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

Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY

Erie County

On the register
3,467
Currently registered
2,906
File of
Sep 29, 2026

3,467 living attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026 give an office in Buffalo; 2,906 are currently registered, 70% of the 4,149 in Erie County. Hodgson Russ LLP is the employer most listed (141), and University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) the most common school.

Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, page 11

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Maura Colleen Kutnyak-SmalleyLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo2024
Isabelle Hauan LabarberaHurwitz Fine P.C.2024
Leonardo Rok LampretThe Law Offices of Melissa A. Day, PLLC2024
Andrew James LatonaHarter Secrest & Emery LLP2024
Kathryn Elizabeth LawrenceErie County District Attorney’s Office2024
Jacob David LewisPhillips Lytle2024
Elizabeth Lauren LindhomeHarter Secrest & Emery LLP2024
Robert Jack Maranto IIIAndrews, Bernstein & Maranto, PLLC2024
Anthony Joseph MasseLippes Mathias LLP2024
William Douglas McGuire IILegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.2024
Matthew Robert MendozaFeldman Kieffer, LLP2024
Jessica Ann MillerLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.2024
Miranda S. NeyerlinLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo2024
Ron L. OakesBarclay Damon LLP2024
Alejandro Victor OcasioErie County District Attorney’s Office2024
Emily Lorraine OczytkoRichmond Vona LLC2024
Lindsey Marie PastuszynskiErie County Department of Social Services Office of Counsel2024
Zoe Helene PeppasHodgson Russ LLP2024
Mykala Leigh PierceErie County Department of Social Services2024
Jennifer Frances RealeLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.2024

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

When they were admitted, against the state

Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%6%1970s13%18%1990s19%25%17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Share of Buffalo’s living attorneys admitted in each decade (columns) against all living attorneys with a New York office (dashed).
DecadeBuffaloAll New York
1950s<1%<1%
1960s1%2%
1970s6%6%
1980s13%13%
1990s18%18%
2000s19%20%
2010s25%24%
2020s17%18%

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

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

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

Questions this place leads to

  1. Erie County’s registered barBuffalo holds 70% of the county’s 4,149 currently registered attorneys.
  2. Everyone who lists Hodgson Russ LLP141 of them give an office in Buffalo; 219 on the register in all.
  3. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register2,078 of Buffalo’s attorneys studied there, more than at any other school.
  4. Every New York city and town on the registerEach place with its attorneys and how many are currently registered.
  5. Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.

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