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• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• 97 Switch - 1 E Wacker Dr #2550, Chicago, IL 60601, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Millennial Web Development - 329 W 18th St Ste 413, Chicago, IL 60616, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize law firm needing both a responsive redesign and a CMS migration, I’d put these Chicago firms on the shortlist—not simply generic web-design shops:

• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — 200 W Jackson Blvd. They’re the most technically substantial option here. They have documented experience migrating a major law firm, McGuireWoods, to WordPress while handling large-scale content migration, multisite architecture, search, SEO, and performance. WP Engine

Best fit: a relatively complex site, lots of attorneys/practice pages, integrations, or a demanding migration.

• AttorneySync — 211 W Wacker Dr. They focus exclusively on law firms and specifically target small-to-midsize firms. Their emphasis is more on conversion, lead generation, SEO and legal-industry requirements than on pure visual design.

Best fit: if the redesign is also intended to improve inquiries/intake and organic search.

• Clique Studios — 20 N Wacker Dr. A broader digital-transformation agency with UX, engineering and multiple CMS capabilities, including WordPress, Webflow and headless platforms.

Best fit: if you want a sophisticated redesign and want to evaluate CMS options rather than simply moving to WordPress.

• Solid Digital — 100 N LaSalle St. Their focus is B2B/professional-services websites, with experience in redesigns, CMS migrations and WordPress implementations.

Best fit: a professional-services firm that wants a polished site without necessarily hiring a huge enterprise agency.

• 97 Switch — 1 E Wacker Dr. They specifically advertise WordPress-to-Webflow migrations, including CMS/content migration and SEO-preserving 301 redirects.

Best fit: if you're considering Webflow rather than another WordPress installation.

One specialist I'd also interview

Orbit Media is just north of downtown rather than in the Loop, but I'd include them in the RFP. They have a dedicated law-firm website practice and explicitly cover strategy, responsive design, CMS implementation, migration, accessibility/QA, SEO and ongoing CMS support. They also have a published Chicago law-firm portfolio. Orbit Media Studios

For another legal-specific benchmark, Great Jakes says it works primarily with midsize and large firms (roughly 50–1,500 lawyers) and handles strategy, UX, CMS development and data migration in-house. Great Jakes Marketing Company

How I'd run the selection

For your particular project, I'd send an identical RFP to Americaneagle, Orbit Media, AttorneySync, and either Clique or Solid Digital. Ask each to demonstrate:

1. A comparable midsize law-firm redesign, not just a generic corporate site.
2. Their proposed CMS and why they'd choose it.
3. A detailed content migration plan—including attorney profiles, practice areas, publications, PDFs and metadata.
4. Their 301 redirect/SEO migration methodology and how they'll protect existing rankings.
5. Accessibility and responsive/mobile QA.
6. How attorneys and marketing staff will actually maintain the new CMS.
7. Who owns the code, CMS account, hosting, analytics and design files.
8. Post-launch support and what happens if you leave the agency.

One particularly useful question: “Show us your migration checklist from a comparable law-firm project, including what you do before DNS cutover and in the first 30 days afterward.” That tends to distinguish genuine migration experience from agencies that primarily sell redesigns.

If you tell me roughly how many attorneys/pages you have, your current CMS, and whether you want to stay on WordPress or are open to Webflow, I can narrow this to a much tighter 3–4-agency shortlist and give you questions/pricing benchmarks for the RFP.

• Comrade Digital Marketing Agency - 332 S Michigan Ave #900, Chicago, IL 60604
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606
• SEO Design Chicago | Digital Marketing & Web Design Agency - 2068 N Western Ave 1F - Front, Chicago, IL 60647
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
• John Schuster - 1531 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602
• Consumer Law Group - 6232 N Pulaski Rd #300, Chicago, IL 60646
• DS&P Digital Marketing & PR Agency - 332 S Michigan Ave #900, Chicago, IL 60604
• Minsky McCormick & Hallagan, P.C. - 104 S Michigan Ave Ste 800, Chicago, IL 60603
• RedShark SEO - 65 W Erie St #1901, Chicago, IL 60654

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d put these on the shortlist based on their documented legal-sector work and the specific migration/CMS capabilities they advertise:

• Comrade Digital Marketing Agency — Downtown at 332 S Michigan Ave. Worth considering if you want the redesign tied closely to digital marketing/SEO rather than treating the site as a purely visual project.
• AttorneySync — At 211 W Wacker Dr and specifically positioned around attorneys. A natural candidate if legal-industry specialization is a priority.
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — At 545 N McClurg Ct; explicitly focused on law-firm marketing.
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency — At 211 W Wacker Dr. More of a creative/brand-oriented agency option if the redesign itself is a major priority.
• SEO Design Chicago | Digital Marketing & Web Design Agency — Not downtown, but particularly relevant to the CMS migration part: they explicitly advertise migrations between WordPress, Drupal, Wix, Squarespace and other platforms, including URL mapping, redirects and post-migration SEO monitoring. SEO Design Chicago

One I would definitely interview

Orbit Media is outside the Loop (Ravenswood), but its legal-firm practice is unusually relevant to what you're describing. It explicitly does law-firm redesigns, CMS implementation, responsive UX, SEO/content strategy and migration, and says its sites come with CMS training/documentation. It also has a published Chicago address. Orbit Media Studios

Another interesting benchmark is Hype Legal: its Chicago law-firm case study specifically includes UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration and CMS training—essentially your entire scope. Hype Legal

What I'd put in the RFP

Don't ask simply for "a new responsive website." For a law firm, I'd require:

• UX/content architecture for practice areas, attorneys and industries
• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS migration with your firm retaining ownership of the CMS, code and content
• Complete URL inventory and 301 redirect map
• Preservation of metadata, structured data, backlinks and search rankings
• Staging environment and parallel content migration
• Accessibility testing
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals testing
• Attorney bio, practice-area and resource/blog templates
• Analytics/Search Console migration
• Training for your marketing/communications team
• Post-launch monitoring and a defined remediation period

The SEO/URL migration piece is particularly important: changing CMS and site architecture without a carefully mapped redirect strategy can damage existing search visibility. SEO Design Chicago

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages, practice areas, and rough budget (e.g. $30–50k, $50–100k, $100k+), I can narrow this to 3 Chicago firms to actually send an RFP to, with their relevant law-firm case studies and contact/website links.

• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than going with a generic web shop:

1. Duo Consulting — best if the CMS migration is the hard part. They have a strong Drupal/migration background and have done award-winning legal-site work, including a Much Shelist project. Their process is particularly methodical, which is valuable if you have a large content library, attorney profiles, practice areas, publications, etc.
2. Solid Digital — best overall for a sophisticated midsize firm. They're downtown at 100 N LaSalle and focus on strategy, UX, development and CMS work rather than simply making a prettier site. Their experience includes full rebuilds and CMS migrations, so I'd put them high on the RFP list.
3. AttorneySync — best if legal-industry expertise matters most. They're at 211 W Wacker and work exclusively with law firms. Their focus is more marketing/conversion-oriented, with website development commonly using WordPress.
4. Market JD, Inc. — another good legal-specific option, conveniently at 20 N Wacker. They position themselves as being built around the legal industry and combine website rebuilds with SEO and intake/conversion considerations.
5. dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — worth talking to if you want the redesign tied closely to SEO, lead generation and ongoing digital marketing. They're at 545 N McClurg Ct.

One non-downtown option I'd definitely include

Orbit Media is probably the strongest pure website contender I'd add to the RFP even though its office is in Ravenswood rather than downtown. They specifically offer law-firm website redesigns, CMS implementation, migration, accessibility/browser QA, SEO and ongoing CMS support. They also say their typical full redesign runs 10–30+ weeks, which is a useful benchmark for a substantial midsize-firm project. Orbit Media Studios

My recommendation

If I were running the selection process, I'd invite Duo + Solid Digital + AttorneySync + Orbit to pitch.

The important distinction is that you don't merely need a "responsive redesign." For a law firm, I'd make the RFP explicitly require:

• URL-by-URL content migration and redirect mapping
• Preservation of existing SEO equity
• Responsive/mobile-first UX
• A CMS your marketing team can actually maintain
• Attorney/practice-area/location content models
• Accessibility testing
• Analytics/Search Console continuity
• Form/intake integrations
• Performance/Core Web Vitals
• Staging environment and rollback plan
• Full ownership of the CMS, code, content, domain and analytics
• Post-launch redirect/crawl monitoring

That migration piece matters enormously: a redesign that looks fantastic but destroys years of search visibility is a bad redesign. Dedicated migration specialists emphasize URL mapping, redirects, crawlability and post-launch monitoring for exactly this reason. SEO Design Chicago

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, proprietary, etc.), approximate page count, and whether you're primarily B2B/corporate or consumer-facing, I can narrow this to the 3 firms I'd actually invite to the pitch and give you a suggested budget range.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Builden Partners - 150 S Wacker Dr #2400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than hiring a generic web-design shop:

• AttorneySync — probably my first call if you want a law-firm-specific partner. They’re downtown at Wacker Drive, focus exclusively on law firms, and handle responsive website design/development, commonly with WordPress. They also emphasize that the firm retains ownership of its digital assets.
• Duo Consulting — particularly interesting if your migration is technically complicated or you're moving to/from Drupal. They have substantial migration/development expertise and have done award-winning legal websites, including Much Shelist. Eastern Standard
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — the choice I'd investigate if this is a larger, more complex migration with lots of attorneys, practices, offices, integrations, or legacy content. They have a downtown Chicago office and documented experience migrating a major law firm to WordPress, including preserving content, SEO, search, integrations, and accessibility/performance. WP Engine
• Solid Digital — worth considering if you want a more sophisticated strategy/UX/B2B-style redesign rather than a legal-marketing package. They're downtown and strong on website strategy, UX/UI and technical implementation.
• Builden Partners — interesting if you want someone to manage the entire law-firm redesign/migration process on your behalf. They work exclusively with law firms and specifically manage website redesigns from audit through launch.

One more I'd put on the RFP list

Orbit Media isn't in the downtown core, but I'd absolutely include them. They're Chicago-based and have a dedicated legal website practice covering strategy, responsive design, development, CMS implementation, migration, SEO, accessibility and ongoing support. They explicitly work with law firms and describe redesigns as roughly 10–30+ weeks depending on complexity. Orbit Media Studios

My suggested shortlist

If it were my project, I'd get 3 proposals:

1. AttorneySync — best law-firm-specialist benchmark.
2. Duo Consulting or Americaneagle.com — best technical migration benchmark.
3. Orbit Media — best strategy/design/content/SEO benchmark.

That's a better comparison than getting three firms that all sell essentially the same WordPress template.

For the RFP, I'd make them explicitly price and demonstrate content migration, URL/301 mapping, preservation of organic rankings, responsive UX, attorney/practice-area content modeling, CMS permissions, accessibility, analytics, forms/CRM integrations, staging/QA, and post-launch support. Those are where law-firm migrations tend to get painful—not the homepage design.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages/attorneys, and whether you're trying to stay on WordPress/Drupal or are open to either, I can narrow this to the 2–3 firms I'd actually interview and give you questions to use in the pitches.

• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

For a midsize law firm needing both a responsive redesign and a CMS migration, I’d shortlist these rather than hiring a generic Chicago web-design shop:

1. Duo Consulting — strongest technical/CMS fit. They’re Chicago-based and particularly experienced with Drupal, migrations, complex content structures, and legal websites; their past work includes a law-firm project for Much Shelist. This is my first call if your current site has lots of attorney profiles, practices, offices, publications, resources, etc.
2. Solid Digital — strongest overall agency option. Downtown, with a focus on substantial B2B/professional-services sites. Their work includes full rebuilds, CMS migrations, WordPress, UX/UI and integrations, which sounds close to your project.
3. AttorneySync — strongest legal-marketing specialist. They're downtown and work exclusively with law firms, including website design/development and conversion-focused work. I'd consider them if lead generation, SEO and intake matter as much as the redesign itself.
4. Market JD, Inc. — another legal-specialist option. They're at 20 N Wacker and specifically work with attorneys/law firms on website rebuilds, intake, tracking and digital marketing.
5. Americaneagle.com, Inc. — consider for a larger/complex implementation. Their Chicago office is downtown, and their capabilities include responsive UX, CMS work, integrations and content migration. I'd look here if the project is unusually large or technically complicated.

My pick

I'd interview Duo Consulting and Solid Digital first, then AttorneySync as the legal-marketing counterpoint.

There's a particularly good reason to take the migration piece seriously: a law-firm redesign isn't just a visual refresh. A proper project should inventory existing URLs, attorney/practice-area relationships, metadata, files and backlinks, then establish redirects and a migration plan so you don't sacrifice accumulated search equity. That's exactly the sort of migration discipline described in successful legal-site projects. Nylon Technology Kegan Quimby Web Design LLC

For example, Orbit Media's Chicago legal practice explicitly handles design, development, CMS implementation, accessibility/browser testing, content migration and ongoing CMS support, and says its legal redesigns can run 10–30+ weeks depending on scope. Orbit Media Studios

One thing I'd put in your RFP: require each agency to show you 2–3 law-firm migrations they've actually completed, not just pretty redesigns. Ask specifically:

• What CMS are you recommending and why?
• How will you map/redirect every existing URL?
• How will attorney/practice/office/resource content be modeled?
• Who owns the CMS, code, hosting, analytics and domain after launch?
• How will you handle SEO during migration?
• What accessibility standard will you target?
• How will lawyers/marketing staff actually edit content after launch?
• What's included in post-launch support?

If you tell me roughly how many attorneys/pages you have, what CMS you're on now (WordPress, Drupal, proprietary, etc.), and your approximate budget, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms I'd actually invite to the RFP.

