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Shuman Legal
LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
8Practice areas
About Shuman Legal
Shuman Legal works from five offices across Illinois, among them Chicago, Naperville and Normal, and names four attorneys.
563 reviews at 4.83 across five listings. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, 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.
563 client reviews
Counted across 5 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
4.83 average over 563 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.
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
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 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.
Verified
2 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 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 B (0/15).
LFL Verified 202615 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (55% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · B1 Results published: +6 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 IL5 physical locations 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 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 4 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint563 public client reviews across 5 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2004-08-07, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing3/25
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 queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so the roster is not verified here and this is not scored.0 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American Bar Association, Indiana Trial Lawyers 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 Outcomes0/15
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. A past result is not a prediction of another one, and the disclaimer is the sentence that says so0 / 4
CClient Experience18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved563 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 5 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.83 over 563 reviews → Bayesian 4.83 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle25 of 25 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-08-07) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 25 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them3 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority8/25
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 · 2026-09-26DR 27 → 67th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 2/3 · 1,456 referring domains, 74th pct 1/2 · 459 organic keywords / 5,081 visits·mo, 86th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle5 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 · 2026-09-26JSON-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 & Responsiveness4/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 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
27· 67th percentile
1,456 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 5.3M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26Trust pages
3 / 3
privacy policy · attorney bios · blog
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 95
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-26Practice areas 8 areas · primary focus highlighted
The firm’s people the firm names its people without saying who among them practises law · 4 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
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 563 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 5 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 5 locations · main office: Chicago
Chicago414 N Orleans St Ste 600, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Naperville2135 City Gate Ln Ste 300, Naperville, IL 60563, USA
Normal1100 Beech St Bldg 10 - Suite #2, Normal, IL 61761, USA
Joliet1000 Essington Rd Ste 126, Joliet, IL 60435, USA
Loves Park5901 Pleasant Ave, Loves Park, IL 61111, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Shuman Legal charge?
Shuman Legal 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 Shuman Legal offer a free consultation?
Yes. Shuman Legal publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does Shuman Legal have offices?
Shuman Legal publishes five offices, in Chicago, Naperville, Normal, Joliet and Loves Park. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Shuman Legal?
Shuman Legal names four attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. They have not been checked against a state register: Illinois 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.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Shuman Legal?
Shuman Legal scores 49 and sits at Verified. Passed: website and footprint. 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.