.attorney Domain
A Domain That Commands Authority
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This domain has registration restrictions
Registration is not vetted in advance, but ordering a .attorney means representing that you hold the licences and credentials needed to work in the legal sector. Read the full eligibility rules.
What is a .attorney domain?
The .attorney extension gives legal practices a domain that says what they do in one word. Registration is open and nothing is checked at the point of sale: the registry agreement binds a registrant to declare they hold the licences their sector requires, and that declaration is only tested if somebody complains. So the address carries the weight your practice gives it, not a credential the registry has verified.
Who should register .attorney?
Attorneys, US-facing law firms, immigration lawyers, and legal practices with American clients.
Why choose .attorney?
- Recognised authority in legal services
- Strong choice for US-facing practices
- Says what the practice does in one word
- Distinct from generic web addresses
Who runs .attorney, and since when
Registry data from the .attorney delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Generic (gTLD)
- Registry operator
- Dog Beach, LLC
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 2014
- Delegated 22 May 2014
- Who can register
- Open at the point of sale, but you must declare you hold the required legal credentials
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £55.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
What .attorney makes you declare, and who checks
Two clauses in the .attorney registry agreement point in opposite directions, and the tension between them is the whole story. Specification 11 commits the registry to open registration and forbids it from limiting eligibility by identity, so nothing is verified before a name is allocated. The same specification also requires registrars to include, in their registration agreements, a representation that the registrant holds any authorisations, charters, licences or other credentials needed to work in the sector the extension covers.
So you are not vetted, but you are making a binding statement. Enforcement is complaints driven: if the registry receives a complaint doubting the authenticity of a licence, it is to consult the relevant national supervisory authority. Registrants also have to report material changes to the validity of those credentials, which means a lapsed practising certificate is meant to be declared rather than left quietly in place.
For a British reader there is a separate problem, and it has nothing to do with the registry. Attorney is not a UK legal title. Lawyers here are solicitors, barristers, advocates or legal executives, and attorney in ordinary British usage means a power of attorney. A .attorney address reads as American practice, which is either exactly what you want or exactly what you do not.
Who is allowed to register .attorney?
Registration is not vetted in advance, but ordering a .attorney means representing that you hold the licences and credentials needed to work in the legal sector.
- What you declare
- Specification 11 of the .attorney registry agreement requires registrars to include in their registration agreements a provision requiring a representation that the registrant possesses any necessary authorisations, charters, licences or other related credentials for participation in the sector associated with the extension. Placing the order is making that statement, whether or not anybody reads the clause.
- Nobody checks in advance
- The same specification commits the registry to open registration and to not limiting eligibility based on identity, so the name is allocated without verification. Do not read the absence of a check as the absence of a rule: the obligation exists from the moment the registration completes.
- Complaints trigger a check
- If the registry receives a complaint expressing doubt about the authenticity of a licence or credential, it is to consult the relevant national supervisory authority or its equivalent about it. Registrants must also provide up to date administrative contact details for the notification of complaints, together with the contact details of the regulator in their main place of business.
- You must report changes
- Registrants are required to report any material change to the validity of their authorisations, charters, licences or other credentials, so that they continue to conform to the applicable regulations. A qualification that lapses after registration is your obligation to declare.
- If you cannot support the declaration
- You are in breach of the terms you accepted, and the registry can act on a complaint. Separately, and usually sooner, describing a UK practice in a way that implies a qualification or a jurisdiction you do not hold is a problem with your own professional regulator long before it becomes a problem with a domain registry.
Rules taken from the .attorney registry agreement at ICANN (Specification 11). Registry policy can change, so check before you buy if the answer matters to you.
Not sure whether you qualify? Ask us before you order and we will check the registry rules with you. We would rather answer the question than take an order the registry will refuse.
Is .attorney the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.attorney works well if
- You are a US qualified attorney, or a UK firm with a US practice, and you want the address to state which jurisdiction you work in.
- You handle work where the client is American: immigration, cross border estates, US corporate matters, or litigation with a US party.
- The .com went to a larger firm and you want a short name where the extension carries the meaning instead of a padded prefix.
Look elsewhere if
- You are a UK solicitor serving UK clients. Attorney is not a title you hold, and using it can read as either confusing or misleading to a domestic client.
- You want a UK search advantage. Google reads .attorney as generic with no country signal, so it does nothing in UK results that a .co.uk does not do better and cheaper.
- You would rather not carry an ongoing declaration about your credentials. Ordering the name means making one, and it binds for the life of the registration.
Practising as a solicitor for UK clients? A .co.uk is the address your clients expect and it costs a fraction of this. See .co.uk pricing.
.attorney vs .co.uk: which should you register?
For a British legal practice this is barely a contest. A .co.uk is instantly understood by every UK client, carries a geographic signal Google uses in UK results, is transferred by an IPS tag change that completes almost immediately, and costs around a sixth of a .attorney every year. A .attorney does none of those things.
The one situation where .attorney earns its place is jurisdiction signalling. If a meaningful share of your work comes from American clients who search using American vocabulary, an address that speaks their language is worth something. Even then, the sensible shape is a .co.uk as the registered practice address and a .attorney pointing at the page about your US facing work.
.attorney domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .attorney domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyYes, technically, and it is usually the wrong call. Nothing in the registration process stops you, but ordering the name involves representing that you hold the credentials needed to practise in the sector, and attorney is not a title conferred by any UK regulator. A British client seeing it may reasonably think you are an American lawyer. If your work is UK based, .co.uk or .legal says something true, which is a better foundation than something merely permitted.
No. The registry agreement commits the operator to open registration and forbids it from limiting eligibility by identity, so the name is allocated without a check. Verification is complaints driven instead: if the registry receives a complaint doubting a licence, it is to consult the relevant national supervisory authority. The obligation is real, it is simply enforced after the fact rather than at the point of sale.
You are required to report it. The registry agreement obliges registrants to report any material change to the validity of the authorisations, charters or licences they relied on, so that the registration continues to conform to the applicable regulations. In practice, few people ever read that clause. It is still what you agreed to, and it is the sort of detail that surfaces when somebody has a reason to look, which is usually a complaint or a dispute.
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