Attorneys in Amherst, NY

190 registered attorneys

Amherst mid-market register note

Rank #60 of 626NY cities by NY office-row count.

Among 190 non-deceased rows with an admission year, the span runs 1961-2026 (median 1998). Longest-tenured listed office peers: Stuart Allen Gellman (1961) , Thomas S. Pera (1961) , Stanley M. Lopat (1962) .

Amherst's register footprint

Amherst, NY concentrates in Currently registered (89% of 190 rows; status mix index 7,964).

Among school-named rows, Suny Buffalo Law School alone is 60% (school mix index 4,646).

Mix index is HHI×10,000 on OCA status shares and on school-named rows. Distinct from the statewide rank line above.

Amherst office-book shape

Amherst spreads named employers across 129 firms (mix index 109); Gibson, Mcaskill & Crosby, Llp leads at 6 of 163 named rows.

ZIP book runs 5 codes; 14226 holds 45% (86 rows).

Judicial dept 4 covers 87% of dept-tagged rows (165 of 4 departments present).

Largest admission decade is the 1990s at 21% of 190 dated rows - no single decade majority.

Derived from employer, ZIP, judicial-department, and admission-year fields on the same OCA extract - not a market-quality ranking.

Amherst registration renewal calendar

Next-registration months spread wide here - 12 distinct calendar months on file, no single month over 12% (Mar tops the list).

Renewal years span 2026–2028; 2027 leads at 44% (84 rows).

Among the same dated rows, median admission is 1998 (mean tenure ~27.5 years) - an older local book.

Next-registration month/year comes from the OCA extract (birthday-linked renewal window) - an administrative calendar, not a quality or discipline ranking.

Amherst corporate-led employer book

corporate / other employers lead this 190-row book at 54% (top named: Tiveron Law Pllc).

27 blank-employer rows sit beside the named book.

Also present: law firms (53), education (7).

Roles are heuristic labels on OCA employer strings (government, law firm, education, military, corporate, blank) - not a practice-area or quality ranking.

Register status - Amherst

office rows

What this shows 89% Currently registered among 190 office rows.

Source NY OCA Attorney Registrations via data.ny.gov As of 2026-08-06
Name Status
Megan Michelle Poynter Currently registered
Brian K. Prince Currently registered
Jon E. Purizhansky Currently registered
Gabor B. Rado Currently registered
Therese Rahill Wincott Currently registered
Christa Salvo Rivo Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Karin Marie Ryan Currently registered
Michael A. Schaeftler Suspended, delinquent
Jeffrey Vincent Scherer Currently registered
Keith Brian Schulefand Currently registered
Courtney G. Scime Currently registered
Amanda J. Scott Currently registered
Robert Gerard Scumaci Currently registered
Alexander Michael Segelhurst Currently registered
Timothy Peter Seibold Currently registered
Brendan Thomas Shannon Currently registered
Stephen R. Silverstein Currently registered
Christopher John Smolka Currently registered
Anna Zornek Spacone Currently registered
Linda Lalli Stark Currently registered
Cheryl Lynn Stein Currently registered
Raymond Craig Stilwell Currently registered
Andrew James Stimson Currently registered
Steven James Sturman Currently registered
Melissa A. Tocha Currently registered
Jeffrey J. Tyrpak Currently registered
Norman B. Viti Jr Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Regina A. Walker Currently registered
Booker T. Washington Currently registered
Edward Hanson White Currently registered
Alison L. Williams Currently registered
Jennifer Mandina Wiss Currently registered
Thomas E. Wojtan Currently registered
Carol Ann Wojtowicz Currently registered
Brian Russell Wood Currently registered
Colleen M. Woodworth Currently registered
Elizabeth Rose Wright Currently registered
Edward Peter Yankelunas Currently registered
Rachel Sylvie Zimmer Currently registered
Helen W. Zimmerman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday

Showing 151–190 of 190 attorneys

Amherst's nearest office-count peers

Cities nearest Amherst on NY office-row count (190).

Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov - attorney registration counts.

Out-of-state peers for Amherst

Amherst, NY at 190 office rows and 89% Currently registered - matched below on count and active rate (not the nearest-count strip above).

Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a market-quality or employment ranking.