# California State Bar Attorney Scraper — Phone, Firm, License (`scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper`) Actor

Scrape licensed California attorneys from the State Bar directory — name, bar number, firm, mailing address, city, phone, website, license status, law school and admission date. Filter by city, name, firm or bar-number range. No login. Export JSON/CSV.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Agents
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 per attorney returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## California State Bar Attorney Scraper

Turn the official **State Bar of California** licensee directory into a structured, ready-to-use attorney lead list — one clean row per licensed attorney, with phone, firm, mailing address and license status.

California is the largest bar in the United States (250k+ licensees) — the definitive contact universe for anyone who sells to attorneys.

### What you get

One row per attorney:

- `name`, `barNumber`, `licenseStatus` (Active / Inactive / Not Eligible / Resigned / Disbarred / Suspended)
- `firmName`, `address`, `city`, `state`, `zip` — parsed from the published mailing address
- `phone`, `fax` — in **plaintext** on the source
- `website` — when the attorney lists one
- `county`, `lawSchool`, `admissionDate`, `practiceAreas` (self-reported)
- `hasDisciplinaryRecord` — boolean, derived from the public license-history table
- `profileUrl`, `scrapedAt`

> **Email is NOT returned.** The State Bar obfuscates attorney emails with JavaScript decoys (about 20 fake `mailto:` spans per page, only the real one un-hidden by client-side script at runtime), so no HTTP/HTML scrape can reliably pick the real address. This actor returns **phone, firm and mailing address**, which the State Bar publishes in plaintext. No email is claimed anywhere.

### Use cases

- Build **malpractice-insurance** prospect lists (carriers & brokers)
- **Legal-SaaS** outbound (practice-management, e-signature, billing)
- **CLE / bar-prep** marketing lists
- **Legal recruiting** and lateral sourcing
- **Expert-witness** and co-counsel sourcing
- Attorney **license verification** (status + bar number + admission date)

### Inputs

Two modes:

**1. Search (default)** — targeted pulls:

- `queries` — free-text terms (a last name, a firm, or `lastname, city`). Each query returns up to **500** attorneys (the site's hard cap). If a query hits 500, the log tells you to narrow it (e.g. add a city or split by last-name prefix).
- `cities` — exact-match city search (Advanced Search) when you want everyone in a city.
- `statusFilter` — keep only the license statuses you want (e.g. just `Active`). Empty = keep all.

**2. Bar-number range** — full-coverage crawl:

- `barNumberStart` / `barNumberEnd` — bar numbers are sequential, so a range walks every profile in `[start, end]`.

`maxRecords` caps how many attorneys the run returns (cost/speed guard).

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchMode": "search",
  "queries": ["smith"],
  "cities": ["Los Angeles"],
  "statusFilter": ["Active"],
  "maxRecords": 1000
}
```

### Output sample

```json
{
  "barNumber": "290151",
  "name": "Aaron Thomas Smith",
  "licenseStatus": "Active",
  "firmName": "Aaron T. Smith PC",
  "address": "1550 NW Eastman Pkwy, Ste 180, Gresham, OR 97030-3848",
  "city": "Gresham",
  "state": "OR",
  "zip": "97030-3848",
  "county": "",
  "phone": "503-667-5300",
  "fax": null,
  "website": null,
  "email": null,
  "lawSchool": "Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA",
  "admissionDate": "6/6/2013",
  "practiceAreas": "Elder Law; Trusts & Estates; Wills & Probate",
  "hasDisciplinaryRecord": false,
  "profileUrl": "https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/290151",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the Apify API.

### Pricing

**Pay per result** — you are charged **per attorney record** returned (the `attorney-scraped` event). No subscription, no monthly minimum. Set `maxRecords` to bound spend on any run.

### Legal note

This data is **public record** published by the State Bar of California. Use it only for lawful B2B outreach and license verification. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws (including anti-spam and privacy rules) when contacting attorneys.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchMode` (type: `string`):

Search = partition by your queries (each ≤500 results). Range = crawl every bar number in \[start,end].

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Free-text QuickSearch terms — a last name, firm, or 'lastname, city'. Each query returns up to 500 attorneys.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City names for AdvancedSearch (exact match). Use when you want everyone in a city.

## `statusFilter` (type: `array`):

Keep only these statuses. Empty = keep all.

## `barNumberStart` (type: `integer`):

Range mode only.

## `barNumberEnd` (type: `integer`):

Range mode only.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Cap on attorneys returned this run (cost/speed guard).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchMode": "search",
  "queries": [
    "smith"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles"
  ],
  "statusFilter": [
    "Active"
  ],
  "barNumberStart": 300000,
  "barNumberEnd": 300500,
  "maxRecords": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of scraped California attorneys (one item per licensee).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "smith"
    ],
    "cities": [
        "Los Angeles"
    ],
    "statusFilter": [
        "Active"
    ],
    "barNumberStart": 300000,
    "barNumberEnd": 300500,
    "maxRecords": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "queries": ["smith"],
    "cities": ["Los Angeles"],
    "statusFilter": ["Active"],
    "barNumberStart": 300000,
    "barNumberEnd": 300500,
    "maxRecords": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "smith"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles"
  ],
  "statusFilter": [
    "Active"
  ],
  "barNumberStart": 300000,
  "barNumberEnd": 300500,
  "maxRecords": 25
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/ca-attorney-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hZvUPcAhK2W2K5clI/builds/MKIsp9VQztTesi9z9/openapi.json