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The Case Handler

LFL Certified 2026 · Score 65Personal InjuryNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 5.0 · 221 Google reviews1 office6 attorneysEnglish
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
1Practice areas

About The Case Handler

The Case Handler works from Broadway opposite City Hall and is one of the few firms in this ranking that says who does what: Adam Handler and Matthew Goodstein as attorneys, and four paralegals named as paralegals.

220 reviews at 5.0. It publishes 151 case results with amounts of its own, the longest such list in this market after Hach & Rose, and they are its figures rather than ones we confirmed. Its home page takes more than three minutes to paint its largest element on mobile, which is the slowest reading in the directory by a wide margin.

What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it

LFL Certified 2026

Scored 65 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.

No public discipline

None of the 2 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.

5 average over 221 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.

151 results published

Across 9 case types on the firm's own site. We read the page and counted what is on it; the amounts are the firm's and we have not confirmed them.

17 years average at the bar

Mean 17.0 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 22, shortest 12) · 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

65out 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.

LFL Certified

4 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 1 could not be answered from the available records (G3) and does not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: B; most headroom in pillar E (1/15).

LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 24, 2026
13 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor met (91% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D2 Search authority: +8 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available · E4 Availability: +5 available
G1 Licensure2 of 6 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
G2 DisciplineNone of the 2 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 & officeNo answer in the recordNo matching entity found in the active corporations register. New York does not require a general partnership to file with the Department of State, so this is not evidence against the firm, only a check we could not complete from this source
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 2 named attorneys published, and 4 more people in roles the firm states are not a lawyer's.
G6 Footprint221 public client reviews and 11 years since its web address was registered in 2015
Professional Standing
18/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 17.0 years since admission across 2 of 2 named attorneys (longest 22, shortest 12) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry2 of 2 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio6 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association · 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 Outcomes
15/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted151 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts6 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted9 case types named; 6 court or county references5 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present beside the published results4 / 4
CClient Experience
19/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved221 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 5.0 over 221 reviews → Bayesian 4.95 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only6 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-08-11) · 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 & Authority
4/25
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 · 2026-09-16DR 3.8 → 10th pct of 79-firm cohort (median 27.5) 0/3 · 432 referring domains, 8th pct 0/2 · 7 organic keywords / 23 visits·mo, 10th pct 0/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)0 / 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 · 2026-09-16JSON-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 & Responsiveness
1/15
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 × Personal Injury (81 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

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

Domain authority
3.8· 10th percentile
432 ref. domains · cohort median 28 · Ahrefs rank 34.0M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16
Trust pages
2 / 2
privacy policy · blog
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 39
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-16

Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted

Personal Injury

Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts

What the firm publishes itself

The Case Handler lists 151 case results on its own website, across 9 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.

constructionmotor vehicletruckpremisesmedical malpracticewrongful deathworkplacepedestrianproduct 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 2 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 4 people are named in a role that is not a lawyer’s

MG
Matthew GoodsteinEsq.
AH
Adam HandlerEsq.

Also named by the firm, in a role that is not a lawyer’s

The firm names these people among its team and prints the role below beside the names. They are not counted as attorneys.

Client reviews

5.0
★★★★★
Based on 221 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

Manhattan250 Broadway 6th Floor, New York, NY 10007, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does The Case Handler charge?
The Case Handler 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 Case Handler offer a free consultation?
Yes. The Case Handler publishes a free initial consultation.
Where does The Case Handler have offices?
The Case Handler 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 Case Handler?
The Case Handler names six attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 2 of 6 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status.
Are the case results The Case Handler publishes verified?
No. The Case Handler publishes 151 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 Case Handler?
The Case Handler scores 63 and sits at Verified. Passed: licensure, discipline, website and footprint. Did not pass: 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.