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Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers
ListedPersonal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
Contingency
Moreover, all cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, meaning that we only charge you if we are successful.
FreeInitial consultation
6Practice areas
About Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers works from North LaSalle Street and names no attorney on the pages we could reach.
66 reviews at 4.9. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes 24 case results with amounts of its own and they are its figures rather than ones we confirmed.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
Fee terms published
Moreover, all cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, meaning that we only charge you if we are successful.
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
24 results published
Across 8 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.
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
51out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 68 of the 68 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 32 of them need a register that Illinois does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
Listed
1 eligibility gate(s) still to be checked. 3 could not be answered from the available records (G1, G2, G3) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar A (0/25).
14 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (62% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · D2 Search authority: +5 available
G1 LicensureNot published by ILIllinois does not publish an attorney register we can query, so licensure is not verified here. The state's own attorney search is the place to check it.
G2 DisciplineNot published by ILIllinois does not publish a disciplinary register we can query.
G3 Entity & officeNot published by IL1 physical location verified on Google Business Profile. Illinois publishes no business register we are able to query, so the registration itself is not verified here. The state's own business search is the place to check it.
G5 WebsiteNot checkedSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, no attorney is named on the site we could read. The gate also asks for no misleading claims, which is an editorial read we have not recorded.
G6 Footprint66 public client reviews across 1 Google listing, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2019-02-07, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing0/25
A2 Experienceno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so years since admission cannot be established here for any firm and this is not scored.0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityno roster publishedOur crawl found no roster on this firm's site, so there is nothing here to verify against a register. Publishing one, or telling us where it is, is what gate G5 asks for.0 / 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 Outcomes8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted24 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted8 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page. A past result is not a prediction of another one, and the disclaimer is the sentence that says so0 / 4
CClient Experience16/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved66 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 66 reviews → Bayesian 4.86 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-04-18) · 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 & Authority5/25
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 · 2026-09-26DR 8 → 32th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 1/3 · 1,320 referring domains, 72th pct 1/2 · 101 organic keywords / 500 visits·mo, 51th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)3 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 0 photos · 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 unearned0 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-26JSON-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 & Responsiveness6/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “Moreover, all cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, meaning that we only charge you if we are successful.” · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Chicago Personal Injury (110 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
8· 32th percentile
1,320 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 21.3M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26Trust pages
1 / 1
blog
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 56
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-26Practice areas 6 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers lists 24 case results on its own website, across 8 case types. The page carries no 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 deathpedestrianproduct 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.
Client reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 66 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: Chicago
Chicago180 N LaSalle St Suite 3050, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers charge?
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers 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 Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers offer a free consultation?
Yes. Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers have offices?
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers publishes one office, in Chicago. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers?
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers names no attorney on the public pages we could read. That is a gap in what the firm publishes rather than a statement about who works there, and it is why the licensure and discipline checks on this profile have nothing to run against.
Are the case results Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers publishes verified?
No. Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers publishes 24 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 Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers?
Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger, Trial Lawyers scores 50 and sits at Listed. Passed: footprint. Did not pass: website. Could not be answered from any public source and therefore counts neither for nor against the firm: 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.