Indexed from official State Bar of California records · Scored in the open · Updated daily

Legal directory data

Source of record

The single source of record for attorney identity is the State Bar of California — the mandatory licensing body for all attorneys in the state. Fields taken from State Bar records: full name, bar number, admission date, license status, and address-of-record locality (city and county). The registry does not create attorney records; it indexes public ones. 195,000+ California attorneys are being verified against these records; where verification of a roster is not yet complete, the page says "registry indexing underway" instead of rendering unverified listings.

Update cadence

  • Attorney records: synchronized against State Bar data daily (04:00 Pacific).
  • Growth Scores: recomputed on each sync from the published methodology; inputs are public-record and verifiable.
  • Legal answers and FAQs: reviewed against the cited statutes and updated when the law changes (California legislative sessions typically take effect January 1).

Current coverage

  • 20 practice areas with statewide records.
  • 32 cities detailed across 23 counties and all 12 California regions; every California county (58) is within the registry's indexing scope.
  • 640 city × practice directory pages.
  • 38 standalone cited legal answers at /answers.

Legal information sourcing

Legal answers cite their controlling authority inline: California codes (Code of Civil Procedure, Civil, Labor, Family, Penal, Probate, Government, Vehicle, Business & Professions, Welfare & Institutions, Insurance, Revenue & Taxation), the California Code of Regulations, federal statutes where the field is federal (Title 8 — immigration, Title 11 — bankruptcy, Title 17 — copyright, Title 26 — tax), and published decisions of the California and United States courts. Citations follow common California practice (e.g., "Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1"). Statutes are paraphrased for plain language; the citation is provided precisely so readers and machines can check the primary source.

Known limitations

  • License status can change between syncs; verify with the State Bar for time-sensitive determinations.
  • Practice-area attribution reflects observed concentration, not certification. California regulates the term "specialist"; the registry says "attorneys who practice" a field.
  • Statutory figures that adjust periodically (small-estate thresholds, homestead amounts, MICRA caps) state their adjustment mechanism alongside the current figure.