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The Answer Index · Criminal Defense & DUI 100 · United States · August 2026

8 of America's most visible criminal defense firms are invisible to AI.

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews 300 real criminal defense and DUI questions. 1,198 answers, measured monthly. These are the 100 criminal defense and DUI firms AI recommends most.

Rankings are never for sale. Client firms are always disclosed. Corrections within 48 hours.

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Published July 31, 2026. Measured July 31 to July 31, 2026. Next edition: September 2026. Measured September 1 to 3, published September 5.

FINDING 01
8

8 of the 100 most visible firms in this market appear in zero AI answers this month.

FINDING 02
41.9%

The top 10 firms take 41.9% of every AI mention. The other 90 ranked firms split 57.7%.

FINDING 03
16/100

Only 16 of 100 ranked firms appear in all four engines. 20 firms survive on a single engine.

FINDING 04
6.7%

Eisner Gorin holds the top spot with 6.7% share of voice. The other 99 ranked firms split the rest.

SURPRISE

The editorial surprise pick lands with the September 2026 edition.

The Ranking

Top 10 this edition

  1. 1Eisner Gorin6.7%11.7%●
  2. 2Oberheiden P.C.6.6%9.7%●
  3. 3Williams & Connolly6.6%6.3%●
  4. 4Spodek Law Group5.6%12.0%●
  5. 5Dunham & Jones4.2%6.0%●
  6. 6Wallin & Klarich3.1%6.7%●
  7. 7Kraut Law Group2.8%5.3%●
  8. 8Kohn & Yager2.2%4.7%●
  9. 9Jed Silverman2.2%3.0%●
  10. 10Saland Law1.9%4.3%●

Complete Data

Full board, 100 firms

AI share of voice: this firm's share of every firm mention across all 1,198 answers. Appearance rate: the share of 300 tracked questions where this firm shows up at least once.

