Pages built around your practice areas
Not a theme's generic sections with your logo added.
custom law firm website development
Custom law firm websitedevelopment means nothing onthe site is a shared template
Custom law firm website development means every page is coded specifically for your firm's practice areas, attorneys and offices, rather than assembled from a shared theme with your logo swapped in. The difference shows up in how precisely each page can answer the exact question a searcher typed.
What it costs
- Plans$137 a month
- Build fee$797, after launch
- Live in7 days
- Revisions5 a month
- Domain and hostingIncluded
Who this is for
Is this the right page for your firm?
This is for firms that have outgrown a template or a page builder and want pages, an estimator and intake shaped around how they actually take on matters, without starting a months-long agency project.
What "custom" actually changes
A templated site forces your content into sections a theme designer decided on in advance, whether or not they fit how your firm actually works. A custom build starts from your practice areas, your office structure and your consultation process, and the page structure follows from that. A firm with three offices and a niche in maritime law gets pages that reflect exactly that, not a generic "our services" page stretched to cover it.
No lock-in to a page builder or theme
Templated sites often depend on a specific page-builder plugin. If that plugin is discontinued, changes ownership, or has a security flaw, the firm is stuck rebuilding rather than updating. A custom-coded site has no such dependency: the code is built once for your firm and does not rely on a third-party plugin's continued existence.
Custom does not mean slow to launch
Custom development sounds like it should take longer, and with a from-scratch agency project it often does. Our process compresses that by starting from a proven system of pages, forms and the fee estimator, and customizing the content, structure and practice areas around your firm from the onboarding call. Sites launch in 7 to 15 days depending on the plan, not months.
Custom stays custom as the firm changes
A new practice area, a merged office, or a retired service line are all normal changes for a growing firm, and each is handled as a revision rather than a rebuild. Because the site was never assembled from a fixed template in the first place, adding a genuinely new page is straightforward rather than fighting against a theme's built-in structure.
Deliverables
What you get
No page-builder dependency
The code is yours to run without relying on a third-party plugin's survival.
Office and location pages, structured for you
Built around how many offices you actually have, not a fixed template limit.
A fee estimator configured for your billing
Flat fee, hourly or retainer, matched to how your firm actually charges.
Live in 7 to 15 days
Custom without the multi-month agency timeline.
Room to grow without a rebuild
New practice areas and offices are added as revisions, not new projects.
Included
What is included
- The site itself. Home, one page per practice area, attorney bios with admissions, office pages, about, contact and a consultation request form, all custom coded and written for your firm.
- Fee and retainer estimator. An illustrative figure for a flat-fee matter, an hourly engagement at your published rate, or a retainer arrangement. Labeled as not a quote and not legal advice.
- A free domain, in your name. One domain free for as long as the plan is active, registered in your firm's name through Cloudflare Registrar or Spaceship. Already have one? We point it instead. Either way it stays yours.
- Hosting, never an extra. Cloudflare's global network with SSL, CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered bandwidth, included in the monthly fee. No hosting bill, no SSL bill, no bandwidth overage.
- Intake CRM connection. Consultation requests and fee estimates delivered into any CRM by API, Zapier or Make, with practice area and matter type attached.
- A client portal, from day one. An account the day the site goes live. Request revisions, raise support tickets, send files and message the team. 5 revisions a month, each completed in 2 to 5 working days.
Not included
What is not included
- Legal advice or legal review of your content. We are a website company, not a law firm; the firm approves what it publishes.
- Case results, testimonials or ratings we have not been given. We never write or invent them.
- Paid advertising management. We make the landing pages fast and relevant; running the ads is not part of the plans.
- AI usage and carrier fees on Chambers, which are passed through at cost, billed monthly in arrears.
- Revisions beyond 5 a month, which are a flat $20 each. Weekly detail updates never count against them.
- A page builder or admin login for the firm. Changes are requested, not edited.
How it is done
How the work is done, step by step
From the first invoice to a live site you have approved, in 7, 10 or 15 days depending on the plan.
- Day 0Pay the first monthly invoiceChoose Counsel, Chambers or Firmwide and pay the first month. Nothing else is due until the site is live and you have approved it.
