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The Blanch Law Firm
LFL Verified 2026Criminal DefenseNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas
About The Blanch Law Firm
The Blanch Law Firm works from Lexington Avenue in Manhattan and names nine attorneys.
33 reviews at 4.2. A free consultation, 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 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.
24 years average at the bar
Mean 24.2 years since admission across 4 of 9 named attorneys (longest 52, shortest 6) · 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
46out 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 E (1/15).
LFL Verified 202619 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (54% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +8 available · B1 Results published: +5 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available
G1 Licensure4 of 9 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 5 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 & officeTHE BLANCH LAW FIRM, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION is an active domestic professional service corporation registered since 2003-08-22, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 9 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint33 public client reviews and 23 years since the entity was formed in 2003
AProfessional Standing10/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 24.2 years since admission across 4 of 9 named attorneys (longest 52, shortest 6) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry4 of 9 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio1 / 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 Outcomes8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted1 result published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts1 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted5 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present beside the published results4 / 4
CClient Experience12/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved33 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.2 over 33 reviews → Bayesian 4.67 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle1 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-21) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review2.5 / 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 & Authority8/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · no 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 firm1.5 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-10-01DR 29.0 → 90th pct of 84-firm cohort (median 7) 3/3 · 1,415 referring domains, 79th pct 2/2 · 103 organic keywords / 133 visits·mo, 58th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)6 / 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 · 2026-10-01no 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 & Responsiveness1/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 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
29· 90th percentile
1,415 ref. domains · cohort median 7 · Ahrefs rank 4.3M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-01Trust pages
3 / 3
blog · attorney bios · disclaimer
ObservedCore Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 63
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-01Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
The Blanch Law Firm lists 1 case result on its own website, across 5 case types. The page carries its own 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.
drug offensethefthomicidewhite collarfederal charges
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 4 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 5 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
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Sumeet SondhiAdmitted in NY
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Alana YakovlevAdmitted in NY
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John JaniecAdmitted in NY
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Hannah JolyAdmitted in NY
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
4.2
★★★★★
Based on 33 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: Manhattan
Manhattan420 Lexington Ave Ste 1402 POB 1057, New York, NY 10170, USA
Frequently asked questions
How much does The Blanch Law Firm charge?
The Blanch Law Firm 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 The Blanch Law Firm offer a free consultation?
Yes. The Blanch Law Firm publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does The Blanch Law Firm have offices?
The Blanch Law Firm publishes one office, in Manhattan. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at The Blanch Law Firm?
The Blanch Law Firm names nine attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 4 of 9 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 5 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about The Blanch Law Firm?
The Blanch Law Firm scores 45 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.