FLORIDA BEST LEGAL WEBSITES
Florida is home to a number of legal website companies. Mile Mark Media, Social Firestarter, Strategic Legal Web, Fuel Web Marketing, WebsLaw, White Rabbit and Web.com are all headquartered in the Sunshine State. Of those Mile Mark is by far the most successful, with over 90 website clients in FLA.
Of the major national companies, Scorpion (194 sites) and Justia (135) sites are extremely popular in Florida. Like in every State, FindLaw is king with 286 custom sites and 157 template sites in the State. Special kudos goes to Tracy Spence, the long time FindLaw rep in Pensacola/Panama City. The main cities in his territory make up well less than 1% of the population of Florida, but he maintains 55 website clients or 13% of the FindLaw sites in the State. It is a clear example of how important a knowledgeable marketing consultant can be to the success of a FindLaw program. Martindale/Lexis is also strong with 266 template sites and Hibu checks in with 83. This is a depressing exercise for me, given my company, iLawyermarketing, has just 9 websites in the State. (My phone number is 480-889-4216 )
I maintain a national database of over 15,000 legal websites. In the past two weeks I reviewed all the sites in Florida. With so many great sites to choose from I thought I would rank the best website designs by practice area. Below are my favorite legal designs in FLA. Enjoy…
PERSONAL INJURY
As you can imagine the competition in Florida is steep for personal injury lawyers. Some of the biggest TV marketers in the country call Florida home. It is somewhat of a surprise then, that the best website design in this category comes from a renowned trial firm Kelley Uustal rather than a big TV advertiser. The remarkable iLawyermarketing site was launched in late 2017. It features beautiful custom photography and an exceptionally well produced video that runs in the background of the home page.
HONORABLE MENTION PI SITES:
Chalik & Chalik – In most States this would be the top website. Beautiful layout from iLawyermarketing
Stein Law – Very cool site released by iLawyermarketing at the end of 2016. Very Miami with Pastel colors and palm trees.
Rosenthal, Levy Simon & Ryles – FindLaw’s best PI site in the State is in West Palm Beach
Rebein Brothers: Very clean site with good custom photography
Law Offices of David Fuchs: Incredible injury website for this Ft. Lauderdale solo attorney.
Walborsky & Bradley: Best Personal Injury site on the Emerald Coast.
Fiol Law Group: Beautiful new accident site in Tampa.
Stabinski & Funt PA: Beautiful Scorpion website in Miami.
The Maher Law Firm: Highlight is an interactive map showing the firm’s national success.
Swope Rodante: Very solid modern design for this Tampa PI site.
CORPORATE LAW
These are typically larger firms that deal with large businesses. As a general rule, most corporate websites feature conceptual designs. That is they try and use imagery to relay concepts like being strategic (chess), Unique (an orange in a sea of apples) teamwork (A Crew Team Rowing Together), etc… One of the best at producing corporate sites is PaperStreet. Based in Florida, PaperStreet has 6 of the top 7 corporate designs in the State. Their best effort in my opinion is the site for Johnson Pope in the Tampa area.
Honorable Mention – FL Corporate Law Sites:
Rossway Swan – Sometimes less is more when it comes to design. This minimalist site from PaperStreet is extremely memorable.
Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog – Beautiful conceptual design from PaperStreet.
Cory Simberg – An award winning site
Lash & Goldberg – Another Fantastic site from PaperStreet.
McDonald Fleming Moorhead – Best legal site in Pensacola.
Richman Greer – 360 degree perspective – Roar Media
CRIMINAL
Scorpion Design has a lot of criminal defense firm clients in Florida. In fact I count 60 across the State. Of all their sites in the State, Thomas & Paulk in Tampa is best in class and one of their best criminal law websites in the Country, both in terms of performance and design.
