How Counselado is paid

Counselado is an independent legal information site and a directory of law firms. This page explains where its income comes from, so you can weigh what you read and which listings you see.

Paid listings in the directory

Law firms can choose a paid directory plan, Pro or Sponsored. Each plan is a flat monthly or yearly fee for advertising and presentation. The fee is never tied to inquiries, calls, clicks, clients signed, case outcomes or any share of a firm's fees, and Counselado takes nothing from a matter a firm handles. Counselado has no feature that matches you to a lawyer.

A Sponsored listing carries the word "Sponsored" on the listing itself, on the practice-area and city page where it appears, and in any list that includes it. A listing, paid or not, is information for you to follow up on. It is not an endorsement, a recommendation or a check of the firm. The attorney advertising page explains what Sponsored and featured mean.

Reviews and paid plans

When reviews are available, a listing's Pro or Sponsored plan does not change which reviews appear, how they are ordered or whether they are removed. Firms cannot pay to hide, reorder or delete a review. The review guidelines explain how reviews are handled.

Web-marketing services for law firms

Web Leveling, the operator of Counselado, also sells web-marketing services to law firms: web design, search engine optimization, review management and video marketing. A firm that buys those services may also appear in the directory or be mentioned in a guide, and buying a service does not change how its listing is ranked or labelled.

Affiliate links

Counselado has no affiliate links today. If an affiliate link is ever added, the page that carries it says so at the top, in the language of the page, and this page explains how the commission works: the site may earn a commission if you buy through the link, and your price stays the same.

Questions

Write to us through the contact form with any question about a listing, a label or this page. This page is also available in Spanish. The terms of use describe the rest of how the site works.