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Richmond Vona, LLC

LFL Certified 2026 · Score 68Personal InjuryBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.9 · 726 Google reviews1 office40 attorneysEnglish
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
6Practice areas

About Richmond Vona

Richmond Vona works from Seneca Street and names 40 attorneys.

726 reviews at 4.91 across four listings. A free consultation and a 24 hour line, published. It publishes 15 case results with amounts of its own and they are its figures rather than ones we confirmed. It publishes nothing about the rate or the retainer.

What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it

LFL Certified 2026

Scored 68 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.

No public discipline

None of the 15 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.

726 client reviews

Counted across 4 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.

4.91 average over 726 reviews

A high rating is easy at low volume and hard to hold at this one. Pillar C scores it against the market rather than against five stars.

15 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.

20 years average at the bar

Mean 19.9 years since admission across 15 of 40 named attorneys (longest 46, shortest 1) · 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

68out 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.

LFL Certified

All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar E (4/15).

LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 28, 2026
10 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor met (80% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +5 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available · E3 Languages & accessibility: +4.0 available
G1 Licensure15 of 40 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 25 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 15 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 & officeRICHMOND VONA, LLC is an active domestic professional service limited liability company registered since 2019-06-28, with 4 Google-verified locations
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 40 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint726 public client reviews and 7 years since the entity was formed in 2019
Professional Standing
16/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 19.9 years since admission across 15 of 40 named attorneys (longest 46, shortest 1) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry15 of 40 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios4 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, American Association for Justice and 1 more · 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
12/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted15 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted9 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present beside the published results4 / 4
CClient Experience
18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved726 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 4 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.91 over 726 reviews → Bayesian 4.90 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle8 of 20 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-27) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review4 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 20 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
10/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · 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 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 44 → 95th pct of 22-firm cohort (median 19) 3/3 · 881 referring domains, 91th pct 2/2 · 593 organic keywords / 3,204 visits·mo, 96th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)7 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle4 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 & Responsiveness
4/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 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
44· 91th percentile
881 ref. domains · cohort median 21 · Ahrefs rank 1.1M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16
Trust pages
3 / 3
privacy policy · attorney bios · blog
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 82
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-14

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

What the firm publishes itself

Richmond Vona, LLC lists 15 case results on its own website, across 9 case types. The page carries its own 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 15 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 25 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys

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Emily OczytkoAdmitted in NY
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Stephanie S. GelberAdmitted in NY
JG
John GerkenAdmitted in NY
EF
Elisa M. FornataroAdmitted in NY
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Michael T. SzczygielAdmitted in NY
KS
Kristopher A. SchwarzmuellerAdmitted in NY
TO
Timothy G. O’ConnellAdmitted in NY
PB
Peter F. BradyAdmitted in NY
RP
Rebecca PostekAdmitted in NY
DB
Danielle BrunoAdmitted in NY
KV
Keith R. VonaAdmitted in NY
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Brian J. AlterioAdmitted in NY
HG
Herschel GelberAdmitted in NY
JR
John E. RichmondAdmitted in NY
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Julia EvansAdmitted 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

4.9
★★★★★
Based on 726 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 4 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm

Offices 1 location · main office: Richmond Vona Injury Lawyers

Richmond Vona Injury Lawyers192 Seneca St Ste 200, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does Richmond Vona charge?
Richmond Vona 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 Richmond Vona offer a free consultation?
Yes. Richmond Vona publishes a free initial consultation. The intake line is published as open around the clock.
Where does Richmond Vona have offices?
Richmond Vona publishes one office, in Buffalo. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Richmond Vona?
Richmond Vona names 40 attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 15 of 40 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 25 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
Are the case results Richmond Vona publishes verified?
No. Richmond Vona publishes 15 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 Richmond Vona?
Richmond Vona scores 68 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.