Subcategory
Criminal Defense Lawyers
This index adds up the scores of 2 questions. 86 brands are ranked.
2 regional questions are not added to this index. By region
- Edition
- Nov 12, 2026
- Methodology
- v5.0
- Panel
- 6 AI surfaces
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands across every question in this category, ordered by GenRank score.
#BrandScore
- 1Williams & Connolly85.8
- 2Paul Weiss50.6
- 3Covington & Burling43.8
- 4Quinn Emanuel37.3
- 5Marc Agnifilo37.2
- 6Latham & Watkins36.1
- 7Gerry Spence33.5
- 8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP32.1
- 9Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello25.4
- 10Benjamin Brafman23.8
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- 11Dechert LLP23.3
- 12WilmerHale22.8
- 13Hecker Fink22.5
- 14Clarence Darrow21.5
- 15Greenberg Traurig20.7
- 16Abbe Lowell20.3
- 17Karen Friedman Agnifilo19.9
- 18Thurgood Marshall19.0
- 19Kirkland & Ellis17.5
- 20Cravath14.7
- 21Jones Day13.1
- 22Debevoise & Plimpton12.5
- 23Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP12.3
- 24NiaLena Caravasos11.7
- 25Super Lawyers11.5
- 26Zuckerman Spaeder LLP10.8
- 27Roy Black10.8
- 28Joshua Dratel10.6
- 29Kostelanetz LLP10.0
- 30Marc Mukasey10.0
- 31Jose Baez10.0
- 32Susan Necheles9.6
- 33Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner LLP9.6
- 34Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP9.4
- 35Drew Findling9.4
- 36Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP9.2
- 37Reuven Cohen9.2
- 38Robert Dugdale8.9
- 39Boies Schiller Flexner LLP8.9
- 40Kobre & Kim8.7
- 41Michael Freedman8.7
- 42McGuireWoods8.5
- 43John Hueston8.5
- 44Harvey Weinstein8.5
- 45Martindale-Hubbell8.4
- 46Richard Kaplan8.3
- 47Best Lawyers in America8.2
- 48James Spertus8.2
- 49David Oscar Markus7.9
- 50Arnold & Porter7.8
- 1Williams & Connolly85.8
- 2Paul Weiss50.6
- 3Covington & Burling43.8
- 4Quinn Emanuel37.3
- 5Marc Agnifilo37.2
- 6Latham & Watkins36.1
- 7Gerry Spence33.5
- 8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP32.1
- 9Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello25.4
- 10Benjamin Brafman23.8
- 11Dechert LLP23.3
- 12WilmerHale22.8
- 13Hecker Fink22.5
- 14Clarence Darrow21.5
- 15Greenberg Traurig20.7
- 16Abbe Lowell20.3
- 17Karen Friedman Agnifilo19.9
- 18Thurgood Marshall19.0
- 19Kirkland & Ellis17.5
- 20Cravath14.7
- 21Jones Day13.1
- 22Debevoise & Plimpton12.5
- 23Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP12.3
- 24NiaLena Caravasos11.7
- 25Super Lawyers11.5
- 26Zuckerman Spaeder LLP10.8
- 27Roy Black10.8
- 28Joshua Dratel10.6
- 29Kostelanetz LLP10.0
- 30Marc Mukasey10.0
- 31Jose Baez10.0
- 32Susan Necheles9.6
- 33Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner LLP9.6
- 34Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP9.4
- 35Drew Findling9.4
- 36Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP9.2
- 37Reuven Cohen9.2
- 38Robert Dugdale8.9
- 39Boies Schiller Flexner LLP8.9
- 40Kobre & Kim8.7
- 41Michael Freedman8.7
- 42McGuireWoods8.5
- 43John Hueston8.5
- 44Harvey Weinstein8.5
- 45Martindale-Hubbell8.4
- 46Richard Kaplan8.3
- 47Best Lawyers in America8.2
- 48James Spertus8.2
- 49David Oscar Markus7.9
- 50Arnold & Porter7.8
Top 50 of 86
The GenRank score sums each brand’s question-level visibility inside this category. Higher means AI names the brand more often and earlier. It is not bounded, so compare brands within one category, not across categories. Methodology
The questions behind this index
2Each question with its top three brands by GenRank score and how many brands its answers named.
