Sherry Levin Wallach Immediate Past President | Oficial Website
Sherry Levin Wallach Immediate Past President | Oficial Website
There were 325 active legal licenses in Tompkins County in April, compared to 328 the month before.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
Although New York State is home to nearly 190,000 laywers, the most of any US state, most of the lawyers live are around NYC. Only 3% of all the legal force is working in 85% of the state's territory.
As of 2019, nearly 75% of rural New York State attorneys were 45-years-old or older, which was one of the most concerning findings from a report on rural law practice. The report predicted that most rural lawyers in New York State will retire within 30 years and not be replaced by younger attorneys.
“There are not nearly enough lawyers to address the needs of smaller communities… There is, simply put, a crisis in terms of getting older lawyers to stay in their jobs longer than they are", said the president of the New York State Bar Association.
The average salary for an attorney working in New York State as of December 25, 2023, is $112,052 per year.
Lawyers in Tompkins County with active legal licenses in April
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Year License was Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Michael Ibraham | Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP | 2024 |
| Ryan Allen Buchanan | 2024 | |
| Carlton Edward Williams | Cornell Law School | 2023 |
| Marie Arlene Taylor | 2023 | |
| Melissa A. Jackson | 2023 | |
| Nola Caitlin Booth | LAWNY | 2023 |
| Quinton Alexander Denson | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 2023 |
| Emily Elizabeth Turner | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks and Salk | 2022 |
| Julia Mizutani | 2022 | |
| Syed Omar Shah | Williamson, Clune & Stevens | 2022 |
| Tasha Olivia Kates | 2022 | |
| Carissa Michelle Weidman | Cfcu Community Credit Union | 2021 |
| Daniel Joseph Urda | Urda & Urda, LLP | 2021 |
| Jennifer Patricia Casler-Goncalves | Cornell University | 2021 |
| Kathryn Jane Adamson | Cornell Law School | 2021 |
| Nathan Jeffrey Kopp | Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP | 2021 |
| Nicholas Thomas McLaughlin | Klausner Cook, PLLC | 2021 |
| Robert Ross Hoon | Cornell University | 2021 |
| Thomas George Shannan | Mayersak & Weiss | 2021 |
| Cynthia M. Manuele | Tompkins Financial Corporation | 2020 |
| Jessica Jean Rapp | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2020 |
| Olivia Marguerite Newmarch Molineux | Citizens Concerned for Children, Inc. | 2020 |
| Robert James Kawecki | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 2020 |
| Steven Lawrence Foss | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 2020 |
| Victor Jacob Kessler | 2020 | |
| Aubrey Davis Hetznecker | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP | 2019 |
| Emma Jobinpicard | Legal Assistance of Western New York | 2019 |
| Kirstin Ellen Tiffany | The Crossmore Law Office | 2019 |
| Megan Patricia Welch | Prisoners' Legal Services of New York | 2019 |
| Serenna Leona McCloud | The Law Office of Serenna L. Mccloud, ESQ. | 2019 |
| Amelia Carol Christian | Tompkins County District Attorney | 2018 |
| Christina Nicole Neitzey | Cornell Law School | 2018 |
