Law firm websites in North Carolina
252 law firms found: 252 with a website we read and 0 from official state registries only. That is 6% of the 4,011 employer law offices the Census Bureau counts (County Business Patterns 2023). The websites read are about 2% of the estimated 14,170 law firms here with a website. This is a sample, not a census: we call it a census once firms found reach 70% of the Census count.
Of the websites read:
- Spanish pages: 13.1%
- 24/7 intake: 20.6%
- free consultation: 46%
- no fee unless they win: 19%
- legal structured data: 34.1%
- chat: 6.7%
- online booking: 5.2%
Practices advertised on the websites read
- Criminal defense: 116 firms · market data
- Personal injury: 115 firms · market data
- Family law: 99 firms · market data
- Estate planning: 86 firms · market data
- DUI and DWI: 82 firms · market data
- Car accidents: 72 firms · market data
- Real estate: 64 firms · market data
- Wrongful death: 62 firms · market data
- Business and commercial law: 60 firms · market data
- Divorce: 60 firms · market data
- Workers' compensation: 58 firms · market data
- Medical malpractice: 51 firms · market data
- Truck accidents: 50 firms · market data
- Motorcycle accidents: 48 firms · market data
- Premises liability (slip and fall): 48 firms · market data
- Domestic violence and protective orders: 47 firms · market data
- Employment law: 46 firms · market data
- Mass torts: 40 firms · market data
- Child custody: 39 firms · market data
- Probate and estate administration: 39 firms · market data
Counties
| County | firms | With a website | Census law offices | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County | 3 | 3 | 45 | 7% |
| Buncombe County | 6 | 6 | 161 | 4% |
| Cabarrus County | 7 | 7 | 53 | 13% |
| Carteret County | 4 | 4 | 35 | 11% |
| Cumberland County | 5 | 5 | 101 | 5% |
| Davidson County | 6 | 6 | 26 | 23% |
| Durham County | 7 | 7 | 154 | 5% |
| Forsyth County | 12 | 12 | 174 | 7% |
| Gaston County | 5 | 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Guilford County | 53 | 53 | 232 | 23% |
| Haywood County | 3 | 3 | 29 | 10% |
| Henderson County | 3 | 3 | 34 | 9% |
| Iredell County | 4 | 4 | 54 | 7% |
| Lincoln County | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21% |
| Mecklenburg County | 73 | 73 | 690 | 11% |
| Moore County | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21% |
| New Hanover County | 25 | 25 | 205 | 12% |
| Onslow County | 3 | 3 | 55 | 5% |
| Orange County | 5 | 5 | 86 | 6% |
| Pitt County | 8 | 8 | 78 | 10% |
| Rowan County | 4 | 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Union County | 3 | 3 | 50 | 6% |
| Wake County | 48 | 48 | 665 | 7% |
What each fact means
| Fact | What we checked |
|---|---|
| Practices | Practice areas the firm names on its own site: links, headings or practice pages. |
| Spanish pages | A Spanish version of the site, a page read in Spanish, or a link labelled Español. |
| 24/7 intake | The site says it answers around the clock (for example "available 24/7"). |
| Free consultation | The site offers a free consultation or case review. |
| No fee unless they win | The site states a contingency fee or no fee unless the case is won. |
| Chat, booking | A chat tool or an online booking tool on the site. |
| Structured data | schema.org LegalService or Attorney markup on the pages read. |
| Registry firm | Listed in an official state registry; no website read, so only the registry facts are shown. |
Every fact links to the page we read it on, with the date. These are statements on websites, not ratings: we never score or rank a firm. A firm can ask for a correction or to be left out on the data corrections page; we act within 7 days.