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For law firms

Marketing, websites and systems built for law firms.

Law firms grow when the right client can find them, trust them fast and reach them before the next firm does.

Step 1 of 2

How can we help you get found?

What do you need help with?

Next: name, email and budget. That’s it.

That takes practice-area authority built on primary sources, intake that answers in minutes, and advertising that stays inside the bar rules. We have built for this type of firm and for the case-connection services that feed them: state-by-state registry pages, reference content drawn from statutes and court records, attorney-advertising disclosures on every page, Meta campaigns with multi-seller TCPA consent proof, and intake wired into Clio, Lawmatics, CASEpeer or Filevine. Our lead-generation work for firms is flat fee only, never a share of recovery, so the arrangement is one your ethics counsel can sign.

Questions this page answers

  • Marketing agency for law firms
  • Who is the best company to run Meta ads for a personal injury law firm
  • Law firm website design with attorney advertising disclosures
  • Flat fee lead generation for law firms that is bar compliant
  • Clio Lawmatics integration for law firm intake
  • How to build state by state legal content pages that rank
How this business works

Where growth is won or lost in law firms.

A person searching for a lawyer is usually in the worst week of the year: an arrest, a crash, a divorce filing, a letter from an agency. They search on a phone, read a page or two, and contact two or three firms inside the same hour. The first firm that answers with a human, asks the conflict questions and books a consult usually signs the case. Case value varies enormously by practice: an injury contingency matter can be worth many multiples of an hourly family case, which is why injury keywords cost what they cost and why an unanswered call there is the firm's most expensive miss.

Bar advertising rules shape every word. No promises of outcomes, testimonial disclaimers, attorney advertising labels in some states, a responsible attorney named, and no specialist or expert claims without board certification. Fee sharing with non-lawyers is prohibited, so a vendor paid on a share of recovery is a problem, not a partner. Prior vendors typically delivered a template site with boilerplate practice pages, ran Local Services Ads or search with no intake plan behind them, and bought leads whose consent trail named nobody. The firm paid for calls at hours nobody answered and could not say which campaign produced the cases that signed.

We treat intake as the product. Every form and call reaches a human within minutes, day or night, with conflict questions asked first and the matter created in the firm's practice system with source and urgency attached. Content is built from statutes, court rules and public records, so it earns rankings and AI citations that boilerplate never will. Every page and ad renders the disclosure its state requires from one source, so an update ships everywhere at once. When paid leads are used, each arrives with a consent record naming the firm, and we are paid a fixed fee, never a percentage of what the firm recovers.

What holds growth back

The problems we fix in law firms.

  • Content that says nothing

    Most firm sites repeat the same practice-area boilerplate as every competitor. Without primary-source reference content on statutes, deadlines and court procedure, the site never earns the rankings or AI citations that bring cases.

  • Intake that loses the case

    A potential client who fills out a form at 9pm and hears nothing until the next afternoon has already hired someone else. Speed-to-lead, after-hours routing and a conflict check step are the difference.

  • Advertising that risks the license

    Missing attorney-advertising disclosures, testimonials without the required language and lead vendors paid on a share of recovery all create bar exposure. Growth has to be built on compliant footing.

  • Paid leads with no consent trail

    Purchased leads without multi-seller TCPA consent proof expose the firm to the same litigation it defends for others. Every lead needs a consent record that names the firm as a permitted caller.

What we build

Web, marketing, creative and systems for law firms.

Built on your accounts, wired into the tools your team already runs, and measured to booked work.

The pages that sell for a law firms company
Home
  • Practice-area pages from primary sources
  • Matter-type pages
  • Jurisdiction and court pages
  • Attorney profiles
  • Results and testimonials page
  • Consultation and intake page
  • Fees page
  • Process guides

Each page answers one intent, carries one call to action, and lands the lead in your CRM with the page attached.

Web

Websites and digital product.

