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 8

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Mae Rose MoskinPrisoners Legal Services of New York2025
Mohamad Nabil NajiRupp Pfalzgraf LLC2025
Noah Christopher NealeHurwitz Fine, P.C.2025
Doran James OkonLipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP2025
Colin Robert OzanneUS Army Corps of Engineers2025
Gabrielle Marie PalisanoCenter for Elder Law and Justice2025
Amelia Palka-MikesSelf-Employed2025
Shelley Louise PayneHarter Secrest and Emery LLP2025
Benjamin Sebastian PohleGoldberg Segalla LLP2025
Elyse Joy PonterioLippes Mathias LLP2025
Olivia Anne ProiaPersonius Melber LLP2025
Daniel Robert PszonakHodgson Russ LLP2025
Shakora Hurrue Purks-MorrisPurks Law, PLLC2025
Jessica Eryn RayLewis Gianola PLLC2025
Rebecca Anne RiedmanHayes Dolce LLP2025
Lauren Marie RuskSemrush Inc. / Semrush Holdings, Inc.2025
Alyssa B. RussellPhillips Lytle LLP2025
Anna Mari Reale SandersonFoti Henry PLLC2025
Max Allan SevorHarris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC2025
Brandon Ross SmallLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo2025

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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