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 |
|---|---|
| Thomas R. Smith | Currently registered |
| Victoria L. Smith | Currently registered |
| Clare T. Smokowski | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Jonathan Randolph Smyth | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Theresa Ann Smyth | Currently registered |
| James W. Smyton | Currently registered |
| Carol Guck Snider | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| A. Peter Snodgrass | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Kurt Charles Snuszka | Currently registered |
| Brandon Michael Snyder | Currently registered |
| Edward James Snyder | Currently registered |
| George Louis Snyder Jr | Currently registered |
| Paul Lewis Snyder Iv | Currently registered |
| Jennifer J. Snyder-Haas | Currently registered |
| Lee Michael Sobieski | Currently registered |
| Erin Marie Sobkowski | Currently registered |
| Eric Michael Soehnlein | Currently registered |
| Bethany A Solek | Currently registered |
| Mostafa Soliman | Currently registered |
| Ryan Michael Sollenne | Currently registered |
| Amanda Marie Somma | Currently registered |
| Jacob Steffan Sonner | Currently registered |
| Stephen James Soos | Currently registered |
| Nico Cihan Soria | Currently registered |
| Stephen Matthew Sorrels | Currently registered |
| Samuel John Sortisio | Currently registered |
| Thomas Richard Southard | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Kevin Louis Southern | Currently registered |
| Thomas George Spanos | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Rachael Marie Anne Sparacino | Currently registered |
| Alyson Elizabeth Spaulding | Currently registered |
| James Mark Specyal | Currently registered |
| Elena M. Spence | Currently registered |
| Sarah Katherine Spencer | Currently registered |
| Sean Michael Spencer | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Shannon Lee Spencer | Currently registered |
| Kara Spencer-Ching | Currently registered |
| Daniel J. Sperrazza | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Kevin William Spitler | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Mark Spitler | Currently registered |
| Daniel Alan Spitzer | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| John C. Spitzmiller | Currently registered |
| Timothy Patrick Spotts | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
| Gregory Alan Spring | Currently registered |
| Kristen Renee Spulecki | Currently registered |
| Shannon Amber Spyres | Currently registered |
| Scott Leeson Sroka | Currently registered |
| Michael J. Stachowski | Currently registered |
| Kevin Marshall Stadelmaier | Currently registered |
| Joseph William Stadler | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
Showing 2,951–3,000 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.