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Ankin Law
LFL Certified 2026 · Score 70Personal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
Hospital& home visits
7Practice areas
About Ankin Law
Ankin Law works from North Dearborn Street, one of two offices in Chicago, and names 27 attorneys.
1,365 reviews at 4.8 across two listings. Contingency fees, a free consultation, hospital and home visits and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes ten case results with amounts of its own and they are its figures rather than ones we confirmed.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
LFL Certified 2026
Scored 70 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.
1,365 client reviews
Counted across 2 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
4.8 average over 1,365 reviews
A high rating is easy at low volume and hard to hold at this one. Pillar C scores it against the market rather than against five stars.
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
10 results published
Across 9 case types on the firm's own site. We read the page and counted what is on it; the amounts are the firm's and we have not confirmed them.
LFL Certification Score Scored under Methodology v2.0 · rows tagged Registry, Observed or Ahrefs are measured; rows tagged Illustrative are sample values pending full verification
70out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 68 of the 68 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 32 of them need a register that Illinois does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
LFL Certified
2 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 3 could not be answered from the available records (G1, G2, G3) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar A (3/25).
LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 24, 20268 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor met (78% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available
G1 LicensureNot published by ILIllinois does not publish an attorney register we can query, so licensure is not verified here. The state's own attorney search is the place to check it.
G2 DisciplineNot published by ILIllinois does not publish a disciplinary register we can query.
G3 Entity & officeNot published by IL2 physical locations verified on Google Business Profile. Illinois publishes no business register we are able to query, so the registration itself is not verified here. The state's own business search is the place to check it.
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 26 named attorneys published, and 1 more person in roles the firm states are not a lawyer's.
G6 Footprint1,365 public client reviews across 2 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2002-07-05, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing3/25
A2 Experienceno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so years since admission cannot be established here for any firm and this is not scored.0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so the roster is not verified here and this is not scored.0 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American Bar Association, Indiana State Bar Association, American Association for Justice and 2 more · no professional liability cover disclosed, which is not scored here: plaintiff firms in this market do not publish it, and an absence shared by every firm separates none of them3 / 3
BPublished Outcomes8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted10 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted9 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page. A past result is not a prediction of another one, and the disclaimer is the sentence that says so0 / 4
CClient Experience19/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved1,365 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 2 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.8 over 1,365 reviews → Bayesian 4.80 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-09-04) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them4 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority11/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · fresh content · scored out of 5 of the 7: nothing has measured accessibility or bar numbers on bios here yet, so it is not counted against this firm2 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-26DR 52 → 96th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 3/3 · 1,874 referring domains, 84th pct 2/2 · 516 organic keywords / 3,763 visits·mo, 86th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)7 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle2 operational Google Business Profile listings · 10 or more photos, which is where the API stops counting · 5 categories, hours published, which almost every listing here has and so separates nobody · the services list, Q&A and recent posts are owner-side fields the Places API does not expose, and NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank have no source here, so the rest of this sub-factor leaves the scale rather than being scored as unearned1 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-26JSON-LD detected 1/1 · not assessed on any firm yet, so content depth and earned media and AI citations leave the scale (4 pts)1 / 1
EAccess & Responsiveness7/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedHospital & home visits2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Chicago Personal Injury (110 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
52· 96th percentile
1,874 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 0.6M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26Trust pages
4 / 4
attorney bios · privacy policy · blog · disclaimer
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 48
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-26Practice areas 7 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Ankin Law lists 10 case results on its own website, across 9 case types. The page carries no disclaimer about past results. We have read the page and counted what is on it. We have not confirmed the amounts, so none are repeated here.
constructionmotor vehicletruckpremisesmedical malpracticewrongful deathworkplacepedestrianproduct liability
See the firm's own results page ↗Results are specific to their facts and do not guarantee similar outcomes. Firms submit results through their claimed profile; only results we can substantiate are published with amounts.
Attorneys 20 attorneys · listed by the firm, licensure not yet checked against the Illinois attorney register · 2 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys · 1 person is named in a role that is not a lawyer’s
JM
Jeff MashniAttorney
RG
Raquel GrossPartner
BM
Bridget MorrowAttorney
KC
Kayla CoatesAttorney
JN
Jacob A. NabatAttorney
GJ
Geoff JacobsAttorney
PR
Phillip L. RisleyAttorney
BD
Brien DiNellaAttorney
JP
John PowersAttorney
MM
Maria MermanPartner
CG
Christopher S. GarrettPartner
JS
Jeffrey A. SchulkinPartner
MF
Matthew C. FriedmanPartner
DL
Derek S. LaxPartner
JR
Josh E. RudolfiPartner
SG
Scott G. GoldsteinPartner
TL
Telly J. LiapisPartner
IZ
Ian M. ZenziperManaging Partner
HA
Howard H. AnkinPartner
PA
Paul B. AnkinOf Counsel
Also named by the firm
The firm lists these people among its team and prints no role beside the names, so we do not describe them as attorneys.
Also named by the firm, in a role that is not a lawyer’s
The firm names this person among its team and prints the role below beside the name. They are not counted as attorneys.
- Jennifer J.C. Kelly Managing Intake Attorney
Client reviews
4.8
★★★★★
Based on 1,365 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 2 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 2 locations · main office: Chicago
Chicago10 N Dearborn St #500, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
Chicago2150 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Ankin Law charge?
Ankin Law publishes a contingency fee, which means the fee is a share of what the case recovers and there is nothing to pay if it recovers nothing. The rate itself is not published, so ask for it in writing, along with how case expenses are handled and whether they come out of the recovery before or after the fee. The first consultation is free, which is the place to ask.
Does Ankin Law offer a free consultation?
Yes. Ankin Law publishes a free initial consultation. The firm states it will visit clients in hospital or at home and it publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Ankin Law have offices?
Ankin Law publishes two offices, among them Chicago. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Ankin Law?
Ankin Law names 27 attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. They have not been checked against a state register: Illinois does not publish an attorney register we can query, so licensure is not verified here. The state's own attorney search is the place to check it.
Are the case results Ankin Law publishes verified?
No. Ankin Law publishes ten case results with amounts on its own site. We counted them and we did not confirm them: the figures are the firm's. Pillar B scores whether a firm publishes outcomes and discloses them properly, including whether a prior-results disclaimer appears beside them, not whether the amounts are right. Past results do not predict another case.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Ankin Law?
Ankin Law scores 68 and sits at Verified. Passed: website and footprint. Could not be answered from any public source and therefore counts neither for nor against the firm: licensure, discipline and entity registration. Every row of the scorecard above names where the value came from and when it was read. Nothing on this profile was supplied by the firm for payment, and no placement here can be bought.