Best Citations for Law Firms in 2023 [Download List]. Download the Top Attorney Citations Now

This post was last revised with new, up-to-date information on June 22, 2023.

If you’re serious about ranking in Google’s 3 pack, Google Maps or local finder you can’t ignore the importance of citations.

While the importance of citations has decreased over the years, citations are still an important ranking factor and can also provide highly relevant links to your website.

This is especially true for legal and local business directories that already rank for important keywords in your market.

If you’re working for a law firm you probably realize that links and mentions from authoritative legal websites and prominent local business directories are very important.

When you’re building citations you want to focus primarily on QUALITY over QUANTITY. There are a million small legal directories out there but if they don’t provide a ranking benefit or the possibility of referral traffic you can generally stay away from them.

What Are Citations?

Citations are simply your business name, address, phone number and website listed on a business directory like Yelp.com. In the SEO industry, we call this NAP or NAP+W (Name, Address, Phone Number + Website). These play less of a part in 2023 but are still tables-takes for a successful attorney SEO campaign.

How Do Citations Help With Local SEO?

Having accurate and non-duplicative citations can help tell Google that a business is real and it actually exists. Having these from highly recognized sources act as a vote of confidence in their eyes and help with rankings. Although these have been greatly minimized as a ranking factor in 2023, they are still table stake. If you’re a lawyer competing in the Local SEO space, you need to make sure you have the right citations.

There is also a potential added benefit of link equity. Anywhere your NAP is listed, you should also have a link back to your website. This can help with your law firm organic SEO strategy. Take advantage of our local citation list and help improve your rankings.

Are These The Best Citation Sources for Attorneys?

This list is a curated list we work off of to help guide our citation building efforts for our clients. Since locally relevant directories exist in every metropolitan area like Chamber of Commerce’s, this list should not be considered the end all be all.

You should combine this list with a list you curate in your specific geographic area. Find out what business directories get the attention in your local area and focus on those as well.

This list uses the domain authority metric as a guide of how you could prioritize your efforts. If you care about Local SEO you need to care about citations.

The list here is comprehensive local citations for divorce lawyers, personal injury attorneys, and everything in between but make sure to add to it with niche specific directories.

My Five Rules for Using The Attorney Citation List:

1. Vet these sources yourself. Things change and it’s important you’re always on your A Game.
2. Don’t limit yourself to these sources. This list does not include the citation sources that might be powerful in your area.
3. Change your mindset. Don’t just think about the citation value. Think about total search share and the benefits of being visible in more than one place. Notice how Google has been rewarding websites like Avvo, Yelp, and Findlaw recently.
4. If you build a citation, build it right. Don’t create more work for someone in the future. Fill out your profiles completely and make them look good. Don’t ignore adding pictures or connecting your social profiles.
5. Don’t build duplicates. Seriously. Check the website FIRST every SINGLE TIME. Search by your business name, phone number, or even the search string in Google.  Site:Citationsource.com Mywebsite.com To use this successfully replace citationsource.com with the website of the citation. Also you can replace mywebsite.com with your phone number or business name. This will show if Google has an indexed listing for you on their website.

The Top Legal Citation Sources for 2023

Below is the raw list of the best citations for local SEO. If you would like the full list with the submit URL’s simply fill out the form below and we will email it right to you.

