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STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN PC

LFL Verified 2026Criminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.4 · 24 Google reviews1 office6 attorneysEnglish
Not statedFee model
PaidInitial consultation
1Practice areas

About STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN

STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN works from Forest Avenue in Staten Island and names six attorneys.

24 reviews at 4.4. It publishes nothing we could record about fees, consultations or the hours it answers.

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 4 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.

30 years average at the bar

Mean 29.8 years since admission across 4 of 6 named attorneys (longest 49, shortest 14) · 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

30out 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: A; most headroom in pillar B (0/15).

LFL Verified 2026
35 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (42% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D2 Search authority: +8 available · B1 Results published: +6 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +6 available
G1 Licensure4 of 6 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 2 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 4 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 & officeSTERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN, P.C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2022-01-31, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 6 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint24 public client reviews and 5 years since the entity was formed in 2022
Professional Standing
16/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 29.8 years since admission across 4 of 6 named attorneys (longest 49, shortest 14) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry4 of 6 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios6 / 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 Outcomes
0/15
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, which New York's advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience
8/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved24 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count1 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.4 over 24 reviews → Bayesian 4.74 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle0 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2024-05-01) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review1 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them2 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
2/25
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 · 2026-10-01DR 0.3 → 11th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 0/3 · 830 referring domains, 10th pct 0/2 · 3 organic keywords / 1 visits·mo, 12th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)0 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 3 photos · 6 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 unearned0.3 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-10-01no JSON-LD detected 0/1 · not assessed on any firm yet, so content depth and earned media and AI citations leave the scale (4 pts)0 / 1
EAccess & Responsiveness
0/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedfee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published0 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedno availability published0 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York Criminal Defense (85 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.

Domain authority
0.3· 11th percentile
830 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 73.5M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01
Trust pages
3 / 3
privacy policy · blog · attorney bios
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 48
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01

Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted

Criminal Defense

Attorneys 4 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 2 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys

JS
Jack SternPartner
MS
Marissa J. SternPartner
GF
Garrett M. FruchtmanPartner
JB
James H. BirchAttorney

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

4.4
★★★★★
Based on 24 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: Staten Island

Staten Island1189 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN charge?
STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN 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 STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN offer a free consultation?
STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN 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 STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN have offices?
STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN publishes one office, in Staten Island. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN?
STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN names six attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 4 of 6 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 2 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN?
STERN, STERN & FRUCHTMAN scores 28 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.