Rank trend
Rank trends are drawn once two weekly editions under the same methodology exist. Only the first edition is in so far.
Named by surface
Each cell: of the surface's 2 answers, how many named the brand. Darker means named more often.
- Window
- Oct 18, 2026 ~ Nov 8, 2026
| Brand |  Google AI Overviews |  ChatGPT |  Claude |  Gemini | Google AI Mode |  Microsoft Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williams & Connolly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Paul Weiss | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Covington & Burling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4Quinn Emanuel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Marc Agnifilo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6Latham & Watkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Gerry Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Benjamin Brafman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Dechert LLP | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12WilmerHale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13Hecker Fink | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Clarence Darrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Greenberg Traurig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Named alongside
Brands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.
- Answers naming the brand
- 1
- 2
- 6
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 4
- Answers naming the brand
- 1
- 2
- 6
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 4
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Williams & Connolly | 6 | Paul Weiss (4), Covington & Burling (4), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (4) |
| Paul Weiss | 4 | Williams & Connolly (4), Quinn Emanuel (3), Covington & Burling (3) |
| Covington & Burling | 4 | Williams & Connolly (4), Quinn Emanuel (3), Paul Weiss (3) |
| Quinn Emanuel | 3 | Paul Weiss (3), Williams & Connolly (3), Covington & Burling (3) |
| Marc Agnifilo | 4 | Karen Friedman Agnifilo (3), Super Lawyers (2), NiaLena Caravasos (2) |
| Latham & Watkins | 3 | Quinn Emanuel (3), Paul Weiss (3), Williams & Connolly (3) |
| Gerry Spence | 2 | Clarence Darrow (1), Karen Friedman Agnifilo (1), Williams & Connolly (1) |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 4 | Williams & Connolly (4), Covington & Burling (3), WilmerHale (3) |
| Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello | 2 | Quinn Emanuel (2), Hecker Fink (2), Paul Weiss (2) |
| Benjamin Brafman | 3 | Super Lawyers (2), Marc Agnifilo (2), Abbe Lowell (2) |
| Dechert LLP | 2 | Paul Weiss (2), Williams & Connolly (2), Quinn Emanuel (1) |
| WilmerHale | 3 | Williams & Connolly (3), Covington & Burling (3), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (3) |
| Hecker Fink | 2 | Quinn Emanuel (2), Paul Weiss (2), Williams & Connolly (2) |
| Clarence Darrow | 1 | Thurgood Marshall (1), Gerry Spence (1) |
| Greenberg Traurig | 2 | Williams & Connolly (2), Quinn Emanuel (1), Paul Weiss (1) |
| Abbe Lowell | 3 | Super Lawyers (3), Karen Friedman Agnifilo (2), Marc Agnifilo (2) |
| Karen Friedman Agnifilo | 3 | Marc Agnifilo (3), Super Lawyers (2), Abbe Lowell (2) |
| Thurgood Marshall | 1 | Clarence Darrow (1), Gerry Spence (1) |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | Quinn Emanuel (1), Paul Weiss (1), Williams & Connolly (1) |
| Cravath | 1 | Quinn Emanuel (1), Paul Weiss (1), Williams & Connolly (1) |
| Jones Day | 1 | Dechert LLP (1), Paul Weiss (1), Williams & Connolly (1) |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | 1 | Quinn Emanuel (1), Dechert LLP (1), Hecker Fink (1) |
| Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP | 1 | Quinn Emanuel (1), Zuckerman Spaeder LLP (1), Hecker Fink (1) |
| NiaLena Caravasos | 2 | Marc Agnifilo (2), Joshua Dratel (1), Karen Friedman Agnifilo (1) |
| Super Lawyers | 4 | Abbe Lowell (3), Karen Friedman Agnifilo (2), Marc Agnifilo (2) |