One thing I'd put in your RFP: require each agency to show you 2–3 law-firm migrations they've actually completed, not just pretty redesigns. Ask specifically:

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d prioritize firms that understand both legal-industry UX and the risky parts of a CMS migration—URL/redirect preservation, attorney/practice-area content modeling, SEO, accessibility, and giving your marketing team a CMS they can actually manage.

My shortlist

1. AttorneySync — best fit if you want a legal specialist

• Based at 211 W Wacker.
• Works exclusively with law firms, rather than treating legal as just another vertical.
• Particularly worth interviewing if lead generation, intake, SEO and conversion are as important as the visual redesign.
• Their stated approach also emphasizes the firm retaining ownership of core digital assets.

I'd put them near the top of your RFP list.

2. Duo Consulting — best fit for a technically demanding migration

• Downtown at 20 W Kinzie.
• Strong history with Drupal, migrations and larger digital platforms.
• They have specific legal-site experience, including a Much Shelist project; their legal work reportedly produced a substantial increase in site traffic.
• If your existing site is Drupal or you have a large/complex content library, I'd definitely talk to them.
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — best for a larger, complex project

• Downtown at 200 W Jackson.
• More of an enterprise-grade digital agency than a boutique web shop.
• There's particularly strong evidence for large law-firm CMS migrations: Americaneagle.com migrated McGuireWoods to WordPress Multisite, preserving content while improving search, performance, accessibility and content-management efficiency. WP Engine
• Potential downside: probably more agency than you need if your site is only moderately complex.
• Market JD, Inc. — worth getting a legal-focused proposal from

• 20 N Wacker.
• Focused on attorneys/law firms and offers website rebuilds alongside SEO and digital marketing.
• I'd compare their proposal against AttorneySync, especially if organic search and lead generation are major objectives.
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding — best if brand/design is the main problem

• 30 N Michigan.
• More of a general branding/digital consultancy, but they have law-firm experience and work with WordPress/Webflow.
• I'd favor them if the firm needs a significant brand/positioning + visual redesign, rather than primarily a complex technical migration.

One more I would interview

ALL FOR™ is a Chicago-based design shop in West Loop/Fulton Market. Its published web offering is unusually aligned with what you're describing: strategy, information architecture, responsive design, reusable components, WordPress, CMS setup, migration/redirect guidance, accessibility basics and training. ALL FOR™

For a midsize firm that doesn't need an enterprise agency, that combination could be attractive.

What I'd put in the RFP

Don't just ask, "Can you redesign and migrate our site?" Ask each finalist to specifically demonstrate:

• Responsive redesign: mobile/tablet/desktop prototypes and accessibility testing.
• CMS migration: exactly how they'll inventory and migrate attorneys, practice areas, insights, news, PDFs and other content.
• SEO preservation: complete old-to-new URL mapping, 301 redirects, metadata, canonicals, XML sitemap and Search Console monitoring. CMS migration can seriously damage organic visibility when this isn't handled properly. SEO Design Chicago
• Content model: reusable templates for attorney profiles, practice areas, offices, industries and articles rather than hundreds of individually designed pages.
• CMS ownership: your firm should own the CMS account, domain, hosting/account credentials, code and content.
• Editorial workflow: nontechnical marketing staff should be able to add/edit attorneys and practice areas without calling the developer.
• Accessibility: ideally WCAG 2.2 AA-oriented design/development.
• Performance: Core Web Vitals and mobile performance targets.
• Analytics/intake: forms, calls, analytics and any CRM/case-intake integrations.
• Post-launch: at least 30–90 days of migration monitoring and fixes.

One particularly good benchmark is the McGuireWoods migration: it involved content migration, custom search, attorney/resource taxonomies, performance/accessibility improvements, training and WordPress Multisite—the sort of scope that separates a genuine CMS/migration partner from a shop that mostly makes attractive websites. WP Engine

If I were making the first three calls: AttorneySync, Duo Consulting, and Americaneagle.com. I'd add ALL FOR™ if you want a more design-led/boutique alternative.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages/attorneys, practice areas, and whether SEO traffic is important, I can narrow this to 2–3 and give you a recommended RFP scope + questions to ask each firm.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Lawyers Court Legal Web Services - 5444 N La Crosse Ave, Chicago, IL 60630, United States

If you mean downtown Chicago specifically, I’d put these on the shortlist for a midsize law firm rather than choosing a generic web-design shop:

• AttorneySync — My first call if legal-industry experience is the priority. They work exclusively with law firms and focus on conversion-oriented website design/development, commonly using WordPress. Their downtown office is at 211 W Wacker.
• Market JD, Inc. — Another strong legal-specialist option at 20 N Wacker. They specifically position their sites as modern, mobile-responsive, fast and conversion-focused.
• Solid Digital — My pick if this is a substantial digital transformation rather than simply a law-firm marketing site. They're at 100 N LaSalle and have a broader UX/product/web-development orientation. I'd ask specifically for examples of CMS migrations and professional-services clients.
• Duo Consulting — Worth interviewing if the migration is technically complicated. They're in River North and have documented experience with Drupal migrations, custom functionality, and at least one law-firm project.
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — Legal-focused, downtown-adjacent, and more of a full-service marketing partner. Good if you also want SEO, paid acquisition and intake optimization wrapped around the redesign.

What I'd ask for

For a midsize firm, I'd make the RFP explicitly require:

1. Responsive/mobile-first redesign, not just a reskin.
2. CMS migration with a complete URL/redirect map.
3. Preservation of metadata, backlinks, analytics and search equity.
4. A reusable content model for attorneys, practices, offices, insights/news and case results.
5. Easy editing by nontechnical marketing staff.
6. Accessibility and performance testing.
7. Staging environment and a controlled launch.
8. Training and post-launch support.
9. Full ownership of the CMS, code, content and accounts.

That migration piece is particularly important: agencies specializing in migrations emphasize URL mapping, redirects, internal links, metadata and post-launch validation because a redesign can otherwise damage existing organic traffic. SEO Design Chicago ALL FOR™

My three calls would be AttorneySync, Solid Digital, and Duo Consulting—with AttorneySync winning if legal-specific conversion/SEO experience matters most, and Solid/Duo becoming more attractive if you're dealing with a large or technically messy existing site.

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, etc.), approximate page count, and whether you're primarily B2B/business law or consumer-facing, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and compare them on likely fit, migration capability, and project scope.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than hiring a generic web-design shop:

1. AttorneySync — my first call. They work exclusively with law firms, are downtown at 211 W Wacker, and specifically emphasize firm ownership of the domain, content, data, CMS, and other digital assets. That’s important in a migration. Their reviews also mention responsiveness during redesign projects. Operation Technology
2. Market JD, Inc. — another strong legal-specialist option downtown at 20 N Wacker. Their offering combines law-firm website redesign, responsive development, SEO and marketing. I'd put them on the RFP list if you want the new site to be a lead-generation tool rather than simply a visual refresh.
3. Solid Digital — best non-legal-specialist option I'd consider. They're at 100 N LaSalle and have particular strength in strategic B2B website redesigns, UX, WordPress, CMS migrations, and making sites manageable for internal teams. ALL FOR™
4. Clique Studios — worth considering if this is a larger, more strategic transformation rather than a straightforward redesign. They're downtown at 20 N Wacker and handle strategy, UX, engineering, CMS/platform work, accessibility and ongoing optimization.
5. Americaneagle.com, Inc. — probably more agency than you need for a typical midsize firm, but a good candidate if you have a complicated CMS, integrations, multiple offices/practice groups, or substantial migration requirements.

One particularly interesting specialist

Hype Legal isn't one of the downtown results, but I'd seriously include them in the conversation. They have an actual Chicago law-firm redesign case study for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge covering UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration and CMS training—almost exactly your requirements. Hype Legal

What I'd ask for in the RFP

Don't frame this as just "responsive redesign + CMS migration." I'd require:

• URL-by-URL content inventory and migration map
• 301 redirect mapping and preservation of existing SEO equity
• Responsive/mobile-first design
• CMS that your marketing staff can actually maintain
• Reusable templates for attorneys, practice areas, offices, insights/news and landing pages
• Accessibility/WCAG work
• Analytics/Search Console preservation
• Forms and intake integrations
• Performance/Core Web Vitals optimization
• Staging environment and formal UAT
• CMS/editor training
• Post-launch monitoring
• Firm ownership of the CMS, hosting, domain, analytics, source code and content

The migration piece is especially important: changing CMS and URL architecture can damage search visibility if redirects, metadata, content structure and canonicalization aren't handled properly. SEO Design Chicago

If it were my project, I'd get proposals from AttorneySync, Market JD, Solid Digital, and Hype Legal. That gives you two legal specialists, a stronger general digital agency, and a particularly relevant legal case-study candidate—enough contrast to see whether the specialists are actually delivering something materially better.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether you want WordPress/Webflow/other, I can narrow this to the best 2–3 and give you a suggested budget range and RFP scope.

• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d avoid a generic “web design shop” and look for a partner that understands three things: legal content architecture, CMS migration risk, and SEO preservation. A redesign that loses your practice-area rankings or makes attorneys dependent on developers after launch is a bad trade.

Here are the firms I’d put on a shortlist:

Best fits for a midsize law firm website redesign + CMS migration

Clique Studios — best for a strategic, custom rebuild

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-379-9329)

Located in the Loop, Clique is a strong fit if you want more than a visual refresh: UX strategy, information architecture, custom development, accessibility, and a modern CMS workflow.
Good fit if you have:

• 50–300+ pages
• multiple practice groups/offices
• attorney bios, insights, publications, recruiting content
• stakeholders who need a polished approval process

Ask them specifically:

• “Have you migrated a law firm site with significant organic traffic?”
• “Who owns the CMS, hosting, code, and design files after launch?”

Market JD, Inc. — best if legal marketing performance matters most

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-970-9353)

Market JD focuses specifically on attorneys and law firms, including website redesigns, SEO, and digital marketing.
Good fit if your goals are:

• more qualified consultation requests
• stronger practice-area pages
• local SEO growth
• integrating marketing reporting with the new site

dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — best if you want an integrated legal marketing partner

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 855-908-0588)

dNOVO’s Chicago office specializes in professional services and law firm marketing, combining website work with SEO and lead-generation services.
Good fit if you want one vendor for:

• redesign
• CMS migration
• SEO/content strategy
• ongoing growth campaigns

Marcel Digital — best for more technical CMS needs

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-255-8044)

Marcel Digital is a Chicago digital agency with experience in larger-scale web projects and CMS implementations/migrations, including platforms such as Umbraco.
Good fit if your firm has:

• complex integrations
• enterprise IT requirements
• unusual CMS constraints
• security/governance concerns

Americaneagle.com, Inc. — best for a larger, structured implementation

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-291-5970)

Their Chicago office handles larger website builds, redesigns, hosting, and digital platform work.
Good fit if you need:

• formal project management
• multiple review stages
• a long-term technology partner

Legal-specific alternatives worth considering

• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago — more legal SEO/marketing oriented; worth considering if rankings and lead generation are the primary drivers.
• Forward Lawyer Marketing — law-firm-focused agency with website design and WordPress experience.
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago — more packaged attorney-site approach; likely better for smaller firms than a complex midsize firm migration.

My shortlist for your situation

For a midsize downtown Chicago firm, I’d probably take discovery calls with:

1. Clique Studios — if you want a premium redesign and durable CMS foundation
2. Market JD — if growth, SEO, and intake conversion are the priority
3. dNOVO Group — if you want legal-specialist marketing support
4. Marcel Digital — if the migration is technically complicated

Questions I would require in the RFP

Before choosing, ask every agency:

• What CMS do you recommend and why (WordPress, Drupal, Webflow, Umbraco, etc.)?
• How will you preserve existing SEO rankings during migration?
• Will you create a URL-by-URL redirect map?
• Who owns the CMS, hosting account, analytics, and source files?
• How will attorneys and marketing staff edit content after launch?
• How do you handle accessibility (WCAG), attorney advertising compliance, and privacy?
• Can you show 2–3 law firm migrations—not just redesigns?

A typical midsize firm project of this type is often a 3–6 month engagement depending on content migration, approvals, integrations, and SEO requirements. I would be cautious of anyone promising a full migration/redesign in a few weeks unless the site is very small. Be Found Online Kegan Quimby Web Design LLC

If you tell me your approximate attorney count, current CMS (WordPress/Drupal/Sitecore/etc.), number of pages, and whether SEO leads matter, I can narrow this to a top 2–3.

• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• Millennial Web Development - 329 W 18th St Ste 413, Chicago, IL 60616, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• EDUCO Web Design - 128 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302, United States
• Design In Chicago - 159 N Sangamon St Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago needing a responsive redesign + CMS migration, I’d prioritize firms that understand three things: (1) legal-industry credibility, (2) SEO preservation during migration, and (3) making attorneys/non-technical staff able to update content.

A few Chicago-area options worth putting on your shortlist:

Strong fits for a law firm website rebuild

Solid Digital

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 877-899-9981)

Best fit if you want a strategic B2B-style redesign with solid CMS engineering. They’re downtown-based and focus on website design/development, UX, CMS work, and ongoing digital programs.
Good questions to ask them:

• Have you migrated a large attorney/practice-area content library?
• How do you preserve rankings and redirects?
• Who owns the CMS, code, hosting, and analytics accounts after launch?

Americaneagle.com, Inc.

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-291-5970)

A larger Chicago digital agency that can handle more complex migrations, integrations, and enterprise-style requirements. Their Chicago office is downtown and they position themselves around web design, development, marketing, hosting, and content migration.
Best for: firms with many practice areas, multiple offices, integrations, or more formal procurement processes.