| Emad Hanzala Atiq | Cornell Law School | 2018 |
| Jason Violette | Edward E. Kopko, Lawyer, P.C. | 2018 |
| Kathryn Krause Wozer | Cornell Law School | 2018 |
| Sean Francis McLernon | Cornell Law School | 2018 |
| Carl Louis Rizzi | Cornell Law School | 2017 |
| Cooper Ross Sirwatka | Cornell University | 2017 |
| Elizabeth Walker Brundige | Cornell Law School | 2017 |
| Joseph Robert Kirby | Joch & Kirby | 2017 |
| Patrick Canning Cummings | The Law Office of Patrick Cummings | 2017 |
| Pauline Thecla Muto | 2017 | |
| Sarah Hassan Shah | 2017 | |
| Catherine Elise Mendola Muskin | Cornell University | 2016 |
| Donielle Krista Maier | Tompkins County Department of Social Services | 2016 |
| Madeline Eileen Weiss | Mayersak & Weiss | 2016 |
| Philip Alexander Garin | Ithaca College | 2016 |
| Laura Tucker Hedge | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 2015 |
| Nathan J. Cook | Klauusner Cook, PLLC | 2015 |
| Sandra Bruno | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2015 |
| Andrew Peter Melendez | 2014 | |
| Arthur Chapman Stever | 2014 | |
| Emily Mae Rockett | Ithaca College | 2014 |
| Ezra Ishmael Young | 2014 | |
| Heather Elyse Murray | Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic | 2014 |
| Jocelyn Judith Hackett | Cornell Law School | 2014 |
| Lauren Augostina Branchini | Cornell University Office Institutional Equity & Title IX | 2014 |
| Natalie Suzanne French | Hancock Estabrook, LLP | 2014 |
| Patrick Reilly A'Hearn | Tompkins Financial Corporation | 2014 |
| Andrew Robert Kelly | Tompkins County District Attorney's Office | 2013 |
| Anna Frances Angel | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2013 |
| Fawn Ann Ford | Citizens Concerned for Children, Inc. | 2013 |
| Heidi Shea Paulino Almonte | Tompkins County District Attorney's Office | 2013 |
| Jacob Paul McNamara | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP | 2013 |
| Michael Charles Perehinec | Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP | 2013 |
| Michael Christopher Cyr | Cyr & Associates, Attorneys at Law, PLLC | 2013 |
| Michaela Kathleen Rossettie Azemi | Cornell Law School | 2013 |
| Natanya Elia Deweese | Shaw & Murphy, PLLC | 2013 |
| Shivana Arielle Jorawar | Center for Transformative Action | 2013 |
| Zela E. Brotherton | 2013 | |
| Albert Samuel Fang | Ithaca City Court | 2012 |
| Charles Hockett Kee | The Law Office of Charles H. Kee, PLLC | 2012 |
| Cooper Morrison Smith | Cornell University | 2012 |
| Deawn Arlene Hersini | Hersini Law Office, PC | 2012 |
| Ian Matthew Kysel | Cornell Law School | 2012 |
| Isaac Donald Lindbloom | Tompkins County Department of Social Services | 2012 |
| John Alexander Fitzgerald | John A. Fitzgerald | 2012 |
| Angelica Agbayani Parado-Abaya | Citizens Concerned for Children, Inc. | 2011 |
| Carrie Jeanne Pollak | Hancock Estabrook, LLP | 2011 |
| Emily Perks Quinlan | Tompkins County District Attorney's Office | 2011 |
| Kathleen Ann Sullivan | Tompkins County Courthouse Supreme Court | 2011 |
| Shannon Kimberly Buffum | Cornell University | 2011 |
| Teresa Rose McNamara | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 2011 |
| Thomas Patrick Smith | Harris Beach, PLLC | 2011 |
| William Bradley Wendel | W. Bradley Wendel, Attorney at Law | 2011 |
| William James Niebel | 2011 | |
| Adam Gregory Pence | Cornell University | 2010 |