| Zuckerman Spaeder LLP | 1 | Quinn Emanuel (1), Hecker Fink (1), Paul Weiss (1) |
| Roy Black | 1 | Karen Friedman Agnifilo (1), Super Lawyers (1), Marc Agnifilo (1) |
| Joshua Dratel | 1 | Marc Agnifilo (1), NiaLena Caravasos (1), Benjamin Brafman (1) |
| Kostelanetz LLP | 1 | Dechert LLP (1), Paul Weiss (1), Williams & Connolly (1) |
| Marc Mukasey | 1 | Joshua Dratel (1), Marc Agnifilo (1), NiaLena Caravasos (1) |
Most cited sources
Sites cited by the answers to this category's questions and its subcategories'. Counts are citing answers. All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | chambers.com | 4 |
| 2 | bestlawfirms.com | 3 |
| 3 | bestlawyers.com | 3 |
| 4 | legal500.com | 3 |
| 5 | vault.com | 3 |
| 6 | goodfirms.co | 2 |
| 7 | ontoplist.com | 2 |
| 8 | attorneys.superlawyers.com | 2 |
| 9 | forbes.com | 2 |
| 10 | wc.com | 2 |
Sources and brands
Which cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.
| Cited sources | Brand | Answers naming the brand |
|---|---|---|
| chambers.com | Williams & Connolly | 4 |
| chambers.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 3 |
| legal500.com | Williams & Connolly | 3 |
| vault.com | Williams & Connolly | 3 |
| legal500.com | Paul Weiss | 3 |
| forbes.com | Marc Agnifilo | 2 |
| chambers.com | Covington & Burling | 2 |
| chambers.com | Paul Weiss | 2 |
| vault.com | Quinn Emanuel | 2 |
| vault.com | Paul Weiss | 2 |
| vault.com | Covington & Burling | 2 |
| vault.com | Latham & Watkins | 2 |
| vault.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 2 |
| wc.com | Quinn Emanuel | 2 |
| wc.com | Paul Weiss | 2 |
| wc.com | Williams & Connolly | 2 |
| wc.com | Covington & Burling | 2 |
| wc.com | Latham & Watkins | 2 |
| legal500.com | Quinn Emanuel | 2 |
| legal500.com | Covington & Burling | 2 |
| legal500.com | Latham & Watkins | 2 |
| legal500.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 2 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Williams & Connolly | 2 |
| lswlaw.com | Covington & Burling | 1 |
| lswlaw.com | Latham & Watkins | 1 |
| lswlaw.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Quinn Emanuel | 1 |
| wc.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Paul Weiss | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Williams & Connolly | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Covington & Burling | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Latham & Watkins | 1 |
| arnoldporter.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Quinn Emanuel | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Paul Weiss | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Marc Agnifilo | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Covington & Burling | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Latham & Watkins | 1 |
| bestlawfirms.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 |
| chambers.com | Quinn Emanuel | 1 |
| chambers.com | Marc Agnifilo | 1 |
| chambers.com | Latham & Watkins | 1 |
| chambers.com | Gerry Spence | 1 |
| forbes.com | Williams & Connolly | 1 |
| forbes.com | Covington & Burling | 1 |
| forbes.com | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 |
| forbes.com | Gerry Spence | 1 |
| lswlaw.com | Quinn Emanuel | 1 |
| lswlaw.com | Paul Weiss | 1 |
| lswlaw.com | Williams & Connolly | 1 |
Citations by source type
How many citations in this edition point at each kind of source.
By region
This category is measured separately in 2 cities in the United States and Canada. Regional results are shown per city and are not added to the national ranking above.
United States and Canada
- Leading business by region
- A different business leads in every region2 cities
Arizona
- Phoenix, AZDM Cantor
California
- Los Angeles, CAManshoory Law Group
The name beside a city is the business AI named most there.
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