Deep pages per practice area and matter type, built from statutes, court rules and agency records with citations shown, structured so search engines and the major AI platforms can quote them.

  • State-by-state registry pagesProgrammatic pages per state and jurisdiction with the deadlines, filing rules and local courts that matter, each with unique content and a hub that links every child page.
  • Intake forms with conflict awarenessShort, staged intake that captures the matter, the parties and the timeline, flags likely conflicts for staff, and routes urgent matters to a phone call immediately.
  • Disclosure systemAttorney-advertising notices, responsible-attorney designations, jurisdiction statements and testimonial disclaimers rendered from a single source so every page carries the right language for its state.
  • Attorney and case pagesProfiles and representative matter pages written to bar rules, with schema markup and photography direction so the firm looks like the firm clients want to hire.
When each channel earns its keep in law firms
  • Local Services AdsAlways on, paused only when intake is unstaffed
  • Google Search by matter typeAlways on, dayparted to staffed intake or an answering service
  • Google Business ProfileWeekly posts, review requests after every closed matter
  • Meta with consent proofCampaign bursts by case type, retargeting always on
  • Primary-source content publishingWeekly, refreshed when a statute or court rule changes
  • Referral partnersQuarterly touch, collateral refreshed annually
Marketing

Demand, search and reputation.

Lead and traffic campaigns on Meta built with multi-seller TCPA consent language, TrustedForm certificates on every form and creative that meets attorney-advertising rules in each state.

  • Search and Local Services AdsGoogle search by matter type and jurisdiction, Local Services Ads where the practice qualifies, and negatives that remove pro se research, job seekers and unrelated matters.
  • Primary-source reference contentA publishing calendar of explainer pages drawn from statutes, rulings and agency data, written for the client's actual question and cited so the page earns links and AI citations.
  • Reviews and directory presenceSystems for requesting client reviews in compliant language, and consistent profiles on Google Business Profile and the legal directories that send cases.
What a law firms brand system includes
  • Case-type creativeAd and social units per matter type written in plain language, reviewed against the state's advertising rules before launch and refreshed on a schedule.
  • Video for the first impressionShort attorney videos answering the questions clients ask before calling, shot with a script that keeps promises and outcomes out of the frame.
  • Print and referral collateralReferral cards, intake packets and letterhead that match the site, for the referral partners and past clients who send the best cases.
Creative

Brand, photography and collateral.

Identity, voice and palette that read as steady and competent, with photography direction for the actual attorneys and office rather than gavels and columns.

Where a law firms lead travels

Comes in from

  • Website forms
  • Tracked calls
  • Ads and LSA
  • Google Business Profile

Lands in

  • Clio
  • Lawmatics
  • CASEpeer

Comes back as

  • Per-source attribution
  • Automated follow-up
  • One weekly scoreboard

Built to your system of record, not around it. Nothing is re-keyed by hand.

Development and systems

Integration, automation and data.

Form and call leads create the contact and matter in the firm's system with source, practice area and urgency tagged, and start the follow-up sequence immediately.

  • Speed-to-lead dialer and SMSNew leads trigger a call to intake staff or an answering service within seconds, with SMS confirmation to the client and escalation when nobody answers.
  • Multi-seller consent recordsEvery paid lead stored with the consent text, timestamp, certificate and the list of named sellers, retrievable on request for the firm or its counsel.
  • Call tracking and matter attributionCallRail numbers per campaign with recordings tagged to the matter, so the firm knows which campaign produced which signed cases and which produced noise.
  • Case-connection deliveryFor case-connection services, delivery to partner firms on a flat-fee basis with dedupe, jurisdiction routing and a ledger that reconciles against invoices.
Site blueprint

What a great law firms website contains.

The pages that do the selling for this kind of company, and what each one has to do to turn a visit into a call.

  • Practice-area pages from primary sources

    Each practice area written from the statute, the deadline and the court procedure with citations shown, so the page earns rankings and AI citations instead of matching every competitor.

  • Matter-type pages

    First-offense DWI, rear-end collision, contested custody: one page per matter type that matches how people actually search and routes to the right intake path.

  • Jurisdiction and court pages

    County and court pages with local filing rules, deadlines and addresses, linked from a hub that lists every jurisdiction the firm accepts.

  • Attorney profiles

    Bar admissions, board certifications only where held, publications and a photograph of the actual attorney, marked up so search engines connect the person to the practice.

  • Results and testimonials page

    Representative matters and client reviews presented with the disclaimers the state requires, or omitted where the rules do not permit them.

  • Consultation and intake page

    Phone number at the top, a staged form that captures matter, parties and timeline, and a plain description of what happens in the next hour.

  • Fees page

    Contingency, hourly, flat and retainer arrangements explained in plain language, since fee uncertainty is the most common reason a qualified caller hesitates.

  • Process guides

    What happens after an arrest, after a crash, after being served: step-by-step guides that answer the pre-hire question and end with the intake path.

  • Spanish-language pages

    Full translations of practice, intake and process pages where the market needs them, with a Spanish-speaking intake path behind the form.

Channel plan

Where the demand comes from, and when.

Local Services AdsPay-per-lead calls with the screened badge where the practice qualifies, weighted toward the highest-value practice areasAlways on, paused only when intake is unstaffed
Google Search by matter typeHigh-intent captures for people who know what they need, with negatives for pro se research and job seekersAlways on, dayparted to staffed intake or an answering service
Google Business ProfileThe map pack result for lawyer-near-me searches, built on reviews, posts and answered questionsWeekly posts, review requests after every closed matter
Meta with consent proofProspecting for injury and mass tort matter types and retargeting of site visitors, with disclosures in the creativeCampaign bursts by case type, retargeting always on
Primary-source content publishingEarns rankings and AI citations for the questions clients ask before they hireWeekly, refreshed when a statute or court rule changes
Referral partnersOther firms, medical providers, accountants and bondsmen who send the best cases and expect a same-day call backQuarterly touch, collateral refreshed annually
Legal directoriesConsistent profiles on the directories clients check, plus a secondary lead source answered like any otherProfile audit quarterly
Systems we integrate

The tools law firms already run on.

We build to your system of record rather than around it. Leads, calls, jobs and revenue land where your team already works, with the attribution attached.

  • Clio

    Contacts, matters and intake forms created from web and call leads with source tracking.

  • Lawmatics

    Intake pipelines, automations and e-signature engagement letters triggered from the website.

  • CASEpeer

    Personal injury intake and case records created from qualified leads with campaign attribution.

  • Filevine

    Projects and contacts created from intake with custom fields for matter type and jurisdiction.

  • HubSpot

    Marketing contacts, sequences and reporting for firms that run business development outside the case system.

  • CallRail

    Campaign tracking numbers, recordings and call scoring tied to the matter record.

  • ActiveProspect TrustedForm

    Consent certificates on every form submission for TCPA multi-seller proof.

What we run the account by

  1. Speed to first human contact.

    Minutes from form or call to a person on the line; the case usually goes to whoever gets there first.

  2. Cost per signed case by source.

    Not cost per lead; a signed engagement, split by practice area and channel, is what justifies the injury keyword budget.

  3. Consult set and show rate.

    Leads that book a consultation and then attend; a low show rate points to a slow confirmation or a weak reminder sequence.

  4. Intake qualification rate.

    Share of leads inside the firm's practice areas and jurisdictions; a fall usually means the ad negatives or page targeting slipped.

  5. Review velocity.

    New Google reviews per month with responses; steady arrivals matter more than a burst for the map pack and for client trust.

Rules we respect

  • State bar advertising rules.

    No outcome promises, required disclaimers on testimonials and results, attorney advertising labels where mandated, a named responsible attorney, and ad copies retained for the period the state sets.