#	Website Name	Root Domain	Domain Authority	Free or Paid?
1	2 Find Location	www.2FindLocation.com	65	Free
2	Acxiom	www.acxiom.com	75	Free
3	Alphalegal	www.alphalegal.com	35	Free
4	Angies List	www.Angieslist.com	89	Free
5	APLawyers	www.aplawyers.com	26	Paid
6	AttorneyPages	attorneypages.com	48	Paid
7	Attorneys Lawyer	www.attorneyslawyer.org	34	Free
8	Avvo	www.avvo.com	84	Free
9	B2B Yellow Pages	www.b2byellowpages.com	50	Free
10	BailBond	www.bailbond.com	38	Free
11	Bankruptcy Attorney Directory	www.bankruptcyattorneydir.com	22	Paid
12	Best Lawyers	www.bestlawyers.com	75	Free
13	Bing Places	www.bingplaces.com	69	Paid
14	Brain Injury Lawyer Directory	www.braininjurylawyerdir.com	18	Paid
15	Brown Book	www.brownbook.net	62	Free
16	Car Accident Attorney Directory	www.caraccidentattorneydir.com	20	Paid
17	Car Accident Lawyer Directory	www.caraccidentlawyerdir.com	16	Paid
18	Chamber Of Commerce	www.chamberofcommerce.com	67	Paid
19	City Squares	www.citysquares.com	56	Free
20	Citysearch	www.citysearch.com	85	Free
21	CourthouseSquare	www.courthousesquare.com	27	Free
22	Criminal Attorney Directory	www.criminalattorneydir.com	17	Paid
23	Cylex	www.cylex-usa.com	52	Free
24	Dilawctory	www.dilawctory.com	33	Free
25	Divorce Attorney Directory	www.divorceattorneydir.com	20	Paid
26	Divorce Magazine	www.divorcemag.com	57	Free
27	DMV	www.local.dmv.org	74	Paid
28	DNB	www.dnb.com	86	Free
29	Dog Bite Lawyer	www.dogbitelawyerdir.com	18	Paid
30	Domestic Violence Attorney Directory	www.domesticviolenceattorneydir.com	20	Paid
31	DUI Attorney Directory	www.duiattorneydir.com	17	Paid
32	ELocal	www.elocal.com	58	Free
33	Express Update	www.expressupdate.com	48	Free
34	EzLocal	www.ezlocal.com	53	Free
35	Facebook	www.facebook.com	100	Paid
36	Factual	www.factual.com	67	Paid
37	Family Attornet Directory	www.familyattorneydir.com	21	Paid
38	FInd a Bankruptcy Lawyer	www.findabankruptcylawyer.com	26	Free
39	Find a Criminal Defense Attorney	www.findacriminaldefenseattorney.com	36	Free
40	Find a Family Law Attorney	www.findafamilyattorney.com	26	Free
41	Find a Lawyer by City	www.findlawyersbycity.com	16	Free
42	Find a Lawyer Free	www.findalawyerfree.com	25	Free
43	Findlaw	www.findlaw.com	92	Free
44	ForLocations	www.forlocations.com	35	Free
45	FourSquare	www.foursquare.com	94	Free
46	GayLawNet	www.gaylawnet.com	38	Free
47	GetAttorney	www.getattorney.net	17	Free
48	GetLawyersOnilne	www.getlawyersonline.com	23	Paid
49	HG.org	www.hg.org	85	Free
50	HotFrog	www.hotfrog.com	67	Free
51	I Lawyer Source	www.ilawyersource.com	34	Paid
52	Index Lawyer	www.indexlawyer.com	21	Reciprocal
53	Injury Attorney Directory	www.injuryattorneydir.com	19	Paid
54	Insider Pages	www.insiderpages.com	71	Free
55	Justia	www.justia.com	82	Free
56	Kudzu	www.kudzu.com	77	Free
57	Law Files	www.lawfiles.net	29	Free
58	Law Firm Directory	www.lawfirmdirectory.org	41	Paid
59	Law Firm Offices	www.lawfirmoffices.com	23	Paid
60	Law Firms	www.lawfirms.com	43	Free
61	Law Guru	www.lawguru.com	72	Free
62	Law Info	www.lawinfo.com	70	Paid
63	Law QA	www.lawqa.com	40	Free
64	Law Referral Connect	www.lawreferralconnect.com	41	Free
65	Law Research	www.lawresearch.com	50	Paid
66	LawLink	www.lawlink.com	44	Free
67	Lawyer Legion	www.lawyerlegion.com	29	Free
68	Lawyer Profiles	www.lawyerprofiles.com	29	Paid
69	Lawyer Solicitor	www.lawyersolicitor.co.uk	24	Reciprocal
70	Lawyer.com	www.lawyer.com	54	Free
