Levin & Perconti Appears in 46.8% of AI Answers. Here's Our Five-Step Plan to Improve Its AI Visibility.

Mark HuntleyBy Mark HuntleyFounder and CEO
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Key Takeaways

  • Levin & Perconti appeared in nearly half of the benchmark answers and was recommended in about a third, with most recommendations landing in the top three.
  • Monthly results moved up and down across different sample sizes, so the article treats each month as a separate snapshot rather than a direct like-for-like comparison.
  • The review found no conflicting claims in this round, but it still calls for fact checks on core firm details and direct review of cited third-party pages.
  • The strongest content opportunities center on the homepage and buyer questions about the best injury and malpractice lawyers in Chicago.

Answer Capsule

In November 2026, Levin & Perconti appeared in 22 of 47 AI answers included in the Birth Injury Lawyers benchmark (46.81%). It received 16 recommendations (34.04%), with 14 Top 3 placements and 6 first-place recommendations. A mention means the company appeared in an answer; a recommendation means the answer affirmatively endorsed it.

Our plan compares the company with its competitors, checks conflicting AI claims against reliable sources, and identifies website pages, third-party sources and buyer questions to address. The historical results show how the figures changed across available months. Different monthly samples limit those comparisons, and conflicting AI claims require verification before corrections are proposed.

Current AI visibility

Questions This Section Answers

  • How do Levin & Perconti mentions, recommendations and placements compare with its Birth Injury Lawyers peers?

Levin & Perconti recorded 22 mentions (46.81%) and 16 recommendations (34.04%) across 47 answers included in the benchmark. Top 3 placements numbered 14; first-place recommendations numbered 6. Framing among its mentions was 16 positive, 6 neutral and 0 negative.

Rank

Company

Mentions

Mention rate

Recommendations

Recommendation rate

Top 3

Top 3 rate

#1

#1 rate

1

Levin & Perconti

22

46.81%

16

34.04%

14

29.79%

6

12.77%

2

Sokolove Law

24

51.06%

5

10.64%

3

6.38%

0

0.00%

3

ABC Law Centers (Reiter & Walsh)

1

2.13%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Birth Injury Lawyers Group

1

2.13%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Brown Trial Firm

1

2.13%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Cerebral Palsy Family Lawyers

1

2.13%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Hampton & King

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Pegalis Law Group

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

3

Stern Law

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

Levin & Perconti is the clear leader in this benchmark on the measures that matter most for winning work. It appears in nearly half the answers and is affirmatively recommended in roughly a third, while its nearest rival is mentioned more often but recommended far less. That gap between being named and being endorsed is the company's real advantage.

The placement picture reinforces it: most of its recommendations land in the top three, and a meaningful share take first place. Framing is almost entirely positive with no negative mentions. The practical implication is that the firm already has a strong foothold in these answers, so the agency's job is to protect and extend it rather than build from scratch.

What changed since last month

Questions This Section Answers

  • How did Levin & Perconti counts and coverage differ across the available monthly snapshots?

Metric

Jul 2026

Aug 2026

Sep 2026

Oct 2026

Nov 2026

Mentions

34 / 114 (29.82%)

33 / 124 (26.61%)

37 / 122 (30.33%)

25 / 92 (27.17%)

22 / 47 (46.81%)

Recommendations

26 / 114 (22.81%)

25 / 124 (20.16%)

21 / 122 (17.21%)

21 / 92 (22.83%)

16 / 47 (34.04%)

Top 3 recommendations

20 / 114 (17.54%)

14 / 124 (11.29%)

10 / 122 (8.20%)

10 / 92 (10.87%)

14 / 47 (29.79%)

#1 recommendations

6 / 114 (5.26%)

5 / 124 (4.03%)

1 / 122 (0.82%)

0 / 92 (0.00%)

6 / 47 (12.77%)

From October 2026 to November 2026, Levin & Perconti's mention count fell from 25 to 22, while its recommendation count fell from 21 to 16. The recommendation rate was 22.83% and 34.04% respectively.

The November sample shows fewer mentions and fewer recommendations than October, yet higher rates on both because the answer set was smaller. Those two facts should be read separately: the counts moved down, and the rates moved up, but the samples are not directly comparable. Nothing here shows why either changed.

The longer record is uneven, with counts and rates rising and falling across months on differing answer sets. The agency should treat each month as its own snapshot and watch the direction over several months rather than reacting to a single swing. A stable scorecard, updated monthly, will make genuine movement easier to distinguish from sample noise.

AI recommendation trend

Observed recommendation rate (%), Jul 2026 to Nov 2026

0%10%20%30%40%Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 202622.81%Jul 2026: 22.81%20.16%Aug 2026: 20.16%17.21%Sep 2026: 17.21%22.83%Oct 2026: 22.83%34.04%Nov 2026: 34.04%
  • Levin & Perconti34.04%

Separate selected monthly samples. Missing points are unavailable, not zero. Provider/prompt equivalence is unverified; rate movement does not demonstrate causation.

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Step 1. Measure

Questions This Section Answers

  • What should the agency measure and verify first for Levin & Perconti?

AI answers contained 0 conflicting claims about Levin & Perconti: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low. Of these, 0 were rated critical or high priority; the critical claims are included in that total. These ratings help prioritize fact-checking. They do not establish that a company or publisher made an error.

No conflicting claims about Levin & Perconti were recorded in this round, which is a clean starting position rather than a reason to skip verification. The agency would still build a visibility comparison against the named competitors so the client can see where it leads, where it is merely present, and where rivals are gaining ground.

Alongside that, a short list of claims worth fact-checking would let the client confirm that the facts AI systems repeat about the firm are accurate and current. Pairing the comparison with that list gives the client a practical basis for setting priorities instead of chasing every mention.

Step 2. Make the website consistent

Questions This Section Answers

  • Which recorded claim differences about Levin & Perconti should be verified before proposed page edits?

No results are available for this part of the analysis.

Both columns quote AI answers, not verified company facts. Resolve the entity, date and source before deciding whether a correction is warranted; different dates can explain an apparent conflict.

This part of the analysis returned no results, so there are no disputed topics to work through yet. The agency would not treat that as a clean bill of health; it means the check has not been done. The sensible next step is to confirm the firm's core facts, such as practice focus, locations and credentials, against primary sources.

Where an apparent conflict does surface later, the agency would resolve the entity, date and source before proposing any change. Different dates can explain an apparent disagreement, and a correction should only follow verified evidence. Page briefs would then be prepared conditionally, pending that confirmation.

Step 3. Align the external narrative

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  • Which cited third-party pages are relevant to fact review for Levin & Perconti?

Cited page selected for review

Citation appearances in all captured answers

Answers mentioning the company

Conflicting claims linked to this page

https://google.com/searchviewer/10?svid=CAwSGxIZCgNwdnESEkNnc3ZaeTh4ZEdOZk9UZHlaZxgK

26

4

0

https://google.com/searchviewer/10?svid=CAwSGxIZCgNwdnESEkNnc3ZaeTh4ZHpaeU9IYzNjZxgK

25

4

0

https://google.com/searchviewer/10?svid=CAwSGxIZCgNwdnESEkNnc3ZaeTh4ZEdZNE1qVm5hQRgK

10

3

0

https://google.com/searchviewer/10?svid=CAwSHRIbCgNwdnESFENnMHZaeTh4TVdnd2RuTndhR2RqGAo

7

3

0

https://attorneys.superlawyers.com/medical-malpractice/illinois/chicago/

6

3

0

https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/best-law-firms-in-each-us-region/chicago

5

3

0

These pages were selected because they relate to the company in the captured answers. Their current contents still need checking before any correction request. A page linked to a conflicting claim is not necessarily its cause, and the same answer may contribute to more than one row.

The cited pages selected for review are mostly search-viewer links plus a legal directory and a workplace ranking, each tied to answers that mention the firm. None carries a conflicting claim in this round. Their current contents still need checking before any request is considered, and a citation alone does not show that a page shaped an answer.

The agency would review each source directly, note what it actually says about the firm, and prepare evidence-backed requests only where a genuine gap or inaccuracy exists. Publishers control their own pages, so requests are framed as requests, with responses and no-change decisions recorded separately from confirmed edits.

Step 4. Optimize priority company pages

Questions This Section Answers

  • Which observed Levin & Perconti website pages should receive review briefs?

Company website page

Citation appearances in all captured answers

Benchmark answers citing the page

Recommending answers citing the page

https://levinperconti.com/

7

2

1

https://levinperconti.com/faqs/can-you-sue-a-hospital-for-a-traumatic-birth/

2

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/faqs/is-it-worth-suing-for-medical-mistakes/

2

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/nursing-home-abuse/chicago-lawyer/

2

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/about-us/

1

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/alden-nursing-homes/alden-north-shore-rehab-and-health-care-center/

1

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/attorneys/lauren-e-park/

1

0

0

https://levinperconti.com/blog/average-settlement-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-illinois/

1

0

0

The company's website was cited 23 times across 14 distinct page addresses; the table shows 8 pages selected for review. Zeros in the answer columns mean no matching answers were recorded. A cited page is not automatically a page that accompanied a recommendation.

The firm's homepage is the page most often cited in these answers, and it is the one page also appearing in a recommending answer. The remaining selected pages are mostly FAQ and practice-area entries with little or no citation presence in the benchmark. That pattern suggests the homepage is doing most of the work.

Page briefs would use approved facts and the questions buyers actually ask, then check existing coverage before proposing anything new. The agency would prioritize the pages with the strongest citation signal and treat the lightly cited pages as candidates for review rather than automatic rewrites.

