750,000 Divorces Are Filed Every Year — And There's Still No Good Way to Vet Your Lawyer

Let that number sink in for a second. 750,000 divorces a year. That's about 2,050 families every single day going through one of the hardest experiences of their lives. And the vast majority of them are picking the lawyer who'll handle their kids, their money, and their future based on... not much.

A friend's recommendation. A Google search. Maybe a billboard they drove past on the highway. That's how most people end up choosing the attorney who will negotiate their custody arrangement.

We Vet Everything Else — Except This

Think about the last time you spent more than $100 on something. You probably read reviews. Compared options. Maybe watched a YouTube video or two. We do this for headphones, for restaurants, for the person who cuts our hair. But when it comes to a decision that could affect your kids' living situation, your retirement savings, and your financial future for years — somehow we just wing it.

It's not that people are careless. It's that the information simply doesn't exist in any useful way. Bar associations track licensing and disciplinary actions, not whether a lawyer actually returns phone calls. Law firm websites are marketing materials. And the handful of review sites out there are full of either fake five-star reviews or vague one-liners that don't tell you anything real.

Why It Stays This Way

Honestly? Because the lack of transparency benefits the people charging the fees. When you can't compare lawyers based on real client experiences, there's nothing stopping a mediocre attorney from charging premium rates. The “trust me, I'm a professional” model has worked great for law firms. It just hasn't worked for the people hiring them.

Most people choose their divorce attorney one of three ways: a friend tells them about someone (whose situation may have been completely different from yours), they click on a Google ad (which tells you nothing except who spent the most on marketing), or their spouse's attorney recommends someone (which — come on). None of these are reliable. All of them are how the industry has operated for decades.

Something Has to Change

That's why we built Rate My Divorce Lawyer. We're collecting real reviews from real clients — with specific feedback on communication, billing transparency, responsiveness, and actual outcomes. Not just “great lawyer, highly recommend!” but the kind of detail that actually helps you make a decision.

Every review someone leaves makes it a little easier for the next person to avoid a bad hire. Every honest account chips away at the information gap that 750,000 families a year are stuck navigating on their own. The goal is pretty simple: replace “hope for the best” with “look at the data.”