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Law Firm SEO & AI Search (AEO)

SEO still works.
But it’s no longer enough.

When someone needs a lawyer, they search Google or ask AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini. We make sure your firm is the answer either way, and turn that visibility into signed cases.

  • 120-day ROI guarantee
  • Dedicated Growth Counsel
  • Top of Google & AI answers
Google and AI search results recommending a law firm

Recent SEO wins for our clients

Case file 01 · Personal injury · Philadelphia, PA · 12-attorney firm

A 12-attorney personal injury firm serving eastern Pennsylvania. The site ranked for generic "[city] personal injury lawyer" terms but was nearly invisible on the case-specific queries that drive higher-value signings: product liability, motorcycle, and commercial trucking.

In 120 days, monthly case signings from Google Search grew 61% over baseline. What drove it: practice-area architecture rebuilt around specific accident types instead of generic "personal injury" pages, deep multi-format content for each (long-form guides, case write-ups, attorney-led video), FAQ schema to win featured snippets on long-tail injury queries, and duplicate location pages consolidated so they stopped splitting ranking signals.

Piotr Szalkiewicz and Matt Sarson, Founders of Pioneerly

The trust law firms place in Pioneerly means everything to us.

No matter how good we are today, we’ll keep improving tomorrow. That’s how we continue to earn that trust.

Piotr & Matt Founders of Pioneerly

37% of people now begin their search
with AI, not Google

A real ChatGPT search showing a prospective client asking for a personal injury attorney in Miami

A typical ChatGPT search by someone who needs an attorney

This is what real client searches look like now. People aren't just typing "personal injury lawyer Miami" into Google anymore. They're describing their entire situation to ChatGPT and asking for a specific recommendation. The data confirms it: tens of thousands of people look for an attorney every month without ever opening Google.

Piotr Szalkiewicz
Piotr Szalkiewicz
Managing Partner, Pioneerly Chair, American Attorney Marketing Association

Meet Pioneerly's Growth Counsels

A Growth Counsel is a board-level practice growth and legal marketing operator who leads the team working on your firm’s success and owns the results. You can talk with your Growth Counsel anytime on Slack, email, and WhatsApp.

$600M+ in lifetime revenue generated
Piotr Szalkiewicz

Piotr

Growth Counsel, Managing Partner

Chair, American Attorney Marketing Association

  • Personal Injury
  • Mass Tort
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Healthcare Law
  • Business / Corporate Litigation
  • Immigration
  • Multi-practice
Marcus Bennett

Marcus

Growth Counsel, Partner

  • Criminal Defense
  • Immigration
  • Civil Rights
  • Personal Injury
  • Multi-practice
Richard Hale

Richard

Growth Counsel, Partner

  • Business Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Data Privacy
  • Tax
  • Real Estate
  • Multi-practice
Claire Voss

Claire

Growth Counsel, Partner

  • Family Law
  • Divorce
  • Estate Planning
  • Probate
  • Elder Law
  • Multi-practice
Elliot Hensley

Elliot

Growth Counsel, Partner

  • Medical Malpractice
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Cybersecurity
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Multi-practice
Matt Sarson

Matt

Growth Counsel, Co-Founder

  • Personal Injury
  • Real Estate
  • Bankruptcy
  • Estate Planning
  • Intellectual Property
  • Multi-practice

We specialize in ranking law firms in Google and AI assistants

We create helpful content specific to your practice.

Our content addresses the real issues your potential clients face. It builds trust and turns website visits into leads. It’s never AI-generated, and the topics are carefully planned to build relevant visibility in Google fast.

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We turn your content into a source of citations for AI assistants.

Every piece of content we create, from articles to videos, gets repurposed and distributed across the channels that serve as sources of knowledge for AI assistants.

This way, your visibility in Google turns into visibility in AI search.

