Practice Areas · Seven Legal Verticals

Seven legal verticals. One operating system.

We run paid media exclusively for the legal industry — and inside legal, the architecture changes meaningfully by practice area. Personal injury isn't probate isn't investment fraud isn't family law. CPL benchmarks differ. Qualifying questions differ. Jurisdiction rules differ. Intake cadence differs. The channel mix that produces signed cases differs. What stays constant is the operating system underneath: signed-case rate (or fundable-lead rate, in the funding vertical) as the scoreboard, lead forms that do the qualifying work, accounts owned by you, weekly written briefs from a real person, and month-to-month contracts. The parameters change vertical to vertical. Below is the index — pick yours.

7 verticals · 10+ featured firms · $5M+ ad spend managed
The Portfolio · At a glance
Across 7 verticals · 16+ states
10+ featured firms · $5M+ managed
7
Legal verticals served
$5M+
Cumulative ad spend
The Engagements · Recent
Longest active: 14+ months
PI, IF, family law all renewed past Y1
16+CA
US states + Canada
M-to-M
Contract terms · always
Seven dedicated systems · one shared philosophy. Pick the practice area below and read the full vertical playbook.
Featured firms in our portfolio
Why vertical fluency matters

PI ≠ Probate.
Probate ≠ Investment Fraud.
Generic agencies treat them the same.

Every legal vertical has its own search-intent map, its own qualifying questions, its own jurisdiction rules, its own conversion windows, and its own channel mix that actually produces signed cases. The agency running "PPC for lawyers" with the same playbook for personal injury, divorce, and probate is overpaying on at least two of those — and probably all three.

01 ·

Intent is vertical-specific.

A PI prospect is searching post-accident with urgency, often from a hospital bed. A probate prospect is searching post-bereavement at slower cadence. An investment-fraud prospect doesn't search Google at all — they scroll Facebook after a news story about their broker. Same agency, same playbook, three completely different acquisition surfaces.

02 ·

Qualification thresholds change everything.

Investment fraud disqualifies below $100K–$250K losses. PI disqualifies on at-fault. Family law disqualifies on jurisdiction. Business law disqualifies on company size. Each vertical's lead form is a different intake form — and an agency that ships the same three-field magnet to all of them will flood every intake team with leads that can't be signed.

03 ·

The channel mix isn't transferable.

PI runs LSA-led with Meta as the conversion surface. Investment fraud runs PPC-led with Meta as awareness because LSA categories don't cover securities work. Probate is LSA-dominant. Family law splits PPC by positioning (affordable vs premium). Business law leans long-tail PPC + LSA. The agency that says "we do LSA + PPC + Meta for everyone" is recommending the wrong mix for at least five of the seven.

What we tell every law firm on the intake call

"The operating system is the same — signed-case rate as the scoreboard, lead forms that qualify, weekly briefs, no contracts. The parameters are what change. The question we'll answer on the call: what are your parameters."

The seven verticals

Pick your practice area.
Read the full vertical playbook.

Each card below links to a dedicated landing page with the system, the anchor case study, the channel mix, the pricing, and the FAQs specific to that vertical. The operating system is shared. The parameters aren't.

01 · Highest spend vertical
Personal Injury
LSA-led · Multi-channel orchestration

Auto, slip-and-fall, premises, motorcycle, MVA. Post-accident urgency, hospital-bed prospects, $50K–$80K+ ad spend per month at scale. LSA carries the volume, Meta surfaces the unaware prospect, PPC covers long-tail intent. Reviews are the ad-rank flywheel.

Anchor · Michael T. Gibson, P.A. — Orlando, FL
22 signed cases · single month (April 2026)
$51K spend · 184 leads · 17 of 22 from LSA · 14+ months engaged
See the PI system
02 · National practice vertical
Investment Fraud
PPC-led · Securities-grade ad copy

Stockbroker fraud, FINRA arbitration, Ponzi recovery, broker-name targeting. National audience, narrow auction, regulated ad approval. Loss-threshold qualification at the form is non-negotiable — most agencies don't even know that's a setting.

Anchor · Patil Law, PC — Los Angeles, CA
$205 → $109 CPL · over 5 months · 21.5% CVR
14+ months · 3 concurrent campaigns · renewed at full retainer
See the IF system
03 · Urgency-driven intent
Criminal Defense
LSA + PPC · Federal & state carve-outs

DUI, federal crimes, DV, white-collar. High-velocity intake, hours-not-days turnaround on consultation booking, jurisdiction-strict targeting. Federal-vs-state separation matters at the campaign level — they're different audiences with different intent.

