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Lex Machina

Lex Machina is a legal analytics platform owned by LexisNexis that transforms raw court documents and dockets into structured datasets so litigators, corporate legal teams, insurers, and judges can make data-driven decisions about cases, courts, judges, lawyers, parties, and damages. The platform covers all 94 federal district courts, the 13 federal courts of appeals, the PTAB, the ITC, bankruptcy courts, and a growing list of state courts (with 18M+ additional state cases for party analytics), and tracks 8,000+ judges, 6,000+ expert witnesses, 146M+ counsel mentions, and 149M+ party mentions across 10M+ cases and 45M+ documents. Lex Machina exposes its Legal Analytics through a public Litigation Analytics API (OAuth 2.0, JWT bearer tokens) at api.lexmachina.com with synchronous Python and Node.js client libraries plus an A2A (Agent-to-Agent) agent for AI/agent integrations. Practice area coverage includes Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Copyright, Employment, ERISA, Insurance, Patent, Product Liability, Securities, Tax, Torts, and Trademark litigation. Lex Machina was founded in 2010 as a Stanford University Law School spin-out and was acquired by LexisNexis (RELX) in 2015.

Lex Machina publishes 21 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alerts API, Analytics API, Attorneys API, and 18 more. Tagged areas include Legal, Legal Analytics, Legal Technology, Litigation, and Litigation Analytics.

Lex Machina’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, YouTube channel, support, and 21 more developer resources.

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40.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessSelf serve
21 APIs 25 Features
LegalLegal AnalyticsLegal TechnologyLitigationLitigation AnalyticsCourt DataDocketsJudgesLaw FirmsAttorneysPatentsPTABITCBankruptcyAppealsState CourtsFederal CourtsLexisNexisDataAnalytics

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Contract Quality 16.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 21

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Lex Machina Alerts API

Alerts.

Lex Machina Analytics API

Analytics.

Lex Machina Attorneys API

Attorney data.

Lex Machina Authorization API

Provides API authorization.

Lex Machina Bankruptcy Cases API

Bankruptcy court cases.

Lex Machina Case Query API

Provides a filter based way to find cases.

Lex Machina Dockets API

Docket data.

Lex Machina Entities API

Entity data.

Lex Machina Federal Appeals Cases API

Federal court of appeals cases.

Lex Machina Federal District Cases API

Federal district court cases.

Lex Machina Find API

Find matches based on free text searches

Lex Machina ITC Investigations API

ITC Investigations.

Lex Machina Judges API

Judge data.

Lex Machina Law Firms API

Law firm data.

Lex Machina List API

Provides cannonical lists for specific fields.

Lex Machina Parties API

Party data.

Lex Machina Patents API

US patent data.

Lex Machina PTAB Trials API

PTAB Trials.

Lex Machina Search API

Finds entities.

Lex Machina State Cases API

State court cases.

Lex Machina Status API

Provides API status.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Lex Machina API

OPEN COLLECTION

Features 25

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Federal District court coverage across all 94 U.S. district courts
Federal Appeals coverage across all 13 U.S. courts of appeals (since 2012)
State court coverage with 18M+ additional cases used for party analytics
Bankruptcy court case data and bankruptcy judge analytics
PTAB trial data (Patent Trial and Appeal Board)
ITC investigation data (International Trade Commission)
8,000+ federal and state judges tracked with behavior analytics
6,000+ expert witnesses tracked
146M+ counsel and 149M+ party mentions indexed across 10M+ cases
Attorney, Law Firm, Party, Judge, Magistrate, and Patent entity lookups
Substring search across attorneys, judges, law firms, and parties
Case Query API with filtering by participants, dates, events, resolutions, findings, remedies, and damages
District Case Analytics from either an ad-hoc query or a saved Alert
Saved Alerts with daily run results retrievable by date
Docket-entry retrieval for federal, state, and ITC dockets
Reference lists for case resolutions, case tags, case types, courts, damages categories, events, judgment sources, appellate decisions, and appealability rulings
OAuth 2.0 client-credentials authentication with JWT bearer tokens
REST + JSON over HTTPS; OpenAPI 3.1.0 specification at /docs
Official Python (sync) and Node.js client libraries on GitHub
A2A (Agent-to-Agent) agent for AI/LLM integrations on port 10011
Protege in Lex Machina — generative-AI analytics assistant in the UI
Practice areas: Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Copyright, Employment, ERISA, Insurance, Patent, Product Liability, Securities, Tax, Torts, Trademark
Customer base across AmLaw 100/200 firms, corporate legal departments, insurers, government agencies, and law schools
Apache-2.0 licensed client SDKs and example code on GitHub
SOC 2 and ISO certifications via LexisNexis enterprise security program

