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O'Brien & Ford PC

LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.8 · 63 Google reviews1 office13 attorneysEnglish
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
1Practice areas

About O'Brien & Ford

O'Brien & Ford PC is a personal injury firm with a single office in Buffalo.

The firm states that it works on a contingency fee, with nothing to pay unless the case is won; the first consultation is free; its intake line is open around the clock.

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 6 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.

23 years average at the bar

Mean 23.3 years since admission across 6 of 13 named attorneys (longest 37, shortest 14) · 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

45out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 97 of the 100 points this firm's state lets anyone measure. 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 2026
25 points to Certified
70 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (51% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: B1 Results published: +6 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +5 available · B2 Specificity: +5 available
G1 Licensure6 of 13 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 7 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 6 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 & officeO'BRIEN & FORD, P.C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2012-07-18, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 13 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint63 public client reviews and 14 years since the entity was formed in 2012
Professional Standing
13/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 23.3 years since admission across 6 of 13 named attorneys (longest 37, shortest 14) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry6 of 13 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios4 / 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
0/15
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 the New York advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience
16/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved63 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.8 over 63 reviews → Bayesian 4.81 (prior 4.82 weighted as 100 reviews, from 217 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle3 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 & Authority
9/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no bar numbers on bios · fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · fresh content3 / 7
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 24 → 64th pct of 22-firm cohort (median 19) 2/3 · 676 referring domains, 73th pct 1/2 · 143 organic keywords / 334 visits·mo, 52th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)4 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing with reviews · profile completeness, NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank not yet measured (4 of 5 pts still available)1 / 5
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-16content 0/2 · JSON-LD detected 1/1 · earned media 0/11 / 5
EAccess & Responsiveness
6/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Oct 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
24· 61th percentile
676 ref. domains · cohort median 21 · Ahrefs rank 6.6M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16
Trust pages
5 / 5
attorney bios · privacy policy · fee statement · blog · disclaimer
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 57
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-14

Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted

Personal Injury

Attorneys 6 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 7 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys

KK
Kevin J. KeaneAdmitted in NY
AK
Anant KishoreAdmitted in NY
CO
Chris O’BrienAdmitted in NY
JF
John P. FordAdmitted in NY
CP
Christopher PannozzoAdmitted in NY
DD
Danielle D’AbateAdmitted 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.

  • Jenna Flach
  • Kim Carney
  • Olivia Dinero
  • Aidan Treanor
  • Ann Linderman
  • Shana Fattey
  • Patrice Anderson

Client reviews

4.8
★★★★★
Based on 63 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: O'Brien & Ford Lawyers

O'Brien & Ford Lawyers4549 Main St Ste 201, Buffalo, NY 14226, USA