LFL Verified 2026Workers' CompensationNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★4.8 · 3,453 Google reviews6 offices19 attorneysEnglish · Spanish
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
1Practice areas
About TopDog Law
TopDog Law is a workers' compensation firm with six offices across Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois.
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. It publishes material in English and Spanish.
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 3 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.
3,453 client reviews
Counted across 6 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.
4.82 average over 3,453 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.
21 results published
Across 6 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.
18 years average at the bar
Mean 18.0 years since admission across 3 of 19 named attorneys (longest 30, shortest 9) · 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 97 of the 100 points this firm's state lets anyone measure. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
Verified
All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar D (11/25).
LFL Verified 2026
5 points to Certified
70 needed · A+B+C floor met (80% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +5 available · D1 Website trust & experience: +5.0 available · D3 Local presence: +4 available
G1 Licensure3 of 19 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 16 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 3 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 & officeTOPDOG LAW, P.A. is an active foreign professional service corporation registered since 2026-05-21, with 6 Google-verified locations
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 19 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint3,453 public client reviews across 6 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 2015-12-05, so it has been operating for more than a year
AProfessional Standing
16/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 18.0 years since admission across 3 of 19 named attorneys (longest 30, shortest 9) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry3 of 19 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios4 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American 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
12/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted21 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted6 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present, as the advertising rules require4 / 4
CClient Experience
18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved3,453 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.82 over 3,453 reviews → Bayesian 4.82 (prior 4.82 weighted as 100 reviews, from 217 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle30 of 30 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-08-06) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 30 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them3 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
11/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no bar numbers on bios · no fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · fresh content2 / 7
D3 Local presenceGoogle6 operational Google Business Profile listings with reviews · profile completeness, NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank not yet measured (4 of 5 pts still available)1 / 5
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
TopDog Law lists 21 case results on its own website, across 6 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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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 3 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 16 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
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Scott HarrisonAdmitted in NY
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Jason LesnevecAdmitted in NY
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Beth KirschnerAdmitted 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.
James Helm
Blake Swan
Christopher Kellam
Rob Melchiorre
Destiny Barbosa
Juan Asconape
Mike Dickenson
Jacob Cross
Neil Umsted
Ben Haggerty
Chris Miller
Christopher R. Hillman
Frank Gaddy
Allen Gressett
Patrick Hassett
Jared Duke
Client reviews
4.8
★★★★★
Based on 3,453 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 6 locations · main office: Philadelphia
Philadelphia5627 Germantown Ave Ste 420, Philadelphia, PA 19144, USA
Bronx305 E 204th St, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Chicago6343 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60636, USA
Philadelphia3509 Haverford Ave Ste 102, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Manhattan85 Broad St Fl 17, New York, NY 10004, USA
Brooklyn251 E 5th St Unit 1 Suite 400-3, Brooklyn, NY 11218, USA