Dietrich Law Firm P.C.
LFL Certified 2026Dietrich Law Firm works from John James Audubon Parkway in Buffalo, with a second office in Rochester, and names seven attorneys.
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Law Firms in Buffalo, NY
Buffalo is the second market this directory covers in New York, and the state register that makes a New York profile checkable covers it too. Compare firms on what they publish and on what we could verify for ourselves.
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47Firms published
38Certified or verified
78Verified offices
60%Free consultation
2%Multilingual staff
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Law firms in Buffalo by practice area
Personal Injury23 firms · 5 certifiedFamily Law24 firmsCar Accidents19 firms · 5 certifiedTruck Accidents19 firms · 5 certifiedMedical Malpractice10 firms · 3 certifiedWrongful Death19 firms · 5 certifiedSlip and Fall17 firms · 3 certifiedMotorcycle Accidents18 firms · 5 certifiedNursing Home Abuse6 firms · 2 certified
Highest-ranked firms in Buffalo
Top 5 of 47 across all practice areas
Richmond Vona, LLC
LFL Certified 2026Richmond Vona works from Seneca Street and names 40 attorneys.
William Mattar Law Offices
LFL Certified 2026William Mattar Law Offices works from six offices across New York, among them Williamsville, Jericho and Rochester, and names 44 attorneys.
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC
LFL Certified 2026Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford works from six offices across New York, among them Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester, and names 17 attorneys.
Towey Law, PLLC
LFL Certified 2026Towey Law works from Main Street and names a single attorney.
Every firm we have published in Buffalo
All 47, ranked by the Certification Score- 1Dietrich Law Firm P.C.Certified68/100
- 2Richmond Vona, LLCCertified68/100
- 3William Mattar Law OfficesCertified68/100
- 4Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLCCertified67/100
- 5Towey Law, PLLCCertified66/100
- 6Steve Foley Law FirmVerified63/100
- 7Brown Chiari LLPVerified59/100
- 8Michelle S. Bullock Law & Mediation PLLCVerified56/100
- 9Steve Boyd, PCVerified56/100
- 10Hawthorne & Vesper, PLLCVerified54/100
- 11Lewis & Lewis, P.C.Verified54/100
- 12Lipsitz Green Scime CambriaVerified54/100
- 13Looney Injury Law, PLLCVerified54/100
- 14Talmud Law, PLLCVerified53/100
- 15Collins & Collins Attorneys, LLCVerified52/100
- 16Weinrieb LawVerified52/100
- 17Bakshi & LetaVerified51/100
- 18Becker LawVerified51/100
- 19Campbell & AssociatesVerified51/100
- 20Gleichenhaus, Marchese & Weishaar, P.C.Verified50/100
- 21O'Brien & Ford PCVerified50/100
- 22Raimondo & Sundquist LLPVerified50/100
- 23The Abeel Firm PLLCVerified50/100
- 24Feron Poleon LLPVerified49/100
- 25John V. Elmore, P.C.49/100
- 26Law Offices of Randy S. MargulisVerified49/100
- 27Hurwitz, Whitcher & MolloyVerified48/100
- 28Mattingly Cavagnaro LLPVerified47/100
- 29Pusatier, Abbott, Sugarman & Martin, LLPVerified47/100
- 30Patrick M. Noe, Jr., Attorney at LawVerified46/100
- 31Cantor, Wolff, Nicastro and Hall45/100
- 32Law Office of Randy H. GuginoVerified44/100
- 33Andrews, Bernstein & Maranto, PLLCVerified43/100
- 34Steenberg Law FirmVerified43/100
- 35Frank S. Ieraci, Attorney at LawVerified42/100
- 36The Nicotra Law Firm, PC42/100
- 37Venzon Law Firm, PCVerified42/100
- 38Keith B. Schulefand, Esq.Verified40/100
- 39Feroleto Law38/100
- 40Quarantillo & TruexVerified38/100
- 41Christina Lana Shine, Esq.36/100
- 42Law Offices of Steven H. GrocottVerified36/100
- 43Maureen A. McCready, Attorney at LawVerified36/100
- 44Paul Walier Attorneys at Law36/100
- 45Fromen Injury Law PLLC34/100
- 46The Lenhardt Law Firm30/100
- 47Linda M. DiPasquale, Attorney at Law25/100
Ranked lists in Buffalo
- Personal Injury firms in Buffalo23 firms
- Family Law firms in Buffalo24 firms
- Car Accidents firms in Buffalo19 firms
- Truck Accidents firms in Buffalo19 firms
- Medical Malpractice firms in Buffalo10 firms