- Same dayFill in the onboarding formAbout 15 minutes at /onboarding: practice areas, attorneys and admissions, offices, consultation terms and your intake tool. Anything missing can follow by email or as a ticket in your client portal.
- Within 2 daysOne onboarding callWe walk through your answers, fill the gaps, agree the tone for the practice area pages and set the launch date. That call is the whole brief.
- The buildWe write and build every pagePractice area pages, attorney bios, office pages, the consultation request form wired to your CRM and the fee and retainer estimator, all reviewed with you before launch.
- LaunchLive, then the build feeThe site goes live in 7, 10 or 15 days depending on the plan. The $797 build fee is invoiced only after you have approved the live site, and your portal account opens the same day.
Cost and timeline
What it costs, how long it takes, and what drives the price
The price depends on which plan you choose, not on how many pages or hours the build takes. Every plan carries the same $797 build fee, invoiced only after launch.
| Plan | What it adds | Monthly | Live in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counsel | The website, fully managed | $137 / month | 7 days |
| Chambers | Everything, plus the AI Engine | $297 / month + usage | 10 days |
| Firmwide | Everything, plus the Content Engine | $747 / month | 15 days |
In the firm's words
What firms say about their custom law firm website development
Consultation preparation messages used to belong to everyone, which meant they belonged to no one. Every inquiry arrives with an owner, a status, and the context attached. Duplicate replies and orphaned messages have both quietly ended.
Splitting new consultation preparation inquiries from follow-ups sounded minor and was not. New inquiries get the full form; follow-ups take a shorter route with the question itself. The morning triage is minutes rather than an hour.
Case studies
Case studies for this service
Every feature
Every feature,by plan
More than a website. Here is every part of the package in plain terms: what it does, the everyday problem it solves for a firm, what you have to do (usually nothing, or approve), and which plan carries it.
Counsel $137/ monthChambers $297/ month + usageFirmwide $747/ month
Guarantees
What is guaranteedfor this service
The same written terms apply to every site we build, whichever service brought you here.
No build fee until you approve the live site
The $797 build fee is invoiced only after the site is live and you have approved it. Cancel before the build starts and it is never charged.
90+ PageSpeed, in writing
On mobile and desktop for the pages we build and host. If one falls below it because of our work, we fix it at no charge.
Local ranking within 3 to 5 months
Your site starts ranking for local searches within 3 to 5 months of launch, or we keep working at no extra charge until it does.
Uptime credit
If the site is down for more than 24 hours in a month because of something in our control, that month is credited or refunded on request.
No fixed term, no cancellation fee
Cancel any month with 2 business days notice before the next invoice. The domain stays yours and we export your content and articles within 14 days.
Questions about custom law firm website development
Is custom development more expensive than a template site?
Custom development is included in the monthly fee starting at $137 a month, with a $797 build fee invoiced after launch. It is often less expensive over time than a cheap template plus the plugins and maintenance it needs.
Does custom mean I lose the ability to make quick changes?
No. Changes are requested through your client portal and completed within 2 to 5 working days, with 5 included every month. Custom code does not mean slow updates.
Can a custom build still look like the templates shown on your site?
Yes. Templates show a design direction, but every element is rebuilt around your firm's actual practice areas, attorneys and offices before it goes live, so the visual style can match while the content is genuinely yours.
What happens to a custom build if I cancel?
Your domain stays registered in your name, and we provide an export of your content and articles within 14 days of cancellation, per the terms.
What is custom about a custom-coded law firm site?
The pages, structure, content and integrations are built for your firm: your practice areas, attorneys, offices, fee arrangements and intake tool. Only the underlying design system and components are reused.
Can a custom site include the AI receptionist?
Yes, on Chambers and Firmwide. It answers calls, chat, texts and social messages in the firm's name and books consultations, and it never gives legal advice.
Do we own the custom work?
Your domain is registered in the firm's name, and your content and articles are exported within 14 days if you cancel. There is no fixed term.
How long does a custom build take?
7, 10 or 15 days depending on the plan, from the onboarding call to a site you have approved.
Comparing options?
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See it built for your firm
A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $137 a month, the $797 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.
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