LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
★★★★★4.9 · 38 Google reviews1 office1 attorneysEnglish
ContingencyFee model
PaidInitial consultation
4Practice areas
About Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman works from North Broadway and names two attorneys.
38 reviews at 4.9. Contingency fees, published. It publishes five 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 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.
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
40out 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 Illinois does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
Verified
2 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 3 could not be answered from the available records (G1, G2, G3) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar A (0/25).
LFL Verified 2026
25 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (47% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · E4 Availability: +5 available
G1 LicensureNot published by ILIllinois does not publish an attorney register we can query, so licensure is not verified here. The state's own attorney search is the place to check it.
G2 DisciplineNot published by ILIllinois does not publish a disciplinary register we can query.
G3 Entity & officeNot published by IL1 physical location verified on Google Business Profile. Illinois publishes no business register we are able to query, so the registration itself is not verified here. The state's own business search is the place to check it.
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 1 named attorney published.
G6 Footprint38 public client reviews across 1 Google listing, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2007-09-25, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing
0/25
A2 Experienceno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so years since admission cannot be established here for any firm and this is not scored.0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so the roster is not verified here and this is not scored.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 Outcomes
6/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted5 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts3 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted8 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page. A past result is not a prediction of another one, and the disclaimer is the sentence that says so0 / 4
CClient Experience
12/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved38 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 38 reviews → Bayesian 4.85 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle0 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2025-07-03) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review1 / 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 & Authority
7/25
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
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 0 photos · 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 unearned0 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-26JSON-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 transparencyObservedContingency · the fee percentage itself is not published2 / 6
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman LLC lists 5 case results on its own website, across 8 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.
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.
The firm’s people the firm names its people without saying who among them practises law · 1 more person is named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
Also named by the firm
The firm lists this person among its team and prints no role beside the name, so we do not describe them as attorneys.
Based on 38 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: Chicago
Chicago3712 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman charge?
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman 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.
Does Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman offer a free consultation?
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman 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.
Where does Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman have offices?
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman publishes one office, in Chicago. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman?
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman names two attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. They have not been checked against a state register: Illinois does not publish an attorney register we can query, so licensure is not verified here. The state's own attorney search is the place to check it.
Are the case results Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman publishes verified?
No. Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman publishes five 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 Stephen L. Hoffman?
Law Office Of Stephen L. Hoffman scores 39 and sits at Verified. Passed: website and footprint. Could not be answered from any public source and therefore counts neither for nor against the firm: licensure, discipline and entity registration. 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.