Law firm data
Law firms in Johnston County, North Carolina
We counted 16 law firms, all with a website we read.
What these numbers say
Johnston County holds 16 of the 1,931 firms we counted in North Carolina (<1%). It ranks 22nd, tied with 4 more, among the 36 areas of the state with a firm page.
We read the website of 16 of its 16 firms (100%).
With 234,263 residents, that is about 0.7 firms counted per 10,000 residents. The federal count is 3.08 law offices per 10,000 residents.
On the websites we read here, the practices advertised most are family law, divorce and child support. Across the state, the most advertised is family law.
This page joins our dataset of law firm websites (November 9, 2026) with official state registries and the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns 2023 counts. How this data is built and checked.
Practices advertised on the websites read
- Family law market data
- Divorce
- Child support
Firms with an office here
Names appear as the firm’s site or the registry gives them, and can include a lawyer’s name. A row that is only one person’s name, or a registry status such as “retired”, is counted above and not listed here.
Ballard Law Firm PLLC
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- aballardlawfirm.com
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
- Practices
- Criminal defense, DUI and DWI, Family law, Juvenile cases
- On its site
Brooks Carter Law
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- brookscarterlaw.com
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
Levinson Law Firm
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- levinsonlaw.us
- Offices
- Benson 27504; Smithfield 27577
- On its site
Lupton Law LLC
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- sethluptonlaw.com
- Offices
- Selma 27576
New Direction Family Law
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- newdirectionfamilylaw.com
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
- Practices
- Adoption and paternity, Child custody, Child support, Divorce, Domestic violence and protective orders, Family law
- On its site
Paul Robinson Law
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- paulrobinsonlaw.com
- Offices
- Clayton 27520
- Practices
- Car accidents, Brain, spinal cord and burn injuries, Dog bites, Insurance claim disputes and bad faith, Medical malpractice, Motorcycle accidents, Nursing home abuse and neglect, Pedestrian and bicycle accidents, Personal injury, Premises liability (slip and fall), Rideshare accidents, Truck accidents…
Raleigh Estate Planning Law Firm
Checked November 4, 2026
- Offices
- Clayton 27520
Reece & Reece, Attorneys
Checked November 4, 2026
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
- Practices
- Criminal defense, Domestic violence and protective orders, Drug charges, DUI and DWI, Record sealing and expungement, Family law
- On its site
The Armstrong Law Firm, P.A.
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- www.armstronglawyers.com
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
- Practices
- Car accidents, Brain, spinal cord and burn injuries, Divorce, Family law, Insurance claim disputes and bad faith, Mass torts, Medical malpractice, Personal injury, Product liability
- On its site
The Law Office of Antoan Whidbee, P.A.
Checked November 4, 2026
- Website
- whidbeelaw.com
- Offices
- Smithfield 27577
- Practices
- Criminal defense, DUI and DWI
Johnston County in figures
Residents, law offices and the demand agencies count in this county, from the open datasets behind the market pages.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcy cases filed | 371 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | Johnston County, NC county | bankruptcy v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23962892 record bankruptcy-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Fatal crashes | 34 crashes | 2024 | Johnston County, NC county | fatal-crashes v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963480 record fatal-crashes:37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment | 5 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Johnston County, NC county | federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299 record federal-filings-county:37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury | 3 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Johnston County, NC county | federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299 record federal-filings-county:37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 3.08 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Johnston County, NC county | law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687 record law-offices-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 79 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Johnston County, NC county | law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687 record law-offices-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 79 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Johnston County, NC county | law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687 record law-offices-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents | 234,263 residents | 2020-2024 | Johnston County, NC county | legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291 record legal-need-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-31 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 11,051 ±1,094 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Johnston County, NC county | legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291 record legal-need-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-31 |
| Veterans | 13,032 ±1,109 civilians age 18+ | 2020-2024 | Johnston County, NC county | legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291 record legal-need-37101 · status P · checked 2026-10-31 |
Data and licences
Firm rows: CSV downloads under the Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL), with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Counts by state, county and practice: CC BY 4.0 dataset.
What each fact means
- 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; the registry facts are shown.
- Checked
- The date we last read the firm's site or the registry.
A label appears on a firm's card when its own site says so, and links to the page we read it on when we kept that page. 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.