Exhibit A
Criminal Defense Lawyers work in Topeka
Topeka is a mid sized capital city with a steady base of criminal defense work. Shawnee County District Court sits downtown, and the municipal court handles its own docket, so the searches come from people who have a date on a citation or a notice to appear. The firms competing for those searches are mostly small practices and solo attorneys, with a handful of larger firms that also run paid ads. Paid search in this trade is worth real money because a single retained case carries weight, so the ad slots on the main terms are contested. Franchises are not a factor here the way they are in consumer trades. The demand is local, it is steady, and it clusters around the courts and the county lines.