Clique Studios

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-379-9329)

A downtown Chicago digital transformation agency with UX, design, engineering, and CMS experience.
Best for: a premium redesign where the goal is not just “make it responsive,” but improve positioning, user journeys, and conversion.

Marcel Digital

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-255-8044)

A Chicago agency with strengths in digital strategy, SEO, analytics, and web development.
Best for: firms that care heavily about organic search performance and measurable lead generation.

Law-firm-specific specialists to consider

Hype Legal

They specifically showcase legal website work, including a Chicago law firm redesign involving UX/UI, CMS implementation, migration, SEO, hosting, and CMS training. Hype Legal
Best for: a firm that wants a partner who already speaks the language of attorney bios, practice pages, and legal marketing.

SEO Design Chicago

Worth considering if your current site has valuable Google rankings and the migration risk is a major concern. They emphasize CMS migrations, redirects, and SEO preservation. SEO Design Chicago

Zaremba Studio

A niche option focused specifically on law firm websites and migrations, with an attorney-led perspective. Zaremba Studio

My suggested shortlist for a midsize firm

I’d probably invite 4 proposals:

1. Hype Legal — if legal-industry experience is the top priority. Hype Legal
2. Solid Digital — if you want a polished, scalable CMS rebuild from a Chicago B2B agency.
3. Clique Studios — if the redesign is part of a broader brand/UX modernization.
4. Americaneagle.com — if the site is large or technically complicated.

When you interview them, I’d require these deliverables in the proposal:

• CMS recommendation (WordPress, Drupal, Webflow, etc.) and rationale
• Full URL inventory + redirect map before launch
• Mobile-first design process
• Accessibility plan (WCAG)
• Attorney bio and practice-area templates
• SEO migration checklist
• CMS training for marketing staff
• Ownership of code, content, analytics, and hosting accounts

If you tell me your current CMS (e.g., WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, custom), approximate page count, and whether SEO traffic is important, I can narrow this to the 2–3 firms I’d actually call first.

I’d probably invite 4 proposals:

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist firms that understand both legal-industry UX/content and the technical risk of a CMS migration—not just a generic web designer.

My shortlist

• AttorneySync — strongest legal-specific option.

They’re downtown at 211 W Wacker and work exclusively with law firms. Their positioning is more marketing/growth-oriented, but that can be valuable if the redesign needs to improve attorney/practice-area discovery and lead generation. Grow Law

• Duo Consulting — strongest technical/migration option.

They’re downtown and have a particularly relevant background in Drupal migrations and complex content platforms. They also have a documented law-firm project for Much Shelist and experience with legal websites. If your current site is Drupal or you're contemplating Drupal, I'd put them near the top.

• Marcel Digital — strongest if SEO + CMS migration matter heavily.

Their Chicago team explicitly handles CMS migrations, responsive/mobile-first design, UX, SEO, and platforms including Umbraco and HubSpot. Their migration process specifically addresses URLs, navigation, mobile, and SEO—which are the things I'd worry about most in a law-firm redesign. Marcel Digital

• Clique Studios — best premium/strategic choice.

They're at 20 N Wacker and look better suited to a substantial, strategic rebuild rather than simply refreshing the visual design. I'd consider them if the firm has a larger budget and multiple stakeholders/practice groups.

• Solid Digital — good mid-market agency alternative.

Downtown on LaSalle, with a focus on UX, website redesign and measurable outcomes. I'd interview them alongside Clique if you're looking for a polished agency rather than a legal-specialist shop.

Who I'd call first

For your specific brief, I'd probably do three pitches:

1. AttorneySync — test the legal-industry expertise and conversion/SEO thinking.
2. Duo Consulting — particularly if this is a complicated CMS/content migration.
3. Marcel Digital — strongest all-around technical/SEO migration comparison.

I'd also ask each one for 2–3 examples of midsize law firms they personally migrated, not just designed. A pretty responsive site is relatively easy; preserving hundreds/thousands of indexed URLs, attorney bios, practice-area content, metadata, backlinks, forms, analytics and search rankings during the migration is where projects get expensive.

One particularly relevant benchmark: Hype Legal's Chicago law-firm work explicitly combines UX/UI, CMS implementation, site migration, SEO, hosting and CMS training, which is roughly the capability bundle I'd want in your RFP. Hype Legal

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, etc.), approximate page count, and whether SEO is a major source of new matters, I can narrow this to the 2–3 I'd actually invite to bid and give you a rough Chicago-market budget range.

• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago doing a responsive redesign + CMS migration, I’d prioritize firms that understand three things beyond aesthetics:

1. Legal buyer journeys (practice-area pages, attorney bios, referrals, intake conversion)
2. SEO preservation during migration (URLs, redirects, metadata, rankings)
3. CMS governance (your marketing team should be able to update content without calling a developer)

A few Chicago-area options I’d put on a shortlist:

Best fit for a midsize law firm website overhaul

Clique Studios

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-379-9329)

Good fit if you want a strategic redesign, not just a prettier site. They focus on UX, digital strategy, engineering, CMS work, accessibility, and larger organizational websites.

Consider them if:

• You have many practice areas, offices, attorneys, publications, or resources
• Multiple partners/stakeholders need to approve the site
• You want a durable CMS architecture rather than a marketing-template site

Marcel Digital

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-255-8044)

A strong option if the migration needs to be tied closely to SEO, analytics, and measurable lead generation. Their Chicago team works across web development, SEO, analytics, and CMS implementations.

Consider them if:

• Organic search is a major source of matters
• You need analytics cleanup, conversion tracking, or CRM integration
• Your current site has years of SEO equity to protect

Americaneagle.com, Inc.

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-291-5970)

Better suited for a more complex or enterprise-style rebuild. They handle larger website projects, migrations, development, and ongoing support.

Consider them if:

• Your firm has a large content library
• You need custom integrations
• IT/security requirements are significant

More law-firm-specialized options

dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 855-908-0588)

They specifically market to law firms and combine website work with SEO and legal marketing.

Consider them if:

• Your priority is new client acquisition
• You want a partner who already understands attorney marketing workflows

BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-820-3772)

Another legal-focused provider with a Chicago presence, emphasizing law firm websites, SEO, and ongoing optimization.

Consider them if:

• You want a legal-industry specialist rather than a general digital agency

A couple of migration-focused specialists worth considering

Chicago Website Design SEO Company emphasizes CMS migrations with SEO preservation, including redirects and technical transition planning. SEO Design Chicago

Be Found Online also focuses on migration planning, redirect mapping, and technical SEO checks during website transitions. Be Found Online

My suggested shortlist for your situation

For a typical 50–300 attorney / midsize Chicago firm, I’d probably start with:

1. Clique Studios — best overall for a sophisticated firm website rebuild
2. Marcel Digital — best if SEO and analytics are central
3. dNOVO Group — best if you want a legal marketing specialist
4. Americaneagle.com — best if the site is large/complex

Questions I’d ask every finalist

• What CMS do you recommend and why (WordPress, Drupal, Webflow, Craft, etc.)?
• How will you preserve existing rankings during migration?
• Will you provide a URL-by-URL redirect map?
• Who owns the CMS, code, hosting, analytics, and content?
• Can attorneys/marketing staff add practice pages and bios without developers?
• How do you handle accessibility (WCAG), security, and bar advertising considerations?
• Can you show 2–3 law firm redesigns with measurable outcomes?

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, number of attorneys/practice areas, and whether the goal is brand prestige vs. lead generation, I can narrow this to the 2–3 I’d actually invite to pitch.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Sandstorm Design - 4422 N Ravenswood Ave #50, Chicago, IL 60640, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Tip The Scales Design - 27990 N Converse Rd, Island Lake, IL 60042, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• EDUCO Web Design - 128 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist firms that can handle the redesign and the risky parts of a CMS migration—content modeling, redirects/SEO, attorney/practice-area templates, accessibility, integrations, and post-launch governance.

My shortlist

• AttorneySync — best if legal-industry expertise is the priority.

They work exclusively with law firms and offer website design/development, typically around WordPress. Their Chicago office is at 211 W. Wacker. This is probably my first call if you want someone who understands legal marketing, intake and practice-area sites rather than treating you like a generic B2B client.

• Clique Studios — best for a sophisticated redesign/migration.

They're at 20 N. Wacker and are more of a digital-experience/engineering shop. Their positioning covers UX, responsive design, CMS implementation and substantial website transformations. I'd favor them if your existing site is complex, has lots of attorneys/practice areas/content, or you're debating WordPress vs. another CMS.

• Marcel Digital — best if SEO, analytics and marketing integration matter heavily.

They're downtown and combine web development with SEO, CRO and analytics. They also work with HubSpot CMS. This could be particularly good if the website needs to connect more tightly to CRM/intake and marketing measurement.

• Sandstorm Design — best for enterprise-grade UX/CMS work.

They're not downtown, but they're a strong Chicago option if you're dealing with a genuinely substantial site. They have experience with Drupal/Acquia, WordPress, Kentico and Sitecore, plus accessibility and component-based development.

• Market JD, Inc. — best if you want a law-specific marketing partner.

They're at 20 N. Wacker and focus specifically on attorneys/law firms, with website strategy, search visibility and performance measurement. I'd put them ahead of a generic agency if generating qualified inquiries is a major redesign objective.

One especially relevant case study

I'd also talk to Hype Legal. Their Chicago law-firm work for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge included UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, site migration, SEO and CMS training—which is unusually close to the project you're describing. Hype Legal

For the migration itself, I'd insist that whoever you hire produces a URL-by-URL migration/redirect map, preserves metadata and search equity, migrates content into a sensible CMS model, and tests forms, analytics, accessibility and responsive behavior before launch. That's not just technical housekeeping: poor CMS migrations can seriously damage organic traffic. SEO Design Chicago

Who I'd call first

If I were running the RFP, I'd probably invite AttorneySync, Clique Studios, and Hype Legal to pitch.

• AttorneySync: strongest law-firm specialization
• Clique: strongest digital product/design + technical sophistication
• Hype Legal: strongest directly comparable law-firm redesign/migration example

And I wouldn't let the vendors dictate the CMS before discovery. For a midsize firm, WordPress can be an excellent answer, but the right architecture depends heavily on your current CMS, number of content types, attorney/practice-area structure, integrations, editorial workflow and SEO footprint.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages, practice areas, and whether the site is primarily for business-development/lead generation or institutional credibility, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you exactly what I'd ask each one in the RFP.

And I wouldn't let the vendors dictate the CMS before discovery. For a midsize firm, WordPress can be an excellent answer, but the right architecture depends heavily on your current CMS, number of content types, attorney/practice-area structure, integrations, editorial workflow and SEO footprint.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages, practice areas, and whether the site is primarily for business-development/lead generation or institutional credibility, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you exactly what I'd ask each one in the RFP.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 200 S Wacker Dr #625, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Solid Digital - 100 N LaSalle St #1400, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 400 N May St, Ste 301, Chicago, IL 60642
• Lawyers Court Legal Web Services - 5444 N La Crosse Ave, Chicago, IL 60630, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• SEOLEVELUP Website Design SEO Company Chicago - 355 N Laflin St Ste 101C, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Operation Technology - 211 W Wacker Dr 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
• Plego Technologies - 8 W Monroe St APT 424, Chicago, IL 60603, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist firms that understand both legal-sector UX/content and the technically tricky part of a CMS migration—URL preservation, redirects, SEO, accessibility, and attorney/practice-area templates.

My shortlist

1. AttorneySync — best overall legal specialist

• 211 W Wacker Dr.
• Focuses specifically on law firms rather than generic businesses.
• Strong fit if the redesign also needs to improve lead generation, SEO, analytics, and ongoing marketing.
• Their model appears particularly appropriate if your firm wants the website to be part of a broader digital-marketing program.
• Market JD, Inc. — best for a law-firm-only partner

• 20 N Wacker Dr.
• Specifically focused on attorneys/law firms, with website design, mobile optimization, SEO and intake-oriented UX.
• I'd put them on the RFP list if your site is primarily a business-development tool rather than a corporate-brand site.
• Duo Consulting — best if the CMS migration is the hard part

• 200 S Wacker Dr.
• Particularly interesting for a midsize firm with a large/complex existing site. Their background includes content strategy, data/content migration and CMS work, including Drupal.
• I'd talk to them if you're moving between CMSs or have lots of legacy content, integrations, permissions and complicated content types.
• Solid Digital — best sophisticated generalist

• 100 N LaSalle St.
• More of a broader B2B digital agency than a legal-only shop, but that can be an advantage if your firm needs a polished, sophisticated corporate presence and a substantial strategy → UX → design → development engagement.
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency — best design/brand-led option

• 211 W Wacker Dr.
• Stronger candidate if the project is as much brand repositioning + UX as it is technical migration. They handle strategy, design and development in-house.

One I would specifically interview

Hype Legal is worth adding even though it isn't one of the closest downtown offices. They have an unusually direct case study for your situation: they redesigned a Chicago law firm's site and explicitly list UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, site migration, CMS training and SEO among the work. Hype Legal

That is much closer to your stated brief than a generic Chicago web agency.

What I'd ask them to put in the proposal

Don't just ask for "a responsive redesign and CMS migration." Give all finalists the same requirements:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign and component/design system
• CMS recommendation and rationale—e.g. WordPress vs. Webflow vs. Drupal
• Complete URL inventory and redirect map before development
• Migration of attorney bios, practice areas, insights/news, case results, locations, etc.
• Preservation of metadata, structured data, analytics and Search Console history
• Accessibility target, ideally WCAG 2.2 AA
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals targets
• Forms, CRM/intake and analytics integrations
• Staging environment and attorney/stakeholder review workflow
• Training for your marketing/communications team
• Launch/rollback plan and 30–90 days of post-launch monitoring

The migration piece deserves particular scrutiny. Chicago migration specialists explicitly warn that changing CMS, URLs and site architecture can damage search visibility if redirects, internal links and indexing aren't handled systematically. SEO Design Chicago

If I were running the selection, I'd invite AttorneySync, Duo Consulting, Hype Legal, and Solid Digital to pitch. That gives you four meaningfully different options: legal-specialist marketing, complex CMS/migration expertise, legal-specialist web design, and high-end general digital agency.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate number of pages, practice areas, and rough budget ($25–50k, $50–100k, $100k+), I can narrow that to the 2–3 I'd actually hire and compare them on likely fit.