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Lex Machina Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Lex Machina Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Lex Machina Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Lex Machina Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Lex Machina Agentic Access

57 operations · 5 acting

57 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Login
Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Documentation
Documentation
 Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SDKs
SDKs
 SDKs
SDKs
 CodeSample
CodeSample

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 ContactEmail
ContactEmail

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 PressRoom
PressRoom
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany
ParentCompany
 Agent
Agent

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: lex-machina
name: Lex Machina
description: Lex Machina is a legal analytics platform owned by LexisNexis that transforms raw court documents and dockets
  into structured datasets so litigators, corporate legal teams, insurers, and judges can make data-driven decisions about
  cases, courts, judges, lawyers, parties, and damages. The platform covers all 94 federal district courts, the 13 federal
  courts of appeals, the PTAB, the ITC, bankruptcy courts, and a growing list of state courts (with 18M+ additional state
  cases for party analytics), and tracks 8,000+ judges, 6,000+ expert witnesses, 146M+ counsel mentions, and 149M+ party mentions
  across 10M+ cases and 45M+ documents. Lex Machina exposes its Legal Analytics through a public Litigation Analytics API
  (OAuth 2.0, JWT bearer tokens) at api.lexmachina.com with synchronous Python and Node.js client libraries plus an A2A (Agent-to-Agent)
  agent for AI/agent integrations. Practice area coverage includes Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Consumer Protection,
  Contracts, Copyright, Employment, ERISA, Insurance, Patent, Product Liability, Securities, Tax, Torts, and Trademark litigation.
  Lex Machina was founded in 2010 as a Stanford University Law School spin-out and was acquired by LexisNexis (RELX) in 2015.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lex-machina/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lex-machina.png
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Legal
- Legal Analytics
- Legal Technology
- Litigation
- Litigation Analytics
- Court Data
- Dockets
- Judges
- Law Firms
- Attorneys
- Patents
- PTAB
- ITC
- Bankruptcy
- Appeals
- State Courts
- Federal Courts
- LexisNexis
- Data
- Analytics
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
apis:
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-alerts-api
  name: Lex Machina Alerts API
  description: Alerts.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-analytics-api
  name: Lex Machina Analytics API
  description: Analytics.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-attorneys-api
  name: Lex Machina Attorneys API
  description: Attorney data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Attorneys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-attorneys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-authorization-api
  name: Lex Machina Authorization API
  description: Provides API authorization.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-bankruptcy-cases-api
  name: Lex Machina Bankruptcy Cases API
  description: Bankruptcy court cases.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Bankruptcy Cases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-bankruptcy-cases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-case-query-api
  name: Lex Machina Case Query API
  description: Provides a filter based way to find cases.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Case Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-case-query-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-dockets-api
  name: Lex Machina Dockets API
  description: Docket data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Dockets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-dockets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-entities-api
  name: Lex Machina Entities API
  description: Entity data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Entities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-entities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-federal-appeals-cases-api
  name: Lex Machina Federal Appeals Cases API
  description: Federal court of appeals cases.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Federal Appeals Cases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-federal-appeals-cases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-federal-district-cases-api
  name: Lex Machina Federal District Cases API
  description: Federal district court cases.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Federal District Cases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-federal-district-cases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-find-api
  name: Lex Machina Find API
  description: Find matches based on free text searches
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Find
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-find-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-itc-investigations-api
  name: Lex Machina ITC Investigations API
  description: ITC Investigations.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - ITC Investigations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-itc-investigations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-judges-api
  name: Lex Machina Judges API
  description: Judge data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Judges
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-judges-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-law-firms-api
  name: Lex Machina Law Firms API
