1. Start with the service area, not the population figure
Mandeville is recorded as a city in St. Tammany Parish. That relationship matters when you define the places your firm actually serves: Mandeville, other parts of St. Tammany Parish, or a wider Louisiana footprint. The Census record does not establish how many people search for a lawyer, how many firms compete for those searches, or how many inquiries Local Service Ads would produce. Bosseo’s public LSA description says its program includes category and geography targeting, so the useful question is whether the configured service area matches your real intake policy.
Recommended approach
Bring a written service-area rule to the consultation. Identify locations you accept, locations you do not accept, and any limits created by court coverage, travel, licensing or staffing. Ask Bosseo to explain how those boundaries would be represented in the LSA profile and how out-of-area inquiries would be identified and reviewed.
