The law firm directory, scored
Compare law firms on something real.
Councl scores 9,239 firms from 0 to 100 on reputation, web presence, experience and reliability. Free for every firm, and no firm pays to rank.
Every law firm has a number.Most have never seen it.
The Councl Score
Four signals, one number.
Reputation is weighted heaviest, because it is the signal clients check first. The score measures the public record and online presence, never legal skill.
Reputation
Rating and review volume, the signal clients trust first.
Experience
Verified when a firm claims its profile.
Web presence
A working site a prospective client can actually find.
Reliability
Complete, current contact details on the record.
Councl Score
Strong · verified
One consistent mark, carried across every profile, ranking and badge. No firm pays to score higher.
Top firms, city by city
The leader in every metro.
The same score, computed the same way, in every city. This is the current No. 1, live from the directory.
Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C
Personal Injury · Austin
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Every firm scored the same way, in every practice and every city.
Trademark filings
Beyond the rating: the filing record.
Firm profiles carry their real trademark portfolios, drawn from public IP-office records across the US, EU, Australia, Canada and more. Volume is not skill, but it is evidence.
Total trademark filings on public record.
For law firms
Score under 70? We close the gap.
Design, SEO and migration for law firms, led by Dr. Rahul Dev. The same signals the score measures are the ones we build for.
Web design
A site that looks like the firm it represents.
SEO
Found for the searches that bring clients, not vanity terms.
Migration
Move platforms without losing rankings on the way.
AI search
Cited by the answer engines your clients now ask first.
A recent rebuild · Web design
Councl Score, new site
Largest contentful paint
- Mobile-first build
- Booking flow built in
- Schema on every page
Who is behind Councl
Dr. Rahul Dev
Patent attorney · PhD data scientist · the face of Councl
Two decades in technology law. More than 1,000 patents filed, including 50+ PCT filings before the USPTO, EPO and WIPO. Director at Hashchain Consulting Group and advisor to more than 18 boards, named in Bloomberg, CNBC TV18 and the Economic Times. He authors Councl’s guides, and the data discipline behind the score is his.
Gautam Khorana
Investor and advisor, and the builder behind the platform and its data engine. gautamkhorana.com
Frequently asked
Each firm gets a 0 to 100 score built from four weighted pillars: reputation (rating and review volume), web presence, experience, and reliability. No firm pays to score higher.