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Brooklyn Defender Services
ListedCriminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
PaidInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About Brooklyn Defender Services
Brooklyn Defender Services works from Livingston Street in Brooklyn and names two attorneys.
82 reviews at 3.6. It publishes nothing we could record about fees, consultations or the hours it answers.
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
25out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 77 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.
Listed
2 eligibility gate(s) still to be checked. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar B (0/15).
40 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (23% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +8 available · B1 Results published: +6 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +6 available
G1 LicensureNot checkedNone of the 2 attorneys this firm names could be found in the register, so there is nothing here to clear or to fault.
G2 DisciplineNot checkedNone of the 2 attorneys this firm names could be found in the register, so no disciplinary history could be read either way.
G3 Entity & officeBROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES is an active domestic not-for-profit corporation registered since 1996-03-22, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 2 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint82 public client reviews and 31 years since the entity was formed in 1996
AProfessional Standing1/25
A2 ExperiencePendingNot yet assessed0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry0 of 2 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio1 / 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the pages we read · no professional liability cover disclosed, which is not scored here: plaintiff firms in this market do not publish it, and an absence shared by every firm separates none of them0 / 3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, which New York's advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience10/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved82 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count3 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 3.6 over 82 reviews → Bayesian 4.27 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only2 / 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 shareGoogle3 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them0 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority9/25
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 · 2026-10-01DR 56.0 → 98th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 3/3 · 1,789 referring domains, 93th pct 2/2 · 149 organic keywords / 1,599 visits·mo, 84th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)7 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 1 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 unearned0.1 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-10-01JSON-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 & Responsiveness0/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedfee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published0 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York Criminal Defense (85 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
56· 98th percentile
1,789 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 0.4M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01Trust pages
2 / 2
attorney bios · privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 47
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
The firm’s people the firm names its people without saying who among them practises law · 2 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
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.
Client reviews
3.6
★★★★★
Based on 82 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: Brooklyn
Brooklyn177 Livingston St #7, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Brooklyn Defender Services charge?
Brooklyn Defender Services 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.
Does Brooklyn Defender Services offer a free consultation?
Brooklyn Defender Services does not publish a free consultation on the pages we read. That is not the same as charging for one, and it is worth asking.
Where does Brooklyn Defender Services have offices?
Brooklyn Defender Services publishes one office, in Brooklyn. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Brooklyn Defender Services?
Brooklyn Defender Services names two attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Brooklyn Defender Services?
Brooklyn Defender Services scores 25 and sits at Listed. Passed: entity registration, website and footprint. Did not pass: licensure and discipline. 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.