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Lewis & Lewis, P.C.
LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
4Practice areas
About Lewis & Lewis
Lewis & Lewis works from six offices across New York, among them Depew, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and names 13 attorneys. 30 years by its domain registration, the longest history of any firm listed in Buffalo.
336 reviews at 4.69 across six listings. Contingency fees and a free consultation, published.
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 10 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.
336 client reviews
Counted across 6 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
18 years average at the bar
Mean 17.5 years since admission across 10 of 13 named attorneys (longest 36, shortest 5) · 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
54out 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 B (0/15).
LFL Verified 202611 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (63% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: B1 Results published: +6 available · B2 Specificity: +5 available · E4 Availability: +5 available
G1 Licensure10 of 13 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 3 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 10 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 & officeLEWIS & LEWIS, P. C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 1972-09-01, with 6 Google-verified locations
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 13 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint336 public client reviews and 54 years since the entity was formed in 1972
AProfessional Standing18/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 17.5 years since admission across 10 of 13 named attorneys (longest 36, shortest 5) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry10 of 13 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios6 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association, American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association · 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 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 Experience18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved336 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.69 over 336 reviews → Bayesian 4.72 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle21 of 30 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-09-03) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 30 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 & Authority8/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · no 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
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 28 → 80th pct of 22-firm cohort (median 19) 2/3 · 689 referring domains, 77th pct 2/2 · 181 organic keywords / 1,037 visits·mo, 68th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle6 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 · 2026-09-16JSON-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 & Responsiveness3/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Buffalo x Personal Injury (24 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
28· 76th percentile
689 ref. domains · cohort median 21 · Ahrefs rank 4.8M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16Trust pages
3 / 3
privacy policy · attorney bios · disclaimer
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 66
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-14Practice areas 4 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 10 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 3 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
LB
Laurie M. BeckerinkAdmitted in NY
JZ
Jesselyn ZailacAdmitted in NY
JL
John I. LaMancusoAdmitted in NY
GP
George PanebiancoAdmitted in NY
MP
Michael C. PanebiancoAdmitted in NY
EJ
Emily F. JaniczAdmitted in NY
AD
Adam DelleBoviAdmitted in NY
MC
Michael T. CoutuAdmitted in NY
ED
Emily L. DowningAdmitted in NY
DK
Daniel P. KuhnAdmitted 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
4.7
★★★★★
Based on 336 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 6 locations · main office: Depew
Depew430 Dick Rd, Depew, NY 14043, USA
Buffalo37 Franklin St Ste 800, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA
Niagara Falls8803 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
Batavia8318 Park Rd, Batavia, NY 14020, USA
Jamestown413 N Main St, Jamestown, NY 14701, USA
Olean174 N Union St, Olean, NY 14760, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Lewis & Lewis charge?
Lewis & Lewis 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 Lewis & Lewis offer a free consultation?
Yes. Lewis & Lewis publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does Lewis & Lewis have offices?
Lewis & Lewis publishes six offices, among them Depew, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Batavia. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Lewis & Lewis?
Lewis & Lewis names 13 attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 10 of 13 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 3 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Lewis & Lewis?
Lewis & Lewis scores 53 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.