Your next client is searching for a lawyer right now. Will they find your firm, or the one down the street?

1UP helps Canadian law firms show up where clients actually look — Google search, the local map pack, and the AI assistants people now ask before they ever pick up the phone.

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13+ years in digital marketing Canadian owned and operated One firm per practice area, per market

The Shift

How Clients Choose a Lawyer Has Changed

They search online before making a call, compare quietly, and increasingly ask an AI assistant first. Over half of consumers have used or would consider using AI for legal questions.

Search

When someone searches for your exact practice area in your city, do you appear on page one — or three scrolls below a competitor who invested earlier?

AI recommendations

When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini to recommend a lawyer near them, does it name your firm, or your top competitor?

Most firms are surprised by the answer.

What We Do

The Work Behind Being Found

No single channel wins a market. We build the pieces that compound — and we report on the ones that actually produce signed files.

01

Local & map pack SEO

Google Business Profile, reviews, citations and location pages built so your firm appears in the top three when someone needs help fast.

02

Organic search

Practice area and city pages, technical fixes and authority building that earn page-one rankings for the searches with real intent behind them.

03

AI visibility

Structuring your firm's information so ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI answers can find, understand and recommend you.

04

Paid search

Google Ads managed for cost per signed file, not cost per click — including defending your firm's name from competitors bidding on it.

05

Conversion optimization

Making the traffic you already have convert: faster pages, clearer intake paths, and contact options that work on a phone at 9pm.

06

Analytics & reporting

Call and form tracking wired properly, so you can see which channels produce consultations instead of guessing from a traffic chart.

Results

What Happens When a Firm Fixes Its Visibility

Two firms, two practice areas, two provinces.

Case Study

Illuma Law

Vancouver family law boutique · Zero prior ad spend

+309%Consultation bookings
+82%Organic search traffic
“James and the team at 1UP have been very helpful during the launch of our start-up family law practice.”
Abby Pang
Principal and Founder, Illuma Family Law
Case Study

Allan Rouben

Toronto litigation and appeals · Fifth year as a client

+125%Monthly leads
-71%Cost per lead
“The volume of calls and form submissions has improved steadily, and I have been very pleased with the responsiveness of their representatives.”
Allan Rouben
Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto

Who We Work With

A Good Fit Looks Like This

  • A Canadian firm with 1 to 15 lawyers
  • Three or more years established, with a track record to build on
  • Serving individuals or small businesses in a defined market
  • A realistic budget and genuine appetite to grow

One firm per practice area, per market

We only take one firm per practice area in a given market. That means we are never optimizing two competitors against each other, and your strategy stays yours.

It also means availability in any given city is genuinely limited — worth asking about early if you are in a competitive market.

Get In Touch

Let's Talk About Your Firm

Tell us a little about your practice and where you want to grow. We will come back to you with a straight assessment of what we would look at first — and whether we are the right fit.

No pitch deck, no pressure. If your market is already taken or we do not think we can move the needle, we will tell you.

  • A real person reads every submission
  • We respond within one business day
  • Your details stay confidential

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