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The Advocates
ListedPersonal InjurySan Diego, CA● Accepting new clients
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
5Practice areas
About The Advocates
The Advocates works from West Van Buren Street in Avondale, with a second office in San Diego, and names 28 attorneys.
158 reviews at 4.9 across two listings. Contingency fees, a free consultation and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes eight 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
4.9 average over 158 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.
18 years average at the bar
Mean 18.3 years since admission across 3 of 27 named attorneys (longest 47, shortest 3) · 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
60out 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 California 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. 2 could not be answered from the available records (G2, G3) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar E (4/15).
5 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (65% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +8 available · E4 Availability: +5 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available
G1 LicensureNot checked2 of 27 named attorneys hold an active California licence. 1 do not (Alan Tucker: Inactive). No discipline is recorded against any of them, so this is a licence status rather than a finding of misconduct, and either record may be out of date.
G2 DisciplineNo answer in the recordNo disciplinary record is held against any of the 3 attorneys we identified. Mark Stewart could not be told apart from 4 namesakes, one of whom is not eligible to practise. Held open.
G3 Entity & officeNot published by CA2 physical locations verified on Google Business Profile. California 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, 27 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint158 public client reviews across 2 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 1999-05-25, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing13/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 18.3 years since admission across 3 of 27 named attorneys (longest 47, shortest 3) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry3 of 27 named attorneys matched to the California register; no bar number published on any bio1 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, State Bar of Texas · 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 Outcomes6/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted8 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts3 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted5 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 Experience18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved158 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 2 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 158 reviews → Bayesian 4.87 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle10 of 10 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-06-25) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 10 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 & Authority11/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · 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 firm2 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-30DR 40 → 89th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 14) 3/3 · 1,938 referring domains, 90th pct 2/2 · 264 organic keywords / 4,427 visits·mo, 84th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)7 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle2 operational Google Business Profile listings · 10 or more photos, which is where the API stops counting · 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 unearned1 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-30JSON-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: San Diego Personal Injury (113 firms measured)How the score works →
Digital presence snapshot
Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.
Domain authority
40· 87th percentile
1,938 ref. domains · cohort median 16 · Ahrefs rank 1.5M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-30Trust pages
4 / 4
attorney bios · disclaimer · blog · privacy policy
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 69
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-30Practice areas 5 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
The Advocates lists 8 case results on its own website, across 5 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.
motor vehicletruckpremisespedestrianproduct 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.
Attorneys 25 attorneys · 3 of 25 licences checked against the California attorney register · 2 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
MG
Mandy GruhlkeyPersonal Injury Attorney
MS
Mark StewartPersonal Injury Attorney
JG
Jeffrey GunnAttorney
SL
Steven S. LintonPersonal Injury Attorney
BS
Brad SlightingPersonal Injury Attorney
YM
York MajorPersonal Injury Attorney
WJ
Wendy JungblutPersonal Injury Attorney
TC
Tyler CallLitigation Attorney
SD
Steven DayPersonal Injury Attorney
NB
Nova BrownPersonal Injury Attorney
ND
Nick DillingerPersonal Injury Attorney
GK
Grant KeiserPersonal Injury Attorney
DT
David TullisPersonal Injury Attorney
CT
Christopher ThresherPersonal Injury Attorney
BB
Brian BankheadPersonal Injury Attorney
BE
Brenda EchevarriaPersonal Injury Attorney
AT
Alan TuckerPersonal Injury Attorney
DD
Doug DayPersonal Injury Attorney
SS
Sogol SetayeshPersonal Injury Attorney
MD
Matthew DriggsPersonal Injury Attorney
IG
Ian GillespieLitigation And Trial Attorney
SD
Sandra DuritzaPersonal Injury Attorney
JD
Joshua R. DunyonPersonal Injury Attorney
MD
Michael DriggsPersonal Injury Attorney
GF
Great FallsPersonal Injury Attorney
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
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 158 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 2 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 2 locations · main office: Avondale
Avondale9950 W Van Buren St #102, Avondale, AZ 85323, USA
San Diego838 25th St Ste A, San Diego, CA 92102, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does The Advocates charge?
The Advocates 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 The Advocates offer a free consultation?
Yes. The Advocates publishes a free initial consultation. It publishes material in Spanish.
Where does The Advocates have offices?
The Advocates publishes two offices, in Avondale and San Diego. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at The Advocates?
The Advocates names 28 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: California 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.
Are the case results The Advocates publishes verified?
No. The Advocates publishes eight 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 The Advocates?
The Advocates scores 61 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.