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Which family lawyers does AI name in Washington, DC?

Legal Aid DC was the family lawyer AI named most often in Washington, DC: in 7 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Across 20 answers to 10 customer questions, Perplexity and Gemini (model knowledge) named 43 different family lawyers. The 6 named most often held 35% of all mentions.

Perplexity named Tucker PLLC most often (3 of 10 answers) and Gemini named Legal Aid DC most often (5 of 10 answers).

Answers collected November 4, 2026. AI answers change from day to day.

The family lawyers AI named most

BusinessAnswers naming it
Legal Aid DCNamed by Perplexity and Gemini7 of 20
DC Volunteer Lawyers ProjectNamed by Gemini4 of 20
Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.Named by Gemini4 of 20
Bread for the CityNamed by Gemini3 of 20
DC Bar Lawyer Referral ServiceNamed by Perplexity and Gemini3 of 20
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLPNamed by Gemini3 of 20
Tucker PLLCNamed by Perplexity3 of 20
Barkat Law FirmNamed by Perplexity2 of 20
BRP Family LawNamed by Perplexity2 of 20
Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd.Named by Gemini2 of 20

Who each AI tool named

Perplexity

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Tucker PLLC (3)
  2. Barkat Law Firm (2)
  3. BRP Family Law (2)
  4. Eris Law Group (2)
  5. Legal Aid DC (2)
  6. Smollar Kuntz Locey PLLC (2)
  7. Andre L. Batson (1)
  8. Carlos M. Lastra (1)
  9. Carolyn G. Goodman (1)
  10. D.C. Affordable Law Firm (1)

Gemini (model knowledge)

10 of its 10 answers named at least one business.

  1. Legal Aid DC (5)
  2. DC Volunteer Lawyers Project (4)
  3. Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. (4)
  4. Bread for the City (3)
  5. Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (3)
  6. Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd. (2)
  7. DC Bar Lawyer Referral Service (2)
  8. Shulman Rogers (2)
  9. Ain & Bank, P.C. (1)
  10. Cooper Ginsberg Gray, PLLC (1)

What AI named for each question

The businesses each AI tool named in its answer to each question, in the order the answer named them.

  1. My spouse just served me with divorce papers in Washington, DC. Which family lawyer should I call?

    Perplexity

    1. Tucker PLLC
    2. Smollar Kuntz Locey PLLC
    3. BRP Family Law

    Gemini

    1. DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
    2. Neighborhood Legal Services Program
    3. D.C. Superior Court Self-Help Center

  2. How much do family lawyers in Washington, DC charge for divorce, and who charges fair fees?

    Perplexity

    1. Olivier Denier Long
    2. BRP Family Law

    Gemini

    1. Legal Aid DC
    2. Bread for the City

  3. Who is the most trusted family lawyer in Washington, DC?

    Perplexity

    1. Paul R. Smollar
    2. Jonathan M. Dana
    3. Erin Golding
    4. Sandra Havrilak
    5. Matthew W. Edwards
    6. Tracey J. Coates

    Gemini

    1. Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
    2. Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
    3. Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
    4. Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd.

  4. Which family law firm in Washington, DC is best for child custody?

    Perplexity

    1. Tucker PLLC
    2. Barkat Law Firm

    Gemini

    1. Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
    2. Shulman Rogers
    3. Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
    4. O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP
    5. Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC
    6. D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals
    7. Legal Aid DC
    8. DC Bar Lawyer Referral Service

  5. My ex will not return my kids in Washington, DC. Which family lawyer can help me today?

    Perplexity

    1. Eris Law Group
    2. Legal Aid DC

    Gemini

    1. DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
    2. Legal Aid DC

  6. Who is the most affordable family lawyer near Washington, DC?

    Perplexity

    1. D.C. Affordable Law Firm
    2. DC Refers

    Gemini

    1. Legal Aid DC
    2. DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
    3. Bread for the City
    4. UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
    5. Georgetown Law Clinics

  7. Which family lawyers in Washington, DC have the best reviews?

    Perplexity

    1. Carlos M. Lastra
    2. Julie T. Oliver-Zhang
    3. Carolyn G. Goodman
    4. Sheraz Barkat
    5. Michael A. Troy

    Gemini

    1. Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
    2. Ain & Bank, P.C.
    3. Paradiso, Taub, Sinay & Owings, PLLC
    4. Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
    5. Cooper Ginsberg Gray, PLLC

  8. I need help with child support in Washington, DC. Which local family lawyer do you recommend?

    Perplexity

    1. Legal Aid DC
    2. Andre L. Batson

    Gemini

    1. Legal Aid DC
    2. Bread for the City
    3. DC Volunteer Lawyers Project

  9. Is there a family lawyer near Washington, DC who can meet this week?

    Perplexity

    1. Smollar Kuntz Locey PLLC
    2. Tucker PLLC
    3. Eris Law Group

    Gemini

    1. DC Bar Lawyer Referral Service

  10. What is a reasonable retainer for uncontested divorce in Washington, DC, and which lawyers should I compare?

    Perplexity

    1. Tucker Family Law
    2. Douglas & Boykin PLLC
    3. Law Offices of David Stein
    4. Barkat Law Firm
    5. M.C. Thomas & Associates
    6. DC Bar Lawyer Referral Service

    Gemini

    1. Shulman Rogers
    2. Bulman, Dunie, Burke & Feld, Chtd.
    3. Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.

Sources AI cited

10 of the 20 answers cited sources. The sites cited most, by the number of answers citing them:

  1. bestlawyers.com (8)
  2. justia.com (6)
  3. avvo.com (4)
  4. dccourts.gov (4)
  5. lawinfo.com (4)
  6. lawyers.com (3)
  7. bestlawfirms.com (2)
  8. brpfamilylaw.com (2)
  9. divorce.com (2)
  10. divorce.law (2)

Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what it learned in training, without a web search, so it cites no sources.

What the most-named family lawyers have in common

2 of the 6 were named by both Perplexity and Gemini. The rest were named by one tool only, which is common: the tools search and remember differently.

1 of the 6 had their own website among the sources the answers cited, and AI gave a website for 4 of them.

By the kind of question: 3 of them came up for urgent requests, 5 for questions about price, 2 for questions about trust and reviews, and 6 for questions about a specific service.

How we measured this

We asked 10 questions a customer might ask about family lawyers in Washington, DC, once on each AI tool, through each tool's official API. For example:

  • My spouse just served me with divorce papers in Washington, DC. Which family lawyer should I call?
  • Who is the most trusted family lawyer in Washington, DC?
  • Which family law firm in Washington, DC is best for child custody?

Perplexity searches the web and shows its sources. Gemini (model knowledge) answers without a web search, from what the model learned in training, so its picks can be out of date. A language model read each answer and listed the businesses it named, and a business counts once per answer. These results describe what AI said on these dates. They are not a rating of any business's work.

Data as of November 4, 2026.

Corrections

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Questions about this page

Which family lawyers does AI name most in Washington, DC?

Legal Aid DC was the family lawyer AI named most often in Washington, DC: in 7 of 20 answers in November 2026.

Which AI tools were asked, and when?

Perplexity and Gemini, 10 customer questions each, answered between November 4, 2026 and November 4, 2026. Gemini (model knowledge) answers from what the model learned in training, without a web search.

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