Trusted by law firms nationwide

Summit Smith Summit Smith Managing Partner, Smith Law
Personal Injury 17-attorney firm
“The results we've been getting over the last few months are impressive. We're getting more leads, and the guys at Pioneerly have taught us how to manage and convert them better.
I also love the dashboard they built for us. It shows me all the data I need to understand how our marketing is performing.”
Summit Smith · Smith Law
John Brown John Brown Managing Partner, Brown Law Group
Business Litigation 10-attorney firm
“Pioneerly took our firm from nothing to the majority of our cases signed from Google. We have a great relationship, and the content they create for us is so interesting that our team always reads it.”
John Brown · Brown Law Group
Marianella Manzur Marianella Manzur Partner and Chief Revenue Officer, Joorney
Immigration 200-person firm
“Piotr and his team took our go-to-market strategy and marketing to another level. I’m very impressed with the lasting impact they achieved for us.”
Marianella Manzur · Joorney

We showcase your expertise and build your firm's authority.

True authority and reputation are at the core of attracting quality traffic from both AI assistants and Google. We use proven tactics that build the authority of your firm and your individual attorneys.

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Lean on technical expertise built over 20 years.

Our AI lab researches how Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and others evaluate authority, relevance, and trust.

Our SEO team is led by industry veterans who have been building within the Google ecosystem since the early days of modern search.

Together, they bring the technical depth required to give your firm a measurable edge against the competition.

Included · Local SEO & Google Maps

Be the firm clients find when they search nearby

When someone needs a lawyer, they search “injury attorney near me” or “divorce lawyer in [city].” More than half of those clicks go to the local pack and Google Maps, above the regular results. We get your firm into that space, and keep it there.

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A
Your firm Top of local pack
★★★★★ 5.0 (214)
Personal injury attorney · Open 24 hours
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Westside Accident Group
★★★★☆ 4.6 (88)
Personal injury attorney
C
Metro Legal Partners
★★★★☆ 4.4 (52)
Personal injury attorney

A Google Business Profile that wins the map

We optimize and actively manage your profile, with the right categories, services, photos, and regular posts that push your firm up the local pack and into Google Maps.

Found in every “near me” search

We tune the signals Google ranks on, relevance, distance, and prominence, and track your visibility across every part of your service area so you surface for high-intent local searches.

Consistent listings & local authority

Accurate name, address, and phone across Avvo, Martindale, Justia, and the directories Google trusts, plus local link building that strengthens your firm’s authority.

Reviews that build trust and rankings

We help you earn, manage, and respond to client reviews, the social proof that lifts both your local ranking and the share of searchers who pick up the phone and call.

SEO & AI Search Visibility (AEO)

What's included in your subscription

Rank at the top of Google

  • SEO campaigns built to drive qualified leads and the cases your firm actually wants
  • Ranking opportunities your firm can win, identified through competitor gap analysis
  • Custom landing pages, practice-area pages, articles, and supporting assets that establish authority
  • Long-form content written by legal marketing professionals
  • A content calendar that publishes fresh, search-driven content every month
  • Bar-compliant content review so nothing creates ethics risk
  • On-page optimization for service pages, location pages, and conversion points
  • Technical SEO across website performance, internal linking, schema, crawlability, and page experience

Get recommended by AI assistants

  • AEO/GEO structured so ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok cite and recommend your firm
  • Research into the keywords, questions, and AI prompts that drive new business
  • Structured data and entity markup that helps AI assistants understand and trust your firm
  • Individual attorney E-E-A-T: author profiles, bylines, and biographical authority signals for each lawyer
  • Content created in multiple formats — social posts and short-form video — and distributed across the channels that matter
  • Competitive intelligence on both search results and AI assistant responses

Local search & measurable results

  • Local SEO across Google Maps, Google Business Profile, local link building, and review management
  • Geo-grid ranking tracking that shows how you appear in every part of your service area
  • Citations and presence on legal directories including Avvo, Martindale, Justia, FindLaw, and Super Lawyers
  • A live executive dashboard tracking rankings, qualified traffic, and signed-case performance
  • Monthly reporting on rankings, qualified traffic, and lead performance
  • Everything we build (content, site changes, data, dashboards) stays with your firm

Client story

From near-zero to leading results across AI search

A 24-attorney multi-practice firm in Texas, after subscribing to Pioneerly's SEO & AI Search plan.

