What Stark & Stark does

Stark & Stark is a private professional corporation law firm, legally Stark & Stark, PC, founded in 1933 and headquartered in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with 200+ legal professionals serving clients primarily across the Northeast United States. The firm operates seven physical offices covering the New Jersey (Hamilton, Marlton, Edison/Iselin, Bridgeton), Pennsylvania (Newtown, Philadelphia), and New York (5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 23rd Floor) markets. It is organized as a horizontal full-service platform with three core practice areas, Accident & Personal Injury Services, Business & Commercial Services, and Individual & Family Services, supplemented by specialized practices in Investment Management & Securities (including Outsourced Compliance Services), Trusts & Estates, Construction Litigation, and Product Liability.

The firm's revenue mechanics split between contingency-based personal injury representation (transaction-fee model, percentage of settlements or verdicts) and professional services billing (hourly or fixed fees) across the remaining practice areas, with fees determined through consultation rather than publicly disclosed pricing. GTM is sales-led through direct client engagement, professional referrals, community involvement with 120+ organizations, attorney recognition awards (Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers), and content marketing including the Adviser Intelligence podcast distributed across major streaming platforms. The technology profile is conventional for a regional law firm, anchored on case management systems and legal expertise rather than proprietary platforms, with no disclosed APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities.

Customer segments span individual personal injury claimants and families (estate planning, family law), registered investment advisers and broker-dealers (compliance advisory), and business/commercial clients including community associations, retail developers, and small-to-mid-market companies. The firm holds visible credential moats, 24 NJ Supreme Court certified attorneys, 27 Best Lawyers-recognized attorneys in 2025, and Mansfield Rule Certification, alongside case outcomes such as a $22.46M trucking verdict and a $4.5M motorcycle wrongful-death settlement that anchor plaintiff-side credibility.

Name

Stark & Stark

Legal name

Stark & Stark, PC

Website

https://stark-stark.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Stark & Stark is a full-service law firm founded in 1933 with 200+ legal professionals across seven offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, serving individual and business clients through personal injury, business/commercial, family law, and investment management compliance practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Personal injury law
• Estate planning
• Investment compliance
• Commercial litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Lawrenceville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Personal Injury: Contingency-based legal representation for personal injury victims where fees are earned as a percentage of settlements or verdicts won for clients.
2. Legal Services - General Legal Representation: Hourly or fixed-fee legal services for business and individual clients across various practice areas including family law, business law, trusts & estates, and litigation.
3. Investment Management & Securities Compliance Services: Legal compliance advisory services for registered investment advisers, including regulatory examination preparation, policy development, and ongoing compliance support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stark & Stark is a full-service law firm established in 1933 that delivers legal representation across three core practice areas: Accident & Personal Injury Services, Business & Commercial Services, and Individual & Family Services. With 200+ legal professionals in seven offices across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, the firm serves individuals, families, and businesses with specialized practices including Investment Management & Securities compliance, Outsourced Compliance Services, Trusts & Estates, Construction Litigation, and Product Liability. The firm has represented clients from all 50 states.

Product overview

Stark & Stark is a full-service law firm founded in 1933, offering legal services through three core practice areas: Accident & Personal Injury Services, Business & Commercial Services, and Individual & Family Services. The firm operates on a platform-plus-specializations model, with core service lines supplemented by specialized practices including Investment Management & Securities (with Outsourced Compliance Services), Trusts & Estates, Construction Litigation, and Product Liability. The firm serves clients nationwide with over 200 legal professionals across offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Additionally, the firm produces the Adviser Intelligence Podcast, an educational content resource for investment advisers covering compliance topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Adviser Intelligence: A podcast focused on compliance, regulation, and risk for investment advisers and financial institutions, featuring attorneys from the Investment Management & Securities practice.

Products and services

• Accident & Personal Injury Services Legal representation for individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries and wrongful death resulting from motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, bus accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and construction accidents.
• Business & Commercial Services Comprehensive business legal services including corporate law, commercial litigation, construction litigation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, investment management and securities, commercial real estate, zoning and land development, employment law, intellectual property, and franchise services for business clients.
• Individual & Family Services Family law services including divorce, custody, trusts and estates, criminal defense, and related matters for individuals and families.
• Investment Management & Securities Legal counsel for registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, and financial institutions covering SEC compliance, regulatory examinations, Form ADV filings, custody rules, marketing rule compliance, and outsourced compliance services.
• Outsourced Compliance Services Compliance assistance for investment advisers, financial planners, broker-dealers, and public and private investment companies throughout the United States, including SEC and DOL rules implementation and regulatory examination preparation.
• Trusts & Estates Estate planning, trust administration, wealth preservation, and probate litigation services including wills, trusts, business succession planning, guardianship, and estate dispute resolution.
• Product Liability Legal representation for individuals injured by defective products, including manufacturing defects, design defects, and insufficient instructions or warnings, covering products ranging from vehicles to medical devices to household items.
• Construction Litigation Complex construction litigation representing community associations, developers, and plaintiffs, handling claims related to water infiltration, EIFS, roofing systems, structural failures, and design deficiencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• $22,459,353 settlement for catastrophic commercial vehicle accident victim
• +6 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fox Rothschild: National full-service law firm with strong NJ/PA presence and comparable practice mix across personal injury, business, family law, and trusts & estates. Comparable scale (~700 attorneys, multiple offices in PA/NJ/NY) makes it a closely matched regional peer.
• Archer & Greiner: New Jersey-headquartered full-service law firm with overlapping practice areas including personal injury, business/commercial litigation, real estate, and family law. Similar geographic footprint and mid-size scale make it a closely comparable regional peer.
• Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller: Philadelphia-based full-service law firm with comparable practice areas including commercial litigation, construction litigation, and family law. Overlapping PA/NJ footprint and similar mid-size positioning make it a strong peer.
• White and Williams: Philadelphia-headquartered mid-size law firm offering business litigation, insurance, construction, and personal injury defense — overlapping many Stark & Stark practice areas with similar geographic concentration in PA/NJ.
• Flaster Greenberg: Cherry Hill, NJ-based mid-size full-service law firm with comparable practice areas including business/commercial, real estate, and family/individual services. Direct competitor in the southern NJ legal market with similar scale.
• Stevens & Lee: Pennsylvania-based mid-size full-service law firm with comparable practices in litigation, business, financial services, and construction litigation. Comparable scale and Mid-Atlantic footprint make it a closely aligned regional peer.
• Saul Ewing: Philadelphia-based mid-Atlantic full-service law firm offering business, real estate, litigation, and family services across PA, NJ, NY and beyond. Comparable regional scope and practice breadth make it a direct peer.

Broad incumbents

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney: Pennsylvania-headquartered AmLaw 200 firm with full-service practice including litigation, business, healthcare, and personal injury. Larger incumbent with overlapping PA/NJ presence and broader geographic reach, providing a 'scaled competitor' peer reference.
• Ballard Spahr: Philadelphia-headquartered national AmLaw 200 firm with extensive business, litigation, real estate, and consumer financial services practices. Larger incumbent peer with overlapping NJ/PA/NY office footprint.
• Reed Smith: Pittsburgh/Philadelphia-founded AmLaw firm now global, with overlapping practice areas in commercial litigation, construction, energy, and personal injury. Significantly larger, providing an incumbent benchmark for growth trajectory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLYfHBUwU3YLlUjxrBUOqQsOhcFPVIjkRk
• Xx.com/starkandstark
• Facebookfacebook.com/stark.and.stark

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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