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
- Registered
Currently registered
2,951 office rows
- Due to reregister 401
Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
401 office rows
- Delinquent 85
Delinquent
85 office rows
- Susp. delinquent 26
Suspended, delinquent
26 office rows
- Susp. registered 1
Suspended, currently registered
1 office rows
- Suspended, due to re... 1
Suspended, due to reregister
1 office rows
What this shows 85% Currently registered among 3,465 office rows.
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| David Ross Pfalzgraf Jr | Currently registered |
| Scott Michael Philbin | Currently registered |
| John N. Philipps Jr | Currently registered |
| Kelly Jean Philips | Currently registered |
| Carrie Ann Phillips | Currently registered |
| Christopher James Phillips | Currently registered |
| Gabriel J. Phillips | Currently registered |
| James Matthew Phillips | Currently registered |
| Jennifer Jeanne Phillips | Currently registered |
| Jordyn Marie Phillips | Currently registered |
| Margaret Louise Phillips | Currently registered |
| Stephen Alexander Phillips | Currently registered |
| Gregory P. Photiadis | Currently registered |
| Jenna Louise Piasecki | Currently registered |
| Barbara Ann Piazza | Currently registered |
| Chad Thomas Pidanick | Currently registered |
| Mykala Leigh Pierce | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| John Patrick Pieri | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Daniel James Piersa | Currently registered |
| Diane Marie Pietraszewski | Currently registered |
| Rafael Frank Pignataro | Currently registered |
| Agata Elizabeth Pijanowski | Currently registered |
| William Pike | Currently registered |
| Michael Pilarz | Currently registered |
| Taylor Lindsay Pilecki | Currently registered |
| Peter Michael Pinelli | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Delroy Pinnock | Currently registered |
| Franklin Bernard Pinzel | Currently registered |
| Ann R. Pinzler | Currently registered |
| Jacob Andrew Piorkowski | Currently registered |
| Jessica Lila Pisano | Currently registered |
| Anthony Louis Pitnell | Currently registered |
| Gina Marie Piva | Currently registered |
| Rosa Alina Pizzi | Currently registered |
| Paula Pelaez Plaza | Currently registered |
| Brian Thomas Pleban | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Rebecca Claire Podgorski | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Benjamin Sebastian Pohle | Currently registered |
| Gregory J. Poland | Currently registered |
| Rasheda Yeasmin Polly | Currently registered |
| Mark Charles Poloncarz | Currently registered |
| Sameer Prabhu Ponkshe | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Elyse Joy Ponterio | Currently registered |
| Jillian Major Ponterio | Currently registered |
| Michael Anthony Ponterio | Currently registered |
| Aaron Nicholas Pontikos | Currently registered |
| Christopher Ryan Poole | Currently registered |
| Nicole Elizabeth Pope | Currently registered |
| Mark Phillip Popiel | Currently registered |
| Sharon Marie Porcellio | Currently registered |
Showing 2,451–2,500 of 3,465 attorneys
Buffalo's nearest office-count peers
Closest office-row counts to 3,465 - not the same-state top list.
Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov - attorney registration counts.
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).
Buffalo office-row count vs peers
Buffalo active rate vs peers
Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a market-quality or employment ranking.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.