Bar chart comparing AI visibility before and after Pioneerly's SEO + AEO program across ChatGPT, Claude, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, and Copilot for a 24-attorney Texas law firm

Who it's for

See if our SEO & AI Search subscription is the right fit for your firm.

Mid-size firms that want a scalable demand engine built for the next stage of growth.

Firms with aggressive growth targets their current marketing wasn't built to hit.

Firms that want first-mover advantage in a new client acquisition channel that is here to stay.

Firms that want to compound visibility, authority, and trust year after year, not rent attention month by month.

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Turn Google and AI visibility
into more cases

SEO & AI Search (AEO)

Best for: firms that want a steady, compounding flow of qualified cases from Google and AI search — without depending on ad spend.

$3,500 /month
OnboardingiKickoff, audits, strategy, and technical setup — all included, no setup fees. Your first 7 days are free. Free
CommitmentiMonth to month, cancel anytime. No long-term contract, no setup fees. Month to month
Case referralsiWhen a case in our network is a good fit for your firm, we send it your way. Standard
Market exclusivityiWe don’t take on competing firms in your market and practice area. Exclusivity is possible and decided case by case, depending on availability. Available

Getting found on Google

  • Rankings on the searches that bring the case types you actually want — not just traffic
  • Local SEO that puts your firm on Google Maps across your market, with your Google Business Profile fully managed
  • Research into the keywords and questions that drive signed cases in your practice areas
  • Technical SEO handled end to end: site speed, schema, internal linking, crawlability, and page experience

Getting recommended by AI

  • AI search optimization (AEO) that gets your firm recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude
  • Your content structured so AI assistants cite your firm as the authority in your practice areas
  • Ongoing monitoring of how AI describes your firm — and your competitors — with gaps closed month by month

Content that wins cases

  • Practice area pages, articles, and guides written by legal marketing professionals
  • On-page optimization for service pages, location pages, and every conversion point
  • Every page kept within state bar, ABA, and federal advertising rules

Seeing exactly what’s working

  • An executive dashboard with a live view of rankings, qualified traffic, and leads
  • Every lead tracked from first click to signed case
  • Plain monthly reporting: qualified leads, signed cases, and return on spend
  • Competitive intelligence on both Google results and AI answers — powered by Pioneerly’s proprietary market data

Who runs your growth

  • A dedicated Growth Counsel — a senior growth operator who leads your strategy and owns your results
  • Direct access by email, Slack, or WhatsApp — no account managers, no ticket queues
  • A full senior legal marketing team behind them, covering both classic SEO and AI search
7 days free Month to month, cancel anytime Senior-only team Bar-compliant campaigns

Compare the cost

Pioneerly SEO & AI Search (AEO)
  • Leading Legal SEO Included
  • AI search / AEO Included
  • Legal content team Included
  • Technical SEO and website support Included
  • Conversion rate optimization Included
Total $3,500/mo
$42,000 per year
Pieced together separately
  • Legal SEO agency $3,500/mo
  • AI search / AEO specialist $2,000/mo
  • Legal content team $2,500/mo
  • Technical SEO and website support $1,500/mo
  • Conversion rate optimization $2,000/mo
Total $11,500/mo
$138,000 per year
You save $96,000/year

Plus the hidden cost of managing multiple vendors, reconciling conflicting strategies, and dealing with separate contracts, reports, and billing cycles every month.

Our written guarantee

Return on your investment in 120 days, or we keep working for free.

