Immigration Law Firms: AI Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

Wildes & Weinberg led the Immigration Law Firm AI Market Discovery Index in August 2026 with 90.9% valid recommendation coverage, up from 87.1% in July 2026. The next closest brand, Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, held 5.5% coverage in August 2026, a gap of 85.4 percentage points.

This was a quiet month across the category. No brand moved beyond normal month-to-month variation in the August 2026 benchmark. The largest coverage increase belonged to Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, rising from 2.9% in July 2026 to 5.5% in August 2026. Wildes & Weinberg also gained ground, moving from 87.1% in July 2026 to 90.9% in August 2026. No brand recorded a coverage decline beyond normal variation, though several saw smaller pullbacks within the stable band.

Across the full July-to-August series, the category leader held steady while Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners built on its position. The most notable single movement in the series was Wildes & Weinberg's rank-one rate, which rose from 38.6% in July 2026 to 70.9% in August 2026.

The benchmark began with 238 prompt-surface observations in July 2026 and 236 in August 2026, producing 70 and 55 qualified observations respectively after qualification.

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Qualified surface breadth counts the canonical AI/search surface families with at least one qualified observation. The six families benchmarked are ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. In August 2026, the benchmark captured qualified observations across Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Immigration Law Firm

Research Scope and Qualification

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.

Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. For full details, see the AI Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

Current-month metrics for August 2026, sorted by valid recommendation coverage.

How to Read the Standings

• Presence rate: share of qualified observations where the brand appears in any form.
• Valid recommendation coverage: share of qualified observations where the brand receives a valid, attributable recommendation.
• Top-three rate: share of qualified observations where the brand appears among the top three recommended options.
• Rank-one rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is the first or only recommendation.
• Net sentiment: positive mentions minus negative mentions divided by total mentions, on a scale from -1 to 1.

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

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Baseline-to-current movement across the series, July 2026 to August 2026.

All six brands were classified as stable in August 2026, with no brand moving beyond normal month-to-month variation. The month was quiet overall, and no brand met the threshold for a significant riser or decliner classification.

Category Leader: Wildes & Weinberg

Wildes & Weinberg held the category lead in August 2026 with 90.9% valid recommendation coverage out of 55 qualified observations, up from 87.1% in July 2026. The brand's presence rate rose from 88.6% in July 2026 to 92.7% in August 2026. Its rank-one rate moved from 38.6% in July 2026 to 70.9% in August 2026, the largest single movement in the series.

Smaller Movers

Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners recorded the largest coverage increase in August 2026, moving from 2.9% in July 2026 to 5.5% in August 2026 (3 valid recommendations out of 55 observations). The brand's presence rate rose from 2.9% to 5.5% over the same period.

Barst & Mukamal saw coverage ease from 4.3% in July 2026 to 1.8% in August 2026 (1 valid recommendation). Spar & Bernstein moved from 2.9% to 1.8%. Bretz & Coven and Transparent Justice Law Firm each recorded no valid recommendations in August 2026, down from 1.4% each in July 2026. These moves were all within normal month-to-month variation.

Company Focus: Transparent Justice Law Firm

Transparent Justice Law Firm recorded 0.0% valid recommendation coverage in August 2026, down from 1.4% in July 2026. Presence rate, top-three rate, and rank-one rate all stood at 0.0% in August 2026, and net sentiment was 0.00. Across the 55 qualified observations measured in August 2026, the firm did not register a single valid recommendation, top-three placement, or first-choice placement, and it did not appear at all in the qualified answer set for the month.

Wildes & Weinberg records 90.9% valid recommendation coverage, while Transparent Justice Law Firm stands at 0.0%. The more important issue is what that gap means for Transparent Justice Law Firm's recommendation position. This is not a case of visibility that has yet to convert — the firm currently has no measured presence at all on any of the six benchmarked AI/search surfaces, which means the coverage gap and the presence gap are the same gap. The firm's own trajectory adds to the concern: coverage moved from 1.4% in July 2026 to 0.0% in August 2026, a decline in the same period that the category leader gained 3.8 points and even the smallest active competitor, Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, gained 2.6 points. This is a material gap on the metric the report treats as the primary basis for category standing, and it is a gap the firm is currently moving away from closing, not toward.

Highest-priority diagnostic: What specific, citable content and third-party presence would need to exist before Transparent Justice Law Firm can register any measurable presence or valid recommendation on these AI/search surfaces, given that its current public footprint — roughly two published pieces per month on its own site, no third-party or social citation strategy, and unresolved on-site technical issues — currently produces zero qualified observations of any kind in this benchmark?

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. Placement rates reveal how often a brand appears at the top of the answer, not just within it.

Wildes & Weinberg's rank-one rate of 70.9% in August 2026 accounted for most of its 83.6% top-three rate, indicating that when the firm was recommended, it was most often the first or only option presented. Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners showed a similar pattern at smaller scale, with a rank-one rate of 3.6% against a top-three rate of 5.5%. Close coverage can still hide different first-position rates.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

In both months, all qualified observations fell into the Brand Recommendation class, where respondents sought a specific recommendation for a legal service provider.

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

Historical Measurement Record

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

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 revenue attribution for any brand.
• Every possible AI response or surface beyond those benchmarked.
• Organic-search ranking positions.
• Social mention volume or engagement.
• Private or sponsored channels.
• Causality from a metric movement alone.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery Index tracks how AI/search surfaces discover and recommend brands within a vertical. It is a neutral industry benchmark, and each tracked brand is treated on its own terms.

Canonical research links:

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

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