Personal Injury Law Firm Case Study

Samuel Edwards
|
January 16, 2026

Client Overview

  • Client: Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa
  • Industry: Personal injury law
  • Market Position: Established litigation firm serving a major metropolitan market
  • Engagement Focus: Organic keyword expansion and first-page visibility growth

The Problem

Despite a strong reputation and long-standing market presence, the firm’s organic search visibility did not fully reflect its scale or competitive position.

Key challenges included:

  • Limited keyword footprint relative to market size
  • Underrepresentation across long-tail and practice-area terms
  • Highly competitive legal SERPs, especially in personal injury
  • Inconsistent first-page visibility for commercially valuable queries
  • Need for sustainable growth, not short-term ranking volatility

The issue was not credibility—it was unlocking latent SEO potential and expanding keyword coverage across the full demand curve.

Strategic Objective

The engagement focused on:

  • Expanding the firm’s total ranking keyword universe
  • Improving page-one visibility, particularly in positions 1–10
  • Strengthening domain-level authority in a competitive legal market
  • Delivering measurable growth aligned with long-term SEO stability

The Solution

Digital.Marketing executed a comprehensive SEO growth campaign designed to scale keyword coverage while reinforcing authority.

Keyword Expansion Strategy

  • Identified gaps across:
    • Practice-area terms
    • Local and regional modifiers
    • Informational and mid-funnel legal queries
  • Prioritized keywords with both ranking opportunity and commercial relevance

On-Site Optimization & Content Alignment

  • Optimized existing pages to:
    • Better match search intent
    • Capture additional keyword variations
    • Improve internal linking and topical depth

Authority & Trust Reinforcement

  • Supported keyword growth with:
    • Strategic link acquisition
    • Authority-building signals aligned with legal SEO best practices
  • Ensured compliance with YMYL and legal industry standards

Execution Highlights

  • Focused on scalable keyword growth, not isolated wins
  • Balanced content optimization with authority reinforcement
  • Avoided aggressive tactics common in legal SEO
  • Maintained consistency over an extended execution window

Results (High-Level)

Over the course of the engagement, the firm achieved:

  • Keyword growth from 1,672 to 3,300 ranking terms
  • Net increase of 520 additional keywords
  • First-page (positions 1–3) visibility gains, including new page-one entries
  • Domain Authority increase from 23 to 26
  • A broader, more defensible organic footprint across practice areas

Why It Worked

  • Focused on coverage expansion, not just ranking a few head terms
  • Treated SEO as a portfolio growth problem, not a page-by-page exercise
  • Balanced authority, relevance, and compliance in a YMYL category
  • Executed with discipline appropriate for legal search environments

Takeaway

In competitive legal markets, sustainable SEO success comes from owning more of the keyword landscape—not just fighting over a handful of terms.

Digital.Marketing helped Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa significantly expand its organic reach, delivering measurable keyword growth and stronger first-page visibility built to last.

Author

Samuel Edwards

Chief Marketing Officer

Throughout his extensive 10+ year journey as a digital marketer, Sam has left an indelible mark on both small businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises alike. His portfolio boasts collaborations with esteemed entities such as NASDAQ OMX, eBay, Duncan Hines, Drew Barrymore, Price Benowitz LLP, a prominent law firm based in Washington, DC, and the esteemed human rights organization Amnesty International. In his role as a technical SEO and digital marketing strategist, Sam takes the helm of all paid and organic operations teams, steering client SEO services, link building initiatives, and white label digital marketing partnerships to unparalleled success. An esteemed thought leader in the industry, Sam is a recurring speaker at the esteemed Search Marketing Expo conference series and has graced the TEDx stage with his insights. Today, he channels his expertise into direct collaboration with high-end clients spanning diverse verticals, where he meticulously crafts strategies to optimize on and off-site SEO ROI through the seamless integration of content marketing and link building.

Personal Injury Law Firm Case Study

Samuel Edwards
|
January 16, 2026

Client Overview

  • Client: Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa
  • Industry: Personal injury law
  • Market Position: Established litigation firm serving a major metropolitan market
  • Engagement Focus: Organic keyword expansion and first-page visibility growth

The Problem

Despite a strong reputation and long-standing market presence, the firm’s organic search visibility did not fully reflect its scale or competitive position.

Key challenges included:

  • Limited keyword footprint relative to market size
  • Underrepresentation across long-tail and practice-area terms
  • Highly competitive legal SERPs, especially in personal injury
  • Inconsistent first-page visibility for commercially valuable queries
  • Need for sustainable growth, not short-term ranking volatility

The issue was not credibility—it was unlocking latent SEO potential and expanding keyword coverage across the full demand curve.

Strategic Objective

The engagement focused on:

  • Expanding the firm’s total ranking keyword universe
  • Improving page-one visibility, particularly in positions 1–10
  • Strengthening domain-level authority in a competitive legal market
  • Delivering measurable growth aligned with long-term SEO stability

The Solution

Digital.Marketing executed a comprehensive SEO growth campaign designed to scale keyword coverage while reinforcing authority.

Keyword Expansion Strategy

  • Identified gaps across:
    • Practice-area terms
    • Local and regional modifiers
    • Informational and mid-funnel legal queries
  • Prioritized keywords with both ranking opportunity and commercial relevance

On-Site Optimization & Content Alignment

  • Optimized existing pages to:
    • Better match search intent
    • Capture additional keyword variations
    • Improve internal linking and topical depth

Authority & Trust Reinforcement

  • Supported keyword growth with:
    • Strategic link acquisition
    • Authority-building signals aligned with legal SEO best practices
  • Ensured compliance with YMYL and legal industry standards

Execution Highlights

  • Focused on scalable keyword growth, not isolated wins
  • Balanced content optimization with authority reinforcement
  • Avoided aggressive tactics common in legal SEO
  • Maintained consistency over an extended execution window

Results (High-Level)

Over the course of the engagement, the firm achieved:

  • Keyword growth from 1,672 to 3,300 ranking terms
  • Net increase of 520 additional keywords
  • First-page (positions 1–3) visibility gains, including new page-one entries
  • Domain Authority increase from 23 to 26
  • A broader, more defensible organic footprint across practice areas

Why It Worked

  • Focused on coverage expansion, not just ranking a few head terms
  • Treated SEO as a portfolio growth problem, not a page-by-page exercise
  • Balanced authority, relevance, and compliance in a YMYL category
  • Executed with discipline appropriate for legal search environments

Takeaway

In competitive legal markets, sustainable SEO success comes from owning more of the keyword landscape—not just fighting over a handful of terms.

Digital.Marketing helped Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa significantly expand its organic reach, delivering measurable keyword growth and stronger first-page visibility built to last.

Author

Samuel Edwards

Chief Marketing Officer

Throughout his extensive 10+ year journey as a digital marketer, Sam has left an indelible mark on both small businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises alike. His portfolio boasts collaborations with esteemed entities such as NASDAQ OMX, eBay, Duncan Hines, Drew Barrymore, Price Benowitz LLP, a prominent law firm based in Washington, DC, and the esteemed human rights organization Amnesty International. In his role as a technical SEO and digital marketing strategist, Sam takes the helm of all paid and organic operations teams, steering client SEO services, link building initiatives, and white label digital marketing partnerships to unparalleled success. An esteemed thought leader in the industry, Sam is a recurring speaker at the esteemed Search Marketing Expo conference series and has graced the TEDx stage with his insights. Today, he channels his expertise into direct collaboration with high-end clients spanning diverse verticals, where he meticulously crafts strategies to optimize on and off-site SEO ROI through the seamless integration of content marketing and link building.