FindLaw was created by Stacy Stern, Martin Roscheisen, and Tim Stanley in 1995, and was acquired by Thomson West in 2001.

[1] FindLaw.com began in Silicon Valley in 1995 when the original founders compiled a list of attorney resources for a group of law librarians in Northern California.

Based on the positive sentiment from the librarians, the founders decided to publish this information as a public legal resource on the domain FindLaw.com.

The website soon offered a wide array of legal content and resources for both attorneys and consumers, including a lawyer directory, an online career center and message boards like the famous "Greedy Associates" which exists today on the FindLaw.com website as a popular blog.

In the start of 2000, FindLaw created partnerships with The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN Interactive, Earthlink, Quicken, USA Today, and other media for sharing content.

By October of the same year, FindLaw launched an extensive and comprehensive lawyers and law firm directory for the entire United States.

Between 2010 and 2013, FindLaw significantly increased its footprint in the online legal network and directory space by acquiring SuperLawyers (2010), a business that recognizes the top attorneys in the U.S.,[5] and LawInfo.com (2013).

[21][22][23] The website FindLaw.com also includes a free attorney directory on lawyers.findlaw.com[24][25][26] that allows consumers to browse and select lawyers by their geographical location and practice areas of the law.