PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Ryan Lance Gellman

On the New York attorney register since 1994 · office in Buffalo, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
2584316
Admitted
1994 · Fourth Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Dec 2026

Ryan Lance Gellman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1994 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Buffalo, NY; next registration due Dec 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Ryan Lance Gellman has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2026.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. Currently registered the first file we hold

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.

Others who list this employer on the register

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Colucci and Gallaher PC”. We count that spelling with Colucci & Gallaher, P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

10 other attorneys list Colucci & Gallaher, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1994, and all 11 give an office in Buffalo, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1994, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Anthony J. Colucci III1984Currently registered
John Jude Marchese1993Currently registered
Dennis Patrick Gallaher1995Currently registered
Paul G. Joyce2001Currently registered
Marybeth Priore Mantharam2004Currently registered

All 11 registrations that list Colucci & Gallaher, P.C.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).

Where this record sits on the register

Ryan Lance Gellman studied at University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) (the register spells it “U OF BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL”). 1,970 of its 9,828 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Ryan Lance Gellman was.

Same law school
9,828living graduates; 90.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Buffalo, NY
3,467living registrants

Of the 3,467 living registrants with an office in Buffalo, NY, 932 were admitted before 1994 and 2,456 after.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

Questions this record leads to

  1. Everyone who lists Colucci & Gallaher, P.C.11 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1994; all 11 give an office in Buffalo, NY.
  2. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register9,828 living, 90.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY3,467 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19946,410 people admitted in 1994 are on the register, 493 of them through the Fourth Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Ryan Lance Gellman’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Ryan Lance Gellman in 1994. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Erie County, where the register places the office.

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).

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