How to Search by a Law Firm's Name on Lexis CourtLink

You can search by a law firm's name in the search box as well as in the Firm field. There are different rules that apply to each method though. 

Firm Field
Search Tips for the Firm Field
Keywords Field
Search Tips for the Keywords Field

 Firm Field

The Firm field searches the terms that are entered using a segment search. Take the following steps to search by a law firm's name in the Firm field:

1. Select a court or courts from the within drop-down.
2. Enter the law firm's name in the Firm field.
   Note:  Leave out initials, middle names, abbreviations.
3. Click Search.

Note: If you cannot search using the Firm field for a selected court, you see the following message: You won't receive results from these courts. Click these courts to see the list of impacted courts.

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 Search Tips for the Firm Field

Ampersands (&)
When searching for a law firm name that has an ampersand in its name, omit the ampersand when searching for their name in the Firm field. Enter the terms in the Firm field with a space where the ampersand would be. 

Apostrophes (')
Apostrophes are ignored.

Business Names
Omit abbreviations like LLC., LLP., etc. as the court may or may not use these. 
Use quotation marks to keep the law firm's name together without any intervening terms. 

Carets (^)
The caret operates as an OR connector.

Hyphens (-)
Hyphens are ignored unless in between 2 spaces.

Periods
Periods are read as a space.

Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks to keep law firm names together with no intervening terms. 

Note: If you cannot search using the Firm field for a selected court, you see the following message: You won't receive results from these courts. Click these courts to see the list of impacted courts.

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 Keywords Field

Take the following steps to search by a law firm's name in the search box:

1. Select a court or courts from the within drop-down.
2. Enter plaintiff-lawfirm(xxx) or defendant-lawfirm(xxx) or others-lawfirm(xxx) in the Keywords field. 
   Note:  The xxx stands for the law firm's name.
3. Click Search.

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 Search Tips for the Keywords Field

Generally
The Keywords field uses Lexis^® search logic. You can construct Natural Language or Terms & Connectors searches. You can also utilize wildcards and segments. Put your search terms in quotation marks to look for an exact phrase when running Natural Language searches.
 

Using Symbols and Special Characters
The Lexis^® CourtLink^® service does not search for the following special characters or symbols and ignores them as terms and treats them like spaces in most situations:

• , (comma)
• : (colon)
• - (hyphen)
• / (slash)
• ' (apostrophe)

There are a few special characters that cannot be searched and change the way the service interprets your search:

• " (quotation marks) - You cannot search for quotation marks, but you can use quotation marks in your search to find exact phrases or turn off some search functionality.
• & (ampersand) - You cannot search for an ampersand, but you can use & as an equivalent to the AND connector.
• . (period) - The period is generally viewed as a space. Use quotation marks in your search to turn off that functionality.
• ( ) (parentheses) - You cannot search for parentheses, but you can use them in your search.

The Lexis CourtLink service processes the search with the other terms you entered.

Terms separated by any symbols or punctuation are generally read as a phrase and the results include those terms together with any type of punctuation.

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