Legal Services

The Brandi Law Firm Website Redesign Case Study

A modern legal website built to help a respected San Francisco personal injury firm make a stronger first impression online.

San Francisco, CAWebsite RedesignNext.js DevelopmentHeadless WordPressLegal BrandingSecure Lead CaptureLaunch SupportThe Brandi Law Firm
The Brandi Law Firm - website project by Lakeside Web Design
Launched
May 23, 2026
Next.js
Modern Legal Website
WordPress
Headless Blog
Secure
Contact System

The Challenge

The Website Needed to Match the Firm's Reputation

The Brandi Law Firm already had what most firms want: reputation, case history, referrals, and real credibility in San Francisco personal injury law. The website needed to carry that same weight.

For a serious legal practice, design is not decoration. It shapes whether a potential client, referral partner, or opposing counsel sees a polished firm or an outdated online presence.

The old experience did not give the firm's story enough room. Brandi needed a site that felt premium, organized decades of content, made attorney and practice-area information easier to scan, and gave visitors a clear way to reach out.

The work also had to stay legally careful. Brandi needed strong positioning without unsafe claims, clear state messaging for California, Nevada, and Arizona, and a design system that could support a large professional services website without feeling cluttered.

Our Approach

Turn Legal Credibility Into a Better Website Experience

We did not treat this like a quick visual refresh. We rebuilt the site around the way people actually evaluate a law firm online: first impression, proof, attorneys, practice areas, past results, and a clear next step.

The strategy was simple: make Brandi feel as serious online as it already was offline. The site needed to look premium, load cleanly, preserve important content, and help visitors understand the firm without digging.

01

Premium Legal Website Design

We gave the site a cleaner visual system with stronger typography, more confident spacing, attorney-forward pages, and a design tone that feels serious without becoming cold.

02

Modern Next.js Website Build

We built the public site with Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, and Vercel. For the business, that means a faster, cleaner foundation that is easier to maintain and improve over time.

03

Headless WordPress Blog Preservation

The firm had a large legacy blog library. Instead of throwing that away, we connected WordPress through WPGraphQL so Brandi could keep its publishing workflow while the main website moved to a modern front end.

04

Clear Page Architecture

We organized the homepage, attorney pages, practice-area pages, results, referrals, contact, and licensed-state pages so visitors can quickly understand what the firm does and where to go next.

05

Secure Contact Experience

We built a secure contact flow with validation, Cloudflare Turnstile, honeypot protection, rate limits, Neon lead storage, internal notifications, lead confirmation emails, and spam review safeguards.

The Results

A Launched Website That Feels Like the Firm It Represents

The full production site launched on May 23, 2026 at brandilaw.com, with the blog live at blog.brandilaw.com. The new site gives Brandi a polished digital home that feels more aligned with the firm's actual reputation.

The redesign brought the firm's main trust signals into a cleaner experience: attorney profiles, selected results, client comments, practice areas, referrals, licensed-state messaging, and contact paths all have a clearer place.

The headless WordPress setup also kept the blog workflow intact, so the firm did not have to trade a better website for a harder content process.

This is how web design can support long-term business growth. A better site makes the firm easier to evaluate, easier to trust, and easier to contact. That matters before a visitor ever becomes a lead.

This case study focuses on web design, branding, user experience, secure intake, and launch support. It does not claim signed-case growth, legal outcomes, or future results.

What This Means for Your Business

Key Takeaways

  • A website redesign should improve how people experience the business, not just change the colors.

  • A serious professional services firm needs design that supports trust, proof, and easy decision-making.

  • Headless WordPress can preserve a large content library while giving the main site the speed and design control of a modern Next.js build.

  • Secure contact forms matter because the website is not finished until people can reach the business safely and easily.

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