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 6

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Kennedy Alex FarrLippes Mathias LLP2025
Garrett FitzsimmonsUnited States Attorney’s Office2025
Elisa Marie FornataroRichmond Vona LLC2025
Jacob Allan FrezzaColucci & Gallaher P.C.2025
Arooj Sadia GhoriPhillips Lytle LLP2025
Jack Emerson GrantRupp Pfalzgraf LLC2025
Nyeema Asa HaiglerOffice of the Attorney General Buffalo Regional Office2025
Tara Michael HaringErie County District Attorney’s Office2025
William Lawrence HartfordChelus Herdzik Speyer & Monte PC2025
Clint Jacob HassettLaw Offices of Thomas H. Burton2025
Victoria Susan HeistHurwitz Fine2025
Alec Riley HerbertBarclay Damon LLP2025
Eric John HerrmannThe Dietrich Law Firm P.C.2025
Brittany Caitlyn HewittPrisoner’s Legal Services2025
Daniela Alexandra HoegerleLaw Offices of James D. Eiss, PLLC2025
Rachel Golden HoffmanHodgson Russ2025
Claire Elizabeth HofmeisterDuke Holzman Photiadis & Ritter, LLP2025
Ian Hunter HoockHall Booth Smith, P.C.2025
Lindsey HornungHodgson Russ LLP2025
Elizabeth Charlotte HughesHarris Beach PLLC2025

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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