d9d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb",
  "aiLeadScore": null,
  "aiLeadTier": null,
  "aiLeadRationale": null,
  "aiProfileSummary": null,
  "source": "iardc.org",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T08:19:06.040Z"
}

The most complete Illinois ARDC attorney scraper available. It returns every field the official registration record exposes per attorney, including registered phone, email and business address, admission date, registration status, malpractice-insurance disclosure and public discipline, with filters by name, city, county and judicial circuit/district.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor queries the Illinois ARDC (Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission) Lawyer Search, the authoritative roster of every attorney registered in Illinois, and writes one normalized record per attorney to the run's dataset. With withDetails on (the default), it opens each attorney's registration record to capture the registered phone, email and full business address, the admission date, the Illinois registration status, the malpractice-insurance disclosure and the public record of discipline. It reads only publicly available registry data.

Search by one or more last names (exact or phonetic), optionally narrowed by first name, city, county and judicial circuit or district, and filter to attorneys currently authorized to practice. Optional AI add-ons score each attorney as a B2B lead and summarize their standing.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It searches attorneys named Smith and returns up to 10 full records.

{
  "lastNames": ["Smith"],
  "withDetails": true,
  "maxAttorneys": 10
}

Add several lastNames to build a bigger list in one run, or leave lastNames empty and pass a city or lawyerCounty to sweep by location.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
lastNames	string[]	no	["Smith"]	One or more attorney last names. Each name runs its own search. Empty sweeps by city or county.
firstName	string	no	(empty)	Narrow to attorneys whose first name matches.
phonetic	boolean	no	false	Match last names that sound alike (Smith also finds Smyth). Off is exact match.
city	string	no	(empty)	Only attorneys whose registered address is in this Illinois city, for example Chicago.
lawyerCounty	string	no	(empty)	Illinois county of the registered address, for example Cook, DuPage, Lake.
judicialCircuit	string	no	(empty)	Illinois judicial circuit, for example CookCounty, Eighteenth.
judicialDistrict	string	no	(empty)	Illinois appellate district: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, SupremeCourt.
status	enum	no	All	All registered attorneys, or AuthorizedToPractice only.
includeFormerNames	boolean	no	false	Also match attorneys by former/maiden names on record.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	Open each registration record for phone, email, address, malpractice and discipline. Off returns the faster list only.
maxAttorneys	integer	no	50	Maximum records across the whole run. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.
withLeadScore	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI B2B lead score with tier and rationale. Paid plans only.
withProfileSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI summary of each attorney. Paid plans only.

Output reference

One dataset item per attorney. Types: string, boolean, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
lawyerId	string	ARDC internal attorney ID.
name	string	Attorney name (full licensed name when details loaded).
nameListed	string	Name as shown in the results grid (Last, First).
fullLicensedName	string	Full licensed name from the record, else null.
firstNameQuery	string	First-name filter used, else null.
lastNameQuery	string	Last-name search term that matched, else null.
city	string	City (from the address when details loaded, else the grid).
state	string	State.
phone	string	Registered phone, or null when not available.
email	string	Registered email, or null when not available.
addressOrganization	string	Firm or organization on the registered address, else null.
addressStreet	string	Street of the registered address, else null.
addressCity	string	City of the registered address, else null.
addressState	string	State of the registered address, else null.
addressZip	string	ZIP of the registered address, else null.
addressFull	string	Full single-line registered address, else null.
dateAdmitted	string	Admission date (M/D/YYYY) from the grid.
dateAdmittedFull	string	Admission date in long form, else null.
authorizedToPractice	boolean	Whether the attorney is authorized to practice.
registrationStatus	string	Illinois registration status text, else null.
malpracticeInsurance	boolean	true/false parsed from the disclosure, or null when exempt/unknown.
malpracticeInsuranceText	string	Full malpractice-insurance disclosure text, else null.
publicDiscipline	string	Public record of discipline, or None.
hasPublicDiscipline	boolean	true when a public discipline record exists.
includeFormerNames	boolean	Whether former names were included in the search.
profileUrl	string	ARDC record URL for the attorney.
aiLeadScore	integer	AI B2B lead score 0-100 (paid add-on), else null.
aiLeadTier	string	AI lead tier hot/warm/cold (paid add-on), else null.
aiLeadRationale	string	One-sentence AI rationale (paid add-on), else null.
aiProfileSummary	string	AI professional summary (paid add-on), else null.
source	string	Always iardc.org.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	Present only on a failed run: a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"lastNames":["Smith"],"maxAttorneys":3,"withDetails":true,"withLeadScore":true,"withProfileSummary":true}):

{
  "lawyerId": "20982d9d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb",
  "name": "Angela Marie Bates-Smith",
  "city": "East Saint Louis",
  "state": "Illinois",
  "phone": "(618) 398-0574",
  "email": null,
  "addressOrganization": "Land of Lincoln, Legal Assistance Foundation, Incorporated",
  "addressStreet": "8787 State Street",
  "addressZip": "62203-2026",
  "dateAdmittedFull": "September 27, 2019",
  "authorizedToPractice": true,
  "registrationStatus": "Active and authorized to practice law",
  "malpracticeInsurance": true,
  "publicDiscipline": "None",
  "hasPublicDiscipline": false,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.iardc.org/Lawyer/Details/20982d9d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb",
  "aiLeadScore": 70,
  "aiLeadTier": "warm",
  "aiLeadRationale": "Active attorney with malpractice insurance and no public discipline, but relatively recent admission.",
  "aiProfileSummary": "Angela Marie Bates-Smith is an active attorney admitted to practice law since September 27, 2019, at the Land of Lincoln, Legal Assistance Foundation in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and maintains malpractice insurance.",
  "source": "iardc.org",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T08:19:06.040Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~illinois-ardc-attorneys-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lastNames":["Smith"],"city":"Chicago","maxAttorneys":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~illinois-ardc-attorneys-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lawyerCounty":"Cook","status":"AuthorizedToPractice","maxAttorneys":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/illinois-ardc-attorneys-scraper \
  --input '{"lastNames":["Garcia","Johnson"],"withDetails":true}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per attorney record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• Details add-on. When withDetails is on, a details event is charged only when the full registration record (phone/email/address/status) actually loads for an attorney.
• Paid AI add-ons. withLeadScore and withProfileSummary charge separate events only when they produce output, and are disabled for free plans.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 attorney records per run. Upgrade for higher maxAttorneys.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned an error item saying no attorneys matched. Why? The name, city or county combination matched nothing. Try a more common last name, turn on phonetic, or remove a location filter. Error items are not charged.

Why is email or phone null for some attorneys? The registry publishes these only when the attorney provided them, and the ARDC also shows some as not available. Missing values are returned as null, never invented.

What is the difference with withDetails off? With withDetails off, the actor returns the faster grid list (name, city, state, admission date, authorized status) without opening each record, so phone, email, address, malpractice and discipline are null.

How do I get only attorneys in good standing? Set status to AuthorizedToPractice, and use hasPublicDiscipline to exclude anyone with a public discipline record.

Is this an official ARDC tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the ARDC or the Illinois courts. It reads only data that is publicly available through the ARDC Lawyer Search. Use it in accordance with the source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the ARDC or the Illinois courts. Accesses only publicly available attorney registration data. Use in accordance with the source's terms of service.