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Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

LFL Verified 2026Personal InjuryBuffalo, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.9 · 38 Google reviews6 offices17 attorneysEnglish
Not statedFee model
FreeInitial consultation
Hospital& home visits
1Practice areas

About Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC is a personal injury firm with six offices across New York, including Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester.

The firm states that the first consultation is free; it will visit clients in hospital or at home. It does not state a fee model on its public pages, so none is recorded here.

What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it

LFL Verified 2026

Every eligibility gate this firm's state allows us to check has been checked and held: licensure, discipline, entity, website and footprint. Certification additionally requires a score of 70.

No public discipline

None of the 17 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.

24 years average at the bar

Mean 24.1 years since admission across 17 of 17 named attorneys (longest 47, shortest 5) · NYS Attorney Registration database

LFL Certification Score Scored under Methodology v2.0 · rows tagged Registry, Observed or Ahrefs are measured; rows tagged Illustrative are sample values pending full verification

59out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 97 of the 100 points this firm's state lets anyone measure. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.

Verified

All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: A; most headroom in pillar E (4/15).

LFL Verified 2026
11 points to Certified
70 needed · A+B+C floor met (77% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D1 Website trust & experience: +5.5 available · E1 Free consult & fee transparency: +5 available · B3 Results disclosure: +4 available
G1 Licensure17 of 17 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status
G2 DisciplineNone of the 17 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
G3 Entity & officeLIPSITZ, PONTERIO & COMERFORD, LLC is an active domestic professional service limited liability company registered since 1995-09-21, with 6 Google-verified locations
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 17 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint38 public client reviews and 31 years since the entity was formed in 1995
Professional Standing
21/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 24.1 years since admission across 17 of 17 named attorneys (longest 47, shortest 5) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry17 of 17 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios9 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and 1 more · no professional liability cover disclosed, which is not scored here: plaintiff firms in this market do not publish it, and an absence shared by every firm separates none of them3 / 3
BPublished Outcomes
8/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted7 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts3 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted6 case types named; 2 court or county references5 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedNo prior-results disclaimer on the results page, which the New York advertising rules effectively require0 / 4
CClient Experience
15/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved38 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count2 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 38 reviews → Bayesian 4.84 (prior 4.82 weighted as 100 reviews, from 217 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle3 of 6 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-03-30) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review4 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 6 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them4 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
10/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no bar numbers on bios · no fee statement · no privacy policy · disclaimer · fresh content1.5 / 7
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 23 → 57th pct of 22-firm cohort (median 19) 2/3 · 796 referring domains, 82th pct 2/2 · 499 organic keywords / 1,915 visits·mo, 88th pct 2/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)6 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle6 operational Google Business Profile listings with reviews · profile completeness, NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank not yet measured (4 of 5 pts still available)1 / 5
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-16content 0/2 · JSON-LD detected 1/1 · earned media 0/11 / 5
EAccess & Responsiveness
4/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · fee model not published · the fee percentage itself is not published1 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObservedHospital & home visits2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Oct 1, 2026 · Cohort: Buffalo x Personal Injury (24 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.

Domain authority
23· 54th percentile
796 ref. domains · cohort median 21 · Ahrefs rank 7.2M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16
Trust pages
3 / 3
attorney bios · blog · disclaimer
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 10
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-14

Practice areas 1 areas · primary focus highlighted

Personal Injury

Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts

What the firm publishes itself

Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC lists 7 case results on its own website, across 6 case types. The page carries no disclaimer about past results. We have read the page and counted what is on it. We have not confirmed the amounts, so none are repeated here.

constructionmotor vehicletruckwrongful deathpedestrianproduct liability
See the firm's own results page ↗

Results are specific to their facts and do not guarantee similar outcomes. Firms submit results through their claimed profile; only results we can substantiate are published with amounts.

Attorneys 17 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register

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Katherine L. DibbleAdmitted in NY
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Grace M. GannonAdmitted in NY
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Kathleen A. BurrAdmitted in NY
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Eric R. WinnertAdmitted in NY
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Joseph T. KremerAdmitted in NY
JL
John N. LipsitzAdmitted in NY
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Mathew J. MortonAdmitted in NY
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Anne E. JoyntAdmitted in NY
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Dennis P. HarlowAdmitted in NY
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Ryan D. LedeburAdmitted in NY
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Jillian M. PonterioAdmitted in NY
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Sean M. EsfordAdmitted in NY
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Michael A. PonterioAdmitted in NY
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Lisa M. BaehreAdmitted in NY
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Mary M. ComerfordAdmitted in NY
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Zachary J. WoodsAdmitted in NY
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John P. ComerfordAdmitted in NY

Client reviews

4.9
★★★★★
Based on 38 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 6 listings, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm

Offices 6 locations · main office: Buffalo

Buffalo424 Main St #1500, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA
Syracuse605 W Genesee St Ste 101, Syracuse, NY 13204, USA
Rochester16 W Main St Ste 707, Rochester, NY 14614, USA
Niagara Falls6951 Williams Rd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC424 Main St #1500, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA
Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC424 Main St #1500, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA