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Gelbstein & Associates, PLLC
ListedPersonal InjuryNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
2Practice areas
About Gelbstein & Associates
Gelbstein & Associates works from Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Its about page publishes client reviews under first names and initials and names no attorney, so the firm names nobody on the pages we could read.
385 reviews at 5.0. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes no case results we could read.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
385 client reviews
Counted across 1 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
5 average over 385 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.
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
41out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 68 of the 68 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 32 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
1 eligibility gate(s) still to be checked. 2 could not be answered from the available records (G1, G2) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar A (0/25).
24 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (53% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · D2 Search authority: +8 available
G1 LicensureNo attorneys publishedThis firm names no attorney on its public pages, so there is no roster whose licensure can be checked. The register is open and free to search; the names are what is missing.
G2 DisciplineNo attorneys publishedThis firm names no attorney on its public pages, so there is no roster whose disciplinary history can be checked. The register is open and free to search; the names are what is missing.
G3 Entity & officeGELBSTEIN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC is an active domestic professional service limited liability company registered since 2016-03-23, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteNot checkedSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, no attorney is named on the site we could read. The gate also asks for no misleading claims, which is an editorial read we have not recorded.
G6 Footprint385 public client reviews and 11 years since the entity was formed in 2016
AProfessional Standing0/25
A2 Experienceno roster publishedOur crawl found no roster on this firm's site, so there is no admission year to establish for anybody. Publishing one, or telling us where it is, is what gate G5 asks for.0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityno roster publishedOur crawl found no roster on this firm's site, so there is nothing here to verify against a register. Publishing one, or telling us where it is, is what gate G5 asks for.0 / 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 Experience20/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved385 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 5.0 over 385 reviews → Bayesian 4.96 (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 2026-06-09) · 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 & Authority4/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · 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 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 4.3 → 13th pct of 79-firm cohort (median 27.5) 0/3 · 420 referring domains, 6th pct 0/2 · 5 organic keywords / 19 visits·mo, 8th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)0 / 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 · 2026-09-16JSON-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 & Responsiveness4/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York × Personal Injury (81 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
4.3· 13th percentile
420 ref. domains · cohort median 28 · Ahrefs rank 31.8M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16Trust pages
2 / 2
blog · privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 50
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-16Practice areas 2 areas · primary focus highlighted
Client reviews
5.0
★★★★★
Based on 385 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
Brooklyn2607 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Gelbstein & Associates charge?
Gelbstein & Associates publishes a contingency fee, which means the fee is a share of what the case recovers and there is nothing to pay if it recovers nothing. 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 Gelbstein & Associates offer a free consultation?
Yes. Gelbstein & Associates publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Gelbstein & Associates have offices?
Gelbstein & Associates publishes one office, in Brooklyn. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Gelbstein & Associates?
Gelbstein & Associates names no attorney on the public pages we could read. That is a gap in what the firm publishes rather than a statement about who works there, and it is why the licensure and discipline checks on this profile have nothing to run against.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Gelbstein & Associates?
Gelbstein & Associates scores 40 and sits at Listed. Passed: entity registration and footprint. Did not pass: website. Could not be answered from any public source and therefore counts neither for nor against the firm: 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.