{"id":17242,"date":"2009-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/avvo-com-important-lawyer-perfect-10\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:47:37","slug":"avvo-com-important-lawyer-perfect-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/avvo-com-important-lawyer-perfect-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Avvo.com \u2013 What Is It &#038; Why Is It Important That Your Lawyer Be A Perfect 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They&#039;re not. I&#039;m Darrin Mish. I&#039;ve been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external external_icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avvo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avvo.com<\/a> is the nation&#8217;s fastest growing attorney rating service. Despite being only 2 years old, it&#8217;s already approaching Martindale-Hubbell in the number of lawyers rated and number of unique visitors to their website. Avvo&#8217;s mission statement says it best, &#8220;At Avvo, our mission is to help people navigate the complex and confusing legal industry. Choosing a lawyer is an incredibly important decision\u2014yet most people have no idea how to go about doing it, and resources to guide them are scarce.&#8221; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-help\/\">Click here to read or watch more IRS Help resources.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Avvo has written a complex algorithm which rates virtually every lawyer in the United States based upon a variety of factors including experience, education, reputation and whether the lawyer has faced disciplinary action from their state bar association. I bet you&#8217;d agree, all these factors are things you want to know about when you&#8217;re looking for a lawyer. You might think that only lawyers that went to Ivy League schools rank the best and nothing could be farther from the truth.\u00a0 Unlike each State Bar&#8217;s website which typically only tells you whether the attorney&#8217;s license is in good standing or not, Avvo assigns a numerical value based upon 0-10 and red flags any attorney who has faced Bar discipline in the past making it extremely easy to understand. Ease of use was one of Avvo&#8217;s top priorities when developing the website. It&#8217;s true there are other attorney rating services out there but they&#8217;re so hard to use it seems like only lawyers use them! If you&#8217;re not a lawyer, what good is that? I agree\u2026.not much.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Avvo&#8217;s algorithm has all that figured out. No ONE factor seems to create a perfect 10 rather it&#8217;s the attorney&#8217;s whole life experience that factors into the rating. A perfect 10 can&#8217;t be bought either, it&#8217;s a totally fair and unique method to rank the abilities and expertise of a lawyer. The algorithm seems to be working great and in my opinion its very trustworthy as well.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you&#8217;re in the market for legal services, how about doing a little research and <a class=\"external external_icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avvo.com\/attorneys\/33601-fl-darrin-mish-1284282.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">holding out for a perfect 10<\/a>? Avvo&#8217;s easy to understand rating system might just help you find the help you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tax-relief industry loves to make IRS problems sound impossible without them. They&#039;re not. I&#039;m Darrin Mish. I&#039;ve been representing taxpayers before the IRS for 32 years. Let me explain how this actually works. Avvo.com is the nation&#8217;s fastest growing attorney rating service. 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