LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Bar Association has published its Web site at www.lakecobar.com .

“The site is designed to allow the public to search for a local attorney by name or by practice area,” said Mary Heare Amodio, president of the local bar association. “Attorneys listed on the site are members of the local association who have provided information to the bar for publication.”

Amodio said Lake County has less than 90 active attorneys – including several who practice outside of the county – registered as active members of the State Bar of California.

The association tries to provide Mandatory Continuing Education to those attorneys as well as an occasional social event to increase interaction among members of the bar, she said.

“We hope that the online 'Find an Attorney' feature will replace the informal referral service the bar president has provide to consumers in the past,” Amodio said. “While larger county bar associations such as Sonoma, Marin, Solano and Contra Costa counties have a formal lawyer referral service that helps link consumers with attorneys in a particular practice area, the Lake County Bar is just too small to have that type of service.”

Amodio added, “Recommendations and suggestions that would help the bar improve the Web site and information that consumers believe should be a part of the Web site are welcome. Comments can be sent through the 'contact us' box on the Web site itself.”