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Bates Law
LFL Verified 2026Personal InjurySan Diego, CA● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
4Practice areas
About Bates Law
Bates Law works from Camino De La Reina and names two attorneys.
113 reviews at 4.9. A free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes nothing about the rate or the retainer.
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
No named attorney carries a disbarment, a suspension or a disciplinary resignation on the State Bar of California's record, across the 1 we identified. Administrative suspensions, which the State Bar states are non-disciplinary, are not counted here
4.9 average over 113 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.
28 years average at the bar
Mean 28.0 years since admission across 1 of 2 named attorneys (longest 28, shortest 28) · 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
40out 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 California 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: C; most headroom in pillar B (0/15).
LFL Verified 202625 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (48% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D2 Search authority: +7 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +6 available · B1 Results published: +6 available
G1 Licensure1 of 2 named attorneys hold an active California licence and none carries an adverse status. 1 name(s) could not be told apart from namesakes and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNo named attorney carries a disbarment, a suspension or a disciplinary resignation on the State Bar of California's record, across the 1 we identified. Administrative suspensions, which the State Bar states are non-disciplinary, are not counted here
G3 Entity & officeNot published by CA1 physical location verified on Google Business Profile. California 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, 2 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint113 public client reviews across 1 Google listing, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2017-06-04, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing13/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 28.0 years since admission across 1 of 2 named attorneys (longest 28, shortest 28) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry1 of 2 named attorneys matched to the California register; no bar number published on any bio3 / 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 Outcomes0/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submittedThe firm publishes no case results we could read0 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted0 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up0 / 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 Experience14/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved113 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count3 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 113 reviews → Bayesian 4.87 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle1 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2025-12-03) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review2.5 / 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 · fee statement · no privacy policy · no 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 · 2026-09-30DR 0.8 → 9th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 14) 0/3 · 827 referring domains, 21th pct 0/2 · 9 organic keywords / 50 visits·mo, 28th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)1 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 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 · 2026-09-30JSON-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 & Responsiveness2/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: San Diego Personal Injury (113 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
0.8· 9th percentile
827 ref. domains · cohort median 16 · Ahrefs rank 62.8M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-30Trust pages
3 / 3
blog · fee statement · attorney bios
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 37
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-30Practice areas 4 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 1 attorney · every licence checked against the California attorney register · 1 more person is named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
PB
Paul W. BatesAdmitted in NY
Also named by the firm
The firm lists this person among its team and prints no role beside the name, so we do not describe them as attorneys.
Client reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 113 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 1 location · main office: San Diego
San Diego591 Camino De La Reina Ste 515, San Diego, CA 92108, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Bates Law charge?
Bates Law 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 Bates Law offer a free consultation?
Yes. Bates Law publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Bates Law have offices?
Bates Law publishes one office, in San Diego. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Bates Law?
Bates Law names two 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: California 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.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Bates Law?
Bates Law scores 31 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.