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Dow Divorce Law
LFL Verified 2026Family LawNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
PaidInitial consultation
24/7intake line
1Practice areas
About Dow Divorce Law
Dow Divorce Law works from South Avenue in Staten Island and names eight people, among them Adelola Sheralynn Dow. It names all four routes through a divorce and explains nine stages of a matrimonial case.
106 reviews at 4.9. A 24 hour line, published. Like fifteen of the eighteen firms in this ranking, 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 2 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.
4.9 average over 106 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.
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: C; most headroom in pillar E (2/15).
LFL Verified 202616 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (58% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: B1 Fee terms published: +6 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +6 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +5 available
G1 Licensure2 of 8 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 6 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 2 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 & officeDOW DIVORCE LAW PLLC is an active domestic professional service limited liability company registered since 2009-06-24, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 8 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint106 public client reviews and 17 years since the entity was formed in 2009
AProfessional Standing11/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 12.0 years since admission across 2 of 8 named attorneys (longest 18, shortest 6) · NYS Attorney Registration database7 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry2 of 8 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios4 / 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 Outcomes5/15
B1 Fee terms publishedFirm-submittedNothing about the rate, the retainer or any other price on the 14 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 9 stages of a matrimonial case: child support, discovery, equitable distribution, grounds, judgment, 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 14 pages we read0 / 4
CClient Experience17/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved106 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 106 reviews → Bayesian 4.86 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle4 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-05-13) · 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 & Authority7/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no 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 firm2 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-17DR 6 → 35th pct of 17-firm cohort (median 8) 1/3 · 583 referring domains, 50th pct 1/2 · 147 organic keywords / 405 visits·mo, 74th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)3 / 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 · 2026-09-17JSON-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 & Responsiveness2/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedfee model not published · the rate, retainer or flat fee itself is not published0 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York × Family Law (18 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
6· 35th percentile
583 ref. domains · cohort median 8 · Ahrefs rank 25.8M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-17Trust pages
3 / 3
blog · disclaimer · privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 58
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-17Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 2 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 6 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
LM
Loui-Ann MacKnightAdmitted in NY
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Adelola Sheralynn DowAdmitted 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.
Client reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 106 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: Staten Island
Staten Island900 South Ave Suite 5, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Dow Divorce Law charge?
Dow Divorce 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.
Does Dow Divorce Law offer a free consultation?
Dow Divorce Law 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. The intake line is published as open around the clock.
Where does Dow Divorce Law have offices?
Dow Divorce Law publishes one office, in Staten Island. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Dow Divorce Law?
Dow Divorce Law names eight attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 2 of 8 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 6 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Dow Divorce Law?
Dow Divorce Law 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.