| Angela Marie Rulffes | Ithaca College | 2010 |
| Veronica E. Fox | Tompkins County District Attorney | 2010 |
| Yifat Shaltiel | Shaltiel Law Group, LLC | 2010 |
| Aleksandar Nikolic | Klausner Cook, PLLC | 2009 |
| Alyson Kay Finley | Cornell Law School | 2009 |
| Garth Edward Coviello | Brown & Michaels, PC | 2009 |
| Jennifer M. Donlan-Fitzgibbon | Chambers of Hon. John C. Rowley | 2009 |
| Kristal Jeanette Ozmun | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2009 |
| Luke Zachary Fenchel | Luke Z. Fenchel, Attorney-at-Law | 2009 |
| William Dee Allen | Cornell University | 2009 |
| Amy Vanderlyke Dygert | Cornell Univesity | 2008 |
| Aziz Fidel Rana | Cornell Law School | 2008 |
| Carla N. McKain | Mckain Law, PLLC | 2008 |
| Cynthia Grant Bowman | Cornell Law School | 2008 |
| Deborah Stephanie Surden Katz | 2008 | |
| Jerome Michael Mayersak | Mayersak and Weiss | 2008 |
| Sujata Sidhu Gibson | Gibson Law Firm, PLLC | 2008 |
| Aimee Leonora Houghton | Cornell University Law School | 2007 |
| Alyssa Hochberg Fontaine | Tompkins Financial, CORP | 2007 |
| Angela B. Cornell | Cornell Law School | 2007 |
| Celia Whitaker Bigoness | Cornell Law School | 2007 |
| Christina Mazza Dubouchet | Mazza Law Offices | 2007 |
| Desiree Kristen Leclercq | Cornell University | 2007 |
| Diane Marie Boyajian | New York State Unified Court System | 2007 |
| Elizabeth McGrath | Citizens Concerned for Children | 2007 |
| Jared M. Pittman | 2007 | |
| Jennifer L. Alfieri | Tompkins Trust Company | 2007 |
| Lawrence A. Newman | Cyr and Associates, PLLC | 2007 |
| Leah E. Laben | Cornell University Office of University Counsel | 2007 |
| Lynn Janis Trudell | 2007 | |
| Nora Sullivan Salvatore | Cornell University | 2007 |
| Sarah Marie Schlagter | Cornell University | 2007 |
| Christopher Alexander Smith | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 2006 |
| Christopher Burns Colosi | 2006 | |
| Holly Lynn Mosher | Tompkins County Attorney | 2006 |
| Jason Michael Leifer | Jason M. Leifer, Attorney at Law | 2006 |
| Jens David Ohlin | Cornell Law School | 2006 |
| Kimberly Noelle Rothman | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 2006 |
| Michael Louis Nardi | Lehman Alternative Community School | 2006 |
| Seth Thomas Hiland | Harris Beach, PLLC | 2006 |
| Todd Lawrence Livingston | Todd Livingston ESQ. | 2006 |
| Aaron O. Lavine | City Attorney, City of Ithaca | 2005 |
| Ann Marie Ferrari | Prisoners' Legal Services of New York | 2005 |
| Birgitta Kathleen Siegel | Cornell University Law School | 2005 |
| Charles Oliver Wolff | 2005 | |
| Daniel Wendel Johnson | Tompkins County District Attorney | 2005 |
| David S. Bahn | 2005 | |
| Gary Wayne Anderson | 2005 | |
| Kevin Thomas Kelly | Flxlaw.com/Kevin Kelly, ESQ. | 2005 |
| Kristin E. Gutenberger | Cornell University Real Estate Department | 2005 |
| Krin Marie Flaherty | Prisoners' Legal Services of New York | 2004 |
| Anthony Frank Pagano | Harris Beach, PLLC | 2003 |
| Meloney Lambert McMurry | 2003 | |
| Nicole Kathleen Avallone | Phoebus Optoelectronics, LLC | 2003 |
| Saule T. Omarova | Cornell University Law School | 2003 |
| Stephen Charles Davey | Stephen Davey Attorney at Law | 2003 |
| Virginia A. Tesi | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 2003 |
| Anne Mercedes Schneiderman | 2001 | |
