New Upgrades to Attorney and Law Firm Data, Related Features

We have expanded the scope of attorney and law firm data in the Attorneys Directory and Title IX Lawsuits Database (including its free trial version). One of the more important changes is that users will now be able to search for and sort attorneys by whether their firms explicitly state on their websites that they specialize in Title IX or student conduct matters. We have also added or improved upon an array of other data.

These changes have been made as a lead-up to larger release that we will announce ahead of the anticipated release of the Title IX regulations in October. Below are the changes.

New and Improved Data and Features

Users can now view, search, and sort attorney and law firm data via the following seven new (and one improved) data points:

Title IX Specialist Firm? (New): a simple “Yes/No” indicator of whether the firm explicitly states on its website that it specializes in Title IX or student disciplinary matters. This data point is only available for attorneys and firms representing Title IX respondents. The intention of this field is to allow users – particularly Title IX respondents – to more efficiently find legal professionals who specialize in this area.
Title IX Page (New): if this firm explicitly states on its website that it specializes in Title IX or student disciplinary matters, the link to that page will be provided here. This data point is only available for firms representing Title IX respondents.
Title (New): the attorney’s title (Partner, Associate, etc.).
State of Firm (New): although users can see a law firm’s state in their address, we have added this as a separate data point so that users can more easily search for firms by the states they are located in.
Firm Region (New): the geographic region the firm is located in (Midwest, Northeast, etc.). Regions are based on this map by National Geographic.
Direct Line (New): the attorney’s professional direct number.
Biography Page (New): a link to the attorney’s biography page on their firm’s website.
Data Quality (Improved): the purpose of this data point is to give an at-a-glance sense of how much data we have for this attorney or firm. We have reworked its algorithm so that it gives greater weight to the volume of Title IX litigation we have on record for a given attorney or firm. The result of this change is that attorneys and firms who have litigated a substantial number of such lawsuits will automatically be placed at 3 stars.

Where the New Data Can Be Found

Attorney “detail” pages:

Attorney search engines:

Law firm “detail” pages:

Law firm search engines:

And attorney and law firm tables:

Since the relaunch of this platform in November 2018, this is the thirty-second upgrade we have made to our databases in general and the seventh upgrade of data and features regarding attorneys.

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