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 24
Currently registered, most recently admitted first.
| Attorney | Employer | Admitted |
|---|---|---|
| Katerina Finny Powers | United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York | 2021 |
| Jordyn E. Principale | Center for Elder Law and Justice | 2021 |
| Molly Ann Roach | Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo | 2021 |
| Benjamin Lankenau Sachs | Department of Homeland Security | 2021 |
| Rachael Elizabeth Scanlon | M&T Bank | 2021 |
| Brandon Michael Snyder | No employer listed | 2021 |
| Rachel M. Vicario | No employer listed | 2021 |
| Thomas Stetson Videon IV | Nys Workers Compensation Board | 2021 |
| Caroline R. Vilardo | Harter Secrest & Emery LLP | 2021 |
| Brittney Austin Waters | University at Buffalo School of Law Library | 2021 |
| Brianna Jean Weaver | Center for Elder Law & Justice | 2021 |
| Daniel Steven White | Erie County Attorney’s Office | 2021 |
| Brian John Whitney | No employer listed | 2021 |
| Darian Rose Wilkom | Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 2021 |
| Matthew Frank Withiam-Leitch | Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC | 2021 |
| Ling Yao | Phillips Lytle LLP | 2021 |
| Lisa Michelle Zaccagnino | Barclay Damon, LLP | 2021 |
| John Sebastian Zakour | Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo | 2021 |
| Robert Ernest Ziske Jr. | Roach Lennon & Brown, PLLC | 2021 |
| Shabhia Aktar | Western New York Law Center | 2020 |
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
| Decade | Buffalo | All New York |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | <1% | <1% |
| 1960s | 1% | 2% |
| 1970s | 6% | 6% |
| 1980s | 13% | 13% |
| 1990s | 18% | 18% |
| 2000s | 19% | 20% |
| 2010s | 25% | 24% |
| 2020s | 17% | 18% |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.
Firms with the most attorneys in Buffalo
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.
Where Buffalo’s attorneys studied
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.
Questions this place leads to
- Erie County’s registered barBuffalo holds 70% of the county’s 4,149 currently registered attorneys.
- Everyone who lists Hodgson Russ LLP141 of them give an office in Buffalo; 219 on the register in all.
- University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register2,078 of Buffalo’s attorneys studied there, more than at any other school.
- Every New York city and town on the registerEach place with its attorneys and how many are currently registered.
- Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.
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The register lists who is admitted and where their office is, not what kind of law anyone practises, so this page cannot suggest a lawyer for a problem. The New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service matches people with lawyers by area of law; once you have a name, its record here shows whether the lawyer is registered.