A family searching for a criminal defense attorney late at night on a phone

The Search Happens At 2am.

SEO for criminal defense firms, built around how these searches actually happen — on a phone, hours after an arrest, often by somebody’s mother rather than the person charged.

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Be Found In The Hour It Matters.

• Pages built for the charge someone was actually arrested for
• Work directly with Loren — 10+ years, never a junior associate
• No contracts — month-to-month, because results should keep you here

A Couple Of Founders We’ve Helped

Dr. Sharon Dickerson
Founder — Denver Holistic Dentistry
Mark Sawicki
Founder — Sawicki Law & Bye Lemon
Isaac Archuleta
Founder — iAmClinic & iAmCouncil
Lance Wood
Founder — Military Trial Defenders
Michelle Novello
Founder — Ink B Gone & Age B Gone
Kate Harline
Founder — Therapy Collective
Oliver Glozik
Founder — Harmonica Ayahuasca Retreat
Dr. Alexandria Kurtz
Founder — Meah Modern Psychiatry
Maira Holzmann
Founder — Somatic Therapy Partners
Nathaniel Gilbert
Founder — Law Offices Of Nathaniel Gilbert
Dr. Sharon Dickerson
Founder — Denver Holistic Dentistry
Mark Sawicki
Founder — Sawicki Law & Bye Lemon
Isaac Archuleta
Founder — iAmClinic & iAmCouncil
Lance Wood
Founder — Military Trial Defenders
Michelle Novello
Founder — Ink B Gone & Age B Gone
Kate Harline
Founder — Therapy Collective
Oliver Glozik
Founder — Harmonica Ayahuasca Retreat
Dr. Alexandria Kurtz
Founder — Meah Modern Psychiatry
Maira Holzmann
Founder — Somatic Therapy Partners
Nathaniel Gilbert
Founder — Law Offices Of Nathaniel Gilbert

Nobody Shops Around For A Criminal Lawyer.

A family has hours, not weeks. They search the charge on a phone at two in the morning, call two or three of the first results, and retain whoever answers and sounds like they have handled this before.

Criminal defense SEO rarely fails on effort. It fails because the site is built around “criminal lawyer” — the most contested phrase in the practice — instead of around the charge, the county and the moment the search happens.

That’s where we come in.

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A charge-specific page built for someone deciding which firm to call first

How It Works — The Method

Attract → Convert → Systemize

The same three-part path from owner-dependent to owner-optional, applied to a practice where the search, the call and the decision all happen in the same night.

1. Attract

Rank for the charge, not the category

A page for each charge you defend — DUI, assault, domestic violence, drug possession, weapons, probation violation — because that is what people type, and each one is far less contested than the phrase every firm is fighting over.

2. Convert

Answer the call at 2am

A site that loads on a bad phone connection, puts the number where a thumb lands, and an answering setup that means the first firm to pick up is yours.

3. Systemize

Visibility that holds without you

Charge pages that stay accurate as statutes change, local listings that keep the firm in the map results, and a dashboard you can read in five minutes between hearings.

What’s Included

  • Charge-Specific Practice Pages — One page per charge you actually defend, written for somebody reading it in a panic, not for a colleague reviewing your credentials.
  • Local Visibility Where You Appear — Google Business Profile, citations and county-level pages, so the firm shows up in the map results for the jurisdiction where the case will be heard.
  • A Site That Works On A Phone At 2am — Fast on a weak connection, the phone number always reachable, and a short form for the people who cannot talk where they are.
  • Call Tracking You Can Trust — Verified end to end, so you know which charge page and which county produced a retained case. No guessing at what is working.
  • Monthly Strategy Calls With Loren — Never a junior associate. We review which charges brought calls, which brought people you cannot help, and what to build next.

A Couple Of Certifications

Google Analytics Advanced UserAdvanced tools to drive sales
CXL Digital Psychology & Behavioral DesignConsumer psychology program
CXL Applied NeuromarketingApplied consumer neuroscience
Google Ads Certified5 areas of Google advertising
Semrush Agency PartnerCurrent certified agency partner
Semrush Certified6+ areas of search marketing
Meta / Facebook Ads CertifiedCertified digital marketing associate
HubSpot Inbound MarketingInbound marketing certified
PPC for law firms CRM CertifiedCRM & automation certified
PPC for law firms University CertifiedGo High Level University
Google Analytics Advanced UserAdvanced tools to drive sales
CXL Digital Psychology & Behavioral DesignConsumer psychology program
CXL Applied NeuromarketingApplied consumer neuroscience
Google Ads Certified5 areas of Google advertising
Semrush Agency PartnerCurrent certified agency partner
Semrush Certified6+ areas of search marketing
Meta / Facebook Ads CertifiedCertified digital marketing associate
HubSpot Inbound MarketingInbound marketing certified
PPC for law firms CRM CertifiedCRM & automation certified
PPC for law firms University CertifiedGo High Level University

Transformation: Before → After

Before — owner-dependent
After — owner-optional
One page tries to cover every charge.
Each charge you defend has its own page.
The 2am call goes to whoever answered first.
The firm is the one that answers first.
Directories outrank you for your own county.
The firm sits above them in the map results.
You cannot say which case came from where.
Every retained case traces back to its page.