| Anthony N. Elia | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2001 |
| Edward Eugene Kopko | Edward E. Kopko, Lawyer, P.C. | 2001 |
| Francisco Pedro Berry | Law Office of Francisco Berry, P.C. | 2001 |
| Joseph Robert Cassidy | Tompkins County Court | 2001 |
| Justin Peter Runke | 2001 | |
| Kari Ann Smoker | Ithaca College | 2001 |
| Russell Edgar Maines | Allen & Maines | 2001 |
| Stephanie Anne Sechler | Cornell University, Office of General Counsel | 2001 |
| Adam Rosenfield Schaye | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2000 |
| Alexandra Devorah Lahav | Cornell Law School | 2000 |
| Carolyn S. Lee | Carolyn Lee, PLLC | 2000 |
| Elizabeth Eleanor Aherne | 2000 | |
| Katrina Thaler Medeiros | Thaler & Thaler | 2000 |
| Kelly Ann Damm | Kelly A. Damm, Attorney at Law | 2000 |
| Lisa Jeannine Babiarz | Littman & Babiarz | 2000 |
| Luciano Joseph Lama | The Lama Law Firm, LLP | 2000 |
| Michael Charles Dorf | Cornell Law School | 2000 |
| Nelson William Tebbe | Cornell Law School | 2000 |
| Nicolai Hinrichsen | Miller Mayer, LLP | 2000 |
| Walter Glenn Buble | Cornell university | 2000 |
| Aaron M. Pichel | The Law Offices of Aaron M. Pichel | 1999 |
| Adam Anthony Klausner | Klausner Cook, PLLC | 1999 |
| Carolyn Beth Greenwald | 1999 | |
| Emerson William Mitchell | 1999 | |
| Hayden Randolph Brainard | Miller Mayer, LLP | 1999 |
| Jonathan Aaron Boyarin | Department of Anthropology | 1999 |
| Julia Alice Kretzmann | Julia Alice Kretzmann ESQ. | 1999 |
| Lorraine Moynihan Schmitt | Lorraine Moynihan, Attorney & Counselor at LAw | 1999 |
| Mary Rose Mulvanerton | Cornell University | 1999 |
| Maura A. Kennedy-Smith | Court Attorney for the Hon. Joseph R. Cassidy Tomipkins County Court | 1999 |
| Michael Christian Veruto | Klausner Cook, PLLC | 1999 |
| Amy Sigrid Jacobson | Cornell University Office of Trusts Estates and Gift Planning | 1998 |
| Andrew John Bonavia | Tompkins County District Attorneys Office | 1998 |
| Conrad R. Wolan | Cornell University | 1998 |
| David Lauren Richards | David Richards, ESQ. | 1998 |
| Deborah Wolf Miller | Deborah Wolf Miller, ESQ. | 1998 |
| Deirdre Liddell Hay | 1998 | |
| Erin Elizabeth McKinley | Erin E. Mckinley, Attorney and Mediator | 1997 |
| Lance Neil Salisbury | Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program | 1997 |
| Marcie Ann Finlay | 1997 | |
| Mark Charles Gugino | 1997 | |
| Peter Daniel Salton | Peter D. Salton Attorney at Law | 1997 |
| Robert Roger Lalonde | Robert R. Lalonde | 1997 |
| Sean Allen Kennedy | Sean Kennedy, Esq | 1997 |
| Stanley Joseph Matusz | 1997 | |
| Thomas Harry Kheel | Law Office of Thomas H. Kheel | 1997 |
| Elizabeth Ann Silverberg | Law Office of Elizabeth A. Silverberg | 1996 |
| Lee Matthew Van Houten | Tompkins County District Attorney's Office | 1996 |
| Scott Alan Miller | Tompkins County Court | 1996 |
| Sharon Marie Sulimowicz | Law Office of Sharon M. Sulimowicz | 1996 |
| Iska Renee Ziver | Mediation and Law Office of Iska Ziver | 1995 |
| Mary Beth Lyon | Cornell Law School | 1995 |
| Richard Dinwiddie Sloman | Cornell University | 1995 |
| Robert Francis Van Keuren | Ithaca City School District | 1995 |
| Suzanne Vera Reine | Reine Law Office | 1995 |
| Allan Charles Van De Mark | Williamson, Clune & Stevens | 1994 |
