There were 119 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Columbia County as of the second quarter of 2025, according to the NYS Attorney Registrations.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.
Although New York State has 6% of the nation’s population, the state has 16% of America’s legal aid lawyers. That means 1 out of every 6 legal aid lawyers is working in New York.
As of March 2024, the average salary for an attorney working in New York State was $108,458 per year.
Lawyers in Columbia County with active legal licenses in Q2
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Year License was Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Brett Michael Fuller | Columbia County District Attorney | 2024 |
| Carlyanne Cicero | Columbia County District Attorney’s Office | 2024 |
| Kathleen Yvonne Anderson | Columbia County District Attorney | 2024 |
| Valentina Marie Annunziata | Columbia County District Attorney’s Office | 2024 |
| Steven Adam McNerney | – | 2023 |
| Kyle William Patzwahl | – | 2022 |
| Nicole Paris Bini | Greenberg and Greenberg | 2020 |
| Lucas Coltro Avellar MacHado | Columbia County District Attorney’s Office | 2017 |
| Corinne Rose Smith | Whitbeck Benedict & Smith, LLP | 2016 |
| Joyce Ingrid Crawford | – | 2016 |
| Kathleen Ann Carrigan | New York Transco, LLC | 2016 |
| Kimberly August Prince Walsh | Columbia County Attorney | 2016 |
| Zoe Paolantonio | – | 2016 |
| Andrew I. Cohen | – | 2015 |
| Bryan Oakley Bergeron | Columbia county Public Defenders Office | 2015 |
| Jamie Lyn Vandenburgh | – | 2015 |
| Ryan Matthew Carty | Columbia County District Attorney | 2015 |
| Brendan Seamus Cranna | – | 2014 |
| Stephen Eugene Barry | Columbia county Public Defenders Office | 2013 |
| Matthew Douglas Cabral | Guterman, Shallo & Alford, PLLC | 2012 |
| Christopher Andrew Liberati-Conant | Columbia County District Attorney | 2010 |
| Daniel Ayzenberg | Ayzenberg Law Firm, PLLC | 2010 |
| Jeff Ryan Borup | – | 2010 |
| Lynelle Toye | Columbia County Attorney’s Office | 2010 |
| Margaret Coleman Wallace | – | 2009 |
| Cheryl Ann Botts | Columbia County District Attorney’s Office | 2008 |
| Eric Charles Miller | – | 2008 |
| Kristal Marie Heinz | Kristal Heinz, Attorney at Law | 2008 |
| Matthew Joseph Griesemer | – | 2008 |
| Nicholas Harold Rohlfing | Columbia County District Attorney’s Office | 2008 |
| Michael L. Diamond | Columbia county Public Defenders Office | 2006 |
| Vincent Paul MacKowski | Hover & Mackowski, PLLC | 2006 |
| Adam T. Stofsky | Briefly, Inc. | 2005 |
| Christian Andrew Holt | – | 2005 |
| Shane Aubrey Zoni | Office of the Columbia County Public Defender | 2003 |
| Jessica Dee Howser | – | 2002 |
| John Warren Labatt | LaBatt, LLC | 2002 |
| April Lorraine Forbes | April Forbes, P.C. | 2000 |
| Christopher Andrew Hornady Steadman | – | 2000 |
| Robert Michael Gibson | Columbia County Department of Social Services | 2000 |
| Benedict Bradford Farrell McCaffree | Sacred Heart Monastery | 1999 |
| Claude D. Morgan | Adventist Home | 1999 |
| Kianga M. Daverington | Daverington, PLLC | 1999 |
| Lawrence Allyn Klein | – | 1999 |
| Bevin S. Harrington | – | 1998 |
| Christopher John Muller | Columbia County Attorney | 1998 |
| Jeong Han Oh | – | 1998 |
| Michael Anthony Cozzolino | Columbia County Department of Social Services | 1997 |
| Anthony Gerard Buono | Anthony G. Buono Attorney at Law | 1996 |
