LFL Verified 2026Family LawNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★4.5 · 242 Google reviews2 offices1 attorneysEnglish · Spanish
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About Claudio & Associates
Claudio & Associates works from Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, with a second office upstate in Newburgh, and names one attorney, Desiree Marie Claudio. It publishes a fee statement page, which most firms here do not.
244 reviews across the two listings, 242 of them in Jamaica. A free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It names two stages of a matrimonial case and neither mediation nor litigation as its own route.
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 1 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.
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
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
49out 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
All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: A; most headroom in pillar E (2/15).
LFL Verified 2026
16 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (60% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D2 Search authority: +7 available · B1 Fee terms published: +6 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available
G1 Licensure1 of 1 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
G2 DisciplineNone of the 1 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 & officeCLAUDIO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2015-03-10, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 1 named attorney published.
G6 Footprint242 public client reviews and 12 years since the entity was formed in 2015
AProfessional Standing
19/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 14.0 years since admission across 1 of 1 named attorneys (longest 14, shortest 14) · NYS Attorney Registration database7 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry1 of 1 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios9 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of Queens County Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Jersey 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 Outcomes
3/15
B1 Fee terms publishedFirm-submittedNothing about the rate, the retainer or any other price on the 4 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 2 stages of a matrimonial case: child support, maintenance · names mediation, uncontested3 / 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 4 pages we read0 / 4
CClient Experience
12/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved242 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.5 over 242 reviews → Bayesian 4.60 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only3 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle4 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-08) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle2 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 & Authority
6/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · 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 firm3 / 5
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 · 2026-09-17JSON-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 & Responsiveness
2/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the rate, retainer or flat fee itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Claudio & Associates lists 1 case result on its own website. 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.
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 1 attorney · every licence checked against the New York attorney register
DC
Desiree Marie ClaudioAdmitted in NY
Client reviews
4.5
★★★★★
Based on 242 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 2 locations · main office: Jamaica
Jamaica89-36 Sutphin Blvd Ste 301-305, Jamaica, NY 11435, USA
Newburgh5020 US-9W Ste 103 #9, Newburgh, NY 12550, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Claudio & Associates charge?
Claudio & Associates 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 Claudio & Associates offer a free consultation?
Yes. Claudio & Associates publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Claudio & Associates have offices?
Claudio & Associates publishes two offices, in Jamaica and Newburgh. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Claudio & Associates?
Claudio & Associates names one attorney on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 1 of 1 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Claudio & Associates?
Claudio & Associates scores 48 and sits at Verified. Passed: licensure, discipline, entity registration, website and footprint. 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.