Finding a good attorney shouldn’t be guesswork.
So we made it measurable.
We started this project in 2005, when the technology to do what we do was barely visible on the horizon. But that’s what happens when an attorney and a computer engineer start talking. Our mission has been the same ever since: measure what can actually be measured about attorney performance, and give that analysis away for free.
A client will tell you they have a “great” attorney — but unless that person is a repeat offender or forever in litigation, the opinion rests on too few data points to mean much. These are the commitments we lean on instead.
Some things can be measured.
The metrics of attorney performance are largely subjective — but not entirely. In criminal cases there is conviction and sentencing data; in civil cases, duration and the number of pleadings. We start from what the record can actually show.
We make our assumptions honest.
We assume, for instance, that speed is a good thing for a plaintiff in a civil suit. We recognize a client's own demands can skew performance, especially in the more emotional family and probate forums. We'd rather state those assumptions plainly than pretend they aren't there.
Ferret out the ones who perform.
Buried beneath the self-promotion and grandstanding of some attorneys are attorneys who quietly perform above the norm. Finding those attorneys — and letting the people who've actually worked with them say so — is the whole point.
Unbiased, and free.
We don't accept advertising or membership fees. The data comes from the states and courts willing to produce it, and we give our analysis away for free — so nobody has to wonder who paid for the answer.
Where the data comes from.
Quarterly rosters of every licensed Texas attorney — name, bar number, firm, law school, license date, practice areas, and any disciplinary history on record.
Case filings from civil district courts and the Texas Office of Court Administration. Public dockets, parsed into per-attorney case history.
Reviews come from accounts with a confirmed email address — no anonymous drive-bys. We verify the email, not the reviewer's identity or the underlying attorney-client engagement.