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
Megan Nicole Steele Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Richard Jay Steiner Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Robert Hugh Stephens Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
David F. Stever Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Douglas P. Stiller Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
David Michael Stillwell Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Joseph A. Stoeckl Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Michael E. Storck Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Patricia Sue Stroman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Laurie Styka Bloom Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Michael Patrick Sullivan Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Dennis Victor Tobolski Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Robert Mark Tocker Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Fritzgerald Tondreau Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Michael Lee Torcello Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Brian Kevin Towey Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Ashley Elizabeth Trank Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jeffrey Peter Travers Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Debra Ann Tredo Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Maximillian G. Tresmond Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Donald J. Tucker Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Dennis Carmen Vacco Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Susan Elizabeth Van Gelder Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Shannon Brae O'Neill Vandermeer Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
James Michael Vandette Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Thomas Joseph Vaughan Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Kendra Schamel Vergason Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Stephanie Lynn Verhage Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Julie Viljoen Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Octavio Villegas Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Kristen Marie Walder Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Christina G. Waldman Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jaclyn Suzanne Wanemaker Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Dennis E. Ward Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Mark William Warren Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
John Joseph Weinholtz Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Abigail Dorothy Whipple Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Scott Joseph Whitbeck Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Michael John Whitcher Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Benjamin Thomas White Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Jeffrey A. Wieczkowski Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Samuel M. Williams Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Gary Allen Wilson Jr. Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Samantha Angela Winter Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Melissa Dorothy Wischerath Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Paul Alexander Woodard Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Matthew Michael Yeates Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Sara Chrystine Zaprowski Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Joseph Eugene Zdarsky Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday
Richard James Zielinski Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday

Showing 351–400 of 401 attorneys with status Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday

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.