Which law firms does AI recommend in Denver?
We asked ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity to recommend law firms in Denver, CO — 6 hiring questions, 18 recorded answers, every one saved. They named 43 different businesses. These are the 19 that came up more than once.
Bachus & Schanker, LLC appeared most often, in 7 of 18 answers. 18 other businesses also appeared more than once.
Definition: openness measures how spread out the business names were in these 18 answers. Higher means more dispersed; lower means more concentrated. It is not market saturation, demand, or a quality score.
The 19 law firms that came up more than once.
Ordered by how many of the 18 answers named them. This is not a ranking of quality and none of these are our clients — it is a record of who three assistants named for Denver, CO on July 26, 2026. If you are one of the law firms in this market and you are not on this list, the scan did not observe your business among the repeat names.
- Bachus & Schanker, LLC
- Zaner Law (Zaner Harden / Zaner Law Personal Injury Lawyers)
- Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers
- Law Offices of Jeremy Rosenthal
- The Harris Law Firm
- Hogan Omidi, P.C.
- Zaner Law
- Denver Personal Injury Lawyers® / Denver Trial Lawyers
- Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
- Ramos Law
- The Sawaya Law Firm
- CGH Injury Lawyers
- The Wilhite Law Firm
- Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers (Franklin D. Azar)
- Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C.
- Griffiths Law PC
- GEM Family Law
- Springer & Steinberg, P.C.
- Denver Personal Injury Lawyers®
Even Bachus & Schanker, LLC does not win everything here. It was never named when we asked about best family law attorney, a separation with a shared house or best criminal defense attorney. Those question types returned different names in our sample.
All three assistants agreed on 3 of them
Bachus & Schanker, LLC, Law Offices of Jeremy Rosenthal, Hogan Omidi, P.C. were named by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity alike. Agreement across three systems that read different sources is a stronger observed pattern than appearing in only one system. In Denver, that happened for 3 businesses.
One employer law office per 599 county residents.
Denver County holds 1,192 offices of lawyers with payroll — one for every 599 of its 713,734 residents, among the densest legal supply in this study. Separately, the assistants named 43 firms for Denver, and directories supplied 40.1% of the citations behind those answers. The office count and recommendation pattern are different measurements; neither causes the other.
City figures: American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-year estimates, Denver city, Colorado. County figures: County Business Patterns 2023, Denver County; establishment counts include only businesses with paid employees. The two boundaries are different sizes and are never divided into each other.
In Denver, the evidence sits on justia.com.
This is a record of observed answers, not a paid ranking. In Denver they read justia.com and avvo.com when forming their answers. The industry page explains how we address website and third-party evidence: what we build for law firms.
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For Denver, the source cited most was justia.com.
All three assistants searched the web before answering and cited what they read. Across the Denver, CO answers they cited 137 sources. These were the most frequently cited sources behind the law firms named here:
- justia.com11
- avvo.com7
- coloradolaw.net5
- superlawyers.com5
- lawleaderboard.com5
- reddit.com5
- hoganomidi.com5
- expertise.com4
- harrislawcares.com4
- profiles.superlawyers.com3
- ramoslaw.com3
- youtube.com3
- attorneys.superlawyers.com3
- griffithslawpc.com3
- colo-law.com3
- martindale.com2
- wtotrial.com2
- zanerhardenlaw.com2
- cghlawfirm.com2
- bestlawfirms.com2
Directories and review sites accounted for 40.1% of what was cited for Denver. In this market the aggregator profiles supplied a substantial share of the cited evidence. Check those listings for completeness and consistency.
Additional results from the Denver scan.
24 more were named exactly once
These came up in a single answer, from a single assistant, and never again across the other 17. The sample contains a small group named repeatedly and a longer list named once. A single mention may not repeat in the next run.
- Bowman Law
- Matlin Injury Law
- Dan Caplis Law
- Harding & Associates
- Epstein Patierno, LLP
- Littman Family Law
- The Law Office of Michael F. DiManna LLC
- Modern Family Law
- Duncan Family Law
- The Law Offices of Rodger C. Daley and Associates
- Colorado Legal Group
- Jones Law Firm, PC
- Women's Divorce & Family Law Group of Colorado, LLP
- Kardon Law
- Ridley, McGreevy & Winocur
- Taft Law
- Tiftickjian Law Firm, P.C.
- The Law Office of Jacob E. Martinez
- Reisch Law Firm
- Premier Defense
- Recht Kornfeld, P.C.
- Evergreen Attorneys
- Fuicelli & Lee, PC
- Conduit Law
How many each assistant would name
- Google Gemini 30 law firms named in Denver
- ChatGPT 17 law firms named in Denver
- Perplexity 13 law firms named in Denver
The assistants disagreed on 3 of 6 questions
Asked the identical question about Denver, 3 of 6 comparisons produced no shared business at all — three assistants, three separate shortlists. There is no single "AI answer" for this market to optimize against, which is why being named by one assistant tells a Denver owner very little about the other two.
11.1% of answers named nobody at all
In 2 of 18 answers the assistant declined to recommend anyone and pointed the buyer at a directory or a list of things to check instead. Those are answers where no Denver business won anything.
Same questions, other markets.
The law firms study puts all five cities side by side — which brands cross city lines, and which sources decide the answer trade-wide.
Law firms in the other cities we measured
- Las Vegas, NV 45 named · most cited: Naqvi Accident Injury Law
- Tampa, FL 48 named · most cited: Morgan & Morgan (Tampa office)
- Phoenix, AZ 40 named · most cited: Kelly Law Team Phoenix
- Austin, TX 50 named · most cited: McMinn Law Firm
Other trades in Denver
- Roofing companies 56 named · 9.6% from directories
- HVAC companies 49 named · 23.4% from directories
- Plumbing companies 42 named · 19.3% from directories
- Dental practices 43 named · 15.4% from directories
- Med spas 41 named · 8.7% from directories
Exactly what we asked in Denver.
- Who is the best personal injury lawyer in Denver, CO? commercial
- I was just rear-ended in Denver, CO and the other driver's insurance is calling me. Which local law firm should I contact? situational
- Who is the best family law attorney in Denver, CO? commercial
- My spouse and I are separating in Denver, CO and we own a house together. Which local attorney should I hire? situational
- Who is the best criminal defense attorney in Denver, CO? commercial
- Which personal injury law firm in Denver, CO has the best client reviews? commercial
Method. 6 questions × 3 assistants = 18 answers for Denver, CO alone, collected July 26, 2026 from ChatGPT (gpt-5-mini), Google Gemini (gemini-flash-latest), Perplexity (sonar), with web search enabled because that is what a buyer's app does. Names were resolved across spelling variants first, so one company spelled three ways counts once. Assistants are non-deterministic; this is one dated run, not a standing ranking. The full methodology gives the prompts, the scoring formula, and what these numbers cannot support. Want it for your own business? The free AI visibility report runs it against your market.
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