The Ward Law Group, PLLC Reviews, Ratings & Complaints

535 5th Ave Suite 910, New York, NY 10017

Public profile and review data last refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

4.9
327 Google reviews
Claimed Google Business Profile

The Ward Law Group, PLLC is a personal injury attorney in New York, New York with a 4.9-star rating across 327 tracked Google reviews. The current build retrieved 327 reviews for this profile and analyzed 171 text reviews. The firm has an owner reply on 97% of retrieved reviews, 26% of analyzed reviewers explicitly recommend it, and communication is mentioned in 2% of analyzed reviews. Its review pattern is highly consistent based on a consistency index of 91.2.

The most common review themes are explicit recommendation (26%), professionalism (21%), and speed (7%). Reviews in the sample mention matters involving car accident. Use these signals as due-diligence inputs rather than proof of specialty or likely outcome.

Review verdict

The Ward Law Group, PLLC Review Summary and Due-Diligence Questions

These direct answers separate what the public review dataset can confirm from licensing, disciplinary, and case-fit questions that require independent verification.

What clients praise

The strongest recurring praise signals in the analyzed review sample are explicit recommendation (26%), professionalism (21%), and speed (7%). These percentages describe text labels in the captured sample, not independently verified service claims.

Is The Ward Law Group, PLLC legitimate?

Law Leaderboard can confirm that this page represents a public Google Business listing for The Ward Law Group, PLLC at 535 5th Ave Suite 910, New York, NY 10017. The listing has 327 tracked Google reviews and is marked as claimed on Google. This does not independently verify attorney licensing, disciplinary history, insurance, or eligibility to handle a specific matter; check the relevant state bar and speak with the firm before hiring.

Is The Ward Law Group, PLLC a good law firm?

The Ward Law Group, PLLC has a 4.9/5 public Google rating across 327 tracked reviews. Law Leaderboard retrieved 327 reviews and analyzed 171 review texts for this profile. In that sample, the firm has an owner reply on 97% of retrieved reviews, 26% of analyzed reviewers explicitly recommend it, and communication is mentioned in 2% of analyzed reviews. These are public feedback signals, not a legal endorsement or prediction of case results.

What do The Ward Law Group, PLLC reviews complain about?

The current analyzed sample does not contain a recurring complaint category for The Ward Law Group, PLLC. That does not prove that no client has complained; review coverage is incomplete and changes over time.

Does The Ward Law Group, PLLC respond to reviews?

Public review data shows an owner reply on 97% of the reviews retrieved for The Ward Law Group, PLLC. This measures responses to public reviews, not communication with clients during a case. Communication appears in 2% of analyzed review texts.

Firm Snapshot Table

Use this table to see the difference between the firm's public review footprint, the reviews retrieved into the current build, and the text reviews that feed the NLP metrics on this page.

MetricValueWhat it means
Review Evidence Score65.1/100Moderate evidence; public-review evidence only.
Within-market score percentile2.4th percentileCompared with the fixed New York, NY cohort.
Tracked Google reviews327Public review count currently visible on the profile.
Reviews retrieved327Review records stored in the current build.
Text reviews analyzed171Review texts used for NLP-derived praise, complaint, and communication metrics.
Owner response rate97%Share of retrieved reviews with an owner reply.
Explicit recommendation rate26%Share of analyzed reviewers who explicitly recommend the firm.
Communication mentions2%Share of analyzed reviews that mention communication.
Consistency index91.2Higher scores indicate a more consistently positive rating pattern.

Identity-linked office intelligence

Where This Office Sits in New York, NY

An office’s within-market percentile shows how its Review Evidence Score compares with the other profiles in that market. It is a relative position, not a probability, quality rating, or prediction. The score and percentile reflect public-review evidence only—not legal skill, licensing, case outcomes, misconduct, or suitability.

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Evidence score

65.1/100

Score percentile

2.4th percentile

Rating percentile

57.1th percentile

Review-count percentile

64.3th percentile

Owner-reply percentile

83.3th percentile

Evidence strength and entity relationship

Moderate evidence from 171 analyzed review texts. The identity match uses exact source IDs in the private graph; those provider IDs are not exposed here.

Law Leaderboard office ID
llb-office-61068633e99bf149
Law Leaderboard brand ID
llb-brand-9f46e8bb9d170124
Brand relationship
The Ward Law Group, PLLC

QA-published themes for this office

The published themes are communication, responsiveness or delays, and outcome language. Theme prevalence is calculated only for offices whose theme result passed minimum sample, confidence, and external precision gates. Outcome language reflects an unverified claim in a review; it is not independent confirmation of what happened.

communication

2.9%

5 matches: 5 positive, 0 negative. Precision in external QA: 96%.