Anchors · Boyle & Jasari (DC + Philly) · Prager Law (Denver)
92 LSA calls/mo · DC office alone
Prager: 2.8× ROAS · $12K → $34K · 7 signed cases / quarter
See the CD system
04 · LSA-dominant vertical
Probate & Estate
LSA-led · Multi-category management

Probate admin, deeds, guardianship, estate planning, probate litigation. Slow-burn cycle, bereaved callers, operational intake matters more than ad-tech tricks. Multi-service practices need category-by-category bid management — one "probate attorney" bid doesn't cut it.

Anchor · Evans Case, LLP — Denver, CO
49 connected calls · $128 CPL · March 2026
$5K → $7K scale · 54% high/mid quality · 4 categories tested weekly
See the probate system
05 · Positioning-driven bid strategy
Divorce & Family Law
PPC-led · Affordable vs premium models

Divorce, custody, prenups, separations. The wedge isn't keyword choice — it's positioning-matched bid strategy. Affordable-alternative firms need volume velocity; premium-consultation firms need tighter qualification. Same vertical, two completely different campaign architectures.

Anchors · Vantage (Chicago) · Feldstein (Toronto)
$67 → $40 CPL · in 4 weeks · 132 leads/mo
Vantage: affordable model · Feldstein: premium consultation, full migration
See the family law system
06 · B2B intent, longer cycle
Business Law
PPC + LSA · Sub-niche carve-outs

Formation, contracts, M&A, commercial litigation, IP, employment. Research-phase prospects, multiple stakeholders, deal-size sensitivity. Sub-niche campaigns (M&A vs commercial litigation vs employment) outperform a single "business attorney" account by a wide margin.

Anchor · Cueto Law Group — Multi-practice business firm
186 monthly conversions on $20K spend
$88 CPL by month 3 · ↓19% · PPC + LSA orchestrated
See the business law system
07 · Operationally distinct vertical
Legal Funding
PPC-led · Multi-brand, multi-state compliance

Pre-settlement funding, lawsuit loans, attorney funding. The scoreboard isn't CPL — it's fundable-lead rate. Case-type filtering is everything (no workers' comp, no class actions, no pre-litigation). State compliance is non-negotiable. Multi-brand operators need separated tracking from day one.

Anchors · DMS Funding (NYC) · Tribeca + MayFair (Tampa)
$29 CPL · 13 states tracked · multi-brand
DMS: 71–122 leads/wk · Tribeca + MayFair: dual-brand, zero downtime migration
See the legal funding system
08 · Talk to us
Yours not listed?
Honest assessment · 30 minutes

If your practice area isn't one of the seven above, two possibilities: we can run it under one of the adjacent playbooks (medical malpractice fits PI with modifications; IP litigation fits business law; immigration overlaps with criminal defense in places), or we'll be honest it's not a fit. Mass tort, class action, and bankruptcy are three we currently decline because the acquisition economics work differently.

What the intake call covers
Channel-mix audit · Lead-form review · honest go/no-go
30 minutes · founder-led · no deck
Book a strategy call
What stays constant

Seven verticals.
One operating system.

The parameters change vertical to vertical — channel mix, qualifying thresholds, CPL benchmarks, intake cadence. The operating system underneath stays the same. Six layers that run identically whether you're a PI firm in Orlando or a probate practice in Denver. The disciplines below are why every vertical-specific landing page on this site reads from the same playbook.

What changes vertical to vertical is detailed on each practice-area page above.

01

Signed-case rate (or fundable-lead rate) as the scoreboard

CPL is the input. Every campaign we run is graded on cost-per-signed-case — or, in the funding vertical, cost-per-fundable-lead. We won't optimize against vanity volume metrics. Reporting reflects this from day one: signed-case (or fundable-lead) attribution is the headline metric on every weekly brief and every monthly review.

Cost-per-signed-caseVertical-appropriate scoreboard
02

Lead forms that do the qualifying work

Every vertical's lead form is built like an intake form. Conditional logic, qualification thresholds, jurisdiction checks, SMS verification, case-type screening. The parameters change (IF gets loss thresholds, PI gets at-fault routing, probate gets jurisdiction, business law gets company-size filters) but the discipline is consistent.