The migration piece deserves particular scrutiny. Chicago migration specialists explicitly warn that changing CMS, URLs and site architecture can damage search visibility if redirects, internal links and indexing aren't handled systematically.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 200 S Wacker Dr #625, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• ArtVersion® Creative Agency - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 1130, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• click5 Interactive LLC - 116 W Hubbard St #301, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• Windy City Web Solutions - 801 S Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• SEO Design Chicago - 2068 N Western Ave 1F - Front, Chicago, IL 60647, United States

For a midsize law firm doing both a responsive redesign and CMS migration, I’d shortlist these rather than going with a generic Chicago web shop:

1. AttorneySync — my first call. They’re downtown at 211 W Wacker and specialize specifically in law firms, including website design/development, maintenance, SEO and analytics. That combination is useful because the migration needs to preserve search equity, not just move pages.
2. Duo Consulting — best if the site is substantial/complex. They’re at 200 S Wacker and have experience with CMS strategy, content migration and larger Drupal-oriented web programs, including legal websites. If you're talking hundreds of pages, attorney profiles, practices, offices, publications, integrations, etc., I'd put them high on the list.
3. ArtVersion® Creative Agency — best design/UX-oriented option. They're at 211 W Wacker and have a stronger creative/UX profile, while also having WordPress/Drupal experience and WordPress VIP credentials. I'd consider them if the firm's brand and visual sophistication matter as much as the migration.
4. Market JD, Inc. — good law-firm-specialist alternative. They're at 20 N Wacker and specifically target small-to-mid-sized firms with website design, mobile optimization, SEO and conversion-oriented intake flows.
5. dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — worth getting a proposal from if you want the website project tied closely to broader legal marketing/lead generation. Their Chicago office is at 545 N McClurg Ct.

One important distinction

I'd not treat this as merely a "website redesign." Your RFP should explicitly require:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS migration and content inventory
• URL-by-URL redirect mapping
• Preservation of metadata, canonical tags and structured data
• Attorney/practice-area/office content models rather than manually built pages
• Search Console/analytics continuity
• Accessibility testing
• Performance/Core Web Vitals testing
• Forms and CRM/intake integrations
• Staging environment and full pre-launch QA
• Editor training
• Firm ownership of the CMS, code, content and hosting credentials
• A post-launch redirect/404 monitoring period

That migration piece matters: a Chicago migration specialist explicitly notes that CMS/URL changes can damage search visibility without proper redirects, URL mapping and post-launch testing. SEO Design Chicago

If your current site is large (say 200+ URLs) or on Drupal, I'd lean Duo. If it's a typical 50–200-page midsize firm site and you're moving to WordPress, I'd start with AttorneySync + ArtVersion + Market JD and make them compete on the same scope.

For comparison, RubyLaw is also worth knowing about even though it's not a downtown-Chicago agency in the same sense: its CMS is purpose-built for law firms and specifically supports responsive sites and full content migration. RubyLaw

attorneysync.com · duoconsulting.com · artversion.com

If you tell me what CMS you're migrating from, approximate page count, and whether you're a litigation/business/transactional firm, I can narrow this to the 3 vendors I'd actually invite to pitch and give you a draft RFP/scoring matrix.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist firms that understand both sides of this project: high-end professional-services UX/design and a careful CMS/SEO migration. I would not hire a generic web designer for this.

My shortlist

• Hype Legal — strongest fit if you want legal-industry specialization.

They have a Chicago law-firm case study for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge covering UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, hosting, site migration and CMS training. That is unusually close to your brief. Hype Legal
hypelegal.com

• Builden Partners — strongest if the redesign is also a broader positioning/brand project.

They're at 150 S. Wacker in the Loop and specifically discuss law-firm redesigns, managing attorney/leadership involvement, timelines and budgets. Builden Partners
buildenpartners.com

• ALL FOR — good boutique option for a polished redesign.

They're in Fulton Market and explicitly offer responsive design, WordPress, CMS setup, migration/redirect guidance, SEO and training. Their larger package is aimed at organizations with multiple templates/content types, which sounds plausible for a midsize firm. ALL FOR™
allfor.agency

• Black Antelope — consider this if the CMS migration is technically substantial.

They're particularly interesting if you're considering Drupal or have a complicated content model. They cite a legal case study for Hagens Berman involving a Drupal rebuild, responsive design and migration of hundreds of case pages, press releases and resources. Black Antelope
blackantelope.com

Who I'd call first

1. Hype Legal
2. Builden Partners
3. ALL FOR

I'd ask all three for essentially the same proposal so you can compare apples-to-apples.

The key is to make the RFP about migration risk, not just visual design. Specifically require:

• Responsive redesign with mobile UX designed alongside desktop
• CMS recommendation and rationale—not simply "we use WordPress"
• Complete content inventory and migration plan
• URL-by-URL 301 redirect map
• Preservation of metadata, rankings, backlinks and analytics
• Practice-area, attorney, office and insights/news templates
• Attorney/editor workflow and CMS training
• Accessibility/WCAG review
• Forms and intake/CRM integrations
• Staging environment and content QA
• Pre-launch crawl and post-launch SEO monitoring
• Clear ownership of code, CMS, design files and content
• 60–90 days of post-launch support

That last group matters: a bad CMS migration can damage years of accumulated search equity. Chicago-based SEO Design Chicago, for example, explicitly treats CMS migrations as an SEO/URL-architecture project rather than merely moving content. SEO Design Chicago

One important caveat: I wouldn't automatically choose the firm with the most impressive-looking legal website. For your project, I'd weight migration methodology + information architecture + CMS governance + SEO preservation at least as heavily as visual design.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether you're leaning WordPress/Webflow/Drupal, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and give you a suggested project budget and RFP scope.

That last group matters: a bad CMS migration can damage years of accumulated search equity. Chicago-based SEO Design Chicago, for example, explicitly treats CMS migrations as an SEO/URL-architecture project rather than merely moving content.

• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Marcel Digital - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1285, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Plego Technologies - 8 W Monroe St APT 424, Chicago, IL 60603, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Sandstorm Design - 4422 N Ravenswood Ave #50, Chicago, IL 60640, United States

For a mid-sized law firm that wants a responsive redesign plus a CMS migration (while preserving SEO and making the site easier for your marketing team to manage), I'd prioritize firms that have experience with professional services, structured content, and complex migrations—not just attractive marketing sites.

Here are the downtown Chicago agencies I'd put on a shortlist:

1. Clique Studios (Loop)

• Strong fit if you want a strategic redesign with UX research, accessibility, and a modern CMS.
• Good reputation for discovery, information architecture, content governance, and scalable CMS implementations.
• Well suited for organizations with hundreds of pages, attorney profiles, publications, and practice areas. Intuico Digital ALL FOR™
• Marcel Digital (Loop)

• Excellent choice if SEO preservation is a major concern.
• Strong development team plus analytics, CRO, and CMS implementation.
• Particularly attractive if your marketing department wants measurable lead generation after launch. Be Found Online SEO Design Chicago
• Plego Technologies (Loop)

• Best if your project involves custom integrations (CRM, intake systems, client portals, APIs).
• Experienced with enterprise CMS projects and custom development.
• Market JD, Inc. (Loop)

• Law-firm-specific marketing agency.
• Focuses on attorney websites, SEO, and conversion optimization.
• Good option if generating qualified legal leads is as important as the redesign itself.
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. (Loop)

• Larger agency with extensive CMS migration experience.
• Good fit if your firm has multiple stakeholders, governance requirements, or expects a more formal enterprise project.

If your priorities are...

• Best overall strategic partner: Clique Studios
• Best for protecting SEO during migration: Marcel Digital
• Best for law-firm marketing expertise: Market JD
• Best for technical complexity/integrations: Plego Technologies
• Best for enterprise-scale governance: Americaneagle.com

Questions I'd ask every finalist

• How many attorney websites have you redesigned in the last 2–3 years?
• What's your migration process for preserving SEO (redirect mapping, metadata, schema, XML sitemaps)?
• Which CMS do you recommend and why? (WordPress, Craft, Drupal, headless, etc.)
• How will attorney bios, practice areas, publications, and news be modeled?
• How do you handle ADA/WCAG accessibility?
• Can our marketing staff publish new attorney bios and practice pages without a developer?
• What KPIs do you measure after launch?
• Can you provide references from firms with 50–300 attorneys?

For a mid-sized law firm (roughly 50–250 attorneys), I'd expect a quality redesign and CMS migration to fall roughly in these ranges:

• $75k–150k: strong mid-market engagement
• $150k–300k+: enterprise-level strategy, content architecture, accessibility, integrations, and change management

If you can share:

• approximately how many attorneys,
• your current CMS (WordPress, Sitecore, Drupal, Kentico, custom, etc.),
• and whether you plan to migrate all existing content or consolidate it,

I can narrow this to the 2–3 firms that are the best fit for your situation.

• Duo Consulting - 200 S Wacker Dr #625, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Plego Technologies - 8 W Monroe St APT 424, Chicago, IL 60603, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr, Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States

For a midsize law firm doing a responsive redesign + CMS migration, I’d prioritize firms that understand three things: (1) legal-industry content and compliance, (2) SEO preservation during migration, and (3) making attorneys’ teams able to update content without developers.

A few Chicago-area candidates I’d put on a shortlist:

Best fits for a law firm website rebuild

Duo Consulting

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Best for: complex CMS migrations, content-heavy firms, Drupal or enterprise-style builds.
Duo has a long history with CMS-driven websites, migrations, UX, and content strategy. They’re a stronger fit if your current site has hundreds of pages, publications, attorney bios, practice areas, or integrations that need careful handling.

Clique Studios

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-379-9329)

Best for: a polished redesign with strong UX strategy.
Clique is downtown and focuses on strategy, responsive design, UX, engineering, and digital experiences rather than just “refreshing the homepage.”

Marcel Digital

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-255-8044)

Best for: firms that care about measurable marketing performance after launch.
They combine web development with SEO, analytics, CRO, and CMS implementation work, which can be useful if the redesign is meant to increase qualified inquiries rather than just modernize the look.

dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 855-908-0588)

Best for: legal-focused marketing + website work.
They specialize in law firm marketing and offer website design/development alongside SEO and acquisition services.

Market JD, Inc.

DirectionsWebsite[Call](tel:+1 312-970-9353)

Best for: firms wanting a legal-industry specialist.
They focus specifically on attorney and law firm marketing, including website development and mobile-oriented user experiences.

Also worth considering

• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — better if your firm is larger, has multiple offices, or needs a more robust technical partner. They handle redesigns, migrations, and larger digital projects.
• cre8 — a smaller Chicago studio that may fit well if you want a more hands-on technical partner and have CMS complexity.
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago — legal-focused and more marketing-oriented; worth comparing if SEO and lead generation are major goals.

My suggested shortlist for a midsize firm

If I were issuing an RFP, I’d probably invite:

1. Duo Consulting — if the migration is the hard part
2. Clique Studios — if brand, UX, and modern design are the priority
3. Marcel Digital — if growth metrics and SEO matter heavily
4. dNOVO or Market JD — if you want a law-firm specialist

Questions I’d ask every finalist

• Can you provide a URL-by-URL migration plan and redirect map?
• How do you preserve existing SEO rankings during CMS migration?
• Who owns the CMS, hosting, code, analytics, and content after launch?
• What CMS do you recommend (WordPress, Drupal, Craft, Webflow, headless, etc.) and why?
• How will attorneys/marketing staff add bios, matters, alerts, publications, and practice pages?
• What accessibility standard will you build toward (for example WCAG)?
• Can you show 2–3 law firm sites you migrated, not just designed?

For a typical 20–100 attorney firm, I’d lean toward WordPress or Craft CMS with a strong component system unless you have unusual regulatory, publishing, or integration needs. The biggest risk in a legal site migration is usually not the design—it’s losing years of SEO equity and making the new CMS harder for staff to manage. SEO Design Chicago Zaremba Studio

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d put these on the shortlist rather than hiring a generic web-design shop.

My shortlist

1. Hype Legal — strongest law-firm-specific fit

• They have an actual Chicago law-firm redesign in their portfolio: Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge.
• Their offering covers UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration, CMS training, and ongoing support—which maps unusually well to your project. Hype Legal
• I’d interview them first if the site needs to feel sophisticated and distinctly "law firm" rather than like a generic professional-services template.
• Orbit Media — strongest all-around technical/design option

• Chicago-based and substantially more established as a web strategy/design/development shop.
• Specifically offers responsive design, redesigns, website replatforming, WordPress/Drupal/HubSpot, content migration, CMS training, and accessibility. Orbit Media Studios
• This is probably my pick if your site is fairly large—lots of attorneys, practice areas, offices, publications, resources, etc.—and the CMS migration is a serious part of the project.
• ALL FOR™ — good boutique alternative

• Chicago/Fulton Market studio with packages that explicitly include UX, responsive design, WordPress, content structure, migration/redirect guidance, accessibility, CMS setup, training and post-launch support. ALL FOR™
• Worth considering if you want a more boutique, design-forward relationship.
• SEO Design Chicago — worth including if organic search is critical

• Particularly strong on the migration side: CMS migrations, URL mapping, redirects, metadata, internal links, technical SEO and post-launch monitoring. SEO Design Chicago
• I'd consider them if your existing site has significant Google traffic that you absolutely cannot afford to lose.

