Imported from apidojo-io/apidojo-skills (skills/intent/finding-law-firms-via-google-search/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-law-firms-via-google-search. Copyright stays with the author (Apache-2.0).

Finding Law Firms Via Google Search

Inputs

How to Run

Using run_actor.js (recommended)

# Quick answer (table)
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" --input '{"searchTerms": ["personal injury law firm Dallas"], "countryCode": "US", "maxPagesPerQuery": 3}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" --input '{"searchTerms": ["personal injury law firm Dallas"], "countryCode": "US", "maxPagesPerQuery": 3}' --output results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~google-search-scraper" --input '{"searchTerms": ["personal injury law firm Dallas"], "countryCode": "US", "maxPagesPerQuery": 3}' --output results.json --format json

REST API fallback

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~google-search-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["personal injury law firm Dallas"], "countryCode": "US", "maxPagesPerQuery": 3}'

If Apify MCP is available: Use the Apify MCP call_actor tool with actor apidojo~google-search-scraper and the input above.

Scoring & Ranking

Score each result by:

• snippet_has_legal_signals (contains: law firm, attorneys, legal, lawyers, counsel, practice, LLP, PC) → weight 0.50
• valid_domain (not directory sites: avvo.com, findlaw.com, lawyers.com) → weight 0.30
• position_score → 1 - (position / total), weight 0.20

score = 0.50 * int(legal_signals) + 0.30 * int(valid_domain) + 0.20 * position_score

Classification

Edge Cases

• Legal directories: Avvo, FindLaw, Martindale are directories — not law firms. Filter by domain.
• No contact data: SERP returns URL and snippet — no phone/email. Use as starting list.
• Practice area filter: Add specialty: "immigration law firm", "family law attorney Dallas".
• Large vs boutique: Big firms may be harder to reach. Filter by snippet to identify size.
• Duplicate firms: Same firm may appear across multiple search terms — deduplicate by domain.