LegalMatch

LegalMatch is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California in the United States. It operates an online legal matching service where users submit a legal case and get responses including ratings and quotes from lawyers interested in their case.
History.
The company was founded in 1999 by Anna Ostrovsky and Dmitri Shubov. LegalMatch started its online service in 2000. The service grew quickly.
Services.
Those with legal needs are asked to complete a form describing their case on the LegalMatch website. LegalMatch then provides the information they provided to attorneys that have paid for registration with LegalMatch and matching the specialization needed. It caps the number of attorneys in each practice area within a specific geography. After hiring an attorney, the person that hired the lawyer can write a review that will be posted to the lawyer's profile.
Ethics rules for lawyers.
A California appeals court determined that LegalMatch was a lawyer referral service for the purposes of ethics rules for lawyers. LegalMatch California, a LegalMatch subsidiary, became officially certified as a California State Bar Certified Referral Service in September 2020 and is listed on the State Bar of California's website as an accredited lawyer referral service in all 58 California counties.