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The JLF Firm

LFL Certified 2026 · Score 66Personal InjuryLos Angeles, CA● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.9 · 746 Google reviews4 offices7 attorneysEnglish
ContingencyFayngor took my case on contingency meaning, if we didn't win I didn't have to pay a dime.
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
7Practice areas

About The JLF Firm

The JLF Firm is a personal injury firm with four offices across California, including Downey, El Monte and Riverside.

The firm states that it works on a contingency fee, with nothing to pay unless the case is won; the first consultation is free; its intake line is open around the clock.

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

LFL Certified 2026

Scored 66 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

No named attorney carries a disbarment, a suspension or a disciplinary resignation on the State Bar of California's record, across the 6 we identified. Administrative suspensions, which the State Bar states are non-disciplinary, are not counted here

746 client reviews

Counted across 4 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.

4.93 average over 746 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.

Fee terms published

Fayngor took my case on contingency meaning, if we didn't win I didn't have to pay a dime.

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

66out 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.

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: C; most headroom in pillar D (9/25).

LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 28, 2026
12 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (71% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +4.5 available · E3 Languages & accessibility: +4.0 available · A2 Experience: +3 available
G1 Licensure6 of 7 named attorneys hold an active California licence and none carries an adverse status. 1 name(s) could not be told apart from namesakes and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNo named attorney carries a disbarment, a suspension or a disciplinary resignation on the State Bar of California's record, across the 6 we identified. Administrative suspensions, which the State Bar states are non-disciplinary, are not counted here
G3 Entity & officeNot published by CA4 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, 8 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint746 public client reviews across 4 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2017-01-12, so it has been operating for more than a year
Professional Standing
12/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 11.5 years since admission across 6 of 7 named attorneys (longest 18, shortest 7) · NYS Attorney Registration database7 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry6 of 7 named attorneys matched to the California register; no bar number published on any bio4.5 / 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
9/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted8 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts3 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted2 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up2 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present beside the published results4 / 4
CClient Experience
20/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved746 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 4 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.93 over 746 reviews → Bayesian 4.92 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only6 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle13 of 20 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-09-30) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 20 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
9/25
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 · 2026-10-19DR 17.0 → 59th pct of 141-firm cohort (median 13) 2/3 · 1,432 referring domains, 76th pct 2/2 · 53 organic keywords / 462 visits·mo, 62th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle4 operational Google Business Profile listings · 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 · 2026-10-19JSON-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
8/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “Fayngor took my case on contingency meaning, if we didn't win I didn't have to pay a dime.” · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Los Angeles Personal Injury (144 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

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

Domain authority
17· 58th percentile
1,432 ref. domains · cohort median 13.5 · Ahrefs rank 11.1M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-10-19
Trust pages
4 / 4
disclaimer · privacy policy · attorney bios · blog
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 80
Observed · PSI, 2026-10-12

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

What the firm publishes itself

The JLF Firm lists 8 case results on its own website, across 2 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.

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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 6 attorneys · every licence checked against the California attorney register · 1 more person is named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys

PW
Pegah WithjackAdmitted in CA
GG
Gavril GabrielAdmitted in CA
BS
Brett ShegdaAdmitted in CA
ST
Suraj TepparaAdmitted in CA
JF
Jeff FayngorAdmitted in CA
EM
El MonteAdmitted in CA

Also named by the firm

The firm lists this person among its team and prints no role beside the name, so we do not describe them as attorneys.

Client reviews

4.9
★★★★★
Based on 746 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 4 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm

Offices 4 locations · main office: Downey

Downey8255 Firestone Blvd Suite 502, Downey, CA 90241, USA
El Monte9939 Garvey Ave Ste D, El Monte, CA 91733, USA
Riverside6864 Indiana Ave #100b, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
Pomona301 W Mission Blvd #7, Pomona, CA 91766, USA