Law Firm Website Design Los Angeles
A person looking for a lawyer is usually stressed and comparing three or four firms in a few minutes. They want to know what you handle, who you are, and how to reach you today. We build law firm sites that put those answers up front and leave out the filler.
Quick answer
Clouds Agency is a Los Angeles studio that designs and builds websites for law firms. A real person on our team plans the site structure, designs each practice area page and attorney profile, builds the intake form and sets up local search, working to general attorney advertising rules that your firm or its ethics counsel confirms before launch.
Prospective clients leave when they cannot tell what you do
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Template sites that look like everyone else
Gavel icons and stock handshakes tell a visitor nothing about your firm. Real attorney photos, plain descriptions of your cases, and a clear point of view make a firm easier to remember and to call.
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Practice areas lumped on one page
A single page that lists every area of law is hard to read and hard to find in search. Someone looking for an employment attorney should land on a page about employment law, written for them.
03
The contact form asks too much or too little
Long forms lose people who are already nervous. Forms with no way to describe the matter waste your intake staff time. We design the form and the call button around how your office actually takes new matters.
How We Help
What we build for law firms
Practice area pages
One page per area of law you handle, written in plain language, with the questions clients ask and a clear next step.
Attorney bios and firm story
Profiles with real photos and a short account of each attorney background. We can shoot portraits and a short firm video if you want them.
Intake and contact forms
A short form, a click-to-call button and a clear confirmation message. We keep what the form collects limited and review the wording with you.
Local search setup
Page structure, titles and Google Business Profile details that help people near your office find you for the work you actually do.
Before You Sign
What to ask when you hire for a law firm website
Questions a managing partner or office manager can put to any agency, with what a good answer sounds like. This is general information, not legal advice.
Advertising rules
Who checks the site against our state bar advertising rules?
In California, Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct bars false or misleading communications about a lawyer or the lawyer's services, and other states have their own versions. A good answer: the agency says plainly it is not a source of legal advice, builds with your ethics reviewer in the loop and gives you final copy to approve.
Claims
How do you handle case results, testimonials and the word specialist?
These are where advertising problems usually start. In California a lawyer may describe themselves as a certified specialist only when the State Bar Board of Legal Specialization or another approved body has certified them. A good answer: nothing goes up unless you supply it and approve it, and wording that implies a guaranteed outcome gets flagged instead of written.
Confidentiality
Where does the intake form send what people type, and who can read it?
Visitors often describe their situation in the first message, and state rules set duties toward prospective clients. A good answer names the form tool, where submissions are stored and who gets the email notification. It also covers a short notice on the form that sending it does not create an attorney-client relationship, if your firm wants one.
Structure
Will each practice area get its own page, and who writes it?
Someone searching for an employment attorney in Glendale should land on a page written for that. A good answer: one page per area of law, drafted with your attorneys' input, with local detail such as courthouses or neighborhoods only where it is true. Be wary of dozens of near-identical city pages with the name swapped.
Attorney bios
How are bios and portraits handled when attorneys join or leave?
Credentials, admissions and honors on a bio have to be accurate and current. A good answer: you supply and verify the facts, the agency edits for clarity, portrait usage is in writing, and a departing attorney's page can come down or redirect the same day without a developer.
Tracking
How will we know which calls and forms came from the site?
Ask what is measured and what is recorded. California generally requires the consent of all parties to record a confidential phone call, so call tracking that records audio needs a notice in the greeting. A good answer: simple form and click-to-call tracking first, recording off unless your counsel approves it.
Questions people ask
Do you know the rules on attorney advertising?
We build to a general standard: no guarantees of outcomes, clear disclaimers where you want them, and no invented testimonials. Advertising rules vary by state and practice area, so your firm or its ethics counsel should review the final copy. We are a design studio, not a source of legal advice.
How long does a law firm website take?
Most sites take 4 to 8 weeks from kickoff to delivery. Attorney bios and practice area copy usually decide the schedule, so the sooner we get them, the faster the launch.
What content do we need to provide?
Attorney bios, practice areas, the types of matters you take, contact details, and photos if you have them. We can help write and organize this, and we can plan a portrait session. You approve everything before it goes live.
Who owns the website and domain?
Your firm does. The domain is registered under your name and you receive all logins at handoff, along with a walkthrough for adding news items and updating bios.
Can the contact form be kept confidential?
We can add a note that submitting the form does not create an attorney-client relationship, if your firm wants one. Where the form data goes and who sees it depends on the tools you choose, which we will discuss up front.
Can a law firm website show past case results?
Often yes, with care. California Rule 7.1 prohibits false or misleading communications, and a result presented without context can mislead. Many firms add a statement that results depend on the facts of each case. Rules differ by state, so your firm or its ethics counsel decides the wording. This is general information, not legal advice; check your state bar.
Can a lawyer call themselves a specialist or an expert on a website?
Be careful with it. In California, a lawyer may claim to be a certified specialist only when certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization or another approved organization, and the certifying body has to be identified. Saying you focus on or practice in an area is a different statement. Confirm wording with the State Bar rules or your counsel.
Does a law firm website have to be ADA accessible?
Courts differ on how the ADA applies to business websites, and accessibility demand letters and lawsuits have been filed against many kinds of businesses. We build with keyboard navigation, readable contrast, labeled forms and alt text, and test before launch. No site can be guaranteed immune, so ask your counsel how your firm should handle it. General information, not legal advice.
What affects the cost of a law firm website?
The main factors are the number of practice area pages, how many attorney bios and portraits, who writes the copy, whether a video or photo session is included, intake form and scheduling tools, and moving content from an old site. We quote after seeing the scope, so a firm with three practice areas and one with twelve get different numbers.