.attorney: An Ending for English-Speaking Legal Work
.attorney was delegated to the root zone on 31 May 2014 and is sponsored by Dog Beach, LLC, part of the Identity Digital portfolio. The word states the profession, and the extension writes the legal service into the address itself. Addressing an international client base, the practical benefit is plain: your work is read before the page loads, and no introductory line is needed.
For Spanish-speaking markets in the same profession there is .abogado; the two answer to different registries, so their rules are set separately. The registry agreement keeps registration open to lawful registrants and provides no bar-admission check before registration; registrants do, however, represent that they hold any authorisations or licences needed to take part in the sector the extension is associated with. To test your firm name across both endings, a bulk domain name search saves time.
.ATTORNEY Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Delegated to the root zone 31 May 2014
- Spanish counterpart .abogado — a separate registry
- Eligibility No licence check before registration; registrants represent they hold any required authorisations
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .attorney domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.attorney Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$53.75 /year -
Transfer
$55.89 /year -
Renewal
$60.19 /year -
Restore
$164.90 -
Late Renewal
$9.08
Included With Every .attorney Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.attorney Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .attorney domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .attorney address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .attorney domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $9.08 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .attorney returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.attorney Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.attorney Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .attorney domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.attorney Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .attorney Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, bar membership, a licence or a law degree is not checked before registration: Specification 11 (Public Interest Commitments) of the registry agreement keeps second-level registrations open to lawful registrants. Registrants do, however, represent that they hold any authorisations or licences needed to take part in the sector the extension is associated with. The address still makes a professional claim, though, and using it outside legal work misleads visitors. Remember too that professional advertising rules in your jurisdiction apply regardless.
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The language your clients search in decides it. Addressing an English-speaking audience, .attorney reads correctly; in Spanish-speaking markets .abogado does the same job. There is a governance difference as well: this extension answers to Dog Beach, LLC and the other to Registry Services, LLC. Two registries mean two separate rule sets.
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Visitors usually look for three things: your practice areas, where you are, and how to reach you. Putting those on the first screen does more than a long corporate statement. Splitting practice areas into separate pages also helps in search, because each area gets found on its own query. If you run a contact form, the data must travel over an encrypted connection.
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Because first contact on a legal site often carries confidential detail: a summary of the matter, an opposing party's name, a date. Over an unencrypted connection that data is unprotected, and where professional confidentiality applies the risk is serious. Browsers also flag pages served without HTTPS. Options are on the SSL certificate page; verify with the SSL checker.
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Yes, and the flow matches other generic extensions. Lift the transfer lock at your current provider, collect the authorisation code, open the request at the gaining registrar and approve the confirmation sent to the administrative address. A restriction can apply in the first 60 days. If business email runs on the same domain, note your MX records beforehand. Steps are on the domain transfer page.
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