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Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law
ListedPersonal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
Contingency
In addition, he works on a contingency fee, which means that you won’t pay unless your case is successful.
FreeInitial consultation
2Practice areas
About Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law
Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law works from North LaSalle Street and names no attorney on the pages we could reach.
453 reviews at 4.9. Contingency fees and a free consultation, published.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
453 client reviews
Counted across 1 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
4.9 average over 453 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.
Fee terms published
In addition, he works on a contingency fee, which means that you won’t pay unless your case is successful.
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
39out 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).
26 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (50% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · D2 Search authority: +8 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 Footprint453 public client reviews across 1 Google listing, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2021-02-05, 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 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 Experience19/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved453 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 453 reviews → Bayesian 4.89 (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 2026-08-22) · 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 pending · 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 · 2026-09-26DR 2 → 10th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 0/3 · 744 referring domains, 9th pct 0/2 · 5 organic keywords / 26 visits·mo, 18th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)0 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 7 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 unearned0.7 / 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 & Responsiveness5/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “In addition, he works on a contingency fee, which means that you won’t pay unless your case is successful.” · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 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
2· 10th percentile
744 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 46.2M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26Trust pages
2 / 2
privacy policy · disclaimer
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Not measuredmobile
PageSpeed Insights measurement pending
PendingPractice areas 2 areas · primary focus highlighted
Client reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 453 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
Chicago134 N LaSalle St Fl 9, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law charge?
Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law 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 Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law offer a free consultation?
Yes. Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law have offices?
Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law publishes one office, in Chicago. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law?
Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law 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.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law?
Stephen R. Martay, Attorney At Law scores 38 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.