| Christopher Allen Michaels | Brown & Michaels, P.C. | 1994 |
| Daniel Lawrence Hoffman | 1994 | |
| Eric Scott Levine | Alternatives Federal Credit Union | 1994 |
| Kimberly Lynn Morrell | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 1994 |
| Lisa Kopf Krizman | Lisa Krizman | 1994 |
| Luciano L. Lama | The Lama Law Firm, LLP | 1994 |
| Nina Christine Aasen | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP | 1994 |
| Paul David Sweeney | Paul D. Sweeney, Attorney at Law | 1994 |
| Andrea Jean Mooney | Andrea J. Mooney, ESQ. | 1993 |
| Christopher John Dilger | Christopher J. Dilger | 1993 |
| Diane Vargo Bruns | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP | 1993 |
| James Neumann McCauley | James N. Mccauley | 1993 |
| John Robert Derosa | Cornell University | 1993 |
| Paige Susan Anderson | Pinnisi & Anderson | 1993 |
| Stephen Lindsey Gorman | Law Office of Stephen L. Gorman | 1993 |
| Stephen Patrick Garvey | Cornell Law School | 1993 |
| Stephen William Yale-Loehr | Miller Mayer, LLP | 1993 |
| Bradley L. Rudin | 1992 | |
| Joseph Waldo Allen | Allen & Maines | 1992 |
| Mark Schlechter | 1992 | |
| Nicholas Simon Hentoff | 1992 | |
| Sherry Fay Colb | Cornell Law School | 1992 |
| Susan Craigie Kirby | Joch & Kirby | 1992 |
| William Greener | 1992 | |
| Betsy Wohl | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 1991 |
| Lucy Gold | Lucy Gold | 1991 |
| Mitchel De Saint-Ours-L Lasser | Cornell Law School | 1991 |
| Myron Alan Hays | Law Office of M. Alan Hays | 1991 |
| Pamela B. Bleiwas | Pamela B. Bleiwas ESQ | 1991 |
| Valerie Cross Dorn | Cornell University OFFC of General Counsel | 1991 |
| Zachary Jonathon Shulman | 1991 | |
| Charles Kenji Whitehead | Cornell University Law School | 1990 |
| Elizabeth Melissa Aldridge | 1990 | |
| Guy Kristensen Krogh | 1990 | |
| Linda Bearse Falkson | Cornell University | 1990 |
| Richard Michael Wallace | Ithaca City Court | 1990 |
| Risa Marlyne Mish | Cornell University | 1990 |
| Carol Grumbach | Cornell University | 1989 |
| Lee Howard Adler | Lee H. Adler, ESQ. | 1989 |
| Liam Gorman Brenndon Murphy | Shaw & Murphy, PLLC | 1989 |
| Mariette Geldenhuys | Mariette Geldenhuys Attorney and Mediator | 1989 |
| Robert Alan Sarachan | Robert a Sarachan ESQ | 1989 |
| Robert Ruff Sprole | Therm Incorporated | 1989 |
| Susan Hajda Brock | 1989 | |
| Virginia J. Clarke | Cornell Law School | 1989 |
| Glenn Graham Galbreath | Village of Cayuga Heights Court | 1988 |
| Ingrid Olsen-Tjensvold | 1988 | |
| John Charles Rowley | 1988 | |
| Jonathan Feinstein | Jonathan Feinstein | 1988 |
| Laura Marie Barnhill | Cornell Pochily | 1988 |
| Nancy Elizabeth Klotz | Cornell University/ Office of General Counsel | 1988 |
| Richard P. Urda | Urda & Urda, LLP | 1988 |
| Richard Thomas John | 1987 | |
| Thomas Dale Cramer | Thaler & Thaler, P.C. | 1987 |
| Betsy Ann Hutchings | 1986 | |
| Keith John McCafferty | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. | 1986 |
| Maury Bryan Josephson | 1986 | |
| Michael J. Wallace | Michael J. Wallace | 1986 |
| Peter Jonathan Miller | 1986 | |
| Randall Bruce Marcus | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 1986 |
| Richard P. Ruswick | Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP | 1986 |
| Stephen Bond Flash | 1986 | |
| Thomas K. Van Derzee | Insero & Company Cpa's, LLP | 1986 |
