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Bakshi & Leta
LFL Verified 2026Family LawBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About Bakshi & Leta
Bakshi & Leta works from Main Street in Williamsville and presents DWI defence and family law side by side. Sunil Bakshi is an Albany Law School graduate who its site says has practised DWI law for over twenty-five years, and Joseph Leta is a University at Buffalo law and business graduate.
51 reviews at 4.8, the highest rating of any firm here with more than fifty reviews. It explains seven stages of a matrimonial case and offers mediation as well as an uncontested route. It publishes a privacy policy and nothing else this directory looks for in a trust page, and no fee of any kind.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
LFL Verified 2026
Every eligibility gate this firm's state allows us to check has been checked and held: licensure, discipline, entity, website and footprint. Certification additionally requires a score of 70.
No public discipline
None of the 2 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
27 years average at the bar
Mean 26.5 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 31, shortest 22) · NYS Attorney Registration database
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
51out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 87 of the 87 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 13 of them need a register that New York does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
Verified
4 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 1 could not be answered from the available records (G3) and does not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: A; most headroom in pillar E (1/15).
LFL Verified 202614 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (68% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: B1 Fee terms published: +6 available · D2 Search authority: +5 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available
G1 Licensure2 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
G2 DisciplineNone of the 2 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
G3 Entity & officeNo answer in the recordNo matching entity found in the active corporations register. New York does not require a general partnership to file with the Department of State, so this is not evidence against the firm, only a check we could not complete from this source
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 2 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint51 public client reviews and 11 years since its web address was registered in 2015
AProfessional Standing19/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 26.5 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 31, shortest 22) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry2 of 2 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios9 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedno bar or trial lawyers' association named on the pages we read · 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 them0 / 3
BPublished Outcomes5/15
B1 Fee terms publishedFirm-submittedNothing about the rate, the retainer or any other price on the 3 pages we read. The court rules guarantee a client all of it in a signed agreement before the work starts; publishing it beforehand is the firm's choice0 / 6
B2 The case explainedFirm-submittedExplains 7 stages of a matrimonial case: child support, equitable distribution, grounds, judgment, maintenance, and more · names mediation, uncontested5 / 5
B3 Billing and the retainer disclosedFirm-submittedSays nothing about how it bills against the retainer or what happens to the unused part, on any of the 3 pages we read0 / 4
CClient Experience15/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved51 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 2 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.8 over 51 reviews → Bayesian 4.82 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle2 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-06-26) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review4 / 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 & Authority5/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · no disclaimer · no 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 firm0.5 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-18DR 0.6 → 22th pct of 23-firm cohort (median 2.2) 1/3 · 452 referring domains, 48th pct 1/2 · 15 organic keywords / 48 visits·mo, 71th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)3 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle2 operational Google Business Profile listings · 2 photos · 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 unearned0.2 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-18JSON-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 & Responsiveness1/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the rate, retainer or flat fee itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Buffalo × Family Law (24 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
0.6· 22th percentile
452 ref. domains · cohort median 2.2 · Ahrefs rank 64.9M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-18Trust pages
1 / 1
privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 58
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-18Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 2 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register
SB
Sunil BakshiAdmitted in NY
JL
Joseph LetaAdmitted in NY
Client reviews
4.8
★★★★★
Based on 51 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: About Us
About Us5662 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
Sunil Bakshi Attorney At Law5662 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Bakshi & Leta charge?
Bakshi & Leta publishes no fee terms on the pages we read, so none is recorded on this profile. An absence here is not a claim that the firm has no fee arrangement, only that it does not state one publicly. 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 Bakshi & Leta offer a free consultation?
Yes. Bakshi & Leta publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does Bakshi & Leta have offices?
Bakshi & Leta publishes two offices, among them Williamsville. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Bakshi & Leta?
Bakshi & Leta names two attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 2 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Bakshi & Leta?
Bakshi & Leta scores 49 and sits at Verified. Passed: licensure, discipline, website and footprint. Did not pass: 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.