Pennsylvania Lawyers
Pennsylvania has about 13.1 million residents and 47,519 resident active attorneys per the ABA's 2024 count, about one attorney for every 275 residents. The right lawyer is usually one admitted in Pennsylvania and working near your city; we track 1038 cities and towns across the state's 67 counties, and the largest cities are listed below.
Cities in Pennsylvania
Largest cities first, by city population as compiled in the SimpleMaps dataset (v1.93), which can lag the newest Census estimates. City pages are in preparation and will be linked here the day they open.
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Allentown
Reading
Erie
Bethlehem
Scranton
Lancaster
Practice areas in Pennsylvania
The eight practice areas the first Pennsylvania listings will cover. None are linked yet; we never link a page that does not exist.
Personal injury lawyers in Pennsylvania
Family law lawyers in Pennsylvania
Criminal defense lawyers in Pennsylvania
Immigration lawyers in Pennsylvania
Estate planning lawyers in Pennsylvania
Bankruptcy lawyers in Pennsylvania
Employment lawyers in Pennsylvania
Real estate lawyers in Pennsylvania
Courts in Pennsylvania
Most civil and criminal matters in Pennsylvania start in the state's trial courts and can be reviewed on appeal, though some matters begin in federal, administrative, or specialized forums. Which courthouse handles a case depends on where you live and what kind of case it is. Court-by-court guides for Pennsylvania are in preparation.
What is coming next for this page: city pages for Philadelphia and other metros, practice area pages, and the first attorney listings, built from public bar records. We publish in small waves and only link what already exists.
Official resources in Pennsylvania
Two official sources sit behind every Pennsylvania listing and are worth knowing directly: the licensing body that verifies every attorney here, and the court system that will hear most cases.
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is where Pennsylvania attorney licenses are issued and where you can check any attorney's standing yourself.
- Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania publishes court locations, filing rules, and self-help information for Pennsylvania cases.
Lawyers in states near Pennsylvania
Legal problems cross state lines; if your case, accident, or property sits in a neighboring state, start there instead.
Sources for the figures on this page: resident population from U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates; resident active attorney count from the American Bar Association National Lawyer Population Survey (2024 edition, counts as of December 31, 2023); city populations and county counts from the SimpleMaps US Cities database (v1.93). We update these figures when new editions publish and correct errors on request via the listing policy.