  description: Law firm data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Law Firms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-law-firms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-list-api
  name: Lex Machina List API
  description: Provides cannonical lists for specific fields.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - List
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-list-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-parties-api
  name: Lex Machina Parties API
  description: Party data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Parties
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-parties-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-patents-api
  name: Lex Machina Patents API
  description: US patent data.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Patents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-patents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-ptab-trials-api
  name: Lex Machina PTAB Trials API
  description: PTAB Trials.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - PTAB Trials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-ptab-trials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-search-api
  name: Lex Machina Search API
  description: Finds entities.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-state-cases-api
  name: Lex Machina State Cases API
  description: State court cases.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - State Cases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-state-cases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- aid: lex-machina:lex-machina-status-api
  name: Lex Machina Status API
  description: Provides API status.
  humanURL: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lexmachina.com
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lex-machina-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
  - type: Agent
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
  - type: CodeSample
    url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lex-machina-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/lex-machina-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/lex-machina-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lex-machina-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/lex-machina-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lex-machina.page
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://law.lexmachina.com/login
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/gettingStarted
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/support
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.lexmachina.com/docs
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/insights/legal/lex-machina
- type: PressRoom
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/amp-pressroom/
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lex-machina/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/LexMachina
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@LexMachinaInc
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.lexmachina.com/support
- type: ContactEmail
  url: mailto:support@lexmachina.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/terms/general/default.page
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/terms/privacy-policy/default.page
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/about-us/social-responsibility/data-privacy.page
- type: SDKs
  name: Python Sync API Client
  url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/python-lexmachina-sync-api-client
- type: SDKs
  name: Node.js API Client
  url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/node-lexmachina-api-client
- type: Agent
  name: Lex Machina A2A Agent
  url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/lexmachina-agent
- type: CodeSample
  name: API Alerting Example
  url: https://github.com/LexMachinaInc/api-alerting-example
- type: Features
  data:
  - Federal District court coverage across all 94 U.S. district courts
  - Federal Appeals coverage across all 13 U.S. courts of appeals (since 2012)
  - State court coverage with 18M+ additional cases used for party analytics
  - Bankruptcy court case data and bankruptcy judge analytics
  - PTAB trial data (Patent Trial and Appeal Board)
  - ITC investigation data (International Trade Commission)
  - 8,000+ federal and state judges tracked with behavior analytics
  - 6,000+ expert witnesses tracked
  - 146M+ counsel and 149M+ party mentions indexed across 10M+ cases
  - Attorney, Law Firm, Party, Judge, Magistrate, and Patent entity lookups
  - Substring search across attorneys, judges, law firms, and parties
  - Case Query API with filtering by participants, dates, events, resolutions, findings, remedies, and damages
  - District Case Analytics from either an ad-hoc query or a saved Alert
  - Saved Alerts with daily run results retrievable by date
  - Docket-entry retrieval for federal, state, and ITC dockets
  - Reference lists for case resolutions, case tags, case types, courts, damages categories, events, judgment sources, appellate
    decisions, and appealability rulings
  - OAuth 2.0 client-credentials authentication with JWT bearer tokens
  - REST + JSON over HTTPS; OpenAPI 3.1.0 specification at /docs
  - Official Python (sync) and Node.js client libraries on GitHub
  - A2A (Agent-to-Agent) agent for AI/LLM integrations on port 10011
  - Protege in Lex Machina — generative-AI analytics assistant in the UI
  - 'Practice areas: Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Copyright, Employment, ERISA, Insurance,
    Patent, Product Liability, Securities, Tax, Torts, Trademark'
  - Customer base across AmLaw 100/200 firms, corporate legal departments, insurers, government agencies, and law schools
  - Apache-2.0 licensed client SDKs and example code on GitHub
  - SOC 2 and ISO certifications via LexisNexis enterprise security program
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com