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Law firm data

Law firms in Roanoke city, Virginia

We counted 31 law firms, all with a website we read.

The Census Bureau counts 100 law offices with paid employees here (County Business Patterns 2023). Our count equals about 31% of that. That makes this a sample, not every firm. Page updated November 11, 2026.

What these numbers say

Roanoke city holds 31 of the 1,530 firms we counted in Virginia (2%). It ranks 17th among the 37 areas of the state with a firm page.

We read the website of 31 of its 31 firms (100%).

With 98,355 residents, that is about 3.2 firms counted per 10,000 residents. The federal count is 8.27 law offices per 10,000 residents.

On the websites we read here, the practices advertised most are criminal defense, personal injury and car accidents. 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

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.

Roanoke city in figures

Residents, law offices and the demand agencies count in this county, from the open datasets behind the market pages.

MeasureValuePeriodPlaceSource
Bankruptcy cases filed214
cases, 12 months		12 months ending 2026-09-30Roanoke city, VA
county		bankruptcy v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23962892
record bankruptcy-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Fatal crashes9
crashes		2024Roanoke city, VA
county		fatal-crashes v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963480
record fatal-crashes:51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-27
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment2
cases filed, fiscal year		FY2025Roanoke city, VA
county		federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299
record federal-filings-county:51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury0
cases filed, fiscal year		FY2025Roanoke city, VA
county		federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299
record federal-filings-county:51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Law offices per 10,000 residents8.27
per 10,000 residents		2026-Q1Roanoke city, VA
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms)59
firms		latest Nonemployer Statistics yearRoanoke city, VA
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Private law offices82
establishments		2026-Q1Roanoke city, VA
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Residents98,355
residents		2020-2024Roanoke city, VA
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-31
Spanish speakers with limited English2,791 ±566
people age 5+		2020-2024Roanoke city, VA
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-51770 · status P · checked 2026-10-31
Veterans5,557 ±601
civilians age 18+		2020-2024Roanoke city, VA
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-51770 · 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.

A firm can ask for a correction or to be left out on the data corrections page; we act within 7 days.

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.