Honorable Mention:
Hager & Schwartz – Great looking and content rich Scorpion site in Miami
O’Brien Hatfield – One of the better FindLaw criminal designs in the State
Steven Casanova – Scorpion site is one of the best legal sites in Brevard County
Mary Elizabeth Fletcher – Solid criminal site in Ft Myers from DRKMTTR
Mazin Law – Solid criminal law site in Orlando
Tiffany Poore – Jacksonville criminal site with some very cool design effects.
BANKRUPTCY
Really nice BK site with professionally produced video playing the background. After 9+ years of declining bankruptcies, investment in beautiful websites has been sparse. The Van Horn Law Group PA in Fort Lauderdale bucks that trend with a very nice site that features a quality background video.
Honorable Mention:
Leaven Law – Tampa bankruptcy site is the best Scorpion BK site in Florida.
Nowack & Olson – Nice BK site in Plantation from Mile Mark Media
Lewis & Monroe Orlando, FL – FindLaw
Ozment Law West Palm Beach – FindLaw
Day Law – One of the best legal websites in Hernando County. – FindLaw
McCue Law – Very nice BK site in Fort Lauderdale. Background video does feature a lot of touching #MeToo!
BUSINESS LAW :
There are some decent business law websites throughout Florida. The standout is from Dawson Orr, a business law firm in Jacksonville. The beautiful custom site was designed by PaperStreet.
Honorable Mention Business Law Sites
Thompson Law – Solid looking business law site in Brandon. – FindLaw
Julianne Frank – Very clever conceptual design for this small business lawyer in Jupiter. BU Neek
Rosenthal Law Group – Extra Points for featuring an Elephant! – Scorpion site in Weston.
CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS
Florida is home to the king of Mass Torts – Levin Papantonio in Pensacola. But in this post I am celebrating the best website design and that honor goes to the new site for Freedland Harwin Valori.
Honorable Mention
Newsome Melton: Despite being released several year ago, this site still holds up.
Morelli Alters: Solid office based design
CONSTRUCTION LAW
There is a fair number of custom sites that focus on construction law in Florida. My favorite is the Linkhorst & Hockin site out of Jupiter FL. Built by Mile Mark Media, the site gets extra points for its great statewide visibility.
Honorable Mention
Wright Fulford Moorhead & Brown – This PaperStreet effort is the best construction site in Orlando.
Warner Sechrest & Butts – Solid construction law website in Gainesville by Jumpem
Cotney Construction Law – Great Construction law site in Tampa.
The Barthet Firm – Miami, FL
CRIMINAL & FAMILY
Marketing both criminal law and family can be a tough proposition. An attorney I know who practiced both areas once told me “Criminal law is working with bad people at their best, whereas Family Law is working with good people at their worst”. My favorite site that tackles both issues comes from Gustavo E. Frances in Fort Lauderdale. The new site from webslaw features a lot of very cool design elements like the ability to cycle through all of his awards from…..AVVO.
Honorable Mention Fam/Crim Sites in Florida
Tinny, Meyer Piccarreto – Scorpion, Clearwater, FL
Jacobson Chmelir Ferwerda – Digital Titans – Winter Springs, FL
Thomas J. Donnelly – Cearwater, FL – Findlaw
Stanley M. Silver – Orlando, FL – Relentless Media Cool time lapse video of Lake Eola.
Lorri Fishman – Great looking Scorpion site in Fort Lauderdale
Robert Stone Law – Best legal site in Vero Beach
CRIMINAL & PI
One of the more common consumer law practices are those that handle both criminal and personal injury matters. My favorite Crim/PI site in Florida is Fischer Redavid. While the Scorpion site is solid, it is the professionally produced video by Crisp Video that really makes the site stand out.
The Calderone Law Group – Naples FL – Great looking site from FindLaw.
John M. Phillips – Jacksonville FL – This older Nifty site still holds up. The highlight being his community service section.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
There haven’t been many high level employment law websites released in Florida lately. My favorite employment site in Florida remains Florin Gray Bouzas & Owens. The site was actually built in 2014 but its clean design still holds up.
Honorable Mention Employment Sites:
Gunter Firm – PaperStreet site in Naples/Ft. Myers features picture of attorney competing in an Iron Man competition.
