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Martindale

Martindale API

Lawyer directory and peer-review rating service · martindale.com

No current API of any kind. The historical Martindale-Hubbell API was retired around 2013 to 2014 in the move from LexisNexis to Internet Brands and never replaced. Integration today means manual dashboards, email lead delivery, and one sales-managed Clio Grow connector.

Last verified: July 2026Legal
API GRADE
C
VERIFIED JUL 2026

SCORECARD

ExistenceFAILNo current public or partner API; the historical Martindale-Hubbell API was retired in the 2013-2014 Internet Brands transition.
AccessFAILNothing to access: no API keys or developer portal exist, and integration requires a bespoke commercial deal with Internet Brands.
CoverageFAILNo programmatic surface reaches directory, profile, review or lead data; leads arrive by email, SMS and phone only.
AuthFAILWith no API there is no auth mechanism; no OAuth, API keys or tokens are documented on any Martindale-Avvo property.
Docs & DXFAILNo developer portal, OpenAPI spec, SDKs, sandbox or webhooks; only archival pages for the retired API remain.
StabilityFAILThe only API was retired in 2013-2014 and never replaced, leaving no programmatic surface to version or maintain.
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Supergood: Martindale has an API, with gaps. We cover what it's missing: stable endpoints, normalized JSON, managed auth.

Frequently asked questions

Martindale scores C on the API Report Card. No current API of any kind. The historical Martindale-Hubbell API was retired around 2013 to 2014 in the move from LexisNexis to Internet Brands and never replaced. Integration today means manual dashboards, email lead delivery, and one sales-managed Clio Grow connector.

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The historical LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell API has been retired for over a decade and is no longer documented or supported; archival pages exist only for historical reference blog.rapidapi.com ↗
No public REST or GraphQL API is offered for directory, profile, rating or review data; partners cannot query attorneys, practice areas or peer reviews programmatically martindale.com ↗
No developer portal, OpenAPI/Swagger spec, SDKs, or sandbox environment exists for Martindale.com or any Martindale-Avvo property martindale-avvo.com ↗
No webhook system for new leads, profile changes, review postings or rating updates, attorneys receive leads via email, SMS and phone instead of a programmatic event martindale-avvo.com ↗
The only published practice-management integration is a single Martindale-Nolo to Clio Grow Lead Inbox connector, no MyCase, Filevine, Litify, PracticePanther, CosmoLex, Smokeball or Lawmatics equivalent clio.com ↗
Attorneys have no API or full bulk export for their own profile content, peer-review history or historical lead data; updates and downloads are manual through Martindale-Avvo Connect martindale-avvo.com ↗
The only 'integration' for firms is copy-paste HTML badge code from the profile page, no parameterization, no JSON, no auth martindale.com ↗
Lack of an official data feed has driven a cottage industry of scrapers (Actowiz, Apify, ParseForge, WebsiteScraper) that violate the site's terms, creating brand-protection and data-quality risk actowizsolutions.com ↗
Internet Brands' broader API ecosystem (WebMD, Demandforce, Henry Schein One) does not surface Martindale content, so even existing portfolio customers cannot consume Martindale data internetbrands.com ↗
No OAuth, no API keys, no rate-limit documentation, no SLA, no published status page for any partner-facing developer surface, there is nothing to certify against for enterprise partner builds martindale-avvo.com ↗
Ngage Live Chat (the official lead-capture widget) is a script embed, not a programmable lead pipeline, outbound delivery is email/SMS/phone, not a partner webhook ngagelive.com ↗
Even sister-property unification across Martindale, Avvo, Lawyers.com and Nolo is implemented via a single shared UI (Complete Profile Plus), not via a documented public API a third party could call martindale-avvo.com ↗
Attorneys report that paid lead packages deliver low-quality or non-converting leads (consumers looking for free legal help, dead phone numbers, wrong practice area) uk.trustpilot.com ↗
LeadVolume runs a 'shared lead' model, the same consumer inquiry is sent to multiple attorneys simultaneously, eroding conversion and speed-to-contact martindale-avvo.com ↗
Lead-credit refund requests are gated to narrow categories (duplicate, invalid contact info, wrong practice area, outside geography) and customers report difficulty getting credits approved martindale-avvo.com ↗
Peer-review threshold (3 years of bar admission + 20-25 peer references) structurally favors established attorneys and is hard for newer lawyers or those in small legal communities to clear growlaw.co ↗
Client reviews cannot be fully verified as coming from actual clients, reviewers self-attest, and Martindale acknowledges it cannot confirm the claim due to attorney-client confidentiality martindale.com ↗
Attorneys cannot selectively delete individual negative client reviews, the only options are public response, 'Report Abuse' for policy violations, or wholesale suppression of all reviews martindale.com ↗
Auto-generated 'unclaimed' profiles can carry stale or incorrect contact info, addresses and practice-area tags pulled from state-bar data, harming the attorney's brand until claimed martindale.com ↗
Pricing is opaque and quote-based; premium profile and lead-package costs (frequently $399/month and up, with PI / mass-tort packages reportedly reaching the mid-four-figures monthly) are seen as steep for solos ollyolly.com ↗
Cancellation and contract terms vary by package and several reviews flag long contract commitments and friction unwinding paid profiles or lead packages uk.trustpilot.com ↗
Declining brand relevance: digital marketing, Google Local Service Ads and modern review platforms have eroded the standalone marketing ROI of an AV listing kevin.lexblog.com ↗
Consolidation under Internet Brands (Avvo + Martindale + Lawyers.com + Nolo + LawInfo) reduces effective competition in the U.S. legal directory market and concentrates pricing power deweybstrategic.com ↗
The institutional 'gold standard' reputation of the AV rating has been steadily debased by paid-rating perceptions and broader credential inflation across competing directories comradeweb.com ↗
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