One wildcard I'd interview

Zaremba Studio is unusual because it's run by a practicing Illinois attorney who builds law-firm sites. They report a 748-URL migration for their own firm, preserving URLs while taking mobile performance from 58 to 95+, and work with both WordPress and Drupal. Zaremba Studio

That's potentially a very good fit if you value legal-industry understanding + hands-on technical work over a larger agency team.

Who I'd call first

If it were my RFP, I'd send it to Hype Legal, Orbit Media, and ALL FOR™, with Zaremba as the specialist wildcard.

And I wouldn't frame the project as simply "redesign our website." For a law firm, the RFP should explicitly require:

• Responsive/mobile-first UX
• CMS recommendation and migration
• Full content inventory and migration
• URL-by-URL 301 redirect map
• Preservation of existing SEO equity
• Attorney/practice-area content architecture
• Search/SEO and analytics migration
• Accessibility
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• Easy attorney/staff editing without developer involvement
• Staging environment and attorney stakeholder review
• Form/intake integrations
• QA across mobile, tablet and desktop
• Post-launch monitoring
• Full ownership of the CMS, code, domain and analytics accounts

The migration/SEO piece is the part I'd scrutinize hardest. A beautiful new site that loses your firm's existing search visibility is a bad redesign.

If you tell me (1) your current CMS, (2) approximate number of pages, (3) practice areas, and (4) rough budget ($25–50k, $50–100k, $100k+), I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you what I'd expect each to charge and which one I'd hire.

• Responsive/mobile-first UX
• CMS recommendation and migration
• Full content inventory and migration
• URL-by-URL 301 redirect map
• Preservation of existing SEO equity
• Attorney/practice-area content architecture
• Search/SEO and analytics migration
• Accessibility
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• Easy attorney/staff editing without developer involvement
• Staging environment and attorney stakeholder review
• Form/intake integrations
• QA across mobile, tablet and desktop
• Post-launch monitoring
• Full ownership of the CMS, code, domain and analytics accounts

The migration/SEO piece is the part I'd scrutinize hardest. A beautiful new site that loses your firm's existing search visibility is a bad redesign.

If you tell me (1) your current CMS, (2) approximate number of pages, (3) practice areas, and (4) rough budget ($25–50k, $50–100k, $100k+), I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you what I'd expect each to charge and which one I'd hire.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
• Comrade Digital Marketing Agency - 332 S Michigan Ave #900, Chicago, IL 60604
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
• Subscription Lawyer - 6219 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60646
• HSD - Help Secure Defend - Immigration Lawyer, LLC - 110 N Wacker Dr Ste 2500, Chicago, IL 60606
• SimVisa Immigration Law Firm in Chicago - 770 N La Salle Dr #710, Chicago, IL 60654
• LEX VERITAS IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM - 150 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606
• Minsky McCormick & Hallagan, P.C. - 104 S Michigan Ave Ste 800, Chicago, IL 60603
• Consumer Law Group - 6232 N Pulaski Rd #300, Chicago, IL 60646
• Scott Global - 417 W Eugenie St, Chicago, IL 60614
• CTM Legal Group - 77 W Washington St Ste 2120, Chicago, IL 60602
• Modern Law Group, P.C. - 8770 W Bryn Mawr Ave #1300, Chicago, IL 60631

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d prioritize a firm that understands three things at once:

1. Law-firm UX (practice-area navigation, attorney bios, credibility signals, intake conversion)
2. CMS migration risk (SEO preservation, redirects, content migration, accessibility)
3. Ongoing marketing needs (your attorneys and marketing team should be able to update content without developers)

A few Chicago-area options worth vetting:

Strong fits for a law firm website redesign + CMS migration

• AttorneySync — Located in the Loop and focused specifically on attorney websites. They are a natural fit if you want a legal-industry specialist rather than a general web shop.
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago — A legal marketing-focused firm in downtown Chicago. Consider them if the redesign is tied closely to SEO, lead generation, and competitive positioning.
• Comrade Digital Marketing Agency — A larger Chicago agency with broad web design and digital marketing capabilities. A possible fit if you need strategy, design, development, and ongoing campaigns under one roof.
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago — A downtown option specifically positioned around attorney websites and redesign projects.

Other firms to consider (especially if SEO migration is a major concern)

• SEO Design Chicago — They specifically discuss CMS migrations, URL mapping, redirects, and SEO preservation, which are important during a law firm redesign. SEO Design Chicago
• Operation Technology — They market legal-firm digital services and are based downtown. Operation Technology

What I’d ask during the first calls

For a midsize firm, I would not choose based on mockups alone. Ask each vendor:

• “How many law firm migrations have you completed?”
• “Will you provide a page-by-page URL redirect map before launch?”
• “Who owns the CMS and hosting accounts after launch?”
• “Can attorneys edit bios, practice pages, news, alerts, and publications without developer help?”
• “How will you handle accessibility (WCAG), Core Web Vitals, and mobile performance?”
• “What happens if organic traffic drops after launch?”

A typical project like this often lands around $25k–$100k+ depending on attorney count, content rewriting, integrations (CRM/intake tools), and whether SEO strategy is included.

If you tell me:

• your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, custom, etc.),
• approximate attorney count,
• practice areas,
• whether SEO rankings are a major concern,

I can narrow this to a short list of 2–3 vendors I’d actually put into an RFP.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 200 S Wacker Dr #625, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• cre8 - Chicago, IL 60607
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 460 N Main St Unit 209, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• AttorneySync - 400 N May St, Ste 301, Chicago, IL 60642
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Sixth City Marketing - 620 N La Salle Dr Ste 415, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• LawFull Marketing - 150 S Wacker Dr, Ste 2400, Chicago, IL 60606

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than a generic web shop:

• AttorneySync — Best overall fit if you want a legal-specialist partner. They focus exclusively on law firms and are right downtown at 211 W Wacker. Their offering spans website work, SEO, and ongoing digital marketing, so they’re a good choice if the redesign is also meant to improve lead generation. CaseOrbit
• Duo Consulting — Best if the CMS migration is the technically difficult part. They have substantial experience with content-managed sites, Drupal, content migration, UX, and larger web projects; their Chicago office is at 200 S Wacker. A law-firm project is among their cited work.
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — Best if you want redesign + marketing/SEO together. Their Chicago operation specializes in professional services, particularly law firms, and combines web design with SEO, paid acquisition and reputation work.
• Market JD, Inc. — Worth an RFP slot for a midsize firm. They’re at 20 N Wacker and specialize in attorney/law-firm marketing, including mobile-optimized websites and intake-oriented UX.
• cre8 — Interesting alternative if you want a more technically sophisticated CMS shop. They handle WordPress/Craft CMS migrations and complex CMS ecosystems, and work with regulated/high-stakes organizations. They’re in the West Loop rather than the Loop.

One I'd specifically investigate

Hype Legal isn't downtown, but its work looks unusually aligned with your brief. Their Chicago law-firm case study for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge includes UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, site migration, SEO, hosting, maintenance, and CMS training—essentially your project end-to-end. Hype Legal

There’s also a very specialized option, Zaremba Studio, run by an Illinois practicing attorney. It focuses specifically on law-firm rebuilds and migrations, with URL-by-URL migration planning, WordPress/Drupal, performance optimization and zero-downtime launches. Zaremba Studio Zaremba Studio

My first three calls would be AttorneySync, Duo, and Hype Legal. I'd ask each for a proposal that separates UX/content architecture, responsive design, CMS implementation, content migration, URL/301 mapping, SEO preservation, accessibility, QA, launch, and post-launch support. CMS migration is where I'd be most careful: a pretty redesign is relatively easy; preserving years of rankings, URLs, metadata and inbound links during the move is the part that can hurt a law firm badly if mishandled. SEO Design Chicago

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, etc.), approximate page count, and whether you're trying to stay with the same CMS, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and compare likely fit, strengths, and red flags.

• Duo Consulting - 200 S Wacker Dr #625, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Deviant Marketing - 20 W Kinzie St Ste 12022, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• AttorneySync - 400 N May St, Ste 301, Chicago, IL 60642
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Chicago Website Design SEO Company - 10 S Riverside Plaza #875, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Digital Authority Partners - 420 W Huron St Fl 1, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist these rather than going with a generic web-design shop:

• Duo Consulting — my pick if the CMS migration is substantial. They’re a Chicago digital consultancy with experience in Drupal, content strategy, legacy-content migration, UX/design, and larger web programs. This is particularly attractive if you have a lot of attorney profiles, practice areas, publications, alerts, or other structured content. The State Bar of California
• AttorneySync — my pick if you want a law-firm specialist. They focus specifically on law firms and combine website work with SEO, conversion, and digital marketing. Their downtown office is at 211 W. Wacker. The business listing also specifically notes a focus on solo through midsize firms and responsive client communication.
• Market JD, Inc. — another strong legal-specialist option, at 20 N. Wacker. They emphasize mobile-optimized sites, intake-oriented UX, SEO, and law-firm marketing. The local business results also show strong responsiveness feedback.
• Pattern 6 — worth considering if the priority is a custom, polished redesign plus marketing, rather than a highly technical CMS program. They're in the Merchandise Mart and specifically market custom websites for law firms.
• Marcel Digital — I'd put them on the RFP if you want a more enterprise/B2B-oriented digital team, particularly if you're considering HubSpot CMS or want analytics, CRM, SEO, and conversion work integrated with the redesign.

One important distinction

If you're migrating a large/complex law-firm site, I'd weight CMS architecture and migration expertise much more heavily than visual portfolio quality. A redesign can look fantastic and still create a disaster if the team mishandles URLs, redirects, metadata, attorney/practice-area relationships, PDFs, search, or existing organic traffic.

For example, Hype Legal's Chicago law-firm work explicitly combines UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration and CMS training, while Black Antelope has a particularly relevant legal example involving a responsive Drupal rebuild and migration of hundreds of legal-content pages. Hype Legal Black Antelope

If I were issuing the RFP, I'd start with Duo Consulting + AttorneySync + one of Pattern 6/Market JD, and make all three respond to the exact same requirements.

Your RFP should require, at minimum:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS recommendation before locking the design
• Full content inventory and migration mapping
• 301 redirect/URL strategy
• Preservation of SEO metadata and structured data
• Attorney/practice-area/content modeling
• Accessibility/ADA work
• Staging environment and partner review process
• Cross-browser/device QA
• Analytics + Search Console migration
• CMS training for marketing staff
• Post-launch monitoring
• Clear ownership of the site, CMS, code, content, domain and analytics

I'd also ask each bidder to show you one law-firm migration they've actually launched, not just three attractive redesigns. That will separate the real migration teams from agencies that mostly reskin WordPress sites.

If I were issuing the RFP, I'd start with Duo Consulting + AttorneySync + one of Pattern 6/Market JD, and make all three respond to the exact same requirements.

Your RFP should require, at minimum:

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Duo Consulting - 20 W Kinzie St, Ste 1510, Chicago, IL 60654
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• SITE IT NOW - 1016 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist firms that can handle more than visual redesign—especially CMS migration, responsive UX, SEO preservation, content modeling, accessibility, and attorney/practice-area content.

My shortlist

• AttorneySync — 211 W Wacker Dr. This is probably my first call if you want a Chicago-based shop that understands legal marketing. It specializes in law firms and combines website development with SEO, analytics, maintenance, and marketing. attorneywebsitedesignchicago.com
• Duo Consulting — 20 W Kinzie St. Strong candidate if the CMS migration is technically substantial, particularly if you're considering Drupal. Duo has documented legal-site experience and a background in Drupal migrations and complex web platforms.
• Clique Studios — 20 N Wacker Dr. I'd consider them if the redesign is more of a strategic/digital-transformation project than a straightforward law-firm website refresh. They cover responsive UX, accessibility, CMS implementation, and scalable engineering.
• Market JD, Inc. — 20 N Wacker Dr. More legal-marketing oriented, with law-firm website design/development, mobile optimization, SEO, and conversion-focused intake. Worth talking to if generating qualified inquiries is a major objective.
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — 545 N McClurg Ct. Another legal-specialist option, particularly if you want the website project tied closely to SEO, paid acquisition, reputation, and lead generation.

One particularly relevant benchmark

I'd also look at Hype Legal even though its listed location isn't downtown. Its Chicago law-firm work specifically combines UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration, hosting, maintenance, and CMS training—almost exactly the scope you're describing. Hype Legal

And if you're contemplating Drupal, Black Antelope is worth putting on the technical RFP list. Their legal practice explicitly covers CMS/content migration and responsive Drupal builds, including a large law-firm migration involving hundreds of pages. Black Antelope

Who I'd contact first

I'd send the same brief to AttorneySync, Duo Consulting, and Clique Studios and compare their approaches. That gives you three quite different perspectives:

1. AttorneySync: legal-industry/marketing expertise.
2. Duo: strongest technical/CMS-migration angle.
3. Clique: strongest strategic UX/digital-experience angle.

In the RFP, I'd specifically require a complete URL/301 redirect inventory, preservation of metadata and organic rankings, content migration plan, responsive designs, WCAG accessibility testing, CMS editor training, staging/QA, analytics migration, and post-launch monitoring. Those are the areas where a pretty redesign can turn into an expensive problem if they're treated as afterthoughts. A legal-focused agency such as Wavespace, for example, explicitly treats URL mapping, metadata preservation, staged launch, and post-launch monitoring as part of the migration rather than just the design. Wavespace

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, and whether you're thinking WordPress/Drupal/Webflow or are open to recommendations, I can narrow this to 3 vendors and give you a rough expected budget/timeline for a midsize Chicago firm.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than hiring a generic web-design shop:

1. One North, A TEKsystems Company — best for a complex, sophisticated migration. They’re downtown at 227 W Monroe and explicitly do CMS builds/migrations, headless CMS, UX, engineering, and digital experience work. This is the one I’d consider if you have a large content library, multiple practice groups/offices, integrations, or demanding stakeholders.

