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Mark L. Karno & Associates, LLC

LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.6 · 85 Google reviews1 office9 attorneysEnglish · Spanish
ContingencyThat’s why, when you work with our Chicago accident lawyers , there is no fee unless we win your case.
FreeInitial consultation
6Practice areas

About Mark L. Karno & Associates

Mark L. Karno & Associates works from North LaSalle Street and names nine attorneys.

85 reviews at 4.6. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes 54 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.

Fee terms published

That’s why, when you work with our Chicago accident lawyers , there is no fee unless we win your case.

Service in Spanish

Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.

54 results published

Across 9 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.

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 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: B; most headroom in pillar A (0/25).

LFL Verified 2026
11 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (55% 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, 7 named attorneys published, and 2 more people in roles the firm states are not a lawyer's.
G6 Footprint85 public client reviews across 1 Google listing, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2002-07-15, so it has been operating for more than a year
Professional 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
9/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted54 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts6 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted9 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 volumeObserved85 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count3 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.6 over 85 reviews → Bayesian 4.72 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle3 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-05-29) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle2 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them0 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
9/25
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 · 2026-09-26DR 18 → 51th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 2/3 · 1,564 referring domains, 78th pct 2/2 · 88 organic keywords / 833 visits·mo, 54th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 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 · 2026-09-26JSON-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
6/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “That’s why, when you work with our Chicago accident lawyers , there is no fee unless we win your case.” · 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: Chicago Personal Injury (110 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.

Domain authority
18· 51th percentile
1,564 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 9.6M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26
Trust pages
4 / 4
disclaimer · blog · attorney bios · privacy policy
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 92
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-26

Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts

What the firm publishes itself

Mark L. Karno & Associates, LLC lists 54 case results on its own website, across 9 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.

constructionmotor vehicletruckpremisesmedical malpracticewrongful deathworkplacepedestrianproduct liability
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 5 attorneys · listed by the firm, licensure not yet checked against the Illinois attorney register · 2 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys · 2 people are named in a role that is not a lawyer’s

MK
Mark L. KarnoFounding Attorney
JG
Jesse GonzalezPartner
JZ
Julian E. ZitoAssociate Attorney
MG
Martin L. GlinkAssociate Attorney
NB
Neil BerkowitzAssociate Attorney

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.

Also named by the firm, in a role that is not a lawyer’s

The firm names these people among its team and prints the role below beside the names. They are not counted as attorneys.

Client reviews

4.6
★★★★★
Based on 85 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

Chicago33 N LaSalle St Ste 3500, Chicago, IL 60602, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does Mark L. Karno & Associates charge?
Mark L. Karno & 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 Mark L. Karno & Associates offer a free consultation?
Yes. Mark L. Karno & Associates publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Mark L. Karno & Associates have offices?
Mark L. Karno & Associates publishes one office, in Chicago. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Mark L. Karno & Associates?
Mark L. Karno & Associates names nine 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 Mark L. Karno & Associates publishes verified?
No. Mark L. Karno & Associates publishes 54 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 Mark L. Karno & Associates?
Mark L. Karno & Associates scores 52 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.