  • Specialist and expert claims.

    Specialist, expert and certified may appear only with the board certification the state recognizes, and the certifying body has to be named alongside the claim.

  • Fee sharing and referral rules.

    Marketing vendors are paid flat fees, never a share of recovery, and any case-connection arrangement is structured so the firm is not buying referrals.

  • TCPA and multi-seller consent on purchased leads.

    Every paid lead needs a consent record naming the firm as a permitted caller, with text, timestamp and certificate retrievable when a plaintiff asks.

How an engagement runs

The law firms playbook.

  1. Audit the site, the intake and the ads.

    We review the content against competitors and primary sources, time the intake response, and check every page and ad for disclosure gaps. The findings rank what costs cases and what risks the license.

  2. Fix intake and disclosures first.

    Speed-to-lead routing, after-hours coverage, consent capture and the disclosure system go in before new traffic, so every lead that arrives is answered fast and on compliant footing.

  3. Build authority and the registry.

    Practice-area pages, state-by-state registry pages and primary-source reference content launch with schema, hub pages linking every child page and an indexing plan for the whole set.

  4. Run campaigns and report by signed case.

    We run Meta, search and Local Services Ads, publish reference content monthly, and report leads and signed matters by campaign so the firm knows what to scale and what to stop.

Everything, run your way
  • Strategy and brandwe lead it or back your team
  • Paid mediamanaged day to day
  • Search and AI visibilityrun and reported monthly
  • Websites and hostingbuilt, hosted and cared for
  • CRM and lead systemsrun for you or with you
  • Creative and contentproduced in-house

Fully managed, alongside your team, or built and handed off. Month to month after the initial term.

Why Theory Road

Why law firms choose us.

State registry pages, primary-source content, disclosure systems and consent-proof lead delivery are things we have shipped, on both the firm side and the case-connection side of the table.

  • Flat fee only, never a share of recoveryOur lead-generation work for firms is priced as a flat fee for the work, never a percentage of what a case recovers, which keeps the arrangement inside the fee-sharing rules your ethics counsel enforces.
  • Authority built from primary sourcesWe write from statutes, court rules and agency records with citations shown, which is what earns the rankings and AI citations that generic practice-area copy never will.
Perspectives

Reading for law firms.

All perspectives
Questions

Hiring an agency for a law firms business.

flat fee lead generation for law firms that is bar compliant
Our lead-generation work is billed as a flat fee for the marketing and systems we build and run, never as a percentage of recovery or a per-case share, which keeps it outside the rules against sharing fees with non-lawyers. Every paid lead carries multi-seller TCPA consent proof. Your ethics counsel reviews the arrangement before we start.
How do you keep our advertising compliant with state bar rules?
Attorney-advertising notices, responsible-attorney designations, jurisdiction statements and testimonial disclaimers come from a single disclosure system, so each page and ad carries the language its state requires. Creative is reviewed against the state's rules before launch. We work from your counsel's approved language and flag anything that promises outcomes.
What is a state-by-state registry page and why does it rank?
It is a page per state or jurisdiction with the deadlines, filing rules, courts and agencies that matter for a practice area, each with unique content drawn from primary sources. A hub page links every one of them so nothing is orphaned. Search engines and the major AI platforms cite pages that answer a specific question with a citation.
Which case management systems do you connect intake to?
Clio, Lawmatics, CASEpeer and Filevine most often, with HubSpot for firms that run business development separately. Web forms and tracked calls create the contact and matter with source, practice area and urgency, and trigger the follow-up sequence and the speed-to-lead call within seconds of submission.
Do you run Meta ads for law firms?
Yes. Meta lead and traffic campaigns for firms and case-connection services, built with multi-seller TCPA consent language, TrustedForm certificates on every form and creative reviewed against attorney-advertising rules. We report by signed matter, not just by lead, and we pair Meta with search and Local Services Ads where the practice qualifies.
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