Step 5. Publish around buyer questions

Questions This Section Answers

  • Which observed buyer questions support content briefs for Levin & Perconti?

Question observed in the research

Benchmark answers to this question

Company mentions

Company recommendations

Who is the best malpractice attorney in Chicago?

3

3

3

Who is the best injury attorney in Chicago?

3

3

2

Who is the best medical malpractice lawyer in Chicago?

3

3

2

Who is the best injury lawyer in Chicago?

2

2

2

Who is the best personal injury attorney in Chicago?

2

2

2

Who is the best personal injury lawyer in Chicago?

2

2

2

Who is the best personal injury lawyer in Illinois?

1

1

1

top 10 lawyers in chicago

1

1

1

These are recorded answer observations, not search volume, verified demand, or proof of missing website content.

The recorded questions are almost entirely variations on who is the best injury or malpractice lawyer in Chicago, and the firm appears in every one of them, usually with a recommendation. That is a strong position on the questions that matter most to prospective clients in this market.

The agency would turn these into buyer-question content briefs, checking first whether the site already answers them well. Where coverage is thin, a brief would set out the question, the approved facts to include and the audience it serves. These are observed answer patterns, not verified search demand, so the briefs are a starting point for editorial judgment.

Our 90-day action plan

Questions This Section Answers

  • How should the agency sequence the proposed Levin & Perconti work and judge completion?

Period

Deliverable

Completion criterion

Days 1–30

Baseline scorecard, scoped fact-review register and page/source shortlist

Each record has an owner, evidence requirement and review status

Days 31–60

Approved page briefs and justified publisher requests

Separate confirmed edits, no-change decisions, requests and responses

Days 61–90

Buyer-content briefs and a fresh scorecard

Record work completed separately from measured answer outcomes and comparability limits

The first month establishes the baseline: a scorecard, a scoped fact-review register and a shortlist of pages and sources, each with an owner and a review status. The second month turns confirmed findings into approved page briefs and justified publisher requests, with edits, no-change decisions, requests and responses logged separately.

The third month produces buyer-content briefs and a fresh scorecard. Delivered work is recorded apart from measured answer outcomes, and the comparability limits of each monthly sample are noted alongside. Completion means the work was done and documented, not that visibility improved.

Methodology

Questions This Section Answers

  • How are Levin & Perconti answer metrics and citation populations defined?

This report covers 2026-11. The exact dates when the original AI answers were collected have not been verified. The visibility rates use 47 answers that met the benchmark's inclusion rules. A company is recommended only when the answer both endorses it and uses positive wording. Top 3 and first-place counts are part of those recommendations, not extra recommendations.

An answer can mention or recommend several companies, so company counts cannot be added to find the number of distinct answers. The net sentiment score is positive minus negative mentions, divided by all company mentions; it describes answer wording, not customer satisfaction.

The wider citation analysis covers 284 captured answers and 1845 appearances of cited URLs. Citation appearances across all captured answers differ from the number of benchmark answers citing a page and the number that also recommend a company. The current contents of cited pages and disputed company claims still need independent verification.

Monthly sample coverage:

Reporting month

Answers included

AI services covered

Services

Jul 2026

114

6

ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity

Aug 2026

124

6

ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity

Sep 2026

122

5

ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews

Oct 2026

92

5

ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews

Nov 2026

47

4

Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews

The answer samples differ between months. These comparisons show how the recorded results changed; they do not establish why they changed.

The monthly answer samples differ in size and in which AI services were covered, so month-to-month comparisons show how recorded results changed, not why. The exact collection dates for the original answers have not been verified. A company counts as recommended only when an answer endorses it with positive wording, and top-three and first-place counts sit inside those recommendations rather than adding to them.

Answers can mention several firms, so company counts cannot be summed into a number of distinct answers. Citation appearances across all captured answers are a different measure from benchmark answers citing a page. Cited pages and disputed claims still need independent verification.

Our first three priorities

First, confirm the firm's core facts against primary sources so the clean claim record stays clean and any future conflict can be judged quickly. Second, review the homepage and the most-cited external sources directly, then prepare page briefs and publisher requests only where verified evidence supports them.

Third, build buyer-question content around the best-lawyer questions where the firm already appears, checking existing coverage before commissioning anything new. Each step produces documented work with an owner and a review status, kept separate from measured answer outcomes so the client can see what was done and what changed.

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About The Author

Mark Huntley

Mark Huntley

Founder and CEO

Mark Huntley, J.D. is founder of CiteWorks Studio, a strategic advisory focused on visibility, authority, and recommendation presence in AI-shaped search environments. His work centers on embedding-level GEO, vector optimization, and cosine gap engineering — helping brands align their digital presence with the retrieval systems that increasingly shape discovery, interpretation, and choice.

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