Mesothelioma Lawyers: AI Visibility Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

Questions This Section Answers

• Which mesothelioma law firm leads the October 2026 AI recommendation benchmark, and by how much?
• Which brands posted the largest coverage increase and decline this month?
• How did the qualified observation count change from July to October 2026?

Simmons Hanly Conroy leads the benchmark with 71.1% valid recommendation coverage in October 2026, a 49.7 percentage point gap over second-place Weitzlux at 21.4%. The largest coverage increase this month was Weitzlux, entering the standings at 21.4% in October 2026 from no baseline coverage in July 2026. The largest coverage decline was Weitz & Luxenberg, falling from 58.2% in July 2026 to no qualified recommendation coverage in October 2026.

October 2026 was a month of significant movement across the category. Weitz & Luxenberg, Simmons Hanly Conroy, and Shrader & Associates each declined beyond normal variation from the July 2026 baseline, while Weitzlux recorded a significant increase. The category leader remains well ahead of the field even as its coverage eased across the series.

The benchmark began with 340 prompt-surface observations in October 2026 and produced 187 qualified observations after qualification.

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 both months. The August 2026 transition saw the recommendation-shaped answer share rise to 68.3% before settling at 58.8% in September 2026 and 54.0% in October 2026.

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

Research Scope and Qualification

Questions This Section Answers

• How many of the collected prompt observations qualified for the public mesothelioma lawyer benchmark?
• Why is the qualified observation count lower than the raw collection universe?

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. See the AI Visibility Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

Questions This Section Answers

• How do presence rate and valid recommendation coverage differ across the tracked mesothelioma law firms?
• Which brands rank highest on top-three and rank-one recommendation rates?

How to Read the Standings

Presence rate is the share of qualified observations in which the brand appears in any form. Valid recommendation coverage is the share of qualified observations in which the brand receives a clear recommendation. Top-three rate measures how often the brand appears in the first three recommended positions. Rank-one rate measures how often the brand is the single top recommendation. Net sentiment reflects the balance of positive versus negative mention tone within the benchmark's own framing, not independent customer sentiment.

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

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Questions This Section Answers

• Which mesothelioma law firms moved beyond normal variation since the July 2026 baseline?
• What happened to Weitz & Luxenberg's recommendation coverage across the series?
• Why did Simmons Hanly Conroy decline yet remain the category leader?

Several brands posted meaningful prior-month moves between September 2026 and October 2026. Simmons Hanly Conroy rose 4.1 points from 67.0% to 71.1%. Weitzlux, which had no coverage in the July 2026 baseline, entered at 21.4%. Sokolove Law rose 2.3 points from 18.6% to 20.9%. Cooney & Conway rose 2.1 points from 11.3% to 13.4%.

Largest Increase: Weitzlux

Weitzlux entered the benchmark at 21.4% valid recommendation coverage in October 2026, up from no coverage in July 2026, beyond normal variation. The brand recorded a top-three rate of 20.3% and a rank-one rate of 4.3%. Presence rate stood at 27.3%. Net sentiment was 0.90.

Largest Decline: Weitz & Luxenberg

Weitz & Luxenberg fell from 58.2% in July 2026 to no qualified recommendation coverage in October 2026, a 58.2 percentage point decline beyond normal variation. The brand declined in each of the three months since July 2026. Its coverage fell from 38.4% in August 2026 to 37.6% in September 2026 before dropping to no coverage in October 2026. Presence rate, top-three rate, and rank-one rate also fell to no measured values in the current month.

Largest Decline: Simmons Hanly Conroy

Simmons Hanly Conroy remains the category leader despite a 13.8 percentage point drop from 84.9% in July 2026 to 71.1% in October 2026, beyond normal variation. The brand declined in each of the two months from July 2026 to August 2026 and from August 2026 to September 2026 before recovering in October 2026, which saw a 4.1 point rise from September 2026. Presence rate fell from 89.7% to 85.6% over the series. Top-three rate declined from 79.7% in July 2026 to 66.3% in October 2026, and rank-one rate fell from 50.9% to 45.5%.

Largest Decline: Shrader & Associates

Shrader & Associates declined from 18.1% in July 2026 to 8.6% in October 2026, a 9.5 percentage point drop beyond normal variation. Most of the decline came between July and August, when coverage fell 10.5 points. Presence fell from 19.0% to 12.8%, and the brand recorded a rank-one rate of 0.5% in October 2026. The brand rose modestly from September 2026 to October 2026, up 0.5 points.

Category Leader: Simmons Hanly Conroy

Simmons Hanly Conroy leads the category with 71.1% valid recommendation coverage in October 2026, ahead of Weitzlux at 21.4%. The leader posted a top-three rate of 66.3% and a rank-one rate of 45.5% in the current month, both below its overall recommendation coverage rate but well ahead of the rest of the field.

The remaining brands moved within normal month-to-month variation across the series. Belluck & Fox, Cooney & Conway, Galiher DeRobertis, Goldberg Persky White, Kazan McClain, Nemeroff Law, and Sokolove Law each recorded movements from July 2026 to October 2026 without exceeding their respective significance thresholds.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Questions This Section Answers

• How prominently do the leading mesothelioma law firms appear in recommendation order?
• Where do top-three and rank-one placement rates diverge for the leading brands?

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. The following table shows where the leading brands appear in recommendation order.

Simmons Hanly Conroy leads on first-position placement in both months. Sokolove Law's top-three rate rose from 10.8% in July 2026 to 13.9% in October 2026, while its rank-one rate rose from 3.0% to 4.3%. Similar coverage levels can still hide different first-position rates, as seen in the gap between Sokolove Law's top-three and rank-one rates.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

Questions This Section Answers

• What buyer-intent class makes up the qualified mesothelioma lawyer observations?
• Which intent classes are not yet represented in the current series?

The qualified observations in both months fell into the Brand Recommendation class, which represents discovery and consideration intent.

The current public series measures Brand Recommendation 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 wherever 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, attributable sales, every possible AI response, organic-search ranking, social mention volume, or private and sponsored channels. A metric movement alone does not establish causality.

Top 10 Cited Domains

Questions This Section Answers

• Which domains were cited most often across AI surfaces in the mesothelioma lawyer benchmark?
• How concentrated are citations among the top domains, and which tracked brand sites appear?

The benchmark observed 3,367 citations across 787 unique domains in October 2026.

Citations are heavily concentrated in a small number of domains, with the top 10 accounting for roughly 47% of all citations observed. Two tracked brands' domains appear in the top 10: simmonsfirm.com at rank 2 and sokolovelaw.com at rank 3. Official brand sites and legal information publishers dominate the top of the list, while google.com leads overall, reflecting its role as a navigational and informational source across AI surfaces. General reference and video sources such as youtube.com also appear, indicating a mix of official, editorial, and informational sources shaping AI recommendations in this vertical.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Visibility Market Discovery Index tracks how AI and search surfaces present brands in response to real user queries, providing a consistent measure of brand presence, recommendation coverage, placement, and sentiment.

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