About PlainSite

The world in plain sight.

From laws and regulations to lawsuits, judges, lawyers, companies, and political donors — PlainSite explains how the entire legal system works, free for everyone.

One database. The entire legal system.

Decades of public government records — organized, standardized, cross-referenced, and made searchable at no charge.

17.5M
Court & Agency Dockets
8M
Corporations & Political Donors
1M
Lawyers
200K
Law Firms
3,500
Judges
50
U.S. Code Titles

Everything connected.

Search for a person, company, case, attorney, judge, patent, or statute — and see how everything relates.

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Cases & Dockets

17.5 million federal and state court dockets with party names, attorneys, motions, orders, and filed documents — many full-text searchable.

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Attorneys & Firms

Over one million attorneys with bar admissions, case histories, and firm affiliations. 200,000 law firms fully indexed and cross-referenced.

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Companies & Organizations

Eight million corporate entities and political donors, linked to their litigation history, SEC filings, patents, trademarks, and corporate relationships.

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Courts & Judges

Every federal and state court profiled with sitting judges, motion statistics, and trending cases updated continuously.

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Patents & Trademarks

USPTO patent and trademark assignments with full chain-of-title. Search by patent number, assignor, assignee, or law firm.

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Laws & Regulations

All 50 titles of the United States Code plus key regulations, linked to the cases that interpret and apply them.

Make your voice heard.

PlainSite goes beyond research. Our Issues section lets you identify problems with the law, propose specific changes, and build support from others who agree.

Identify a Problem

Find a statute or regulation that causes harm, creates inequity, or simply doesn’t make sense. PlainSite makes it easy to surface specific legal text for public discussion.

Propose a Solution

Draft the exact statutory language you’d want changed. Others can indicate their support, giving legislators a clear, concrete signal of where reform is needed.

More for those who need it.

PlainSite is free for everyone. Subscribers get real-time alerts, deeper analytics, and unlimited research tools.

For Professionals

PlainSite Pro

Designed for lawyers, general counsel, patent agents, and financial professionals. Unlimited docket alerts, judge analytics, IP extras, and featured attorney profiles.

Starting at $99/month ›
For Individuals

PlainSite Pro Se

The same powerful features for individuals and pro se litigants — access the exact same legal database as the lawyers, without the lawyer’s budget.

Only $19.99/month ›

Now inside your AI.

The entire PlainSite database is available as a native tool inside Claude and ChatGPT via the Model Context Protocol. Ask legal questions in plain English and get answers backed by real court records.

PlainSite for AI ›

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PlainSite has been providing free public access to legal data since 2010, operated by Think Computer Corporation.

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