Client firms of AEO Engine, measured identically:
FirmEngines
1●Eisner Gorin EISN
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
6.7%11.7%--
2●Oberheiden P.C. OBER
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
6.6%9.7%--
3●Williams & Connolly WILL
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
6.6%6.3%--
4●Spodek Law Group SPOD
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
5.6%12.0%--
5●Dunham & Jones DUNH
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
4.2%6.0%--
6●Wallin & Klarich WALL
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
3.1%6.7%--
7●Kraut Law Group KRAU
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
2.8%5.3%--
8●Kohn & Yager KOHN
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
2.2%4.7%--
9●Jed Silverman JEDS
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
2.2%3.0%--
10●Saland Law SALA
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.9%4.3%--
11●Neal Davis NEAL
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.9%3.7%--
12●Werksman Jackson WERK
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.8%3.7%--
13●DM Cantor DMCA
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.8%2.7%--
14●Silverman Thompson SILV
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.8%2.7%--
15●Joslyn Law Firm JOSL
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.6%2.3%--
16●Thiessen Law Firm THIE
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.6%2.0%--
17●Deandra Grant DEAN
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.5%3.0%--
18●My Rights Law MYRLClient
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
1.3%3.0%--
19●Gilroy Napoli Short GILR
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.3%2.7%--
20●Doug Murphy DOUG
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.3%2.3%--
21●Andrew Weisberg ANDR
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
1.3%2.3%--
22●Jeffrey Lichtman JEFR
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.3%2.0%--
23●Julie Rendelman JULI
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.2%1.7%--
24●Mitchell Stone MITH
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.2%1.3%--
25●Stephen Bilkis & Associates STEP
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
1.0%2.3%--
26●The Criminal Defense Team TCDT
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
1.0%2.3%--
27●Garland, Samuel & Loeb GARL
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.0%2.0%--
28●Perlman & Cohen PERL
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.0%2.0%--
29●The Toney Law Firm THET
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
1.0%2.0%--
30●Monroe Law MONR
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.0%1.0%--
31●Javier Rios JAVI
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
1.0%0.7%--
32●O'Meara Law OMEA
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.9%2.0%--
33●David Benowitz DAVB
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.9%2.0%--
34●Goldstein Law Group GOLS
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.9%2.0%--
35●Jonathan Marshall JONA
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.9%2.0%--
36●Raiser Kenniff RAIS
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.9%1.7%--
37●George Creal GEOR
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.9%1.3%--
38●Trey Porter TREY
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
0.9%1.0%--
39●David Jay Glassman DAVJ
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.7%1.7%--
40●The Rodriguez Law Group THER
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.7%1.7%--
41●Komie and Associates KOMI
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.7%1.3%--
42●Darryl Goldberg DARR
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.7%1.3%--
43●Eric Benavides ERIC
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.7%1.3%--
44●David Olshansky DAVD
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.7%1.0%--
45●Brian Sloan BRIA
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
0.7%0.7%--
46●Joseph Hollander & Craft JOSE
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.3%--
47●Rossen Law Firm RSLF
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.3%--
48●Whittel & Melton WHIT
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.3%--
49●Colorado Legal Defense Group COLO
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.6%1.3%--
50●Mitch Furman MITC
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.6%1.3%--
51●Hager & Schwartz HAGR
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
52●Jeffrey Weiner JEFE
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
53●Armando Hernandez ARMA
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
54●Beckham Law Firm BECK
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
55●Purav Bhatt PURA
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
56●Rothman & Associates ROTH
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
57●Stein & Markus STEN
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.6%1.0%--
58●Michael Mirer MICH
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
0.6%0.7%--
59●Arja Shah ARJA
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.6%0.7%--
60●Lance Fletcher LANC
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.6%0.7%--
61●Aaron Black AARO
DR - · - organic/mo · 4 of 4 engines
0.6%0.3%--
62●Rien, Adams & Cox RIEN
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.4%1.0%--
63●Stroleny Law STOL
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.4%1.0%--
64●Keller Criminal Defense KELE
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.4%1.0%--
65●Ned Barnett NEDB
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.4%1.0%--
66●Ratzan & Faccidomo RATZ
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.4%1.0%--
67●Albert Quirantes ALBE
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.4%0.7%--
68●The Martinez Law Firm THEM
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.4%0.7%--
69●James Dunn JAME
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.4%0.7%--
70●John E. MacDonald JOHE
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.4%0.7%--
71●Manshoory Law Group MANS
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.4%0.7%--
72●Levine & McHenry LMCH
DR - · - organic/mo · 3 of 4 engines
0.4%0.3%--
73●Hilder & Associates HILD
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
74●Jeffrey Chabrowe JEFF
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
75●Lehr Levi & Mendez LEHR
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
76●Okabe & Haushalter OKAB
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
77●Richard L. Cooper RICA
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
78●The Fowler Law Group THEF
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
79●Corey Cohen CORE
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
80●John T. Floyd JTFD
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
81●Paul Darrow PAUL
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
82●The Koplow Law Firm THEK
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
83●The Medlin Law Firm THEE
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.3%0.7%--
84●Ambrose Law Firm AMBR
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.3%--
85●Stephen L. Richards STEH
DR - · - organic/mo · 2 of 4 engines
0.3%0.3%--
86●Churchill DUI Defense CHUR
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
87●Jesse Hernandez JESS
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
88●Lerner and Rowe Law Group LERE
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
89●Luisi Legal Group LUIS
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
90●Sullivan & Brill SULL
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
91●Tim Clancy TIMC
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
92●Worgul, Sarna & Ness WORG
DR - · - organic/mo · 1 of 4 engines
0.1%0.3%--
93●Brian Leininger BRIN
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
94●Charles Johnson Law Firm CHAR
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
95●Elbaz & Elbaz ELBA
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
96●Futeral & Nelson FUTE
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
97●Kent Collins KENT
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
98●Kimberly Hodde KIMB
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
99●Knox Defense KNOX
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
100●The Huff Law Firm THEH
DR - · - organic/mo · 0 of 4 engines
0.0%0.0%--
#1Eisner Gorin●
6.7% share of voice
11.7% appearance
#2Oberheiden P.C.●
6.6% share of voice
9.7% appearance
#3Williams & Connolly●
6.6% share of voice
6.3% appearance
#4Spodek Law Group●
5.6% share of voice
12.0% appearance
#5Dunham & Jones●
4.2% share of voice
6.0% appearance
#6Wallin & Klarich●
3.1% share of voice
6.7% appearance
#7Kraut Law Group●
2.8% share of voice
5.3% appearance
#8Kohn & Yager●
2.2% share of voice
4.7% appearance
#9Jed Silverman●
2.2% share of voice
3.0% appearance
#10Saland Law●
1.9% share of voice
4.3% appearance
#11Neal Davis●
1.9% share of voice
3.7% appearance
#12Werksman Jackson●
1.8% share of voice
3.7% appearance
#13DM Cantor●
1.8% share of voice
2.7% appearance
#14Silverman Thompson●
1.8% share of voice
2.7% appearance
#15Joslyn Law Firm●
1.6% share of voice
2.3% appearance
#16Thiessen Law Firm●
1.6% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#17Deandra Grant●
1.5% share of voice
3.0% appearance
#18My Rights LawClient●
1.3% share of voice
3.0% appearance
#19Gilroy Napoli Short●
1.3% share of voice
2.7% appearance
#20Doug Murphy●
1.3% share of voice
2.3% appearance
#21Andrew Weisberg●
1.3% share of voice
2.3% appearance
#22Jeffrey Lichtman●
1.3% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#23Julie Rendelman●
1.2% share of voice
1.7% appearance
#24Mitchell Stone●
1.2% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#25Stephen Bilkis & Associates●
1.0% share of voice
2.3% appearance
#26The Criminal Defense Team●
1.0% share of voice
2.3% appearance
#27Garland, Samuel & Loeb●
1.0% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#28Perlman & Cohen●
1.0% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#29The Toney Law Firm●
1.0% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#30Monroe Law●
1.0% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#31Javier Rios●
1.0% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#32O'Meara Law●
0.9% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#33David Benowitz●
0.9% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#34Goldstein Law Group●
0.9% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#35Jonathan Marshall●
0.9% share of voice
2.0% appearance
#36Raiser Kenniff●
0.9% share of voice
1.7% appearance
#37George Creal●
0.9% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#38Trey Porter●
0.9% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#39David Jay Glassman●
0.7% share of voice
1.7% appearance
#40The Rodriguez Law Group●
0.7% share of voice
1.7% appearance
#41Komie and Associates●
0.7% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#42Darryl Goldberg●
0.7% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#43Eric Benavides●
0.7% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#44David Olshansky●
0.7% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#45Brian Sloan●
0.7% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#46Joseph Hollander & Craft●
0.6% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#47Rossen Law Firm●
0.6% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#48Whittel & Melton●
0.6% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#49Colorado Legal Defense Group●
0.6% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#50Mitch Furman●
0.6% share of voice
1.3% appearance
#51Hager & Schwartz●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#52Jeffrey Weiner●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#53Armando Hernandez●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#54Beckham Law Firm●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#55Purav Bhatt●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#56Rothman & Associates●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#57Stein & Markus●
0.6% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#58Michael Mirer●
0.6% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#59Arja Shah●
0.6% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#60Lance Fletcher●
0.6% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#61Aaron Black●
0.6% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#62Rien, Adams & Cox●
0.4% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#63Stroleny Law●
0.4% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#64Keller Criminal Defense●
0.4% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#65Ned Barnett●
0.4% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#66Ratzan & Faccidomo●
0.4% share of voice
1.0% appearance
#67Albert Quirantes●
0.4% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#68The Martinez Law Firm●
0.4% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#69James Dunn●
0.4% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#70John E. MacDonald●
0.4% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#71Manshoory Law Group●
0.4% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#72Levine & McHenry●
0.4% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#73Hilder & Associates●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#74Jeffrey Chabrowe●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#75Lehr Levi & Mendez●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#76Okabe & Haushalter●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#77Richard L. Cooper●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#78The Fowler Law Group●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#79Corey Cohen●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#80John T. Floyd●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#81Paul Darrow●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#82The Koplow Law Firm●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#83The Medlin Law Firm●
0.3% share of voice
0.7% appearance
#84Ambrose Law Firm●
0.3% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#85Stephen L. Richards●
0.3% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#86Churchill DUI Defense●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#87Jesse Hernandez●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#88Lerner and Rowe Law Group●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#89Luisi Legal Group●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#90Sullivan & Brill●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#91Tim Clancy●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#92Worgul, Sarna & Ness●
0.1% share of voice
0.3% appearance
#93Brian Leininger●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#94Charles Johnson Law Firm●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#95Elbaz & Elbaz●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#96Futeral & Nelson●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#97Kent Collins●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#98Kimberly Hodde●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#99Knox Defense●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance
#100The Huff Law Firm●
0.0% share of voice
0.0% appearance

