| Product | Law Book, an attorney directory app |
| Platform | iOS and Android (App Store and Google Play) |
| What AtEase did | Product design, app development, backend, launch, demo videos |
| Core features | Practice-area search, "See Fees Upfront" pricing on every profile, attorney profiles with licenses confirmed with the State Bar of Texas, attorneys shown in random order with no paid placement, hours and credentials, "why this attorney is shown" explanations |
What problem does Law Book solve?
Finding a lawyer usually means calling a handful of firms, explaining your situation over and over, and still not knowing what anyone charges. Most directories are lists of names and phone numbers. Law Book was built to answer the questions people actually have before they call: who handles my kind of case, what will it cost, and why should I trust this person?
What did we build?
The app walks someone from a problem to a shortlist in a few taps. They pick a practice area, such as family law, immigration, personal injury or criminal defense, and get attorneys who handle it, with each attorney's fees shown upfront. Each profile shows contact details, fee information, an about section, office hours and credentials. A "why this attorney is shown" card explains why each result appears.
- Search that matches how people think: start with the problem (the practice area), not a wall of legal jargon.
- See Fees Upfront: fee information and credentials on every profile instead of "call for a quote," and every attorney's license confirmed with the State Bar of Texas before they're listed.
- Transparent ranking: every result explains why it's there.
What did shipping our own app teach us?
Building Law Book end to end, from the first screen sketch through to launch videos, is the reason our app advice is practical. The lessons we bring to client apps:
- Cut the first version hard. Filters, profiles and contact were the product. Everything else could wait.
- Small visible bugs cost trust. A broken date or an overlapping button reads as unfinished to the professional deciding whether to pay to be listed. We test for those before every release.
- Marketing is part of the build. We produced Law Book's demo videos from real app screens, so the launch didn't stall waiting on a separate agency.
A note for attorneys: Law Book and AtEase are separate. Law Book is a listing platform where attorneys appear in random order, and AtEase is the agency that builds websites, intake and SEO for law firms. Being an AtEase client has no effect on placement in Law Book.