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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
6Practice areas

About O'Brien & Ford

O'Brien & Ford works from Main Street and names 13 attorneys.

63 reviews at 4.8. Contingency fees, a free consultation and a 24 hour line, 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 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

50out 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 2026
15 points to Certified
65 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 New York's 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 4.82 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 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 · 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 firm3 / 5
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 · 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 & 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: 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
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

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.

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

Frequently asked questions

How much does O'Brien & Ford charge?
O'Brien & Ford 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 O'Brien & Ford offer a free consultation?
Yes. O'Brien & Ford publishes a free initial consultation. The intake line is published as open around the clock.
Where does O'Brien & Ford have offices?
O'Brien & Ford publishes one office, in Buffalo. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at O'Brien & Ford?
O'Brien & Ford names 13 attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 6 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.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about O'Brien & Ford?
O'Brien & Ford scores 49 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.