Scott Wagner – Mile Mark Media
Wilson McCoy – This is one of the better looking Black Fin sites in the country
Penichet Law – Mile Mark Media
Feldman Williams – A nice effort from Galdiator Law Marketing
ESTATE PLANNING/ELDER LAW/PROBATE
As you can imagine there are LOTS of estate planning and elder law websites in Florida and most feature a family or elderly couple walking in a beach. My favorite FL estate planning website has a beach and lapping waves
Honorable Mention Estate Planning Sites
Mastry Law – St. Petersburg. The site is average but the video is one of the best estate planning videos I have ever seen. Definitely worth checking out, particularly if you like to fish.
Nicole C. Morris – West Palm Beach – Well done FindLaw site
Todd Zuckerbrod – Sharp looking Probate site in Boca Raton with nice custom photography
Shupe Dhawan – The “Art of Law’
Fischler & Friedman – Fort Lauderdale Estate planning firm with a very nice FindLaw website.
Edelman PA – Nice minimalist design in Boca Raton will appeal to a Rock Collector
Kitroser & Associates – Fuel Web Marketing
Wollman Gehrke – Very nice Scorpion site in Naples.
Jami L. Huber – This West Palm Estate site from Mile mark Media might be the “fruitiest’ legal site in the country
FAMILY LAW
*Update 8/6/18 – Hoffman & Hoffman released a new family law site from Paperstreet that is easily #1 in Florida.
My previous pick for top family law website in Florida was the Donna Hung Law Group in Orlando.
The Virga Law Firm – High end Scorpion site with a lot of cool design elements
Sheldon E. Finman PA – Very nice FindLaw family law site in Fort Myers.
Steven Miller – A great looking template site from iLawyermarketing. Website gets points for great Statewide visibility and the most hilarious legal video you will see anywhere. “When its time to Leave – Call Steve” in several languages.
MGM Law PA – New FindLaw family law site in Pensacola
Givens & Sparks – A very visible PI/Fam site in Tampa from Scorpion.
IMMIGRATION LAW
My favorite immigration law site in the State is in Orlando. Brandt Immigration has clean and mobile friendly site. Use of the hamburger menu really unclutters the design.
Honorable Mention Immigration Websites:
Rebecca Black: FindLaw site is far and away the best immigration site in Jacksonville.
Robert Brown Immigration: Scorpion site in Orlando uses pictures of people to show the diversity of immigration
Eran Ben Ezra: This Zola Creative site makes the list thanks to a tagline I have never seen before: “PASSED BAR IN TOP 10% OF ALL TIME” Does the Florida Bar have a Bar Exam Hall of Fame?
Gaston Law Firm: Best Immigration site on the Treasure Coast
Gardiner Immigration: Really like the hopeful image of an immigrant looking over the Tampa skyline.
Garcia Miranda & Gonzalez: My favorite immigration site in Southern Florida – Scorpion
INSURANCE/BAD FAITH
With the ever present threat of hurricances and sinkholes, Floridians need their insurance company to be there for them. When they are not they turn to an insurance lawyer that will hold them accountable. The best site in this category is from Williams Law PA in Tampa. The iLawyermarketing site features a number of interactive design features. In addition the firm, which also markets personal injury, has been prodigious in churning out great content that is also visually appealing.
Honorable Mention:
Struble PA – Added 8/6/18 – very nice effort from Paperstreet
Korin Law – Miami Lakes – nice site from WebsLaw.
The Morgan Law Group – Great looking Scorpion site in Miami
WORKERS COMPENSATION/SSD
This FindLaw site is the best of a rather weak group of workers comp sites.
Panebianco – Nice effort from South Florida’s own White Rabbit
Scott J. Sternberg – Leading WC site in Boca Raton
Ganon & Hesson – Top WC site in West Palm Beach
*My name is Alex Morris. I am the national sales director for iLawyermarketing. If you need help improving your firm’s web presence, please give me a call at 480-889-4216. Chances are I have already looked at your website.