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Christina Lana Shine, Esq.
ListedFamily LawBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
PaidInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About Christina Lana Shine, Esq.
Christina Lana Shine, Esq. works from Main Street in Williamsville and titles her site for divorce mediation. Her practice areas include a contested divorce as well as mediation, legal separation and an uncontested divorce, so she both mediates and litigates.
23 reviews at 4.1. She explains six stages of a matrimonial case and describes four routes through one, which is more than most firms here. Her site scores 23 out of 100, the lowest in this ranking, with a largest contentful paint of 19.3 seconds and 1.18 seconds of blocking time. She is one of five firms here to name a bar association, and she publishes no fee.
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
36out 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. 1 could not be answered from the available records (G3) and does not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar E (0/15).
29 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (49% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +8 available · B1 Fee terms published: +6 available · D2 Search authority: +6 available
G1 LicensureNot checkedNone of the 1 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 1 attorneys this firm names could be found in the register, so no disciplinary history could be read either way.
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, 1 named attorney published.
G6 Footprint23 public client reviews and 20 years since its web address was registered in 2006
AProfessional Standing4/25
A2 ExperiencePendingNot yet assessed0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry0 of 1 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio1 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association · 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 Outcomes5/15
B1 Fee terms publishedFirm-submittedNothing about the rate, the retainer or any other price on the 6 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 6 stages of a matrimonial case: child support, discovery, judgment, maintenance, settlement, and more · names collaborative, litigation, 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 6 pages we read0 / 4
CClient Experience14/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved23 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count1 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.1 over 23 reviews → Bayesian 4.69 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle3 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-06-11) · 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 & Authority5/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no 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 firm1 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-18DR 2.1 → 48th pct of 23-firm cohort (median 2.2) 1/3 · 446 referring domains, 43th pct 1/2 · 2 organic keywords / 1 visits·mo, 14th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)2 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 9 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 unearned0.9 / 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 & Responsiveness0/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedfee model not published · the rate, retainer or flat fee itself is not published0 / 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
2.1· 48th percentile
446 ref. domains · cohort median 2.2 · Ahrefs rank 44.5M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-18Trust pages
2 / 2
attorney bios · blog
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 23
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-18Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
The firm’s people the firm names its people without saying who among them practises law · 1 more person is named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
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
4.1
★★★★★
Based on 23 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: Williamsville
Williamsville5500 Main St Ste 215, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Christina Lana Shine, Esq charge?
Christina Lana Shine, Esq 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 Christina Lana Shine, Esq offer a free consultation?
Christina Lana Shine, Esq 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 Christina Lana Shine, Esq have offices?
Christina Lana Shine, Esq publishes one office, in Williamsville. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Christina Lana Shine, Esq?
Christina Lana Shine, Esq names one attorney 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 Christina Lana Shine, Esq?
Christina Lana Shine, Esq scores 35 and sits at Listed. Passed: website and footprint. Did not pass: 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.