2. AttorneySync — best law-firm-specific option downtown. They focus exclusively on law firms and work with small-to-mid-sized firms; their positioning combines website work with the legal client journey and digital marketing. They’re at 211 W Wacker.

3. Market JD, Inc. — best if SEO and lead generation are as important as the redesign. They specialize in attorney/law-firm marketing and specifically offer mobile-optimized website rebuilds with intake-oriented user flows. Their Chicago office is at 20 N Wacker.

4. dNOVO Group — good integrated legal-marketing alternative. Their Chicago office is in Streeterville, and their offering combines law-firm website design, SEO, advertising, branding and conversion optimization.

One more I'd put on the RFP

Orbit Media isn't downtown, but I'd absolutely include them if geography isn't a hard requirement. They're a long-established Chicago agency with substantial CMS expertise and specifically advertise responsive redesigns, WordPress/Drupal, technical SEO, redirect mapping, CMS training and post-launch support. www.orbitmedia.com

For a law-firm migration, I would not make “responsive redesign” the main selection criterion. The dangerous part is the migration: preserving URLs, metadata, backlinks, internal linking and organic traffic while restructuring the site. Chicago's SEO Design Chicago, for example, explicitly describes URL mapping, redirects and post-migration monitoring as part of its migration process. seodesignchicago.com

My RFP order would be:
One North → AttorneySync → Market JD → Orbit Media.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and rough budget (e.g. $30–50k vs. $75–150k+), I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you what I'd ask each one to include in the proposal.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist vendors that can handle the migration and information architecture as seriously as the visual redesign—not just firms that build attractive WordPress sites.

My shortlist

1. Solid Digital — best overall if you want a sophisticated, mid-market/enterprise process.

Their Chicago team does strategy → UX/UI → development, with SEO and conversion considerations. They’re downtown at 100 N LaSalle and appear better suited to a substantial redesign than a basic brochure-site project.

2. Duo Consulting — best if CMS/migration complexity is the big issue.

They have a strong Chicago digital-consulting background, particularly with Drupal, and explicitly handle content strategy, migration, integrations, UX and larger CMS programs. I'd talk to them if you're migrating a sizable content library or have complicated attorney/practice-area/resource relationships.

3. AttorneySync — best legal-specific option.

They're focused exclusively on law firms and combine website work with SEO, analytics and ongoing marketing. The tradeoff is that they're more of a legal marketing partner than a pure UX/CMS consultancy.

4. Market JD, Inc. — worth getting a proposal from.

They're specifically focused on attorneys/law firms and emphasize mobile-optimized websites, intake-oriented UX and SEO. Their downtown office is at 20 N Wacker. This could be a good fit if lead generation is a major objective alongside the redesign.

5. SEO Design Chicago — particularly worth considering if organic search preservation is critical.

They explicitly offer CMS migrations and describe URL mapping, redirects, technical SEO and post-migration monitoring. seodesignchicago.com

One non-Chicago firm I'd also interview

Black Antelope is unusually relevant if you're considering Drupal. Their legal practice specifically discusses related content such as attorneys, cases and press releases, and they have a published Hagens Berman redesign involving Drupal, responsive design and migration of hundreds of legal-content pages. www.blackantelope.com

What I'd ask in the RFP

Don't just ask, "Can you redesign our site?" Ask them to demonstrate:

• Full URL/content inventory and redirect mapping before launch
• Migration of attorney bios, practice areas, publications, news, case results, etc.
• Preservation of organic rankings, metadata, schema, backlinks and analytics
• Responsive/mobile-first UX—not simply a desktop design that gets squeezed down
• CMS recommendations with a clear explanation of why WordPress vs. Drupal vs. another CMS
• Reusable templates so attorneys/marketing staff can add pages without developers
• Accessibility/WCAG testing
• Staging environment and parallel migration
• Forms/intake/CRM integrations
• Pre-launch crawl and post-launch SEO monitoring
• Actual examples of law-firm migrations, not just website designs

That migration discipline matters: a good redesign can still be a disaster if the firm loses years of accumulated search equity. Agencies specializing in legal migrations explicitly emphasize URL mapping, redirects, metadata preservation and staged QA for this reason. wolfeservices.co

If it were my RFP, I'd interview Solid Digital, Duo Consulting, and AttorneySync first, then use Market JD or SEO Design Chicago as a fourth bid for comparison.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether SEO/lead generation is a priority, I can narrow this to the 2–3 firms I'd actually invite to pitch.

• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding - 30 N Michigan Ave #504, Chicago, IL 60602, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• OVC Lawyer Marketing - 750 Warrenville Rd Ste 203, Lisle, IL 60532, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• YourPortal - 2211 N Elston Ave Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Alpha Efficiency - Web Design Chicago Agency - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Pattern 6 - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist these rather than going with a generic web-design shop:

• AttorneySync — Best if legal-industry expertise is the priority. They focus exclusively on law firms and offer website design/development alongside SEO, analytics, and broader digital marketing. Their downtown office is at 211 W Wacker.
• Market JD, Inc. — Good fit for a midsize firm wanting a legal-specialist partner. They specifically target attorneys/law firms and combine responsive website work with SEO, paid media, and analytics. They're at 20 N Wacker.
• Clique Studios — My pick if the project is a serious redesign + CMS transformation rather than primarily a marketing website. They're a broader digital agency with UX, responsive design, accessibility, CMS engineering, and migration/modernization capabilities, and they're at 20 N Wacker.
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency — Worth an RFP slot if you want design, migration, SEO and lead generation under one roof. Their Chicago operation focuses particularly on professional services and law firms.
• Brand Vision Marketing - Web Design & Branding — Worth considering if brand/visual polish is important. They're in the Loop and combine UX-led responsive design with CMS development and SEO.

One I'd investigate beyond the downtown firms

Hype Legal looks particularly relevant to your actual scope. Their published Chicago law-firm case study for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge explicitly includes UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, site migration, SEO, hosting and CMS training—which is almost exactly the combination you're describing. Hype Legal

I'd also look at Black Antelope if you're considering something more sophisticated than WordPress. They have a legal-specific practice and describe a Drupal rebuild involving responsive design and large-scale migration of cases, press releases and legal resources. Black Antelope

Who I'd call first

If it were my RFP, I'd invite 3 firms:

1. Hype Legal — strongest apparent match to the precise redesign/migration scope.
2. Clique Studios — strongest candidate for a sophisticated UX/CMS transformation.
3. AttorneySync or Market JD — legal-specialist benchmark, particularly if organic search and lead generation are major objectives.

One important distinction: if your site has hundreds/thousands of attorney, practice-area, case, publication or resource pages, don't select purely on visual design. Make the agencies demonstrate their content-modeling, migration, redirect/SEO preservation, CMS authoring workflow, accessibility, and QA process. That's where these projects tend to succeed or fail. Black Antelope's Hagens Berman case is a good example of the sort of migration complexity to ask about. Black Antelope

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether you're trying to preserve/improve SEO, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and give you a suggested RFP scope/questions.

• Clique Studios - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1075, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. - 200 W Jackson Blvd Fl 22, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 211 W Wacker Dr Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Market JD, Inc. - 20 N Wacker Dr Ste 1200, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• Operation Technology - 211 W Wacker Dr 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
• dNOVO Group | Law Firm Marketing Agency - 545 N McClurg Ct Ste 1808, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
• Forward Lawyer Marketing - 3553 W Peterson Ave Ste 30, Chicago, IL 60659, United States
• BSPE Legal Marketing - Chicago - 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, United States
• SEOLEVELUP Website Design SEO Company Chicago - 355 N Laflin St Ste 101C, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• Attorney Web Design | Chicago - 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 4400, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
• AttorneySync - 400 N May St, Ste 301, Chicago, IL 60642
• Flamingo Agency - 3752 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, United States
• Marcel Digital - 445 W Erie St #200, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
• Windy City Web Solutions - 801 S Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
• WPrime Agency - 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654, United States

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d shortlist agencies that can handle the whole project—not just make the site look better. In particular: responsive UX, CMS architecture, content migration, SEO/redirect preservation, accessibility, and attorney/practice-area content.

My shortlist

1. Clique Studios — strongest overall fit

• 20 N. Wacker Dr.
• More sophisticated digital-experience shop than a typical “law firm marketing” agency.
• Their capabilities include UX/UI, responsive design, accessibility, CMS implementation, and scalable web development.
• I'd talk to them if: your firm has a substantial site, multiple practice groups/offices, complicated content, or wants a genuinely strategic redesign rather than a template refresh.
• Americaneagle.com, Inc. — best for a bigger/complex migration

• 200 W. Jackson Blvd.
• Particularly interesting if the CMS migration is the difficult part. They're positioned for mid-market/enterprise organizations and explicitly handle redesigns, content migration, development, SEO, analytics, and ongoing support.
• I'd talk to them if: you've got hundreds/thousands of pages, integrations, multiple offices, or a legacy CMS that needs a serious migration plan.
• AttorneySync — best legal-specialist option

• 211 W. Wacker Dr.
• They focus specifically on law firms and combine website development with SEO, analytics, and legal marketing.
• I'd talk to them if: the website's primary job is generating qualified matters/leads and you want the redesign tightly connected to legal SEO and marketing.
• Market JD, Inc. — another legal-focused downtown option

• 20 N. Wacker Dr.
• Their positioning combines law-firm web design/development with SEO, paid media and analytics, including mobile-optimized sites and intake-oriented user flows.
• I'd include them in the RFP if lead generation and search visibility are major objectives.
• Operation Technology — good pragmatic downtown option

• 211 W. Wacker Dr.
• Focuses on website design, WordPress development, SEO and lead generation, with a downtown location and a more hands-on-agency profile.

One non-downtown firm I'd seriously consider

Hype Legal is worth putting on the list even though it's not a downtown-location recommendation. Their Chicago legal work is particularly relevant to your brief: their published Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge project included UX/UI, website development, CMS implementation, SEO, hosting, site migration, maintenance and CMS training. Hype Legal

That is unusually close to the project you're describing.

What I'd do

I'd send an RFP to Clique Studios, Hype Legal, AttorneySync, and Americaneagle.com.

The key is to not frame this as simply “redesign our website.” Ask each one to specifically price and demonstrate:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS recommendation and migration
• Full content inventory and migration
• URL/301 redirect mapping so existing SEO isn't destroyed
• Practice-area and attorney-profile content architecture
• WCAG/accessibility compliance
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• Forms/intake/CRM integrations
• Analytics and conversion tracking
• CMS training for your marketing team
• Staging, QA and launch
• Post-launch SEO monitoring
• Ownership of design files, code and content

For a law firm, the migration architecture is arguably more important than the visual redesign. A beautiful new site that loses years of organic rankings, attorney bio traffic, or practice-area URLs is a bad migration. Agencies that explicitly discuss redirects, metadata preservation, content modeling and staged launch should get extra weight; that's the approach described by specialist legal web firms such as Black Antelope and Wavespace. Black Antelope Wavespace

If you tell me roughly how many pages you have, what CMS you're on now (WordPress/Drupal/Sitecore/etc.), and what CMS you're considering, I can narrow this to the 2–3 firms I'd actually interview and what I think a reasonable Chicago budget would be.

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS recommendation and migration
• Full content inventory and migration
• URL/301 redirect mapping so existing SEO isn't destroyed
• Practice-area and attorney-profile content architecture
• WCAG/accessibility compliance
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• Forms/intake/CRM integrations
• Analytics and conversion tracking
• CMS training for your marketing team
• Staging, QA and launch
• Post-launch SEO monitoring
• Ownership of design files, code and content

For a law firm, the migration architecture is arguably more important than the visual redesign. A beautiful new site that loses years of organic rankings, attorney bio traffic, or practice-area URLs is a bad migration. Agencies that explicitly discuss redirects, metadata preservation, content modeling and staged launch should get extra weight; that's the approach described by specialist legal web firms such as Black Antelope and Wavespace.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist agencies that can handle the whole job—UX/responsive redesign, CMS migration, content architecture, SEO preservation, accessibility, and post-launch support—rather than a shop that mainly does visual design.

My shortlist

1. Clique Studios — best overall for a sophisticated redesign
   • Downtown at 20 N Wacker.
   • Strong on strategy, UX/UI, responsive design, accessibility, engineering, and multiple CMS platforms.
   • They position themselves as a long-term digital partner rather than simply a website vendor.
   • I'd talk to them if: your firm has a substantial site, multiple practice groups/offices, lots of attorneys, and stakeholders who will need a well-run discovery/content process.

2. Duo Consulting — particularly interesting for CMS-heavy work
   • 200 S Wacker.
   • Their sweet spot is content-managed sites, particularly Drupal, with strategy, UX/design, migration, integrations and ongoing support. Their business listing specifically notes experience with law-firm websites and content migration.
   • I'd talk to them if: the CMS migration is as important as the redesign, especially if you're considering Drupal or have a complicated content model.

3. Marcel Digital — best if SEO/measurement is a major concern
   • 20 N Wacker.
   • Combines web development with SEO, CRO, analytics and digital marketing; they also have significant CMS experience, including Umbraco and HubSpot.
   • I'd talk to them if: you want the redesign tied closely to organic search, analytics, lead generation and measurable business outcomes.

