THE SEARCH LEDGER · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA · LEGAL
Every month Pittsburgh types 12,940 legal searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in JUN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Legal category in Pittsburgh — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 95 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “medical malpractice lawyer pittsburgh” at $170.40.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | injury lawyer pittsburgh | 1,300 | $104.28 | 52 | commercial |
| 2 | lawyers in pittsburgh pa | 1,000 | $40.94 | 37 | commercial |
| 3 | personal injury lawyer near me | 1,000 | $109.60 | 59 | transactional |
| 4 | criminal lawyers pittsburgh | 720 | $117.57 | 40 | commercial |
| 5 | labor lawyer pittsburgh | 720 | $28.97 | 33 | commercial |
| 6 | medical malpractice lawyer pittsburgh | 590 | $170.40 | 6 | commercial |
| 7 | immigration lawyer pittsburgh | 590 | $11.85 | 11 | commercial |
| 8 | real estate lawyer pittsburgh | 590 | $8.62 | 23 | commercial |
| 9 | dwi lawyer pittsburgh | 480 | $85.37 | 8 | commercial |
| 10 | pittsburgh law firms | 480 | $16.16 | 6 | commercial |
| 11 | estate lawyers pittsburgh | 320 | $10.02 | 18 | commercial |
| 12 | lawyer near me | 320 | $14.80 | 77 | transactional |
| 13 | casey white attorney pittsburgh | 260 | $28.26 | 0 | commercial |
| 14 | family court lawyers pittsburgh pa | 260 | $21.80 | 47 | commercial |
| 15 | harry cohen lawyer pittsburgh | 260 | $48.62 | commercial | |
| 16 | pittsburgh car accident lawyer | 210 | $105.47 | 42 | commercial |
| 17 | pittsburgh custody lawyer | 170 | $13.91 | 37 | commercial |
| 18 | best divorce lawyers pittsburgh | 170 | $19.62 | 40 | commercial |
| 19 | tax lawyer pittsburgh | 170 | $24.93 | 0 | commercial |
| 20 | civil rights lawyer pittsburgh | 170 | $14.43 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Pittsburgh metro, Aug 30, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Pittsburgh metro, Aug 30, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Edgar Snyder & Associates | 4.8 ★ | 1,074 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #2 | Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC | 4.8 ★ | 613 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #3 | Ketchel Law | 4.9 ★ | 518 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #4 | Shrager Defense Attorneys | 4.8 ★ | 493 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #5 | Steidl & Steinberg, P.C. | 4.6 ★ | 345 | Attorney | YES |
| #6 | Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C. | 4.5 ★ | 230 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #7 | Mansmann and Moore, LLP | 4.8 ★ | 224 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #8 | DeRiso Law Group | 4.5 ★ | 192 | Family law attorney | YES |
| #9 | Blaine Jones Law, LLC | 4.5 ★ | 187 | Legal services | YES |
| #10 | Robert Peirce & Associates, P.C. | 4.3 ★ | 186 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #11 | Zuckerman Law Firm, LLC | 4.9 ★ | 180 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #12 | SMT Legal | 4.9 ★ | 172 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Pittsburgh metro, Aug 30, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Pittsburgh legal results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
How much do most personal injury lawyers charge?
What are the odds of winning a personal injury lawsuit?
How much can you sue for pain and suffering in PA?
What not to say to a personal injury lawyer?
Is it worth suing for medical malpractice?
Who is the best medical malpractice lawyer in Pittsburgh?
What four things must be proven in a medical malpractice case?
What is the average amount of a medical malpractice settlement in Pennsylvania?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Pittsburgh metro, Aug 30, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
LEGAL IN OTHER METROS
HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Aug 30, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Legal · 95 keywords · collected Aug 30, 2026
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