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Cohen Forman Barone, PC
LFL Verified 2026Criminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About Cohen Forman Barone
Cohen Forman Barone works from Third Avenue in Manhattan and names 19 attorneys.
254 reviews at 5.0. 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
None of the 7 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.
5 average over 254 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.
30 years average at the bar
Mean 29.9 years since admission across 7 of 14 named attorneys (longest 67, shortest 1) · 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
63out 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: C; most headroom in pillar E (2/15).
LFL Verified 20262 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (75% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available · E4 Availability: +5 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available
G1 Licensure7 of 18 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 9 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 7 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 & officeCOHEN FORMAN BARONE, LLP is an active domestic registered limited liability partnership registered since 2009-10-16, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 16 named attorneys published, and 2 more people in roles the firm states are not a lawyer's.
G6 Footprint254 public client reviews and 17 years since the entity was formed in 2009
AProfessional Standing16/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 29.9 years since admission across 7 of 14 named attorneys (longest 67, shortest 1) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry7 of 14 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios6 / 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 Outcomes8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted11 results published on the firm's own site, counted from result headings4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted1 case type named; 4 court or county references3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page, which New York's advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience19/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved254 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 5.0 over 254 reviews → Bayesian 4.95 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only6 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-29) · 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 & Authority10/25
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
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-10-01DR 8.0 → 51th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 2/3 · 1,433 referring domains, 80th pct 2/2 · 108 organic keywords / 807 visits·mo, 74th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 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 · 2026-10-01JSON-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 & 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: 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
8· 51th percentile
1,433 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 20.5M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01Trust pages
5 / 5
disclaimer · privacy policy · blog · attorney bios · fee statement
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 73
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Cohen Forman Barone, PC lists 11 case results on its own website, across 1 case type. 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.
assault
See the firm's own results page ↗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 7 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 7 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys · 2 people are named in a role that is not a lawyer’s
BS
Benjamin L. SimpsonPartner
CB
Carla BaroneAdmitted in NY
CF
Cory FormanHead of Immigration, Partner
DC
David J. CohenAdmitted in NY
LR
Labe M. RichmanOf Counsel
RF
Raoul FelderOf Counsel
ZF
Zachary FreyAdmitted in NY
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.
Also named by the firm, in a role that is not a lawyer’s
The firm names these people among its team and prints the role below beside the names. They are not counted as attorneys.
- Constance Coleman Senior Paralegal
- Sary Arias Director of Operations
Client reviews
5.0
★★★★★
Based on 254 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: Manhattan
Manhattan950 3rd Ave 21st Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Cohen Forman Barone charge?
Cohen Forman Barone 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 Cohen Forman Barone offer a free consultation?
Yes. Cohen Forman Barone publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Cohen Forman Barone have offices?
Cohen Forman Barone publishes one office, in Manhattan. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Cohen Forman Barone?
Cohen Forman Barone names 19 attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 7 of 19 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 10 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Cohen Forman Barone?
Cohen Forman Barone scores 60 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.