How do I find a lawyer in California?

Start by identifying your legal issue and where it will be heard, then use one of four kinds of tools. Attorney directories — FindLaw, Justia, LawInfo, Nolo, HG.org, and California Legal Law — let you browse and contact lawyers yourself. Rating services — Avvo, Super Lawyers, and Martindale-Hubbell — score or select attorneys. Certified lawyer referral services, which under California Business and Professions Code section 6155 must be certified by the State Bar of California, route your matter to a participating attorney; LegalMatch California is one, and the State Bar publishes a list of others. General services marketplaces like Thumbtack and UpCounsel also list some attorneys. Whichever you use, confirm the attorney is active and free of discipline using the State Bar of California's official records at apps.calbar.ca.gov before you hire. California Legal Law indexes every California attorney from those same State Bar records and ranks them with a published Growth Score, so you can read the record and decide for yourself.

Authority: Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6155; State Bar of California