Conditional formsSMS verificationVertical-specific qualifiers
03

Accounts owned by you · day one

Google Ads, Google Local Services, Meta Business Manager, GA4, GTM container, HubSpot — all of it lives in your name from the day we onboard. We're added as managers, never owners. If we ever part ways, you walk away with every campaign, every audience, every dashboard, every historical data point.

Account ownership · day 1Manager-level access only
04

Vertical-appropriate channel mix

PI runs LSA + Meta + PPC. IF runs PPC + Meta. Probate runs LSA-led. Family law runs PPC tuned to positioning. Business law runs PPC + LSA with sub-niche carve-outs. Legal funding runs PPC-only with multi-brand orchestration. The mix isn't transferable — the discipline of choosing it is. We won't recommend channels you don't need.

Channel selection by verticalNo over-recommendation
05

Intake-aware optimization

HubSpot lead-quality tags within 24–48 hours of capture feed back into the next week's bid, geo, and category decisions. Bad leads shrink at the source over time, not get disputed after the fact. Every vertical's intake team is part of the feedback loop — the campaign gets smarter month over month.

HubSpot quality tagsWeekly bid refinement
06

Weekly written briefs, monthly strategy

Every week, a real person writes you a paragraph explaining what moved and why — broken down by channel, by campaign, by signed-case attribution. Every month, a 30-minute strategy review on the only metric that matters for your vertical. No automated reports, no PDF screenshots, no Looker Studio in lieu of analysis.

Weekly briefsMonthly strategy reviewReal-person analysis
The receipts · Aggregate

Numbers from the portfolio.
One per vertical.

One headline metric per vertical — the cleanest, most-recent number we can point to publicly. Each receipt links into the full case study on that vertical's page.

PI · Gibson · April 2026
22
Signed cases · single month
$51K spend across LSA + Google Ads + Meta. 17 of 22 signed cases came through LSA.
IF · Patil · 5 months
↓47%
CPL reduction · investment fraud
$205 → $109 CPL on the keyword campaign. 21.5% conversion rate. 14-month engagement, renewed at full retainer.
Family law · Vantage · 1 month
132
Leads in March from PPC
Chicago search prospecting at $39.60 CPL. Affordable-alternative model. 23% click-to-lead the most recent week.
Probate · Evans · March 2026
49
Connected LSA calls · single month
$6,238 spend, $127.98 CPL, 54% high/mid quality. Multi-service Denver firm scaling $5K → $7K without losing quality.
Lexvertikal vs. the typical legal-marketing agency

A different posture on your account.

What matters
Typical agency
Lexvertikal
Vertical focus
Plumbers, chiropractors, lawyers — same playbook for everyone.
Legal only. Seven verticals. Each with its own system, not a re-skin of someone else's.
Primary metric
CPL, CPC, impressions. Whatever looks good on the dashboard.
Signed-case rate (or fundable-lead rate in funding). The metric your managing partner actually cares about.
Lead form architecture
Generic three-field "free consultation" magnet across every client.
Conditional logic, vertical-specific qualifiers, SMS verification, jurisdiction checks.
Channel mix recommendation
"We do LSA + PPC + Meta for everyone." Same mix for PI, IF, probate.
Vertical-specific channel selection. PI ≠ IF ≠ probate ≠ family law.
Reporting cadence
Monthly PDF screenshot of CPL. "Looks great!"
Weekly written brief from a human, monthly strategy call, real-time dashboard.
Data & account ownership
Accounts in their name. You walk away with nothing if you leave.
Your accounts, day one. Every asset, every dashboard, always yours.
Contracts
12-month lockup. Cancellation fees.
Month-to-month. We earn the next month, every month.
Who's on your account
Outsourced "specialist" 6 months out of school.
Founder + a tight senior team. The person on your call is the person in your ad account.
Pricing · Built to scale with you

Simple. Transparent.
No "plus a percent" games.

You're on one plan or the other. Never both. No per-channel surcharges. No mystery line items in month three.