4. AttorneySync — best legal-specialist option
   • 211 W Wacker.
   • They focus specifically on law firms rather than general B2B websites. That's valuable if practice-area architecture, attorney profiles, intake/conversion, legal SEO and the nuances of marketing a firm are central to the project.
   • I'd talk to them if: you'd rather have deep legal-industry expertise than a general digital-experience agency.

5. dNOVO Group — another legal-focused contender
   • Chicago office at 545 N McClurg Ct.
   • Their focus is law-firm acquisition, including website design/development, SEO and conversion optimization.
   • I'd consider them if: lead generation and legal marketing are a major part of the redesign rather than the project being primarily a corporate/institutional rebrand.

One particularly relevant benchmark

There's a useful Chicago law-firm example from Hype Legal: their Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge project combined strategy, UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, hosting, site migration and CMS training. That's roughly the capability mix I'd want in your RFP. www.hypelegal.com

Also, don't treat the migration as an afterthought. A proper migration should include URL mapping/301 redirects, metadata and content preservation, internal-link checks, crawl/indexation testing and post-launch monitoring. Chicago migration specialists explicitly emphasize these steps because a poorly handled CMS migration can seriously damage organic traffic. seodesignchicago.com

If it were my project, I'd invite three firms to pitch: Clique Studios, Duo Consulting, and AttorneySync. That gives you a useful comparison between a sophisticated generalist, a CMS/migration specialist, and a legal-industry specialist.

For the RFP, I'd make the vendors demonstrate one actual practice-area page, one attorney bio, the proposed CMS editing experience, their migration/redirect methodology, and their accessibility approach—not just show you pretty homepage comps.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist agencies that understand both legal-industry content architecture and the ugly parts of a CMS migration—redirects, attorney/practice-area taxonomies, SEO preservation, accessibility, and editor training.

My shortlist

1. Great Jakes — best overall fit
   • This would be my first call if the site is substantial and the firm cares about premium design.
   • They work exclusively with law firms, and specifically say most of their clients are midsize and large firms (roughly 50–1,500 lawyers).
   • Their offering covers strategy, UX, CMS development, data migration, hosting and maintenance. www.greatjakes.com
   • Particularly compelling if you have lots of attorneys, offices, practices, publications, or other structured content that needs a better CMS architecture.

2. Clique Studios — best for a sophisticated digital transformation
   • Downtown at 20 N Wacker.
   • More of a broader digital-experience agency than a law-firm specialist, but they do strategy, UX/UI, responsive design, accessibility and scalable CMS implementations.
   • I'd consider them if you're looking beyond a marketing-site facelift toward a more sophisticated digital platform.

3. Solid Digital — strong Chicago option
   • Downtown at 100 N LaSalle.
   • Good fit if you want a structured redesign/build process and ongoing support rather than simply hiring a designer.
   • I'd ask specifically for examples involving large content migrations and law/professional-services sites.

4. AttorneySync — best if lead generation/SEO is central
   • At 211 W Wacker, and focused specifically on law firms.
   • Their offering combines website development with SEO, analytics and broader legal marketing.
   • I'd favor them if the redesign is supposed to materially improve organic acquisition and intake—not just aesthetics.

5. Market JD, Inc. — another legal-specialist option
   • At 20 N Wacker.
   • Focused specifically on attorney/law-firm marketing, with mobile-optimized website work and intake/conversion considerations.

One non-Chicago firm I'd also put in the RFP

LISI is worth including even though it's not a downtown Chicago shop. They explicitly handle custom WordPress, content migration, QA, SEO optimization, training and post-launch support for law firms. www.legalisi.com

And if your migration is particularly complicated, Americaneagle.com has a strong reference point: its McGuireWoods project involved migrating a major law firm's CMS, preserving content/SEO, restructuring attorney and practice-area content, implementing advanced search and improving performance/accessibility. www.legalisi.comwpengine.com

What I'd do

I'd send an RFP to Great Jakes + Clique Studios + AttorneySync + one of Solid Digital/Market JD.

The key is not to ask merely for "a responsive redesign and CMS migration." Make them demonstrate how they'll handle:

• full URL/content inventory and migration mapping
• 301 redirect strategy and preservation of existing rankings
• attorney, office, practice-area and publication content models
• responsive/mobile UX
• accessibility
• page-speed/Core Web Vitals
• analytics and conversion tracking
• CMS editor permissions/workflows
• staging, QA and launch rollback
• post-launch SEO monitoring
• training your marketing team

That's important because a CMS migration can damage search visibility if URL structures, redirects, metadata, internal links and indexing aren't handled properly. seodesignchicago.com

If you tell me your approximate attorney count, current CMS (WordPress/Drupal/Sitecore/etc.), and whether this is primarily a corporate/transactional firm or a consumer-facing firm, I can narrow this to the 3 I'd actually interview and tell you what I think each is likely to cost.

For a midsize law firm, I’d shortlist these rather than hiring a generic Chicago web shop. The important distinction is whether you want a legal-industry specialist or a more sophisticated digital/UX agency that happens to have legal experience.

My shortlist

1. AttorneySync — best if marketing/SEO and lead generation matter
   • Downtown at 211 W Wacker.
   • Focuses exclusively on law firms and offers website design/development alongside SEO, analytics, PPC and ongoing marketing.
   • Good fit if the redesign is supposed to improve intake, search visibility and conversion, not just aesthetics.
   • I would specifically ask them to show you a couple of midsize-firm migrations, not just new builds.

2. Market JD, Inc. — strong legal-specialist option
   • At 20 N Wacker.
   • Focused specifically on attorney/law-firm marketing and offers mobile-optimized website work.
   • Particularly worth talking to if you want the website, SEO and conversion strategy handled together.

3. Clique Studios — best choice if this is a serious digital transformation
   • At 20 N Wacker.
   • More of a sophisticated UX/digital agency than a law-firm marketing shop.
   • Their capabilities include responsive design, accessibility, UX/UI, CMS work and structured discovery/strategy.
   • I'd favor them if you have a large content library, complicated attorney/practice-area relationships, multiple offices, or demanding CMS requirements.

4. Marcel Digital — good CMS/marketing hybrid
   • At 445 W Erie.
   • Particularly interesting if you're considering HubSpot CMS or want the website tightly connected to marketing/sales/CRM workflows.

5. dNOVO Group — worth getting a proposal from
   • Chicago office at 545 N McClurg.
   • Law-firm-focused digital marketing, website design and conversion work.
   • More marketing-oriented than a pure UX/CMS consultancy.

One I'd investigate beyond the Chicago-only list

Black Antelope is particularly relevant if your migration is technically substantial. Their legal practice specifically covers CMS implementation, content migration, UX/UI and Drupal, and they have a published case study involving a large law-firm rebuild with hundreds of case pages, press releases and legal resources. www.blackantelope.com

That's the kind of evidence I'd want to see if your existing site has hundreds/thousands of URLs and complicated content relationships.

What I'd do in your shoes

I'd send the same RFP to AttorneySync, Market JD, Clique Studios and Black Antelope.

I'd make the RFP explicitly require:

• Responsive redesign, including mobile UX
• CMS migration and content inventory
• Preservation of existing URLs where possible
• Full 301 redirect mapping
• Metadata/schema/internal-link migration
• Attorney, practice-area, office and insight/blog content models
• Search functionality
• Accessibility/WCAG considerations
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals targets
• Analytics/GA4/Search Console preservation
• Staging environment and parallel QA
• Content-editor training
• Post-launch SEO monitoring
• Explicit ownership of code, design files and CMS
• A rollback plan for launch

The migration piece is particularly important: a beautiful redesign can still be a disaster if organic traffic and years of accumulated legal content aren't migrated properly. For comparison, the McGuireWoods migration involved advanced taxonomies, search, attorney profiles, resources and a large content migration—not simply putting a new skin on the old site. wpengine.com

My first calls: Clique if the project is complex/strategic; AttorneySync if client acquisition and legal SEO are central; Black Antelope if the CMS/content migration is the hardest part.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, number of attorneys/offices, and whether you want WordPress/Drupal/another CMS, I can narrow this to 2–3 and compare their relevant portfolios, capabilities and likely fit.

If you want a Chicago-based shop that can handle both the redesign and the CMS migration, I’d start with these three:

1. Orbit Media Studios — my first call. They specifically market to law firms and handle strategy, UX/design, development, CMS implementation, accessibility/browser testing, migration, and ongoing CMS support. They’re at 4043 N. Ravenswood, so they’re genuinely Chicago-local. Their legal work is positioned around search and conversion rather than simply making the site look newer. www.orbitmedia.com

Orbit Media’s legal website work

2. Hype Legal — worth interviewing if brand/visual design is especially important. Their Chicago case study for Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge covers UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration, hosting, and CMS training—the combination you're describing. www.hypelegal.com

Hype Legal’s Chicago law-firm case study

3. ArtVersion — a good option if you have a more complicated existing CMS or aren't sure what platform you want to move to. They explicitly work across WordPress, Drupal and other CMSs and offer responsive redesign, CMS enhancements, migration and ongoing maintenance. artversion.com

ArtVersion’s responsive web design work

How I'd choose

For a midsize law firm, I'd lean Orbit first, Hype second, ArtVersion third.

The important thing is not to hire a generic Chicago web-design firm that treats this as “new homepage + prettier mobile layout.” Your RFP/interview should require:

• Full URL/content inventory and migration plan
• 301 redirect mapping for every changed URL
• Preservation of organic rankings, metadata, schema, internal links and backlinks
• Responsive/mobile-first UX
• A CMS your marketing team can actually manage
• Reusable templates for attorney bios, practice areas, offices, insights/news and case results
• Accessibility testing
• Analytics/conversion tracking
• Staging environment and content freeze/launch plan
• Post-launch monitoring and redirect/error checks
• Training for attorneys/marketing staff
• Clear ownership of the CMS, code, content and design

That migration piece matters a lot: Chicago-based SEO Design Chicago, for example, explicitly emphasizes URL mapping, redirects, crawlability and preservation of SEO equity during CMS migrations. seodesignchicago.com

One caution: I wouldn't automatically choose the agency that specializes only in law firms. For a midsize firm, you want someone who understands legal content architecture and has enough UX/CMS engineering maturity to build something your team won't hate maintaining three years from now.

If you tell me (1) your current CMS, (2) approximate number of pages/attorneys, (3) practice areas, and (4) rough budget, I can narrow this to 2–3 Chicago firms I'd actually put on the shortlist and tell you what I would expect each to charge.

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago, I’d put these three on the shortlist:

1. Orbit Media Studios — my first call. They have a dedicated law-firm web practice and specifically handle strategy, responsive design, CMS implementation, content migration, accessibility/browser testing, SEO, and post-launch CMS support. Their Chicago office is at 4043 N. Ravenswood. www.orbitmedia.com

Orbit Media’s legal web design practice

2. Hype Legal — strongest law-specific alternative. They have a Chicago law-firm case study and offer the combination you're looking for: UX/UI, development, CMS implementation, SEO, site migration, CMS training, and maintenance. Their Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge project is particularly relevant because it's a Chicago business/injury firm. www.hypelegal.com

Hype Legal case study

3. ArtVersion — worth an RFP if the project is more brand/design-led. They're Chicago-based and emphasize responsive design plus CMS work across WordPress, Drupal and other platforms, including ongoing CMS maintenance. artversion.com

ArtVersion Chicago web design

How I'd choose

For your particular brief, I'd weight the selection roughly:

CMS migration/technical SEO 30% · law-firm UX/IA 25% · responsive design 20% · content migration 15% · ongoing support 10%.

The migration piece is the one I'd scrutinize most. A pretty redesign is relatively easy to demonstrate; preserving URLs, rankings, metadata, internal links, redirects, structured data, analytics, forms, and historical content during the CMS move is where projects can go sideways. Chicago's SEO Design Chicago, for example, explicitly treats URL mapping, redirects, crawlability, internal links and post-migration monitoring as part of its migration process. seodesignchicago.com

My move: get proposals from Orbit + Hype Legal + one design-oriented shop (ArtVersion) and give all three exactly the same requirements. Ask each to show you 2–3 comparable midsize law-firm migrations, not just attractive screenshots.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether you want to stay on WordPress or move to something else, I can narrow this to the best 2–3 firms and give you a realistic Chicago budget/timeline.

For a midsize law firm, I’d prioritize an agency that understands both legal-sector UX/content and the technical risk of a CMS migration—not just a firm that makes attractive responsive sites.

My shortlist

1. Orbit Media Studios — my first call

Orbit is the strongest overall fit I found. They specifically market law-firm website design, and their process covers strategy, UX, development, content migration, CMS training, accessibility, SEO, QA, and post-launch support. They support both WordPress and Drupal. www.orbitmedia.com

They're also Chicago-based, although their office is in Ravenswood rather than downtown. For a midsize firm, that's probably a worthwhile tradeoff for the depth of their web/CMS team.

Orbit Media's law-firm web design practice

2. SEO Design Chicago — particularly good if SEO preservation is critical

Their migration offering explicitly covers CMS/platform migration, content/database migration, 301 redirects, analytics, URL mapping, technical SEO and pre/post-launch testing. They work with WordPress, Drupal and several other CMSs. seodesignchicago.com

I'd put them on the shortlist if your existing site has substantial Google rankings and you're worried about losing organic traffic during the redesign.

SEO Design Chicago's migration services

3. FrontPage Interactive — worth getting a proposal from

They explicitly combine responsive design, development and CMS implementation, and they have a testimonial from a prominent downtown Chicago law firm. Their positioning is more generalist than Orbit's, so I'd use them as a competitive bid rather than my first choice. frontpageinteractive.com

FrontPage Interactive

One I'd consider only if you want a very legal-specific approach

CaseOrbit is interesting because it focuses specifically on Chicago law firms and combines website design with legal SEO and intake/conversion strategy. caseorbit.co I'd investigate them if new-client acquisition is a major objective of the redesign, rather than simply modernizing the firm's digital presence.