- Wrongful Death firms in Buffalo19 firms
- Slip and Fall firms in Buffalo17 firms
- Motorcycle Accidents firms in Buffalo18 firms
- Nursing Home Abuse firms in Buffalo6 firms
Know before you hire
Hiring a lawyer in Buffalo: what is different
The deadlines are New York’s, so three years for an injury claim and two years and six months for medical malpractice, and the rule that catches people out is the same one that catches New Yorkers four hundred miles away. A claim against a public body, the City of Buffalo, Erie County, the NFTA, needs a written notice of claim within 90 days under General Municipal Law § 50-e, sworn, and setting out when, where and how the claim arose. Nobody sends a reminder.
Where a case is heard is local, though. Erie County sits in the Eighth Judicial District, whose Supreme Court is at 25 Delaware Avenue downtown, and the district also covers Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Allegany, Orleans and Wyoming counties. Federal matters go to the Western District of New York, which sits in Buffalo rather than in Manhattan. A firm that appears in those buildings weekly knows their judges and their calendars, and Western New York is a small enough bar that this is a real difference rather than a marketing line.
What lawyers cost in Buffalo
Injury work is done on contingency, and New York regulates the share: one third of the recovery is the ordinary arrangement, with a statutory sliding scale in medical malpractice. That is the rule rather than a quote, and no firm in this directory publishes its own percentage, in Buffalo or anywhere else. Hourly rates upstate run well below Manhattan’s, which matters for everything billed by the hour and not at all for a case taken on contingency.
Deadlines that catch Western New Yorkers out
- Personal injury: three years from the accident, state-wide.
- Any claim against the City of Buffalo, Erie County or the NFTA: a sworn notice of claim within 90 days, then a year and ninety days to sue.
- Medical malpractice: two years and six months, with a discovery rule for foreign objects and missed cancer diagnoses.
- A crash with a car registered in Ontario: the deadline is still New York’s, but service and insurance turn into a cross-border problem that is worth raising on the first call in a border city.
Frequently asked
Hiring a law firm in Buffalo: FAQ
How do I check if a Buffalo lawyer is licensed?
The same way as anywhere in New York, and it is free: the Unified Court System publishes attorney registrations as open data, so we run that check ourselves and every profile says how many of a firm’s attorneys it covers. That is why a New York profile carries a licence finding and a Maryland one does not.
Are Buffalo firms cheaper than New York City firms?
Not on a contingency case, because the share is set by the same state rule rather than by the local market. On anything billed hourly, yes, substantially. What does differ is caseload: a Western New York firm handles fewer cases at once than a high-volume Manhattan practice, and asking who will actually work on yours is worth more than asking what it costs.
Should I hire a firm in Buffalo itself?
For a case in the Eighth District, local practice matters more here than in a big metro: it is one courthouse and a bar small enough that the lawyers and the judges know each other. Several firms listed here run offices across Erie and Niagara counties. What counts is regular appearance in the court that will hear your case.
Do you run a law firm in Buffalo?
We list firms whether they ask us to or not, and everything on a profile is read from the outside: the firm's own site, its Google listings, its state's attorney register. That means we get things wrong, and the person who can see it is the firm. Claiming your profile is free, and so is every correction. The annual listing adds a dofollow link to your site, your own logo on your profile and the client reviews you want quoted. Neither moves a single point of the score.