Press Resources and Media Kit

For reporters, editors, researchers, and fact-checkers working on the California legal profession. Everything on this page may be used without asking; figures should carry the observation date beside them.

Boilerplate

The California Attorney Registry is an independent index of the public attorney roll maintained by the State Bar of California. Every licensed California attorney has a page, sourced from the official record and shown with transparent provenance markers. The registry issues no ratings, rankings, or scores, does not operate a lawyer referral service, and does not paywall public contact information.

Fast facts

All figures observed 2026-07-22.

• 278,688 licensee records on the State Bar of California roll — 202,146 active, 76,542 inactive. Source: State Bar of California, Records request 26-1100 — full attorney roll dataset (2026-07 extract), counts verified at import.
• Coverage spans 58 California counties and 32 cities across 20 practice areas.
• 285 law schools and 928 law firms have published pages, each above a stated minimum number of California licensees.
• 215 plain-language legal answers, each naming the California statute or decision it rests on.
• Publishing since 2025. Attorney records synchronize against State Bar data daily at 04:00 Pacific.

More figures, reuse terms, and a machine-readable file: registry data. Full method: methodology.

What we can speak to

• The composition of the California bar as the public roll records it — size, active and inactive status, geography, alma mater and employer distribution.
• How attorney directories work commercially: pay-for-placement, rating models, referral-service regulation in California, and why this registry is built the way it is.
• Data provenance and verification method — how a fact gets onto a profile and what happens when it is wrong.

What we will not do

• Characterize a named attorney's ability, reputation, or likely results. The registry issues no ratings and holds no view.
• Recommend counsel for a story subject or reader, or discuss anyone's legal matter.
• Provide legal advice. Everything published is general legal information about California law.
• Share attorney contact details beyond what already appears on the public State Bar record.

Contact

Press enquiries: info@californiaattorneyregistry.com. Please include your outlet, the question, and your deadline — a real deadline gets a faster answer than an open-ended request. Postal: 600 B St, San Diego, CA 92101.

Name and logo

• Written name: California Attorney Registry. Not "CAR" on first reference, and never rendered as an arm of the State Bar of California, which it is not affiliated with.
• Logo file: car-logo-full.webp. Use it unmodified — no recoloring, stretching, or added elements — and only to identify the registry.
• When quoting a figure, link to the page it came from and give the observation date. Suggested form: California Attorney Registry, https://californiaattorneyregistry.com/data, accessed [date].

Corrections

If something published here is wrong, say so at info@californiaattorneyregistry.com with the URL. The corrections policy, including what happens when this site and the official State Bar record disagree, is on the about page.