LRMC vs. A Traditional Agency

LRMCWHAT YOU GET
A traditional agency
LRMC
WORK 1:1 WITH AN EXPERTYes — always Loren
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
WORK 1:1 WITH AN EXPERTUsually a junior associate
LRMC
CRIMINAL DEFENSE EXPERIENCECriminal, military, consumer protection and family matters
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
CRIMINAL DEFENSE EXPERIENCEThe same keyword list for every practice area
LRMC
WHAT THE PAGES ARE BUILT AROUNDThe charge, the county and the hour
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
WHAT THE PAGES ARE BUILT AROUNDThe single phrase every firm bids on
LRMC
WHAT WE COUNTRetained cases
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
WHAT WE COUNTClicks and impressions
LRMC
MONTHLY STRATEGY CALLSIncluded
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
MONTHLY STRATEGY CALLSUsually lacks insight
LRMC
CONTRACTNo long-term contract
A TRADITIONAL AGENCY
CONTRACTLocked in 6–12 months

Stop Guessing. Start Growing.

  • We Rank Charges, Not Categories — Criminal, military, consumer protection and family matters. One firm went from no local visibility to the top three in its area within three months, and a business law firm reached 400% more new clients on 1,788% more qualified leads. Not one keyword list applied to every practice area.
  • We Report On Retained Cases—Not Rankings Alone — Every case traced back to the page and the county that produced it. You will know what we are doing, when, and exactly why—no black boxes.
  • No Contracts. Period. — We don’t lock you in because we don’t need to. Results keep our clients around—not fine print. If we’re not delivering, you can walk away anytime.

Your Criminal Defense SEO Roadmap

  • 1. Discovery & Strategy Call — The charges you want more of, the ones you decline, the counties you appear in, and what a retained case is worth to the firm.
  • 2. Visibility & Competitor Audit — Where you rank for each charge today, which directories sit above you, what your listings say, and how the site behaves on a phone.
  • 3. Content & Local Plan — The charge pages and location pages worth building, in the order that produces a retained case soonest — with the copy written for you.
  • 4. Build, Launch & Verify — Pages published, listings corrected and verified, call handling connected, and call tracking configured and tested before anyone reports a number.
  • 5. Optimize & Grow — Monthly strategy calls with Loren where we read the numbers together and decide what to expand, rewrite or retire.

Who We Can Help

Our criminal law SEO services are built for firms that are:

  • Invisible for the charges they actually defend
  • Sitting below Avvo, Justia and FindLaw for their own city
  • Losing the 2am call to whoever answered first
  • Unable to say which page produced last month’s cases
  • Ready to own a defined set of charges and counties

If the call comes at two in the morning, we’re here to help you be the one who answers.

What It’s Like To Work With Loren

I have worked with Loren and his company for a number of years. He has been instrumental to the growth of my business. I cannot recommend him enough for your SEO endeavors.
Atty. Lance WoodFounder — Military Trial Defenders

FAQs: Criminal Law SEO Services

Because that is what people type. Somebody arrested for a DUI searches the DUI, not “criminal defense attorney.” Each charge is a much smaller target than the category phrase every firm in the county is fighting over, and the page can speak to that specific situation. It is the same logic behind our small law firm marketing.

It changes the writing. A mother searching at midnight needs to know what happens next, what a bond hearing is, and whether you have handled this charge before — not your bar admissions. Pages written for the person actually searching convert far better than pages written for the defendant.

Those directories rank for your city and then sell that visibility to several firms at once. Ranking your own charge pages is what gives you a call that belongs only to you. We confirm which pages produce retained cases with call tracking rather than assuming the directory spend is doing the work.

At the start, usually yes — a criminal case cannot wait for rankings, and ads cover the gap. That side of the work is PPC for law firms. Once the charge pages hold their positions most firms cut the spend back rather than run both at full budget. If you want inquiries you own rather than rent, see attorney lead generation.

On this practice area more than any other. The search happens on a phone, often on a weak connection, and the person is not going to try twice. Fixing load time and putting the number where a thumb lands is usually worth more than any new page. Everything that arrives then routes through CRM implementation so a call at 2am is logged, tagged and followed up rather than lost in a voicemail box.

Yes. A military law firm in a crowded local market reached the top three on Google in three months, and a consumer protection firm signed its first client 19 days after launch.

Disclaimer: We are marketers, not attorneys. We build to standard advertising and consent practices, but we recommend confirming any claim, case result or client testimonial against your state bar’s advertising rules.

Be The Firm They Reach First.

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Loren Ross, founder of LRoss Marketing Consulting