| Joel Barry Atlas | Cornell University | 1985 |
| Mark J. Solomon | Mark J. Solomon, the Boardman House | 1985 |
| Michael R. May | Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP | 1985 |
| Stephen P. Heller | Tompkins County Court | 1985 |
| William A. Jacobson | Cornell Law School | 1985 |
| Austin Anderson Duvernoy | Austin A. Duvernoy Attorney at Law | 1984 |
| Charles Davis Cramton | 1984 | |
| Howard David Leib | Howard Leib, ESQ., PC | 1984 |
| Don Robert Crittenden | Don R. Crittenden, ESQ. | 1983 |
| John Frederick Young | John Frederick Young ESQ | 1983 |
| Jonathan Andrew Orkin | Bousquet Holstein, PLLC | 1983 |
| Jonathan O. Albanese | Klausner Cook, PLLC | 1983 |
| Michael J. Costello | 1983 | |
| Robert J. Holdsworth | Holdsworth Law Office | 1982 |
| Timothy M. Horner | Horner Law Office | 1982 |
| Alan Dean Scheer | 1981 | |
| Dale Brian Johnson | 1981 | |
| John Alden Stevens | John Alden Stevens | 1981 |
| Joy Anne Blumkin | Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP | 1981 |
| Nathan Marquis Lyman | Lyman & Lyman, LLC | 1981 |
| John H. Hanrahan | Williamson Clune & Stevens | 1980 |
| Jules J. Ravo | 1980 | |
| Lewis Alan Golinker | Lewis Alan Golinker, ESQ. | 1980 |
| Marilyn Tebor Shaw | 1980 | |
| Mary Osgood Reynolds | Mary A. Osgood | 1980 |
| Peter Joseph Walsh | True & Walsh, LLP | 1980 |
| Sheri Lynn Johnson | Cornell Law School | 1980 |
| Victoria Wilson | Victoria Wilson, ESQ. | 1980 |
| Diane Brandt Withiam | Diane B. Withiam, Attorney at Law | 1979 |
| Harvey C. Shapiro | Law Offices of Harvey C. Shapiro, ESQ. | 1979 |
| James A. Salk | James a Salk | 1979 |
| Peter N. Littman | Littman & Babiarz | 1979 |
| James R. Miller | Miller Mayer, LLP | 1979 |
| Rosanne Mayer | Miller Mayer, LLP | 1979 |
| Sally Thompson True | True & Walsh, LLP | 1979 |
| William J. Troy | Tompkins County Attorney's Office | 1979 |
| Edward Anthony Mazza | Mazza Law Offices | 1978 |
| Peter Gregg Grossman | Hancock Estabrook, LLP | 1977 |
| Raymond Martin Schlather | Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP | 1977 |
| Anna Katherine Holmberg | Coughlin&gerhart, LLP | 1976 |
| John M. Sherman | 1976 | |
| Michael Edmond Lane | Michael Edmond Lane | 1976 |
| Charles W. Julian Guttman | Charles Guttman | 1976 |
| Barry Strom | 1975 | |
| John James Barcelo | Cornell Law School | 1975 |
| Mahlon R. Perkins | Mahlon R. Perkins | 1975 |
| Samuel Adams Frederick | Samuel Adams Frederick, ESQ. | 1975 |
| William S. Friedlander | Friedlander & Friedlander, P.C. | 1975 |
| Edward Y. Crossmore | Edward Y. Crossmore ESQ | 1974 |
| Kevin Michael Clermont | Cornell Law School | 1974 |
| Michael Pichel | Michael J. Pichel | 1974 |
| William Roberts Shaw | Shaw & Murphy, PLLC | 1974 |
| Jerilyn Angeli Nicoll | Jerilyn Nicoll | 1973 |
| Richard S. Booth | Department of City & Regional Planning Cornell University | 1973 |
| Dirk Adair Galbraith | Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP | 1972 |
| James Richard Markowitz | James R. Markowitz ESQ. | 1972 |
| Frederick Albert Nicoll | 1970 | |
| James Michael Kerrigan | 1969 | |
| Paul Nicholas Tavelli | Paul N. Tavelli | 1967 |
| Henry S. Kramer | Henry S. Kramer, Attorney | 1966 |
| Jon C. Minikes | Jon C. Minikes | 1962 |
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