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website design for law firms
Website design for law firmscomes down to who owns theresult when the project ends
Website design for law firms is really a choice between three kinds of partner: a freelancer, a general design agency, or a firm that manages the site every week after launch. The right choice depends less on portfolio style and more on who answers when a bar admission changes or a page needs to go live in a day.
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 page is for the person at the firm choosing who to hire: comparing freelancers, agencies and managed services, and trying to work out who will still be accountable a year after launch.
Deliverables
What you get
5 revisions a month
Any size, completed within 2 to 5 working days, then a flat $20 each.
A domain in the firm's name
Registered through Cloudflare Registrar or Spaceship, free while the plan is active, and it stays yours.
Weekly detail updates
Attorney changes, office hours and closures kept current, separate from your monthly revisions.
Guarantees in writing
90+ PageSpeed and local ranking within 3 to 5 months of launch.
The build fee, invoiced after launch
The $797 build fee is charged only once the site is live and you have approved it.
A freelancer is fast to start and slow to maintain
A freelancer can turn around a first draft quickly and often at a lower upfront cost. The tradeoff shows up later: when the freelancer moves to another project, the firm is left holding logins, a page builder nobody on staff knows how to use, and no one accountable for a page that starts loading slowly six months in. Ask any freelancer directly what happens to weekly updates and revisions after launch, because that answer tells you more than the portfolio does.
A general agency may not know legal advertising rules
A generalist agency brings strong visual design but often no experience with the advertising and professional conduct rules that vary by state bar. Case result language, testimonial rules and required disclaimers differ from state to state, and a design partner who has never built a law firm site can get these wrong in ways that create real risk for the firm, not just an awkward page.
What a managed website partner actually does differently
A managed partner treats the site as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-time delivery. That means weekly detail updates when an attorney joins or leaves, 5 revisions a month included at a flat $20 after that with no hourly billing, and a written 90+ PageSpeed guarantee that someone is actually accountable for. The build fee is invoiced only after the site is live and approved, which aligns the incentive: we get paid once the firm is satisfied, not before.
Questions worth asking any design partner
Who hosts the site, and what happens if that host goes down. What counts as a revision, and what does an extra one cost. How fast does a change actually go live. Does the firm own the domain, or does the agency. A clear, specific answer to each of these is a better signal of quality than any single page in a portfolio.
In the firm's words
What firms say about their website design for law firms
We handed over a folder of our real consultation preparation replies and let them work from that. The recurring questions were pulled out, rewritten clearly, and approved line by line by our team. Pointing people to the page has replaced hunting through old emails.
We took the wording about consultation preparation seriously, and I am glad we did. It is accurate about the process and careful not to promise what only a conversation can settle. We no longer open every call by correcting the website.
Case studies
Case studies for this service
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.
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 |
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.
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.
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
Questions about website design for law firms
Is website design for law firms different from general small business design?
Yes, mainly around advertising rules, the fee and retainer estimator, and the need to name attorneys with verifiable admissions. A partner without that experience can produce a good-looking site that still creates compliance risk.
What happens to the site if I stop paying an agency?
With a page-builder site, that usually means the site goes offline or reverts to a template. With a domain registered in your name and content you can export, cancellation ends the service without losing what you own.
Do I need a written contract before starting?
You should always know the terms before paying. Ours are published on the pricing page and the terms and conditions: all sales are final except billing errors, and cancellation needs two business days notice before the next invoice.
How long does a website design partner take to launch a site?
It depends on the plan and the partner. Ours launches in 7 to 15 days depending on the plan, once the onboarding form and call are complete.
What should I ask a law firm web designer before hiring?
Who hosts the site and who owns the domain, what counts as a change and what it costs, how fast changes go live, whether they know attorney advertising rules, and what happens if you stop paying.
Is a managed service better than a one-off design project?
It depends on who will keep the site current. If nobody at the firm will, a managed service avoids the slow decline many one-off sites suffer after launch.
Can we see our site before paying the build fee?
Yes. The $797 build fee is invoiced only after the site is live and you have approved it. A demo shows the kind of site you would get before you commit.
Where can I compare the options side by side?
The comparison pages set out a freelancer, a marketing agency, WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, GoDaddy and GoHighLevel against a managed site, including when each is the better fit.
Comparing options?
See how a managed site compares with WordPress, Wix, a freelancer, a legal marketing agency and the GoHighLevel website builder, or read all ten comparisons.
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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