METHOD

How this is measured

Each edition tracks 300 questions spanning charge types, case scenarios and location phrasings drawn from real search demand in the criminal defense and DUI market. Every question is run against ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews during the measurement window, producing 1,198 AI-generated answers. Answers are parsed for firm mentions using a maintained entity table per firm covering names, d/b/a brands and domains. Share of voice is a firm's mentions divided by all tracked firm mentions. Appearance rate is the share of questions naming the firm at least once. Exact prompt strings are private to prevent firms optimizing for the test instead of the market; journalists can review the full methodology under NDA on request. Domain Rating by Ahrefs and monthly organic traffic from DataForSEO are shown as context and never used in the ranking.

Some ranked firms are clients of AEO Engine. Client relationships never affect measurement or rank, and every client firm is tagged on the board. The fastest way to test that claim is the methodology itself.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

What is the Answer Index?

A monthly editorial ranking of the criminal defense and DUI law firms AI assistants recommend most. Each edition asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews 300 real criminal defense and DUI questions and measures which firms the 1,198 answers actually name.

How is a firm's rank decided?

Firms are ranked by AI share of voice: a firm's mentions divided by all firm mentions across the edition's answers. Ties break on appearance rate, then engine coverage.

Can a firm pay to be ranked?

No. Rankings are never for sale, there are no sponsors, and AEO Engine clients are labeled wherever they appear and measured identically to every other firm.

Why is my firm not listed?

Each edition measures an eligible universe of 100 firms selected on the public criteria in the methodology. Firms outside the universe can request consideration for a future edition through the firm lookup.

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AI assistants recommend firms with strong topical content, site authority and consistent third-party mentions. The next measurement window is shown at the top of this page. AEO Engine offers a detailed firm report covering the specific gaps.

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