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VanDerGinst Law

LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryChicago, IL● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.7 · 533 Google reviews3 offices33 attorneysEnglish · Spanish
ContingencyNo win, no fee: You pay nothing unless we win your case.
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
8Practice areas

About VanDerGinst Law

VanDerGinst Law works from 38th Avenue in Moline, with offices in Chicago and Des Moines, and names 33 attorneys.

533 reviews at 4.74 across three listings. Contingency fees, a free consultation, a 24 hour line and pages in Spanish, published. It publishes 15 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

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.

533 client reviews

Counted across 3 verified Google Business Profile listings, not collected by us and not solicited through us.

4.74 average over 533 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

No win, no fee: You pay nothing unless we win your case.

Service in Spanish

Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.

15 results published

Across 5 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.

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

62out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 68 of the 68 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 32 of them need a register that Illinois does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.

Verified

2 of 5 eligibility gates passed. 3 could not be answered from the available records (G1, G2, G3) and do not count against the firm. Strongest pillar: C; most headroom in pillar A (0/25).

LFL Verified 2026
3 points to Certified
65 needed · A+B+C floor met (65% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A2 Experience: +10 available · A6 Roster verifiability: +9 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available
G1 LicensureNot published by ILIllinois 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.
G2 DisciplineNot published by ILIllinois does not publish a disciplinary register we can query.
G3 Entity & officeNot published by IL3 physical locations verified on Google Business Profile. Illinois 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, 31 named attorneys published, and 2 more people in roles the firm states are not a lawyer's.
G6 Footprint533 public client reviews across 3 Google listings, above the 10 minimum, and the firm's domain has been registered since 1998-05-13, so it has been operating for more than a year
Professional Standing
0/25
A2 Experienceno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so years since admission cannot be established here for any firm and this is not scored.0 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityno queryable sourceIllinois publishes no attorney register we can query, so the roster is not verified here and this is not scored.0 / 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
8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted15 results published on the firm's own site, counted from result headings4.5 / 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 Experience
17/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved533 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 3 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count5 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.74 over 533 reviews → Bayesian 4.75 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only4 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle13 of 15 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-09-01) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 15 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
8/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV pending · 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 · 2026-09-26DR 31 → 77th pct of 109-firm cohort (median 18) 2/3 · 1,362 referring domains, 72th pct 1/2 · 644 organic keywords / 2,437 visits·mo, 84th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)5 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle3 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 · 2026-09-26JSON-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
9/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · “No win, no fee: You pay nothing unless we win your case.” · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: Chicago Personal Injury (110 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

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

Domain authority
31· 77th percentile
1,362 ref. domains · cohort median 18 · Ahrefs rank 3.6M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-26
Trust pages
3 / 3
privacy policy · attorney bios · blog
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Not measuredmobile
PageSpeed Insights measurement pending
Pending

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

What the firm publishes itself

VanDerGinst Law lists 15 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.

constructionmotor vehicletruckpremiseswrongful death
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.

The firm’s people the firm names its people without saying who among them practises law · 31 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys · 2 people are named in a role that is not a lawyer’s

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.

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

4.7
★★★★★
Based on 533 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 3 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm

Offices 3 locations · main office: Moline

Moline4950 38th Ave, Moline, IL 61265, USA
Chicago205 W Randolph St #1440, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
Des Moines2742 Hubbell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does VanDerGinst Law charge?
VanDerGinst Law 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 VanDerGinst Law offer a free consultation?
Yes. VanDerGinst Law publishes a free initial consultation. The intake line is published as open around the clock and it publishes material in Spanish.
Where does VanDerGinst Law have offices?
VanDerGinst Law publishes three offices, in Moline, Chicago and Des Moines. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at VanDerGinst Law?
VanDerGinst Law names 33 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: Illinois 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 VanDerGinst Law publishes verified?
No. VanDerGinst Law publishes 15 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 VanDerGinst Law?
VanDerGinst Law scores 60 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.