Starter
For firms beginning with one channel — typically your chosen practice area — and spending up to $10K/month on ads.
$1,800
per month · billed upfront · + one-time $900 setup
  • One channel: PPC, LSA, or Meta
  • Up to $10K/month ad budget
  • Case-type filtering at keyword / form level
  • State-targeting tied to your licensing
  • GTM, CallRail & HubSpot integration
  • Weekly & monthly written reports
  • Real-time AgencyAnalytics dashboard
Pick your practice area
It's never $1,800 + 20%. You're on one plan or the other. When your spend crosses $10K/month — or you add a second channel or brand — you switch to Growth. That's the only change. Month-to-month, accounts owned by you, always.
Common questions

Most managing partners ask at least three of these on the intake call.

Pulled directly from intake calls with the founder. If yours isn't here, it'll get answered live.

Why legal-only? Wouldn't a generalist agency have broader expertise?

Legal verticals don't transfer well from other industries. The acquisition surface for personal injury (LSA-dominated, review-driven, urgent-intent) shares almost nothing with the acquisition surface for B2B SaaS or e-commerce. The qualifying questions for investment fraud (loss thresholds, jurisdiction, broker name) don't apply anywhere else. The compliance work for legal funding (state-by-state operating rules) is unique to the vertical. An agency running 90% non-legal accounts will be using legal as the test bed for their generalist playbook — and your CPL pays for the learning. Specialization is the entire point of the cost structure on this site.

What if my practice area isn't one of the seven you list?

If you're a legal practice and your vertical isn't listed, two possibilities: (1) we can work with you under one of the adjacent playbooks — e.g., medical malpractice fits the PI system with modifications, IP litigation fits the business-law system, immigration fits the criminal-defense system in some respects — or (2) we'll be honest that the vertical isn't a fit and decline. Mass tort, class action, and bankruptcy are three legal sub-verticals we currently don't take on because the acquisition economics work differently. The intake call will sort it.

Can you run multiple practice areas for the same firm?

Yes. Multi-practice firms (PI + criminal defense, family law + business law, probate + estate planning, etc.) are common, and the operating system handles them. The work is in practice-area-specific campaign architecture: separate Google Ads campaigns by vertical, separate LSA categories tuned per practice, separate lead forms with their own qualifying logic, separate signed-case attribution by case type. The Growth plan covers multiple practice areas under one 20% fee — no per-practice surcharges.

How do you handle multi-state or multi-office firms?

State-by-state targeting tied to your bar admissions, with explicit exclusions on everything else. Multi-office firms get per-office tracking (Boyle & Jasari runs LSA in DC and Philadelphia with separate reporting; Gibson runs Orlando and Houston). For multi-brand operators (most common in legal funding — Tribeca and MayFair run as separate consumer-facing brands inside one operator), we handle account architecture, attribution split, and creative separation. Migration timeline is the same: 30 days' notice to current vendor, day 31 we go live, no double-spend month.

What's the minimum spend to make this work?

Starter plan covers one channel at up to $10K/month ad budget — that's $1,800/month plus the ad spend itself. Below ~$5K/month in ad spend on any single channel, the algorithms (Google, Meta) don't get enough data to optimize meaningfully and you'll burn the first 60 days in learning phase. Verticals with naturally lower CPL (family law affordable models, business law, legal funding) can work at the lower end of the Starter plan. PI and IF typically need $10K+/month in ad spend per channel to produce signed-case volume that's measurable inside a quarter.

How quickly can a new vertical be live?

Depends on the channel. Google PPC: 7–14 business days from contract to first live spend. Meta: 10–14 business days (sometimes longer if Meta's legal-vertical review adds review days). LSA: bottleneck is Google's verification timeline (typically 2–4 weeks for license, insurance, background check). For multi-channel rollouts we sequence them so the fastest channel is live in week 2, with the others phased over the following weeks. Account ownership transfers happen day one regardless.

What's the contract structure?

Month-to-month, always. No 12-month lockups, no cancellation fees, no per-channel surcharges, no "plus a percent" games. You're on the Starter plan or the Growth plan — one or the other, never both. When your spend crosses $10K/month or you add a second channel/brand, you move to Growth. That's the only structural change. Accounts are always in your name. You leave with everything if you leave.

How do I pick which vertical landing page to read?

If you're a managing partner reading this page, you already know your practice area — click the card above. If you're a multi-practice firm, start with your primary revenue practice (the one that pays the bills) and read that vertical's full system. We'll cover the other practice areas on the intake call. If you're not sure whether your vertical is one of the seven we serve, book a strategy call and we'll either point you to the closest fit or say no honestly on the call.

Take the next step

Pick your practice area.
Talk to the founder.

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