# Legal search demand in Pittsburgh

THE SEARCH LEDGER · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA · LEGAL

Every month Pittsburgh types 12,880 legal searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.

BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/pittsburgh/legal#colophon)

92

KEYWORDS TRACKED

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

12,880

SEARCHES / MONTH

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

$827K

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$60.76

AVERAGE CPC

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

## When Pittsburgh searches for legal

Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in JUN.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 76, February 75, March 83, April 58, May 57, June 56, July 56, August 100, September 95, October 89, November 60, December 65.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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.

## What Pittsburgh pays per click for legal

The 20 highest-volume of 92 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 | 20 | 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 | 34 | 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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.

## Who owns the Pittsburgh legal results

Live position tracking for 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one.

injury lawyer pittsburgh

1,300/mo · $104.28 CPC · difficulty 52

MAP PACK

-   1 Edgar Snyder & Associates 4.8★ 1,100
-   2 Pittsburgh Injury Lawyers P.C. 4.9★ 34
-   3 Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C. 4.5★ 230

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 attorneys.superlawyers.com
-   2 edgarsnyder.com LOCAL
-   3 bergerandgreen.com
-   4 getphil.com LOCAL
-   5 ssf-lawfirm.com LOCAL

medical malpractice lawyer pittsburgh

590/mo · $170.40 CPC · difficulty 6

MAP PACK

-   1 Edgar Snyder & Associates 4.8★ 1,100
-   2 Lupetin & Unatin, LLC 4.7★ 131
-   3 Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C. 4.5★ 230

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 medmal1.com LOCAL
-   2 attorneys.superlawyers.com
-   3 caringlawyers.com LOCAL
-   4 mymedmalattorneys.com
-   5 thevillarifirm.com

best personal injury lawyer pittsburgh

70/mo · $63.16 CPC · difficulty 46

MAP PACK

-   1 Edgar Snyder & Associates 4.8★ 1,100
-   2 Pittsburgh Personal Injury Attorney at Law, Brandon J. Broderick 4.9★ 279
-   3 Quatrini Law Group 5★ 386

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 attorneys.superlawyers.com
-   2 woomerlaw.com
-   3 peircelaw.com LOCAL
-   4 yelp.com
-   5 bergerandgreen.com

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 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 legal businesses competing in Pittsburgh

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 ★ | 1,080 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #2 | Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC | 4.8 ★ | 614 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #3 | Ketchel Law | 4.9 ★ | 519 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #4 | Shrager Defense Attorneys | 4.8 ★ | 493 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |
| #5 | Quatrini Law Group | 5 ★ | 386 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #6 | Steidl & Steinberg, P.C. | 4.6 ★ | 345 | Attorney | YES |
| #7 | Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C. | 4.5 ★ | 230 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #8 | Mansmann and Moore, LLP | 4.9 ★ | 223 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #9 | DeRiso Law Group | 4.5 ★ | 193 | Family law attorney | YES |
| #10 | Blaine Jones Law, LLC | 4.5 ★ | 187 | Legal services | YES |
| #11 | Robert Peirce & Associates, P.C. | 4.3 ★ | 187 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #12 | Zuckerman Law Firm, LLC | 4.9 ★ | 181 | Criminal justice attorney | YES |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.

## What Pittsburgh asks about legal

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 are the four things that must be proven to win a medical malpractice suit?

What are the odds of winning a medical malpractice lawsuit?

Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.

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## More Pittsburgh search data

Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.

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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 Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Legal · 92 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026

Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 92 legal keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact).

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