71	LawyerCentral	www.lawyercentral.com	41	Free
72	Lawyers Attorney Directory	www.lawyersattorneysdirectory.com	25	Free
73	Lawyers DB	www.lawyersdb.com	32	Free
74	Lawyers Law, Cornell	www.lawyers.law.cornell.ed	94	Free
75	Lawyers US Legal	www.lawyers.uslegal.com	58	Free
76	Lawyers-and-Solicitors	www.lawyers-and-solicitors.com	35	Paid
77	Lawyers.com	www.lawyers.com	86	Paid
78	LawyerUCLA	www.lawyerucla.com	30	Paid
79	Lead Counsel	www.leadcounsel.org	52	Free
80	Legal Docs	www.legaldocs.com	53	Free
81	Legal Free Financing	www.legalfeefinancing.org	13	Paid
82	Legal Help Mate	www.legalhelpmate.com	42	Paid
83	Legal Menu	www.legalmenu.com	27	Free
84	Legal Web Finder	www.legalwebfinder.com	28	Free
85	List Lawyers	www.list-lawyers.com	16	Free
86	Local	www.local.com	69	Free
87	Magic Yellow	www.magicyellow.com	53	Free
88	Manta	www.manta.com	87	Free
89	Map Quest	www.mapquest.com	94	Free
90	Martindale	www.martindale.com	31	Paid
91	Merchant Circle	www.merchantcircle.com	85	Paid
92	Mojo Pages	www.mojopages.com	64	Free
93	MoreLaw	www.morelaw.com	49	Free
94	My Huckleberry	www.myhuckleberry.com	46	Paid
95	My Web Yellow	www.mywebyellow.com	26	Free
96	MyLeagalPractice	www.mylegalpractice.com	29	Reciprocal
97	Neustar	www.neustarlocaleze.bi	56	Paid
98	Nolo	www.nolo.com	87	Free
99	Path Leagal	www.pathlegal.com	36	Free
100	Riabiz	www.riabiz.com	44	Free
101	Sales Spider	www.salespider.com	52	Free
102	Show Me Local	www.showmelocal.com	59	Free
103	State Lawyers	www.statelawyers.com	44	Paid
104	Superlawyers	www.attorneys.superlawyers.com	85	Free
105	SuperPages	www.superpages.com	83	Free
106	Target Law	www.targetlaw.com	36	Free
107	Three Best Rated	www.threebestrated.com	33	Free
108	Thumbtack	www.thumbtack.com	84	Paid
109	Town-Court	www.town-court.com	37	Paid
110	Truck Accident Lawyer Directory	www.truckaccidentlawyerdir.com	18	Paid
111	Tupalo	www.tupalo.com	58	Free
112	Tuugo	www.tuugo.us	36	Free
113	US Lawyers DB	www.uslawyersdb.com	45	Paid
114	USA Attorney Network	www.usattorneynetwork.com	25	Paid
115	USA Attorneys	www.usaattorneys.org	21	Free
116	WalletHub	www.wallethub.com	71	Free
117	Yasabe	www.Yasabe.com	55	Paid
118	Yellow Pages	www.yellowpages.com	89	Free
119	YellowBook	www.YellowBook.com	85	Free
120	Yellowbot	www.yellowbot.com	70	Free
121	Yelp	www.yelp.com	94	Free
122	YouTube	www.Youtube.com	100	Paid
123	Zip Local	www.ziplocal.com	52	Paid

Download The Whole Top Citation List With The Submit URL Link

To make your life easier we created a spreadsheet with the direct submit a listing URL for each citation source. Download it here.

After You Have Downloaded The Citation List

The citation list comes in a Google Doc. Once you get the link to the file you will want to go to FILE > MAKE A COPY (so that you have your own copy).

Once you have your copy made you will see how easy I made it for you. I included a list with the domain name, the submit URL (Where available), the domain authority, whether they’re free or paid and notes on the costs per each listing where applicable.

I hate to beat a dead horse, but… Be super sure there are no duplicates before you create a new listing. 

Once you’re sure you’re not creating a duplicate all you have to do is click the Submit URL link and fill out the listing as required 🙂

If you’re looking to create the top citations easier check out MozLocal to get the data aggregators and some of the top sources.