| Anthony Pasquale Bottino | Anthony Pasquale Bottino, ESQ | 1996 |
| John Kenneth Friedman | The Law Office of John K. Friedman, PLLC | 1996 |
| Jonathan Eric Cohen | – | 1996 |
| Matthew Alexander Gold | Gallatin Town Justice Court | 1996 |
| Andrew Baker Howard | Freeman Howard, PC | 1995 |
| Mark David Greenberg | Greenberg & Greenberg | 1995 |
| Victor B. Fama | – | 1995 |
| Christopher James Watz | Watz Law Firm, P.C. | 1994 |
| Keith Mitchell Getz | Lebowitz Law Office, LLC | 1994 |
| Michelle Irene Rosien | – | 1994 |
| Adam Jonathan Marcus | – | 1993 |
| Michael Eric Hatchett | – | 1993 |
| Scott David Shallo | – | 1993 |
| Kenneth G. Cranna | Kenneth G. Cranna | 1992 |
| Michael C. Howard | Office of Court Administration | 1992 |
| John Halpin Clark | Office of Court Administration Hon. Jonathan D. Nichols | 1991 |
| David Andrew Schwartz | – | 1990 |
| James Anthony Carlucci | – | 1990 |
| Karen Elizabeth Morth | Karen Morth, ESQ | 1990 |
| Maria Lally Clark | Law Offices of Maria Lally Clark | 1990 |
| Seth L. Rapport | Valley Mortgage Company, Inc. | 1990 |
| Eric Michael Sokol | Eric M. Sokol, Esq. | 1989 |
| Paul Martin Freeman | Freeman Howard, P.C. | 1989 |
| Tal Gene Rappleyea | Tal G. Rappleyea, Attorney at Law | 1989 |
| Virginia Doney Benedict | Whitbeck Benedict & Smith, LLP | 1989 |
| Richard J. Adago | – | 1988 |
| Ilyse Wolfe Tretter | Ilyse Wolfe Tretter, Esq. | 1986 |
| Matthew Allen Wieland | Law Office of Matthew A. Wieland | 1986 |
| Dennis W. McEvoy | – | 1985 |
| Francis C. Dayter | Dayter Volkheimer, LLP | 1985 |
| John G. Connor | Law Office of John Connor Jr. | 1985 |
| Louise Greer Roback | – | 1985 |
| Russell A. Schindler | Columbia County Courthouse | 1985 |
| Bradford M. Stein | – | 1984 |
| Ira Halfond | Law Office of Ira Halfond, P. A. | 1984 |
| Kevin B. Thiemann | Law Offices of Kevin B. Thiemann | 1984 |
| Paul Agresta | – | 1984 |
| William S. Jacoby | – | 1984 |
| Richard L. Mott | Columbia County Courthouse | 1982 |
| Suzan Radin Flamm | – | 1982 |
| William M. McGoldrick | Mcgoldrick Law Office | 1982 |
| Jonathan David Shramko | Law Office of Jonathan D. Shramko | 1981 |
| Nansi Friedman | Nansi Friedman | 1981 |
| Thomas G. De Luca | – | 1981 |
| Allen Chace Miller | Allen C. Miller JR | 1980 |
| Maryellen Chaban Miner | Miner & Miner | 1980 |
| Stanley M. Ackert | Stanley M. Ackert III, ESQ. | 1980 |
| Eugene Keeler | – | 1979 |
| Lance Reed Miner | Miner & Miner | 1979 |
| Richard M. Koweek | – | 1979 |
| Deborah M. Nolan | – | 1978 |
| John Metzner Leonardson | John M. Leonardson | 1978 |
| Kenneth L. Golden | – | 1977 |
| Robert J. Gagen | – | 1977 |
| Carl G. Whitbeck | Whitbeck Benedict & Smith, LLP | 1975 |
| Francis Xavier Nolan | – | 1975 |
| Barry David Sack | Barry Sack | 1974 |
| David Ross Foley | David R. Foley, ESQ | 1974 |
| Sharon E. Grubin | – | 1974 |
| Nelson Richard Alford | Guterman, Shallo & Alford, PLLC | 1973 |
| Steven G. Somlo | – | 1973 |
| Theodore Guterman | Guterman Shallo & Alford, PLLC | 1972 |
| Carl Israel Stewart | Carl I. Stewart | 1970 |
| Dennis Bruce Schlenker | Dennis B. Schlenker ESQ. | 1969 |
| Victor Marc Meyers | Whitbeck Benedict & Smith, LLP | 1969 |
| Ihor Bohdan Evanick | – | 1968 |
| Jeffrey Stephen Tallackson | Jeffrey S. Tallackson | 1968 |
| David Wilder Welles | – | 1967 |
| Michael A. Colton | Michael a Colton, P.C. | 1966 |
| Bernhardt Karp | – | 1964 |
