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Generating inbound leads for your law firm by ranking on top of Google's Local Maps Pack.

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The Maps Pack: Your Law Firm’s Most Powerful Lead Source

Competition for legal clients is fierce. New firms launch every week, and established players fight hard to stay at the top.

Firms try everything—billboards, TikTok, SEO blogs, pay-per-click—but nothing consistently drives ready-to-hire clients like the Google Maps Pack.

When someone searches “divorce lawyer near me” or “best criminal defense attorney,” those top three map listings get the majority of clicks, calls, and signed clients.

Traditional SEO or PPC often fall short—too expensive, too slow, and too many unqualified leads. Optimizing for the Maps Pack is different. By building authority, improving your Google Business Profile, and targeting the right searches, your firm shows up where it matters most.

Done right, the Maps Pack alone can double or even triple your inbound case volume.

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Is Local SEO Worth It for Your Law Firm?

The short answer: yes.

There’s nothing more powerful than showing up in the Google Maps Pack when someone searches for “lawyer near me.”

It puts your firm directly in front of people in your area who are actively seeking legal help—whether that’s divorce, DUI, immigration, or injury.

When prospects are searching locally, they don’t care about your billboard or how many followers you have. They care about who shows up first, who answers the phone, and who can solve their problem right now.

The challenge is that most firms waste money on generic SEO tactics—blog posts, backlinks, or cookie-cutter campaigns—that never move the needle locally. Without a true Local SEO strategy, you’ll stay buried while competitors dominate the maps and take the cases.

Traditional SEO doesn't cut it anymore.

When you search for “lawyer near me,” the first thing you see isn’t a stack of blog posts—it’s the Google Maps Pack. Those top three listings capture the majority of clicks, calls, and signed cases.

The old way of doing SEO—pumping out endless articles, building random backlinks, or chasing national keywords—doesn’t work anymore. Search has changed, and so have the results that drive business.

If your firm wants to generate new cases, you need a strategy built for local visibility. Local SEO focuses on optimizing your Google Business Profile, building authority in your market, and earning the signals that push you into the map pack where clients are actually looking.

Done right, Local SEO makes your firm one of the first names people see—and call—when they need an attorney in your city.

Our Local SEO Service Crushed It For 50+ Law Firms This Year

We get it — you don’t trust SEO agencies. As an attorney, you’ve probably been overpromised and under-delivered when it comes to search marketing. Local SEO is different. Instead of chasing vanity metrics, it puts your firm at the top of the Google Maps Pack, where real clients are searching for legal help right now. Here are a few case studies from law firms who are getting more calls, consultations, and signed cases because of our Local SEO services.

Gumprecht Law

www.galawfirm.com

Atlanta based Personal Injury Law firm
Inbound phone calls increased 618% over a 6 month period

Chambers Law

www.mchamberslaw.com

Hartford based Personal Injury Law firm
Inbound phone calls increased from 456 to 630 over 3 month period

The Maps Pack Can Drive 100+ Of Leads Per Month

Local SEO is one of the most powerful client acquisition strategies a law firm can deploy. There’s nothing more valuable than appearing in the Google Maps Pack when potential clients in your area are actively searching for an attorney.

While Local Service Ads and Google Ads often appear first on the page, most people know those are paid placements and will skip past them. Instead, they turn to the map and organic results, which they view as more trustworthy, unbiased, and earned. That’s where your firm needs to be.

Get More Calls (That Compound Over Time)

Google Ads can drive traffic, but legal keywords are expensive, and you have to keep paying every month to stay visible. Local SEO works differently. Once your firm earns a top spot in the Google Maps Pack, you don’t pay for every click or call—Google sends you a steady stream of free traffic and qualified leads around the clock. It takes the right strategy and resources to get there, but once you do, the results compound. Local SEO builds momentum over time, turning your Google Business Profile into a 24/7 client acquisition engine.
Build Trust and Authority in Your Market

When someone searches for a lawyer, they trust the organic and map results more than the ads. Ranking in the Google Maps Pack immediately positions your firm as a credible option. Your Google Business Profile shows reviews, photos, and business details that legitimize your practice and help you stand out. Google also makes it simple for potential clients to call or message you directly from the search page. That convenience, combined with visible social proof, builds authority and trust before they ever step foot on your website.
Generate a Positive ROI on Your Investment

While marketing for law firms can be competitive, Local SEO is one of the most cost-effective strategies over the long term. Big firms may throw massive budgets at Google Ads, but that only drives costs higher for everyone. With Local SEO, you don’t need a bigger budget to compete—you need a smarter plan. Many of the firms currently ranking in the Maps Pack have outdated profiles, few reviews, weak content, or little optimization at all. That creates a clear opportunity for your firm to overtake them.

