Bankruptcy Lawyers: AI Visibility Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

Questions This Section Answers

• Who leads the Bankruptcy Lawyers benchmark, and by how much?
• How much did the category leader's recommendation coverage fall since July 2026?

Upsolve led the Bankruptcy Lawyers benchmark with a valid recommendation coverage of 22.8% in October 2026, down from 57.5% in July 2026. The next closest brand, Sasser Law Firm, held valid recommendation coverage of 7.0% in October 2026, leaving a 15.8-point gap between the leader and the next brand. Upsolve was the largest coverage decline, falling to 22.8% in October 2026 from 48.8% in September 2026 and from 57.5% in July 2026. The largest coverage increase was Sasser Law Firm, rising to 7.0% in October 2026 from 4.3% in July 2026. October 2026 recorded a significant shift for the category leader, with Upsolve's decline moving beyond normal month-to-month variation.

The benchmark began with 361 prompt-surface observations in October 2026 and produced 114 qualified observations after qualification. The category leader Upsolve declined in each of the three months following July 2026, falling from 57.5% in July 2026 to 52.0% in August 2026, 48.8% in September 2026, and 22.8% in October 2026. This sustained decline narrowed the gap between Upsolve and the next closest brand to 15.8 points, down from 53.2 points in July 2026.

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Qualified surface breadth counts the canonical AI surface families with at least one qualified observation: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. All six families were represented in every measurement period.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Bankruptcy Lawyers

Research Scope and Qualification

Questions This Section Answers

• Why is the qualified benchmark denominator smaller than the raw prompt collection?

The public benchmark is narrower than the raw collection universe by design. Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Visibility Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

Questions This Section Answers

• Which brands received valid recommendations in October 2026, and how did they rank?
• How do presence rate and valid recommendation coverage differ between the leading brands?

This table is the primary current-month benchmark view, sorted by valid recommendation coverage.

How to Read the Standings

• Presence rate is the share of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned at all.
• Valid recommendation coverage is the share of qualified observations where the brand receives a valid recommendation.
• Top-three rate is the share of qualified observations where the brand appears in a top-three recommendation.
• Rank-one rate is the share of qualified observations where the brand is the first-ranked recommendation.
• Net sentiment is the balance of positive over negative mentions, from -1.0 to +1.0.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Visibility Market Discovery Metric Definitions.

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Questions This Section Answers

• Which brands gained or lost recommendation coverage since the July 2026 baseline?
• Which movement since baseline moved beyond normal month-to-month variation?

All changes in this table fall within normal variation except Upsolve's decline, which moved beyond normal month-to-month variation. Available observations are small for most brands. Cibik Law's gain reflects 3 valid recommendations out of 114 observations, while Sasser Law Firm's gain reflects 8 valid recommendations out of 114 observations. John T. Orcutt rose to 6.1% in October 2026 from 3.6% in September 2026, and Allmand Law rose to 3.5% from 2.4% over the same span.

Largest Increase: Sasser Law Firm

Sasser Law Firm rose to 7.0% valid recommendation coverage in October 2026 from 4.3% in July 2026, the largest increase of any tracked brand across the four-month period. The brand has risen in each of the two months since August 2026, reaching 3.6% in September 2026 before 7.0% in October 2026. Presence rate rose to 7.0% from 5.0% over the same span, and the top-three rate moved upward to 5.3% in October 2026 from 2.8% in July 2026. Sasser Law Firm's rank-one rate declined slightly to 2.6% in October 2026 from 2.8% in July 2026. The movement should not yet be treated as a trend given the small count behind it.

Largest Decline: Upsolve

Upsolve's valid recommendation coverage declined to 22.8% in October 2026 from 57.5% in July 2026, a drop of 34.7 points that moved beyond normal variation for the category leader. The brand declined in each of the three months since July 2026, falling to 52.0% in August 2026, 48.8% in September 2026, and 22.8% in October 2026. Presence fell to 83.3% in October 2026 versus 89.4% in July 2026. Placement metrics moved lower by more: the top-three rate fell to 12.3% in October 2026 from 19.1% in July 2026, and the rank-one rate fell to 12.3% from 17.7% over the same span.

Category Leader: Upsolve

Upsolve remained the category leader at 22.8% valid recommendation coverage in October 2026, down from 57.5% in July 2026. The coverage lead narrowed to 15.8 points over Sasser Law Firm. Presence held relatively steady at 83.3% in October 2026 versus 89.4% in July 2026. Top-three and rank-one rates both pulled back, each falling to 12.3% in October 2026.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Questions This Section Answers

• How prominently were the leading bankruptcy brands recommended, beyond coverage alone?
• Where did first-position placement diverge among brands with similar coverage?

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. Among the leading brands, placement varied.

For Upsolve, every top-three placement was also a first-position placement in October 2026, at a 12.3% rank-one rate. Sasser Law Firm's rank-one rate trailed its top-three rate in October 2026, and John T. Orcutt's top-three placements also included fewer first-position results. Close coverage can still hide different first-position rates: Sasser Law Firm and John T. Orcutt held similar coverage values but different rank-one outcomes.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

All qualified observations in both months fell into the Brand Recommendation class.

The current public series measures Brand Recommendation discovery only and does not yet contain qualified observations in the Pricing & Value or Multi-Brand Comparison classes.

Historical Measurement Record

Questions This Section Answers

• Does the available history support a trend in bankruptcy lawyer AI recommendations?
• How did qualified observation counts and leader coverage shift across measurement periods?

This is an evergreen benchmark URL. New measurements are added to the same report.

Top 10 Cited Domains

Questions This Section Answers

• Which domains were cited most often across AI platform responses?
• How prominent were tracked brand domains among the top cited sources?

Across all AI platform responses in October 2026, the benchmark observed 3,061 citations across 1,008 unique domains.

Citations are concentrated in a small number of domains, with the top 10 accounting for roughly one-third of all citations. Three tracked brands' own domains appear in the top 10: upsolve.org at rank 3, debtstoppers.com at rank 4, and tullylegal.com at rank 7, alongside allmandlaw.com at rank 10. Official brand sites and government resources feature prominently, with google.com and youtube.com reflecting the underlying search and video infrastructure, and uscourts.gov representing an authoritative legal source.

Evidence and Source Layer

The benchmark is built from prompt-level observations that retain the query, AI/search surface, answer, brand outcome, recommendation placement, sentiment, and, where exposed, citations or attributable evidence sources. Source presence is evidence about the information environment. It is not automatically proof that the source caused the recommendation.

Scope Boundaries

This public benchmark does not measure:

• Market share or commercial performance
• Attributable sales or client conversions
• Every possible AI response, including private or personalized outputs
• Organic-search rankings on traditional engines
• Social media mention volume
• Private or sponsored channels
• Causality from a metric movement alone

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Visibility Market Discovery Index is a neutral industry benchmark tracking how often and how prominently brands appear in AI-generated answers and recommendations across six canonical AI surface families. It is updated monthly as an evergreen report.

• AI Visibility Market Discovery Methodology
• AI Visibility Market Discovery Metric Definitions
• AI Visibility Market Discovery Research Standards
• Modeled AI Visibility Authority Value

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