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
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

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.