How Our Local SEO Service Works

Our Local SEO search approach designed to maximize your law firm's visibility and rankings in your market. Most agencies fail to deliver results because they only focus on a few parts of the search engine result pages. Instead, we attack every single opportunity to make sure your law firm generates quality leads:

Google Business Profile (GBP) Optimization
- Claiming and optimizing your Google Business Profiles listing is essential. This includes ensuring your business name, address, and phone number (NAP) are consistent across the web, adding a detailed description, operating hours, and photos.
Local Business Schema Markup
- Implementing structured data (schema markup) for local businesses helps search engines understand your business’s local relevance. This can include information like your business’s physical location, contact information, and business type.
Online Reviews and Ratings
- Encourage customers to leave reviews on your Google My Business profile and other relevant platforms. Responding to reviews, both positive and negative, can also improve your visibility and appeal to potential customers.
Local Content Development
- Create content that speaks to local audiences, like blog posts about local events, news, or activities. This not only helps with SEO but also establishes your business as part of the community.
Local Link Building and Local PR
- Building links from local businesses, directories, and events can strengthen your local presence. These local backlinks signal to search engines that your website is relevant and authoritative in your local area.

Is Your Law Firm A Fit For Local SEO?

Our local SEO services are second to none, and because of that, we often turn away more leads than we accept. We only take on a handful of new clients per month to ensure our services drive the results needed to make your law firm more money.

Our services are a great fit if you…

Are the CEO/Founder/executive/decision maker at a law firm
Are willing to invest at least $4,000/month into SEO services
Have a dedicated intake team/person or call answering service
Have a growth mindset and want to build a bigger law firm

If that sounds like you, we’d love to have a conversation with you to see how we can help you generate more leads with SEO.

Book your free consultation here

Frequently Asked Questions

How does local SEO differ from traditional SEO?

Traditional SEO focuses on ranking your website in organic results nationwide or across broad topics. Local SEO is laser-focused on getting your firm to the top of the local search results (maps, reviews, local organic listings) in your service area. For law firms, this is where the majority of qualified leads come from.
How long does it take to see results from local SEO?

Most firms see measurable improvements within 60–90 days, with significant case growth in 6–12 months. Because Local SEO builds authority and visibility over time, the results compound — meaning leads continue to grow even without increasing your budget.
How involved will I need to be?

Very little — we handle everything for you. We’ll need some input at the start (like access to profiles and feedback on your services), but after that, we manage the heavy lifting while keeping you updated with clear reports and progress calls.
Why Local SEO vs Google Ads?

Google Ads stop the second you stop paying, and legal clicks are very expensive. Local SEO takes longer to build, but once you rank in the Maps Pack, you get consistent calls and clients without paying per click. It’s more trusted, cost-efficient, and delivers better ROI over time.
How much do local SEO services cost?

Every agency will give you a different range for what a local SEO retainer will cost. Our local SEO retainers range from $3k to $8k/month, depending on your practice areas and number of office locations. Injury is more competitive than immigration, so our retainer pricing will reflect that.
What does your Local SEO service include?

We handle everything: optimizing and managing your Google Business Profile, cleaning up and building consistent citations (name, address, phone), generating and managing reviews, publishing location-specific content, and building the authority signals Google looks for when ranking firms locally.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER

Most Legal Marketing Agencies Are Full Of 💩.

They're focused on "traffic", we are solely focused on generating new cases.

Most agencies are not fit to service law firms. Their strategies are out touch and they don’t understand the inner workings of your business.

I’ve worked with law firms for almost a decade, I know what you care about.

Not rankings, not traffic, not colorful charts and not even leads. New client cases. Our entire process is built with that goal in mind, which is why we’re so damn effective at what we do.

From the way we operate to the way we structure our contracts, we’re not here to bill you for busy work, we’re here to help you land big cases.

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