Release llb-consumer-intelligence-2026-08-12-r4. Trend fields remain withheld until the separate multi-snapshot publication gate is met.

Historical review data

Review Activity and Response Detail

Public-review aggregates captured through Apr 6, 2026. These figures describe the retrieved history, not a live feed.

Method: review-trends-v1.0.0

Retrieved history begins

Mar 24, 2023

Latest dated review

Apr 6, 2026

Retrieved coverage

100%

327 retrieved of 327 tracked

Recent 12-month reviews

169

Average rating: 4.84/5

Year-over-year review change

Average rating

-0.07 stars

4.84/5 in the recent period vs. 4.91/5 in the prior period

Review activity

+111 reviews

169 recent reviews vs. 58 in the prior period

Owner replies by rating group

Replies to 1–3-star reviews

33%

3 replies across 9 retrieved low-star reviews

Replies to 4–5-star reviews

99%

316 replies across 318 retrieved high-star reviews

Comparison gates prevent thin or incomplete review history from being presented as a trend. Review text and reviewer identities are not published in these aggregates.

Case Types Mentioned in Reviews

car accident

Quick Stats

Reviews/Month
4.6
Avg Review Length
104 chars
Local Guide %
15%

Practice Areas

Law firmAttorneyTrial attorney

What Our Data Shows

The sections below break this firm into measurable signals: responsiveness, communication mentions, review consistency, praised attributes, complaint themes, historical activity, and source-freshness notes. Read them together, not as isolated stats.

Performance Metrics

Based on analysis of 171 text reviews in the current build.

Owner Response Rate
97%
replies to reviews
Explicit Recommendation Rate
26%
of analyzed reviewers
Communication Mentions
2%
of analyzed reviews
Professionalism Mentions
21%
of analyzed reviews
Results Mentions
2%
of analyzed reviews
Compassion Mentions
2%
of analyzed reviews
Average response time: 150 days

Rating Distribution

5 star
315 (96%)
4 star
3 (<1%)
3 star
2 (<1%)
2 star
0 (0%)
1 star
7 (2.1%)
96% positive reviews 4% negative reviews Consistency index: 91.2

What Clients Praise

explicit recommendation 26.3% of reviews
professionalism 21.1% of reviews
speed 7% of reviews
transparency 4.1% of reviews
communication 1.8% of reviews

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Sources, Freshness & Limitations

Sources

  • Google Business profile data for the firm, including address, phone, website, business attributes, and aggregate public rating.
  • 327 retrieved reviews and 171 text reviews used to calculate praise, complaint, communication, and response metrics for this profile.
  • Consumer intelligence release llb-consumer-intelligence-2026-08-12-r4, derived from llb-depth50-research-2026-08-11-r1, supplies immutable office and brand IDs, market context, evidence-strength tier, and published practice/city memberships.
  • Historical review aggregates calculated from the retrieved public-review history captured through Apr 6, 2026.
  • Aggregate business and review-analysis fields rendered from the same exported firm record used by the city rankings; reviewer identities and review text are not republished.

Freshness

  • Business profile last collected: 2026-04-02 11:51:29.
  • Review records last collected: 2026-04-06 17:02:03; derived metrics last analyzed: 2026-08-02 20:36:21.
  • 327 total Google reviews tracked; 327 reviews retrieved; 171 text reviews analyzed.
  • Consumer intelligence release published 2026-08-12; that is a derived-release date, not a new profile or review observation.
  • Review-history snapshot: Apr 6, 2026; retrieved coverage: 100% of the tracked-review total.
  • Methodology version: 2026.04.07. Build packaging timestamp: 2026-08-03 08:34:48 UTC; this is not a source-refresh date.

Limitations

  • Public review volume, retrieved review records, and text reviews analyzed are different counts and should not be treated as interchangeable.
  • Historical comparison tiles appear only when retrieved review history reaches both full twelve-month windows and each window meets the rating-count threshold.
  • Review-derived case-type and praise signals show what appears in the sample; they do not independently verify board certification or case outcomes.
  • A within-market percentile is a relative position inside the fixed market cohort. It is not a probability, national rank, or legal-performance grade.
  • A theme appears only when that office result passes the published minimum sample, confidence, and external precision gates; absence is not proof that the topic never appears.
  • This page helps you evaluate a firm’s public client-feedback footprint, but hiring decisions still require direct due diligence.
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