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Website design for law firms comes down to who owns the result when the project ends
Website design for law firms is really a choice between three kinds of partner: a freelancer, a general design agency, or a firm that manages the site every week after launch. The right choice depends less on portfolio style and more on who answers when a bar admission changes or a page needs to go live in a day.
What it costs
- Plans$137 a month
- Build fee$797, after launch
- Live in7 days
- Revisions5 a month
- Domain and hostingIncluded
A freelancer is fast to start and slow to maintain
A freelancer can turn around a first draft quickly and often at a lower upfront cost. The tradeoff shows up later: when the freelancer moves to another project, the firm is left holding logins, a page builder nobody on staff knows how to use, and no one accountable for a page that starts loading slowly six months in. Ask any freelancer directly what happens to weekly updates and revisions after launch, because that answer tells you more than the portfolio does.
A general agency may not know legal advertising rules
A generalist agency brings strong visual design but often no experience with the advertising and professional conduct rules that vary by state bar. Case result language, testimonial rules and required disclaimers differ from state to state, and a design partner who has never built a law firm site can get these wrong in ways that create real risk for the firm, not just an awkward page.
What a managed website partner actually does differently
A managed partner treats the site as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-time delivery. That means weekly detail updates when an attorney joins or leaves, 5 revisions a month included at a flat $20 after that with no hourly billing, and a written 90+ PageSpeed guarantee that someone is actually accountable for. The build fee is invoiced only after the site is live and approved, which aligns the incentive: we get paid once the firm is satisfied, not before.
Questions worth asking any design partner
Who hosts the site, and what happens if that host goes down. What counts as a revision, and what does an extra one cost. How fast does a change actually go live. Does the firm own the domain, or does the agency. A clear, specific answer to each of these is a better signal of quality than any single page in a portfolio.
What you get
5 revisions a month
Any size, completed within 2 to 5 working days, then a flat $20 each.
A domain in the firm's name
Registered through Cloudflare Registrar or Spaceship, free while the plan is active, and it stays yours.
Weekly detail updates
Attorney changes, office hours and closures kept current, separate from your monthly revisions.
Guarantees in writing
90+ PageSpeed and local ranking within 3 to 5 months of launch.
The build fee, invoiced after launch
The $797 build fee is charged only once the site is live and you have approved it.
Questions about website design for law firms
Is website design for law firms different from general small business design?
Yes, mainly around advertising rules, the fee and retainer estimator, and the need to name attorneys with verifiable admissions. A partner without that experience can produce a good-looking site that still creates compliance risk.
What happens to the site if I stop paying an agency?
With a page-builder site, that usually means the site goes offline or reverts to a template. With a domain registered in your name and content you can export, cancellation ends the service without losing what you own.
Do I need a written contract before starting?
You should always know the terms before paying. Ours are published on the pricing page and the terms and conditions: all sales are final except billing errors, and cancellation needs two business days notice before the next invoice.
How long does a website design partner take to launch a site?
It depends on the plan and the partner. Ours launches in 7 to 15 days depending on the plan, once the onboarding form and call are complete.
See it built for your business
A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $137 a month, the $797 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.
Book a demoOr email hello@getlawyerwebsite.com and a person replies within one working day.