Clients can leave reviews only if they had real collaboration with you. Reviews are verified and monitored to keep the platform fair and reliable. Ultimately, you are the one validating the client relationship to confirm whether the review should be displayed on your profile or not. Read more on our How do reviews work page.

You can send an invitation to someone to let him/her review you. The invitation is sent by email to this person and link directly to your profile, starting the review process.

After a review has been submitted, you will receive a notification by email and we will display on your dashboard that a review is pending, waiting approval. You can then either accept or reject the client's relationship. The name of the person who reviewed you won't be displayed after you have accepted his review.

Yes. You can answer reviews to give context, respond to feedback or clarify misunderstandings. All responses appear publicly on your profile.

If a review looks incorrect or abusive, you can report it. The Lawyer Guide investigates and removes reviews that break the platform's guidelines or look fake.

The Lawyer Guide uses basic verification steps to reduce spam and fake activity. Suspicious reviews are removed.

No. Reviews must be based on real work or collaboration with the lawyer. This ensures honest and reliable feedback.

Users can request changes through the support page. The support team reviews and processes each request manually.

Search your name, open your profile and select the claim option. After a short identity check, you can edit your details, upload a photo and manage your public information.

No. Every lawyer can use the platform for free. Paid plans exist if you want extra visibility or promotion, receive leads and more. However, the basic listing and control over your profile is always free.

Claiming your profile gives you more control about it and let you enjoy the basic features of The Lawyer Guide. Also, claimed profile have better ranking on search results than non claimed profiles. Claiming your profile doesn't bide you to upgrade to Premium later.

No, claiming your account is free and doesn't require to upgrade to Premium to be made.

Yes. Once the profile is claimed, you can update your bio, areas of practice, contact information, website links and more. All changes are reviewed to keep profiles accurate.

The Lawyer Guide Premium is a service we offer to lawyers who have claimed their profile and want to benefits of more features. It includes more profile customisations, a better position on search results, and the possibility to be featured on the homepage of the website, alongside other exclusive features.

The Lawyer Guide can be used for Free by any lawyer. Features like getting reviewed, basic customisation of the profile after claiming are included in the Free plan.

The Lawyer Guide Premium costs 14$ per month for now instead of 49$, as a special offer for our launch in California, excluding taxes.

Once you have claimed your profile, you can upgrade yourself to Premium through your dashboard, on the section "Upgrade to Premium".

No, you pay per month and can cancel anytime.

You can cancel your subscription at any time with a 1 month notice period. You do this easily on the dashboard, under "Subscription".You will receive a confirmation email immediately after cancelling your renewal.

You can use your Premium subscription until the end of its period. After that, your profile will be reverted to a Free plan.

Leads are direct demands submitted by users on The Lawyer Guide, after filling the following form. Leads are manually checked by our team before being forwarded to you. These leads includes client's name, contact informations, location, legal expertise required and a message to describe the need.

On your dashboard, under Lead section, you can activate the feature and choose what expertise you would like to receive leads on. Then, leads are sent to your email, and also displayed on your Lead section on your dashboard. You can have a complete follow up on them and sort your demands.

Yes, leads are a Premium feature and require to have a Premium subscription to be activated. Special deals can be done with law firms and lawyers, you can contact sales to get more information.

Yes, you can choose what legal category you want to receive leads on, alongside the desired location, either city or counties.

Yes, leads are an extra to the Premium subscription and are billed 300NOK per lead received.

We send the lead to your email and also display them under the "Lead" section on your dashboard. You have a complete historical of your leads here.

Yes, you can set a limit on how many leads you want to receive per month.

You can turn on turn off leads anytime on your settings. However you'll still have to pay for the lead you have received before your turned it off.

Payments on The Lawyer Guide are made with invoicing or with Stripe directly where you can use your payment card. In the case you choose the invoicing option, we require a binding period of 12 months so you'll pay for the 12 months ahead.

If you believe that there is a mistake in the invoicing, you can contest your invoice by contacting our support and the contact email in the invoice.

Invoices aren't stored on The Lawyer Guide directly but we can provide you a historical of it if you want it.

Invoices have to be paid within the month you have received it, to ensure the maintaining of your Premium account.

We send our invoices by email, to the address you have provided us in your billing information.

The Lawyer Guide is a platform where people can find, compare and review lawyers across the United States. The platform helps users understand their options before choosing legal help.

Users can search by name, city or legal field. Filters and reviews help narrow down the right match.

Every lawyer can create a free profile. Paid plans only increase visibility and do not affect rankings or reviews.

No. The platform only helps users find lawyers. Legal advice must come directly from an attorney.

The platform improves your online presence by showing your profile in search engine and AI results, presenting verified reviews and helping potential clients understand your practice before contacting you.

Rankings depend on profile completeness, client feedback, engagement and platform activity. Paid plans can increase visibility but do not affect rankings or review scores.

The Lawyer Guide is owned and operated by Advokatguiden AS. Advokatguiden was created by IT founder and lawyer Erling Løken Andersen with François Savard. The company is based in Oslo, Norway, and operates in Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands and USA.

Transparency
The Lawyer Guide aims to contribute to an increase transparency in the law industry while maintaining the highest degree of transparency in this social mission.
Accountability
The Lawyer Guide will act with objectivity and accountability towards both visitors and lawyers.
Democracy
The Lawyer Guide will promote skilled lawyers and function as a unifying national legal arena. The Lawyer Guide will be responsive to the legal professional community and invite it to contribute to the development of the platform.

The target audience for The Lawyer Guide is threefold: First, we address former legal clients. We offer former clients a platform to express serious feedback, so that they may give an honest assessment of the work their lawyer has done. Secondly, we cater to future clients, whether they are individuals or companies. We offer free and reliable information about potential lawyers for their next assignment. Thirdly, we turn to the legal profession itself. We want to be an accountable partner to the industry, which helps to promote the most skilled lawyers.