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
Michael E. Leff Currently registered
Richard I. Leff Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Amanda Jean Legasse Currently registered
Richard J. Lehner Currently registered
Keisha Colette Leising Currently registered
Mark Alan Leiter Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Sierra E. Leitten Currently registered
Kevin R. Lelonek Currently registered
Ryan Albert Lema Currently registered
Jeremiah Edward Lenihan Currently registered
James Michael Lennon Currently registered
John Patrick Lennon Currently registered
Benjamin Lee Leonard Currently registered
Kayla Emily Leonard Currently registered
Jennifer Lynn Leonardi Currently registered
John Francis Leone Currently registered
Matthew S. Lerner Currently registered
Natalie A. Lesh Currently registered
Craig A. Leslie Currently registered
Linda Marie Leslie Currently registered
Natalie Marie Lesniak Currently registered
Francis Michael Letro Currently registered
William Joshua Levesque Currently registered
Carolina Lew Currently registered
Kristen Valerie Lew Currently registered
Brian N. Lewandowski Currently registered
Jacob David Lewis Currently registered
Lawrence Steven Lewis Delinquent
Mark E. Lewis Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Robert Walker Lewis Currently registered
Meghan Elizabeth Leydecker Currently registered
John Philip Liberti Currently registered
John Barry Licata Delinquent
William Barry Licata Currently registered
Brian Richard Liebenow Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Katherine Marie Liebner Currently registered
Alicia Marie Lilley Currently registered
David Lim Currently registered
Kevin Michael Linder Currently registered
Elizabeth Lauren Lindhome Currently registered
Jonathon Joeffrey Ling Currently registered
Kathleen Ann Linhardt Currently registered
Arlow Michael Linton Currently registered
Howard Stewart Lipman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Amanda Rosenfield Lippes Currently registered
Gerald S. Lippes Currently registered
Joshua Richmond Lippes Currently registered
Robert Michael Lippman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
John N. Lipsitz Currently registered
Thomas E. Liptak Currently registered

Showing 1,751–1,800 of 3,465 attorneys

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.