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Are you looking to find the best answer engine optimization service for your law firm? Are you wanting to appear more frequently in conversations consumers have with LLMs like chatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Grok? At iLawyer Marketing, we help attorneys get discovered and recommended by today’s most influential AI-powered answer engines and large language models (LLMs). In 2025, people that need to find and research lawyers are no longer just searching on Google. Our 2025 consumer study on how consumers find attorneys (and Google Analytics data for law firms all across the country) is proof enough. People are asking AI assistants to help them find attorneys, and if your law firm is not part of those answers, you are missing out on new potential clients. Contact us today to see how our SMARTER GEO services for attorneys can help give you the visibility your law firm needs.

We have been studying and using LLMs for more than 5 years (long before most consumers and even marketing agencies even knew they existed). Our proprietary LLM optimization software is powered by AI and is built specifically for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), giving you an unmatched advantage over your competitors.

What Is Answer Engine Optimization for Law Firms?

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the process of making your law firm’s information easily found, understood, and recommended by AI-powered answer engines. Some journalists have given it the name GEO (although that’s not an ideal name for it). However, the point of GEO services is to increase the likelihood that your law firm becomes a recommended source by LLMs, including:

ChatGPT: As of our latest study in July of 2025, over 28% of consumers use chatGPT to help them find and research attorneys.
Google Gemini: Google’s AI model that influences Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, it’s important to become a recommended law firm by this LLM.
Perplexity AI: A rapidly growing answer engine that cites its sources directly in its responses, this should be an Answer Engine to be optimized for.
Claude by Anthropic: A conversational AI used for research and content assistance, it’s one of the more popular LLMs among the tech crowd.
Microsoft Copilot: A LLM from China that is one of the biggest open source models around.
Grok: The LLM created by Elon Musk’s xAI. It is growing in popularity and is a high quality model.

Answer Engine Optimization (or AEO, GEO, LLMO) is not the same as SEO. While there are similarities and some crossover, Answer Engines don’t rely on links like Google does. Instead, optimizing for Answer Engines means getting into the model training dataset, creating content that is optimized for Answer Engines to easily digest, schema markup, as well as other AEO tactics.

Why Answer Engine Optimization Matters for Lawyers

AI assistants are changing how people find legal services. A growing percentage of potential clients are going directly to asking ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for recommendations on which law firms to consider or hire. While most consumers are still also using Google (94% of chatGPT users also use Google to help them do research on which attorney to hire), it’s important in 2025 to consider multiple channels for your marketing. The days of single channel marketing are becoming a thing of the past for most consumers. In fact, over 70% of consumers use multiple sources (Google, chatGPT, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, etc.) to conduct their research on which law firm to hire.

Omni-channel marketing is what smart law firms are doing to increase their chances of generating more new clients. Answer Engines are being used by more and more people every year, so optimizing for Answer Engines is critical to your law firm’s growth.

At iLawyer Marketing, we’ll help your law firm to be positioned as a credible, trustworthy, and relevant source for the questions people ask AI.

Our Proven Answer Engine Optimization Process

We have developed a specialized AEO strategy for law firms that includes:

AI Content Mapping: Identifying the most common legal questions people ask across multiple answer engines.
Structured Legal Data Optimization: Using schema markup and metadata so AI models can easily understand and cite your firm.
Citation Building for AI Sources: Making sure your firm is mentioned in reputable, structured online sources that AI models trust.
Content for AI Indexing: Creating Q&A style content designed to match AI answer patterns.
Entity Linking: Connecting your law firm to verified entities so LLMs can confirm your authority.
LLM Relevance Testing: Using our proprietary tools to test whether AI assistants recommend your firm for target queries.
Multi-Platform Monitoring:Tracking how your firm appears in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AIO, Google AI Mode, and others.

How Our LLM Expertise Gives You an Advantage

Since 2019, our team has been studying large language models, starting with OpenAI’s chatGPT. This early adoption has allowed us to build custom optimization tools that:

Identify the patterns LLMs use to recommend local services.
Analyze how legal content is retrieved and ranked by different AI models.
Reverse-engineer AI response sources to find optimization opportunities.
Continuously adapt as AI models update their training and retrieval methods.

Because our tools are proprietary and built for law firms only, your competitors will not have access to the same level of insight and strategy.

Benefits of Answer Engine Optimization for Law Firms

Whether you are a solo attorney or a national law firm, AEO can expand your visibility far beyond traditional SEO:

First-Mover Advantage: Most law firms have not yet optimized for answer engines, so you can capture market share early. Don’t let your competition get the head start on your firm. Start now before they get a big lead on you!
Higher Trust: AI-recommended results are often perceived as more objective than paid ads, and continue to grow in importance for consumers.
Cross-Platform Reach: Appear in multiple AI assistants that clients are already using to give you a better chance of being found by prospective clients.

Why Law Firms Choose iLawyer Marketing

For over 20 years, we have worked exclusively with law firms. Our deep industry expertise combined with proprietary AI optimization tools makes us the clear choice for attorneys who want to dominate both traditional search and next-generation answer engines.

What sets us apart:

Over two decades of exclusive law firm marketing experience
The most talented team of legal industry marketers
Proprietary LLM optimization software
A reputation for building the best law firm websites and designs
Widely regarded as the premier SEO and AI optimization agency for law firms

Frequently Asked Questions

How is answer engine optimization different from SEO?

Traditional SEO focuses on ranking in search engines like Google. AEO focuses on ensuring AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity can find, understand, and recommend your firm in their answers. In order to give you the best chance of appearing in answers, we need to get your firm in model training data, with specific keywords and positive sentiment so that Answer Engines associate your brand with being a high quality law firm that they should recommend.

Do people really use AI tools to find lawyers?

Yes. Millions of people now use ChatGPT, Google’s SGE, and other AI-powered assistants daily. Many are asking for recommendations on local legal help. As of our latest study, over 28% use chatGPT. Google is also starting to inject and push AI answers in their search results, and this is expected to continue to increase over time.

Can you optimize my firm for all answer engines at once?

There are many answer engines out there, and our focus will be to prioritize the Answer Engines that have the most market share. Our strategies work across multiple platforms so your firm appears in AI-generated answers, with a focus on chatGPT, Google AIO, Google AI mode, and Perplexity.

How long does it take to see results?

Some AEO results can appear in weeks, but for competitive legal queries it can take several months or longer for ultra competitive markets. We track changes in real time to adapt quickly and our proprietary software closely tracks data from the major LLMs to make sure our GEO services for law firms are backed by data, research and real world experience.

Is your AEO service exclusive to law firms?

Yes. We only work with attorneys and law firms, which means our strategies are tailored to the legal industry’s competitive environment.

Areas We Serve Nationwide

We provide answer engine optimization for law firms in all 50 states, including:

New York City, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Miami, FL
Atlanta, GA
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
Boston, MA
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, CA
Dallas, TX
Philadelphia, PA
Minneapolis, MN
Washington, DC

Take the Next Step

AI-powered answer engines are changing how people find lawyers, and the firms that adapt now will dominate tomorrow’s market. With over 20 years of exclusive law firm marketing experience and proprietary LLM optimization tools, iLawyer Marketing is ready to position your firm at the top of AI recommendations.