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Tacopina Law
LFL Verified 2026Criminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
1Practice areas
About Tacopina Law
Tacopina Law works from Madison Avenue in Manhattan and names eight attorneys.
51 reviews at 4.8. A free consultation and a 24 hour line, published. It publishes nothing about the rate or the retainer.
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 5 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.
19 years average at the bar
Mean 18.6 years since admission across 5 of 7 named attorneys (longest 34, shortest 2) · 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
55out 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 B (0/15).
LFL Verified 202610 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (60% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: B1 Results published: +6 available · B2 Specificity: +5 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available
G1 Licensure5 of 8 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 3 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 5 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 & officeJ. TACOPINA P.C. is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2020-06-12, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 8 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint51 public client reviews and 6 years since the entity was formed in 2020
AProfessional Standing18/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 18.6 years since admission across 5 of 7 named attorneys (longest 34, shortest 2) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry5 of 7 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios6 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association, New York City Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and 1 more · 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, which New York's advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience16/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved51 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.8 over 51 reviews → Bayesian 4.82 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle3 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2025-10-29) · 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 & Authority10/25
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 26.0 → 89th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 3/3 · 1,686 referring domains, 89th pct 2/2 · 111 organic keywords / 2,966 visits·mo, 82th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)7 / 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 · 2026-10-01JSON-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 · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 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
26· 89th percentile
1,686 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 5.6M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01Trust pages
3 / 3
attorney bios · privacy policy · blog
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 69
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Attorneys 5 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
JT
Joseph TacopinaAdmitted in NY
CS
Chad SeigelFounding Partner
MD
Matthew DeOreoAdmitted in NY
EL
Eleonora Maria LanzoneAttorney
SA
Sara AzariOf Counsel
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 51 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: Tacopina Seigel & DeOreo
Tacopina Seigel & DeOreo275 Madison Ave Ste 3500, New York, NY 10016, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does Tacopina Law charge?
Tacopina 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. The first consultation is free, which is the place to ask.
Does Tacopina Law offer a free consultation?
Yes. Tacopina Law publishes a free initial consultation. The intake line is published as open around the clock.
Where does Tacopina Law have offices?
Tacopina 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 Tacopina Law?
Tacopina Law names eight attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 5 of 8 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 3 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about Tacopina Law?
Tacopina Law scores 54 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.