I have an update I am genuinely proud to share: Brenden Kelley Law was again ranked Top 3 among law firms in Cleveland, Ohio 44114 by BusinessRate.com — and this year, we also broke into the Top 100 law firms in Ohio, coming in at #86 statewide.

Our 2026 BusinessRate Benchmark Score was 234 out of 300.

That part matters to me because this recognition is not just another “best of” badge. BusinessRate’s scoring system looks beyond a simple star rating. It evaluates a business’s review history, recent review activity, and the quality of the reviews people leave. In other words, the score is designed to reflect not only whether clients were satisfied, but whether a business has been consistent over time and is still earning trust now.

That is why this recognition means something to me.

Why this ranking matters

When I started Brenden Kelley Law, I wanted to build a law firm that felt different.

A firm can be professional without being cold. It can be serious about the work without making clients feel small. It can give direct advice without talking over people. It can help business owners, families, and professionals through stressful legal issues while still treating them like human beings.

That is the standard we are trying to meet.

So when clients take the time to leave specific, thoughtful reviews, it tells me two things. First, it tells me that the work mattered. Second, it tells the next person searching for help that they may have found a firm they can trust.

That second part is important. Most people do not call a lawyer because everything is going great. They call because something is uncertain, stressful, expensive, confusing, or all of the above. Reviews help people make that first call with a little more confidence.

Our current ratings

We are grateful to have a 5.0 Google rating and a 10.0 AVVO rating.

I do not take either of those lightly. Legal work is personal. Even when the matter is “just business,” the stakes usually feel very real to the person sitting across from us. A good review is not just a marketing point. It is a client saying, “I trusted you with something important, and you handled it well.”

That means a lot.

Thank you to our clients, team, and referral partners

To our clients: thank you for trusting us. Thank you for the conversations, the hard questions, the honest feedback, and the opportunity to help.

To the clients who have left reviews: thank you for taking the extra few minutes to write something real. Those reviews help us grow, but they also help the next person decide whether we are the right fit.

To our team: thank you for the work you do behind the scenes. No recognition like this belongs to one person.

And to the colleagues, advisors, and friends who continue to refer clients to us: I appreciate it more than you know. A referral is an act of trust. I do not take that for granted.

Help us keep growing

Last year, I asked for help getting to #1.

I am going to ask again.

If you have worked with Brenden Kelley Law and had a good experience, I would be grateful if you left us a Google review. It does not need to be long. A few honest sentences about what we helped with and what the experience was like can make a real difference.

Reviews help small firms like ours compete. They help good clients find us. And they help us keep building the kind of law firm I set out to build from the beginning.

Thank you for helping us reach the Top 3 in Cleveland again — and for helping us break into the Top 100 in Ohio.

Now we keep going.