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Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC
LFL Certified 2026 · Score 71Criminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Contingency
Asked Questions 1 How much does it cost to hire your firm?
FreeInitial consultation
2Practice areas
About Law Office of Michael H. Joseph
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph works from West 33rd Street in Manhattan, with offices in White Plains and Forest Hills, and names two attorneys.
123 reviews at 4.38 across three listings. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes 14 case results with amounts of its own and they are its figures rather than ones we confirmed.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
LFL Certified 2026
Scored 71 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.
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.
Fee terms published
Asked Questions 1 How much does it cost to hire your firm?
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
14 results published
Across 10 case types on the firm's own site. We read the page and counted what is on it; the amounts are the firm's and we have not confirmed them.
31 years average at the bar
Mean 30.5 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 35, shortest 26) · 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
71out 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.
LFL Certified
All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: A; most headroom in pillar D (10/25).
LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 24, 20267 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor met (80% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: E4 Availability: +5 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available · C2 Rating quality: +3 available
G1 Licensure2 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
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 & officeLAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL H. JOSEPH, P.L.L.C. is an active domestic professional service limited liability company registered since 2004-05-11, with 3 Google-verified locations
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 2 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint123 public client reviews and 22 years since the entity was formed in 2004
AProfessional Standing22/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 30.5 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 35, shortest 26) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry2 of 2 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios9 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York City Bar Association and 1 more · 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 Outcomes10/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted14 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted10 case types named; 4 court or county references5 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page, which New York's advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience14/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved123 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 3 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count3 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.38 over 123 reviews → Bayesian 4.58 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only3 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle9 of 15 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-08-31) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 15 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them3 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority10/25
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 · 2026-10-01DR 22.0 → 85th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 3/3 · 1,161 referring domains, 67th pct 1/2 · 398 organic keywords / 1,835 visits·mo, 91th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)6 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle3 operational Google Business Profile listings · 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 & Responsiveness6/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “Asked Questions 1 How much does it cost to hire your firm?” · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 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
22· 85th percentile
1,161 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 7.7M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01Trust pages
3 / 3
blog · privacy policy · disclaimer
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 43
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01Practice areas 2 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC lists 14 case results on its own website, across 10 case types. 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.
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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 2 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register
MJ
Michael H. JosephAdmitted in NY
CN
Clifford S. NelsonAdmitted in NY
Client reviews
4.4
★★★★★
Based on 123 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 3 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 3 locations · main office: Manhattan
Manhattan18 W 33rd St Ste 400, New York, NY 10001, USA
White Plains203 E Post Rd, White Plains, NY 10601, USA
The Law Offices of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC112-41 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Law Office of Michael H. Joseph charge?
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph 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 Law Office of Michael H. Joseph offer a free consultation?
Yes. Law Office of Michael H. Joseph publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Law Office of Michael H. Joseph have offices?
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph publishes three offices, in Manhattan, White Plains and Forest Hills. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Law Office of Michael H. Joseph?
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph names two attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 2 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status.
Are the case results Law Office of Michael H. Joseph publishes verified?
No. Law Office of Michael H. Joseph publishes 14 case results with amounts on its own site. We counted them and we did not confirm them: the figures are the firm's. Pillar B scores whether a firm publishes outcomes and discloses them properly, including whether a prior-results disclaimer appears beside them, not whether the amounts are right. Past results do not predict another case.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Law Office of Michael H. Joseph?
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph scores 69 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.