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 4

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Kayla Christine ShuttsCenter for Elder Law & Justice2026
Matthew David TaboniColligan Law LLP2026
Monika Simbe TanThe Law Offices of Melissa A Day2026
Sarah Patricia Warshawsky TibbittsLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo2026
Grace Anne VenselBerardi Immigration Law2026
Gabriella WalshBerardi Immigration Law2026
James Andrew WheatThe Law Office of James A. Wheat2026
Jonathan Charles WhyteWhyte & Whyte, LLP2026
Steven Joseph WhyteWhyte & Whyte, LLP2026
Maddoc WilliamsonLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.2026
Guanlin YangPrisoners Legal Services of New York2026
Gabriela Gabe ZinatyCannon Heyman & Weiss2026
Andrei Amedeo ZmarandoiuRupp Pfalzgraf LLC2026
Steven AriasGross Shuman P.C.2025
Alicia Joy ArtisDepartment of Social Services2025
Jackie Lynn BakerNo employer listed2025
Alexis Marie BanaszakNeighborhood Legal Services2025
Stephan Dawn BellSocial Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations2025
Aliza Hannah BergerBerger Berger & Sobieski2025
Daijah L. BlackburnPratcher & Associates2025

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.

Firms with the most attorneys in Buffalo

FirmAttorneys
Hodgson Russ LLP141
Phillips Lytle LLP96
Lippes Mathias LLP85
Barclay Damon LLP60
Goldberg Segalla LLP56
Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC49
Hurwitz Fine P.C.49
Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP45

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

Law schoolAttorneys
University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY)2,078
Syracuse University College of Law105
Albany Law School97
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School48
University of Toledo College of Law42
Cornell Law School42
Notre Dame Law School41
Georgetown University Law Center29

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.
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