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RLF Family Law
LFL Verified 2026Family LawNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
PaidInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About RLF Family Law
RLF Family Law works from Vesey Street and is the only firm in this ranking that publishes how it bills: invoices twice a month rather than once, so a client sees the account before the month turns. It names three attorneys with a rank beside each, and its site now answers at cadicny.com.
120 reviews at 4.8, collected in two years, which is the shortest history here. It explains eleven stages of a matrimonial case. It publishes no rate and no retainer figure, which leaves the twice-monthly invoice describing the rhythm of a bill whose size is not 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 3 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.
4.8 average over 120 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.
21 years average at the bar
Mean 21.0 years since admission across 3 of 3 named attorneys (longest 38, shortest 7) · 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
56out 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 E (0/15).
LFL Verified 20269 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (81% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D2 Search authority: +8 available · B1 Fee terms published: +6 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +6 available
G1 Licensure3 of 3 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
G2 DisciplineNone of the 3 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 & officeRLF FAMILY LAW, P.C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2009-05-19, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 3 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint120 public client reviews and 17 years since the entity was formed in 2009
AProfessional Standing21/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 21.0 years since admission across 3 of 3 named attorneys (longest 38, shortest 7) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry3 of 3 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios9 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association, New York City Bar Association, Brooklyn Bar Association · 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 Outcomes8/15
B1 Fee terms publishedFirm-submittedNothing about the rate, the retainer or any other price on the 13 pages we read. The court rules guarantee a client all of it in a signed agreement before the work starts; publishing it beforehand is the firm's choice0 / 6
B2 The case explainedFirm-submittedExplains 11 stages of a matrimonial case: attorney for the child, child support, discovery, equitable distribution, grounds, and more · names litigation, uncontested5 / 5
B3 Billing and the retainer disclosedFirm-submittedPublishes how it bills or what happens to the unused retainer: "Instead of waiting for a monthly bill, we send invoices twice a month to keep you regularly updated on your account status."3 / 4
CClient Experience17/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved120 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count3 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.8 over 120 reviews → Bayesian 4.81 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle4 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-04-27) · 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 & Authority3/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · no 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 · 2026-09-17DR 0 → 3th pct of 17-firm cohort (median 8) 0/3 · 349 referring domains, 0th pct 0/2 · 0 organic keywords / 0 visits·mo, 3th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)0 / 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 · 2026-09-17JSON-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 & Responsiveness0/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedfee model not published · the rate, retainer or flat fee itself is not published0 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York × Family Law (18 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
0· 3th percentile
349 ref. domains · cohort median 8 · Ahrefs returns no rank for this domain, which is what an unranked site gets
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-17Trust pages
3 / 3
attorney bios · disclaimer · privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 74
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-18Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 3 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register
HG
Howard GardnerSenior Litigation Attorney
JZ
Jaclyn ZackowitzAssociate Attorney
KR
Ksenia G. RudyukFounding Attorney
Client reviews
4.8
★★★★★
Based on 120 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: Manhattan
Manhattan20 Vesey St #400, New York, NY 10007, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does RLF Family Law charge?
RLF Family Law 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.
Does RLF Family Law offer a free consultation?
RLF Family Law does not publish a free consultation on the pages we read. That is not the same as charging for one, and it is worth asking.
Where does RLF Family Law have offices?
RLF Family Law publishes one office, in Manhattan. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at RLF Family Law?
RLF Family Law names three attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 3 of 3 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about RLF Family Law?
RLF Family Law scores 55 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.