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Peter J. Schaffer

ListedCriminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 5.0 · 25 Google reviews1 office1 attorneysEnglish
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas

About Peter J. Schaffer

Peter J. Schaffer works from Grand Concourse in Bronx and names a single attorney.

25 reviews at 5.0. A free consultation, published. It publishes nothing about the rate or the retainer.

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

35out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 77 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.

Listed

2 eligibility gate(s) still to be checked. 1 could not be answered from the available records (G3) and does not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar B (0/15).

30 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (40% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +8 available · B1 Results published: +6 available · B2 Specificity: +5 available
G1 LicensureNot checkedNone of the 1 attorneys this firm names could be found in the register, so there is nothing here to clear or to fault.
G2 DisciplineNot checkedNone of the 1 attorneys this firm names could be found in the register, so no disciplinary history could be read either way.
G3 Entity & officeNo answer in the recordNo matching entity found in the active corporations register. New York does not require a general partnership to file with the Department of State, so this is not evidence against the firm, only a check we could not complete from this source
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 1 named attorney published.
G6 Footprint25 public client reviews and 22 years since its web address was registered in 2004
Professional Standing
4/25
A2 ExperiencePendingNot yet assessed0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry0 of 1 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio1 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of Bronx County Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers · 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 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
15/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved25 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 5.0 over 25 reviews → Bayesian 4.86 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle2 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-06-06) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review4 / 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 · no privacy policy · no 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 firm1 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-10-01DR 19.0 → 76th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 2/3 · 989 referring domains, 46th pct 1/2 · 9 organic keywords / 24 visits·mo, 26th 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 · 2026-10-01JSON-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
1/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York Criminal Defense (85 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

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

Domain authority
19· 76th percentile
989 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 9.5M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01
Trust pages
2 / 2
attorney bios · blog
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 56
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01

Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted

Criminal Defense

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.

Client reviews

5.0
★★★★★
Based on 25 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: Bronx

Bronx888 Grand Concourse Ste 1-O, Bronx, NY 10451, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does Peter J. Schaffer charge?
Peter J. Schaffer publishes no fee terms on the pages we read, so none is recorded on this profile. An absence here is not a claim that the firm has no fee arrangement, only that it does not state one publicly. 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 Peter J. Schaffer offer a free consultation?
Yes. Peter J. Schaffer publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does Peter J. Schaffer have offices?
Peter J. Schaffer publishes one office, in Bronx. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Peter J. Schaffer?
Peter J. Schaffer names one attorney on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Peter J. Schaffer?
Peter J. Schaffer scores 34 and sits at Listed. Passed: website and footprint. Did not pass: 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.