Attorneys in Buffalo, NY

3,465 registered attorneys

Buffalo office-market desk (NY)

Statewide count rank #4 / 629NY cities, a large office market.

Among 3,465 non-deceased rows with an admission year, the span runs 1951-2026 (median 2006). Longest-tenured listed office peers: Dimitri Tzetzo (1951) , Richard J. Lehner (1956) , James S. Fanning (1958) .

Buffalo's register footprint

Buffalo, NY concentrates in Currently registered (85% of 3,465 rows; status mix index 7,394).

Among school-named rows, Suny Buffalo Law School alone is 65% (school mix index 4,966).

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

Buffalo ZIP-led office book

Buffalo spreads named employers across 1,614 firms (mix index 51); Hodgson Russ Llp leads at 128 of 3,293 named rows.

ZIP book runs 33 codes; 14202 holds 55% (1,909 rows).

Judicial dept 4 covers 86% of dept-tagged rows (2,972 of 4 departments present).

Largest admission decade is the 2010s at 25% of 3,465 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.

Buffalo registration renewal calendar

Next-registration months spread wide here - 12 distinct calendar months on file, no single month over 9% (Aug tops the list).

Renewal years span 2025–2028; 2027 leads at 44% (1,513 rows).

Median admission year 2006; mean tenure ~22.3 years on dated rows.

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

Buffalo corporate-led employer book

corporate / other employers lead this 3,465-row book at 47% (top named: M&T Bank).

172 blank-employer rows sit beside the named book.

Also present: law firms (1,429), government (182), education (49).

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

Buffalo status stack

office rows

What this shows 85% Currently registered among 3,465 office rows.

Source NY OCA Attorney Registrations via data.ny.gov As of 2026-08-06
Name Status
Joseph A. Fiorella Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Cheryl Smith Fisher Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
William Francis Fitzgerald Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Carol Anne Fitzsimmons Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Amy Archer Flaherty Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Brian Flessa Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jill Zigenfus Florkowski Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Scot James Foley Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Heidi Lynn Forman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Daniel Paul Forsyth Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Gerard Francis Forton Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Ryan Anthony Fortuna Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Lawrence C. Franco Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Scott Edward Friedman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Gary R. Gaffney Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Julio M. Garcia Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jillian Alexandra Gately Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Lynn D. Gates Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Eric Christopher Genau Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Paul D. Georger Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Gary Anthony Gerace Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Joseph Lawrence Gerken Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Joseph Frank Gervase Jr. Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Andrew Thomas Gill Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Evan Kaufman Glaberson Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Dennis P. Glascott Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Robert B. Gleichenhaus Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Andrea Christine Godfread-Brown Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
John Michael Godwin Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Robert Michael Goldstein Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Christopher Charles Gore Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Emilie Erin Gough Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Patrick E. Granger Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Trisha Marie Green Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Herbert Lewis Greenman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Thomas Robert Grenke Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
James William Gresens Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Garrett Grieser Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Ellen Elizabeth Grimm Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Christopher J. Grover Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Vanessa Suzanne Guite Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Melinda J. Gullo Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
F. Alejandro Gutierrez Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Michael T. Hagelin Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
George Hajduczok Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
James E. Harmon Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Mark Andrew Hauck Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Christopher L. Hayes Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Roland Lord Wheeler Hayes Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
John Vincent Heffron Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday

Showing 101–150 of 401 attorneys with status Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday

Out-of-state peers for Buffalo

Buffalo, NY at 3,465 office rows and 85% 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.