Attorney Directory

Full directory of indexed attorneys, cities, law schools, and states on PlainAttorney. Every entry is drawn from public bar registration records and updated quarterly.

429,620
Attorneys
2,609
Cities
3,655
Law Schools
1
State with Data

Methodology

The PlainAttorney directory is a comprehensive index of attorney registration data sourced from state court administration agencies. Every attorney, city, and law school in this directory corresponds to a record in the source dataset — there are no editorial additions or ranked placements.

  • Attorney records are loaded from the state court administration open data portal for each state we cover. New York is the first state indexed; additional states are being added as data access is confirmed.
  • City indexing groups attorneys by the business address on file; cities with fewer than 5 registered attorneys are excluded to limit noise from one-off addresses.
  • Law school indexing tallies alumni based on the educational institution reported at admission, with normalized naming to consolidate spelling variants under a canonical form.
  • Data freshness: the directory is refreshed quarterly. The "last updated" date on each detail page reflects the last data load date, not the date a specific attorney's status was verified — always confirm current status with the state bar before hiring.
  • No editorial ranking: PlainAttorney presents counts only. We do not rank, rate, or recommend individual attorneys, cities, or schools. Any ordering reflects objective record counts from the source dataset.

Primary source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov. Full methodology, limitations, and change history are documented at /methodology.