What I'd put in your RFP

For your particular project, I'd make these non-negotiable:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• Full content inventory and migration plan
• 301 redirect mapping for every meaningful existing URL
• Preservation of metadata, schema, internal linking and search rankings
• CMS that attorneys/marketing staff can actually edit
• Accessibility/WCAG compliance
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• Staging environment and complete pre-launch QA
• Analytics/Search Console migration
• Training and documentation
• Post-launch monitoring
• Clear ownership of the CMS, code, domain, hosting and content
• Integration with whatever your firm uses for intake/CRM
• A defined rollback plan if launch goes badly

That distinction matters: a responsive redesign is relatively straightforward; a redesign + CMS migration without damaging your existing SEO, content architecture and lead flow is the real project. Orbit and SEO Design Chicago are the two I'd interview first based on what they're publicly offering. seodesignchicago.comwww.orbitmedia.com

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and rough budget, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you what I would expect each one to charge.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d put these on the shortlist rather than going with a generic web shop:

1. AttorneySync — Best if your site is primarily a business-development/lead-generation asset. They specialize in law firms and handle website design/development alongside SEO and analytics. Their office is at 211 W Wacker. getnorthlane.com

2. Marcel Digital — Particularly interesting if the CMS migration is technically significant. They're downtown at 20 N Wacker and have strong CMS/web-development expertise, including Umbraco migrations and ongoing support. I'd interview them if you're moving from an older/enterprise CMS.

3. Clique Studios — A stronger candidate if you're looking for a more sophisticated UX/brand redesign, accessibility work, and scalable CMS architecture rather than a primarily SEO-driven law-firm website.

4. ArtVersion® Creative Agency — Downtown at 211 W Wacker. More design/UX-oriented, with web development and experience across WordPress/Drupal. Worth considering if the firm's current site feels dated visually and the redesign is as important as the migration.

5. Adage Technologies — At 10 S Riverside Plaza. I'd consider them for a larger, integration-heavy project where the CMS needs to connect with other systems and you want a long-term technical partner.

One non-downtown option I'd absolutely include

Orbit Media Studios — This is probably the most directly aligned fit based on what you're asking for. Orbit has a dedicated law-firm website practice and explicitly handles responsive design, CMS replatforming, content migration, accessibility/browser testing, CMS training, and ongoing CMS support. Their published law-firm projects can run 10–30+ weeks, so they're more of a substantial strategic engagement than a quick redesign. www.orbitmedia.com

My recommendation: get proposals from Orbit + Marcel + AttorneySync. That gives you three quite different approaches: legal-specialist web strategy, technical/CMS expertise, and legal marketing/performance.

One thing I would not treat as a secondary detail: make the RFP explicitly require URL-by-URL migration mapping, 301 redirects, metadata/schema preservation, attorney/practice-area taxonomy, accessibility testing, responsive QA, analytics continuity, and a rollback plan. CMS migration can damage search visibility if those pieces aren't handled carefully. seodesignchicago.com

If you tell me what CMS you're on now, what you want to migrate to (if known), approximate page count, and whether SEO/lead generation is a major goal, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and give you a realistic Chicago budget range.

For a midsize law firm in downtown Chicago doing a responsive redesign + CMS migration, I’d prioritize firms that understand legal-sector needs (practice-area content, attorney bios, SEO preservation, accessibility, intake conversion paths, governance) rather than a general web shop.

A shortlist I’d put in front of a managing partner or marketing director:

A couple of non-downtown Chicago options I’d also include in an RFP:

• Orbit Media Studios — particularly strong for law firm websites, content strategy, SEO, and CMS builds. www.orbitmedia.com
• Saturno Design — more specialized toward law firms, especially if you want a legal-specific CMS rather than a generic WordPress build. www.saturnodesign.comwww.orbitmedia.com

For a midsize firm, I would probably not choose solely based on “best-looking portfolio.” I’d ask each candidate:

1. CMS recommendation: Why WordPress, Drupal, Webflow, headless CMS, or your proprietary platform?
2. Migration plan: How will you preserve URLs, redirects, rankings, attorney bios, publications, and old content?
3. Legal workflow: Can marketing staff add attorneys, practices, alerts, news, and thought leadership without developer help?
4. Accessibility: How will you handle WCAG compliance?
5. Governance: Can partners approve content while marketing manages updates?
6. SEO ownership: Who owns metadata, schema, redirects, analytics, and post-launch monitoring?

For a typical Chicago midsize firm (roughly 20–200 attorneys), I’d likely start conversations with Duo, Marcel Digital, Orbit Media, and Saturno because they’re the closest match to a serious redesign/migration project rather than a simple brochure-site refresh. www.orbitmedia.com

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, legacy custom, etc.), attorney count, and whether the priority is brand prestige vs. generating more matters, I can narrow this to a top 3.

For a midsize law firm, I’d shortlist agencies that can handle more than visual redesign—especially information architecture, attorney/practice-area content, SEO preservation, accessibility, CMS training, and a careful migration.

My Chicago shortlist

1. AttorneySync — best if legal-industry expertise is the priority
   • Chicago-based and focused specifically on law firms.
   • Covers website design/development alongside SEO, analytics, and ongoing marketing.
   • Particularly attractive if the new site needs to function as a business-development/intake tool, not just a prettier brochure.
   • Downtown: 211 W Wacker Dr.

2. ArtVersion® Creative Agency — best for sophisticated design + UX
   • Downtown Loop agency with a long Chicago presence.
   • Stronger fit if your firm cares about premium visual design, brand positioning, UX and custom development.
   • Their work spans WordPress/Drupal and other CMS ecosystems, and they offer end-to-end strategy, design, development and maintenance.

3. Marcel Digital — best for a technically serious CMS migration
   • At 20 N Wacker.
   • Particularly interesting if you're moving to/from Umbraco or have a fairly complex content architecture, integrations, analytics or SEO requirements.
   • Their web practice emphasizes enterprise/B2B sites and CMS migrations/upgrades.

4. Market JD, Inc. — best legal-specific alternative
   • At 20 N Wacker and focused specifically on attorneys/law firms.
   • Their positioning combines mobile-optimized website development with lead generation, search visibility and intake-oriented UX.

5. cre8 — best if the CMS/content operation is unusually complex
   • Chicago-based studio specializing in CMS ecosystems, integrations and longer-term technical partnerships.
   • Less specifically legal-focused, but potentially a very good choice if you're dealing with lots of content types, integrations, compliance/accessibility requirements or a complicated migration.

One non-downtown firm I'd absolutely consider

SEO Design Chicago is farther north, but its migration offering is unusually relevant to your project. It explicitly handles CMS migrations, custom WordPress development, URL/redirect mapping, accessibility, performance and post-migration SEO. Their migration documentation emphasizes preserving URLs, internal links and search equity during a CMS change. seodesignchicago.com

If it were my RFP

I'd invite AttorneySync, ArtVersion, and Marcel Digital to pitch.

I'd make them all answer the same questions:

• What CMS would you recommend and why?
• How will you migrate every page, attorney bio, practice area, publication/resource and document?
• Who owns the CMS, code, design files and hosting after launch?
• Show me 2–3 law-firm redesigns comparable in size to ours.
• How do you preserve existing organic traffic—especially 301 redirects, metadata, canonical URLs, schema, backlinks and indexed PDFs?
• How do you handle WCAG/ADA accessibility?
• Can our marketing/BD team create new practice-area pages and edit attorney bios without developers?
• What's your process for staging, content QA, redirects, analytics and post-launch monitoring?
• What's included in the fixed fee versus change orders?
• What happens after launch—training, CMS support, security and maintenance?

That last migration piece is important: a redesign can look fantastic and still be a disaster if the agency treats the CMS move as a simple content copy. A good migration should explicitly map the old URL structure to the new one and test redirects, crawlability and internal links. seodesignchicago.com

My first call would be AttorneySync if legal specialization matters most; ArtVersion if brand/design is the differentiator; Marcel if the migration is technically complex.

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, practice areas, and whether you want WordPress/Webflow/Drupal/etc., I can narrow this to the 2–3 strongest candidates and give you a rough Chicago-market budget range.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d shortlist agencies that have actually handled the combination of responsive redesign + CMS migration + legal-industry content/SEO, rather than a generic web designer.

My shortlist

1. Duo Consulting — strongest fit for a complex CMS migration
   • Downtown at 200 S Wacker.
   • Particularly interesting if you have a sizable site, lots of attorney/practice-area content, or are considering Drupal.
   • Their work includes content strategy, migration, UX/design and CMS implementations, and they have legal-site experience.
   • I'd call them first if the migration is the hard part.

2. Solid Digital — strongest all-around redesign candidate
   • 100 N LaSalle.
   • Does website redesign, UX/UI, responsive design, development and ongoing support, with a structured design/engineering process.
   • Better choice if you're looking for a modern brand/UX overhaul, not merely a CMS swap.

3. Clique Studios — best for a sophisticated, high-end digital experience
   • 20 N Wacker.
   • Strong on discovery, UX, accessibility, responsive design and scalable CMS implementations.
   • I'd consider them if your firm has multiple offices/practice groups and wants a more substantial digital transformation.

4. AttorneySync — best if lead generation/SEO is a major objective
   • 211 W Wacker.
   • Specifically focused on legal marketing and offers website design/development alongside SEO, analytics and ongoing marketing.
   • I'd favor them over a general agency if the redesign is primarily supposed to generate more qualified matters.

5. Market JD, Inc. — another legal-specialist option
   • 20 N Wacker.
   • Focused specifically on attorney/law-firm marketing, including mobile-optimized web design and intake-oriented user flows.
   • Worth getting a proposal from if you want the agency to own design + SEO + conversion strategy.

One more worth looking at

Americaneagle.com, Inc. has a downtown Chicago office and is geared toward mid-market/enterprise organizations. It explicitly handles website rebuilds and content migration, so it's worth considering if your firm's site is unusually large or has complicated integrations.

If it were my RFP

I'd invite Duo, Solid Digital, and AttorneySync to pitch.

That gives you three meaningfully different approaches:

I'd make the RFP specifically require them to explain how they'll preserve SEO during migration—URL mapping/301s, metadata, attorney/practice-area taxonomy, structured data, redirects, analytics, staging and launch QA—not just show you pretty homepage mockups. For a law firm, that migration work can matter more than the visual redesign itself.

If you tell me your current CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore, custom, etc.), approximate page count, and whether the goal is primarily recruiting, brand credibility, or generating new matters, I can narrow this to the best 2–3 firms and give you a ballpark budget/timeline for a midsize law firm.

For a midsize Chicago law firm, I’d prioritize firms that understand both legal-sector UX/content and the technical risk of a CMS migration—not just a shop that makes attractive WordPress sites.

My shortlist

1. AttorneySync — strongest legal-specialist option
   • Downtown at 211 W. Wacker.
   • Focuses exclusively on law firms and combines website work with SEO, analytics, and lead-generation strategy.
   • Particularly worth talking to if the redesign is meant to improve practice-area discovery and client intake, not merely modernize the look.
   • I'd ask specifically for examples of midsize/full-service firms, rather than consumer PI sites.

2. Orbit Media — strongest overall fit for a sophisticated redesign
   • Chicago-based and explicitly offers responsive design, CMS replatforming, content migration, CMS training, UX, accessibility, and technical SEO. www.orbitmedia.com
   • Their law-firm practice is unusually relevant: they explicitly market custom legal websites and say projects can run 10–30+ weeks, which is more consistent with a substantial midsize-firm engagement than a quick template rebuild. www.orbitmedia.comseodesignchicago.com
   • They'd be my first call if you have a sizable attorney/practice-area/resource library and multiple stakeholders.

3. Market JD, Inc. — good legal-industry alternative
   • Their Chicago office is at 20 N. Wacker.
   • Specifically targets law firms and midsize practices, with mobile-optimized website rebuilds and intake-oriented UX.
   • More marketing/SEO-oriented than a pure UX/development studio, so I'd compare their technical migration methodology against Orbit's.

4. Pattern 6 — interesting boutique option
   • Located at the Merchandise Mart.
   • Specifically works with professional services/law firms and emphasizes custom, fast, mobile-friendly, SEO-oriented sites rather than cookie-cutter builds.
   • I'd consider them if you want a more boutique relationship.

One I'd bring in specifically for the migration

SEO Design Chicago is worth considering if the existing site has a lot of valuable organic traffic, publications, attorney bios, case results, PDFs, etc. They explicitly handle CMS migrations, content/database migration, URL mapping, 301 redirects, analytics preservation, and pre/post-launch testing. seodesignchicago.com

That's important because the migration is potentially more consequential than the redesign. A beautiful new site that loses years of search equity is a bad project.

What I'd actually do

I'd send an RFP/brief to Orbit + AttorneySync + Market JD, and optionally Pattern 6 as the boutique wildcard.

For your project, I'd make these requirements non-negotiable:

• Responsive/mobile-first redesign
• CMS migration with complete content inventory
• Attorney/practice-area/resource content modeling
• URL-by-URL redirect mapping
• Preservation of metadata, canonical tags, schema, PDFs and backlinks
• Staging environment and content QA
• Accessibility review
• Analytics/CRM/intake integration
• Page-speed/Core Web Vitals work
• CMS training for marketing staff
• Clear ownership of code, content and hosting
• Post-launch monitoring for 30–90 days

There are good examples of why this matters: a recent McGuireWoods migration involved moving a large legal site to WordPress Multisite while preserving content, improving search, and addressing performance/SEO. wpengine.com

If you tell me your current CMS, approximate page count, number of attorneys/practice areas, and whether SEO is a major acquisition channel, I can narrow this to 2–3 firms and tell you which I'd hire.