If your firm doesn't see a positive return on the SEO & AI Search (AEO) subscription within 120 days of starting, we continue working at no cost until you do. In writing. In a space where guarantees are rare, we tie ours directly to your results.

What your first days with Pioneerly look like

  1. Your dedicated Growth Counsel, who will lead and coordinate all work for your firm, is assigned to you within 24 hours.

  2. Your Growth Counsel and their team start an external audit to get an outside view of your firm and surface initial insights.

  3. You receive an invitation to an online briefing session, where you can provide your feedback, context, and any information needed by our team to deliver the best results for your firm.

  4. The strategy and action plan for the first month are established, with quick wins and low-hanging fruit prioritized from the start.

  5. At the end of each month, you receive a progress report outlining all actions taken, along with relevant data and your Growth Counsel’s insights and commentary.

  6. You can talk to your Growth Counsel at any time through Slack and WhatsApp to discuss strategy, seek advice, and get quick answers.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We guarantee a return on your investment within 120 days. If you don’t reach it, we continue working at no cost until you do. In a space where guarantees are rare, we put ours in writing and tie it directly to your results.

Billing begins 7 days after you subscribe. We start working immediately, and those first 7 days include onboarding, initial analysis, and setup, so you can see how we operate before your first payment.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) refers to improving your firm’s visibility in traditional search engines like Google. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) focus on helping your firm appear in responses generated by AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) are closely connected. Both SEO and AEO depend on your firm being seen as relevant, trustworthy, and authoritative around the topics potential clients care about. Strong content, clear site structure, firm credibility, and authority signals all support performance across both Google and AI assistants.

By approaching them together, Pioneerly helps your firm build one stronger visibility system rather than two disconnected efforts.

Traditional SEO usually focuses on rankings alone. Pioneerly approaches visibility more broadly by helping your firm perform across both search engines and AI assistants, while building the authority signals, content foundation, and trust needed to win across both channels long term.

Yes, this is the biggest difference between choosing Pioneerly and traditional SEO agencies. Our focus is not on vanity traffic. The strategy is built around high-intent topics, practice-relevant visibility, and content that speaks to the real questions potential clients ask before they are ready to contact a firm. All this builds an incredibly strong marketing funnel that generates real cases.

Yes. The principles that drive strong visibility, authority, and trust apply across practice areas, while the execution is tailored to your market, your clients, and the types of cases you want to be hired for.

Some early improvements can happen quickly, especially where clear opportunities already exist. Meaningful growth in organic visibility and lead flow typically builds over time, as authority, content depth, and market presence compound month after month.

We put strong emphasis on generating early wins for your firm whenever possible.

You receive clear monthly reporting focused on the metrics that matter: visibility, qualified traffic, and lead acquisition performance. The goal is to show not just activity, but whether the work is strengthening your firm’s ability to attract the right opportunities.

Your team provides strategic context, feedback, and practice-specific insight, but Pioneerly leads the work. The subscription is designed to give your firm high-level guidance and execution without creating unnecessary lift for attorneys or internal staff.

No. The SEO & AI Assistants subscription is all inclusive and your single monthly fee covers everything needed to execute the strategy and drive results.

Pioneerly combines deep SEO expertise with early leadership in AI assistant optimization for law firms. The work is content-led, technically strong, and built around long-term authority, not shortcuts, generic blog production, or outdated agency playbooks.

Four things. We run our own market intelligence: most agencies work from the same third-party tools and datasets, while Pioneerly builds proprietary data on legal markets, search results, and AI answers — an edge our clients’ competitors can’t buy. Our team has been studying and winning on Google since the very beginning of SEO, through every algorithm shift since.

We also combine SEO with AI search optimization (AEO) in one service, so the same work earns visibility in both Google and AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini — double the results of a standard SEO engagement. And we overdeliver as a rule, backed by something unheard of among top legal SEO companies: a written guarantee that if your firm sees no positive ROI within 120 days, we keep working for free until it does.

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