There were 114 active legal licenses in Otsego County in December 2022, compared to 149 the month before.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
New York State has the most lawyers of any US state, yet it is also home to legal deserts. Orleans County, with a population of 40,000 residents, has less than one lawyer per every 1,000 residents.
Nearly 75 percent of rural New York State attorneys are 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.
The average salary for an attorney working in New York State is $95,146.
Lawyers in Otsego County with active legal licenses in December 2022
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Year of License Granted |
|---|---|---|
| George R. Silvernell | George R. Silvernell | 1958 |
| Edward Gozigian | Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton | 1959 |
| Marvin Daube Parshall | Marvin D. Parshall | 1960 |
| Edward Nathaniel Leopold | Edward Leopold, Attorney at Law | 1964 |
| Joseph T. Pondolfino | Joseph T. Pondolfino Jr. ESQ | 1966 |
| Walter L. Terry | Walter L. Terry III | 1966 |
| Michael A. Brush | Law Office of Michael a Brush | 1968 |
| Philip L. Washburn | Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton | 1968 |
| Robert J. Poulson | 1971 | |
| Nick Limar | 1973 | |
| Paul W. Elkan | 1973 | |
| Joseph F. Kehoe | Kehoe & Merzig, P.C. | 1975 |
| William Henry Schebaum | William H. Schebaum | 1976 |
| Martin Howd Tillapaugh | Martin H. Tillapaugh | 1977 |
| Richard Allan Rothermel | Rothermel & Wilson, PLLC | 1977 |
| William Richard Bookhout | William R. Bookhout Attorney at Law | 1977 |
| Albert E. Clune | 1978 | |
| Charles J. Bosco | Charles J. Bosco ESQ. | 1978 |
| David Scott Merzig | Kehoe & Merzig, P.C. | 1978 |
| Thomas Hegeman | Thomas Hegeman ESQ | 1978 |
| Amyjane Rettew | 1979 | |
| Andrew M. Puritz | Andrew M. Puritz | 1979 |
| Lester A. Sittler | Lester a Sittler | 1979 |
| Donald J. Schwartz | Donald J. Schwartz | 1980 |
| Peter Waverly Hill | Law Office of Peter Hill | 1980 |
| Lucy P. Bernier | 1981 | |
| Bonnie McGuire Jones | 1982 | |
| Debra Marcus | Family Planning of South Central New York, Inc. | 1982 |
| Ellen Leary Coccoma | Hinman, Howard & Kattell | 1982 |
| Margaret Anne O'Connell | M. Anne Oconnell | 1982 |
| Patricia M. Kennedy | Patricia M. Kennedy | 1982 |
| Nathan Robert Fenno | The New York Suquehanna & Western Railway Corporation | 1983 |
| Richard A. Harlem | Harlem and Jervis | 1983 |
| Robert Willis Birch | Schlather & Birch | 1983 |
| Anne M. Payne | Anne M. Payne | 1984 |
| Anne-Marguerite Green | Nys OCFS, Special Hearings Bureau | 1984 |
| Hollie J. Jaffe | 1984 | |
| Kurt D. Schulte | 1984 | |
| Linden D. Summers | Linden D. Summers III ESQ | 1985 |
| Stephen F. Baker | Law Office of Stephen F. Baker | 1985 |
| Steven Z. Feuer | Steven Z. Feuer | 1985 |
| Steven Edward Ratner | 1986 | |
| Timothy R. Johnson | Otsego Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 1986 |
| Carmela Mone | 1987 | |
| David James Clinton | Gozigian, Washburn and Clinton | 1987 |
| Scott Robert Nortz | Legal Aid Society of Central NY | 1987 |
| Christy A. Coe | Christy a Coe | 1989 |
| Marilyn Dick Magnuson | 1989 | |
| Mark Nevill Oursler | Attorney Otsego County, Surrogate & Family Court | 1989 |
| Randel Aaron Scharf | Law Office of Randel A. Scharf | 1989 |
| David Kendall Taylor | Legal Aid Society of Mid New York, Inc. | 1990 |
| Douglas Hector Zamelis | Douglas H. Zamelis, ESQ. | 1990 |
| Edward Charles Graepel | Edward C. Graepel, ESQ. | 1990 |
| Jhilmil Ghaleb | Office of the Otsego County Public Defender | 1991 |
| Kara Harmon | Kara Tobias Harmon ESQ. | 1991 |
| Kelley Marie Eckmair | Kelley M. Eckmair, ESQ. Attorney at Law | 1991 |
| Marvin Daube Parshall | Parshall & West | 1991 |
| Michael Francis Getman | 1991 | |
| Brian D. Burns | Hon. Brian D. Burns Supreme Court Justice | 1992 |
| Terrence P. Dwyer | The Law Office of Terrence P. Dwyer | 1992 |
| Richard Eric Brown | 1993 | |
| Tracy Ann Donovan Laughlin | Tracy's Law Office | 1995 |
| John Michael Muehl | Otsego County District Attorney | 1996 |
| Robert Anderson Gouldin | Robert A. Gouldin, ESQ. | 1996 |
| Theodoros Basdekis | Scarzafava Basdekis & Dadey, PLLC | 1996 |
| Edward Warren Garo Gozigian | Gozigian, Washburn & Clinton | 1997 |
| Jeffrey Conrad Griswold | Jeffrey C. Griswold, ESQ. | 1998 |
| Paul John Millias | Millias Law Office Paul J. Millias, ESQ | 1998 |
| Sean James Shannon | SUNY Oneonta | 1998 |
| James Peter Ferrari | 1999 | |
| John Francis Lambert | Otsego County Judge | 1999 |
| Michael Edward Trosset | 1999 | |
| Monica Carrascoso | Otsego County Attorneys Office | 1999 |
| Victor Bernard Carrascoso | Law Offices of Victor B. Carrascoso | 1999 |
| Daniel Eric Dubois | 2000 | |
| Justin Cecil Barth | New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company | 2000 |
| Philip Gregory Fortino | New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company | 2000 |
| Danta Marie Quintin Bolin | 2001 | |
| Christopher Gary Wilson | 2002 | |
| Anastasios Paul Karabinis | B&K Coffee | 2003 |
| Charles Clark Hunter | 2003 | |
| Christopher Hammond | 2003 | |
| Edward Thomas Lentz | Edward T. Lentz, Patent Attorney | 2003 |
| Jessica M. Hilts | Children's Law Office of Otsego County | 2003 |
| Jill Ann Poulson | Select or Enter | 2003 |
| Ryan Frederick Coutlee | Coutlee Law Health & Elder Law Planning | 2003 |
| William Clark Green | Green & Green, Attorneys at Law | 2003 |
| Nathaniel Patrick Getman | Otsego County Supreme Court | 2004 |
| Stephen John Mescall | 2004 | |
| Dennis Brian Laughlin | Donovan Laughlin and Laughlin, LLC | 2005 |
| Eric Vincent Jervis | Harlem & Jervis Law Office | 2006 |
| Patricia Lynne Canner | Law Offices of Walter L. Terry, III | 2007 |
| Brenton Patrick Dadey | Scarzafava Basdekis and Dadey, PLLC | 2008 |
| Andrew Davis Stammel | Law Office of Andrew D. Stammel | 2009 |
| Jonathan Lloyd Becker | Attorney Jonathan Becker | 2009 |
| Ryan Walsh Miosek | Miosek Law | 2009 |
| Denise Jean Burnell Hollis | Otsego County Attorney's Office | 2011 |
| Lauren Cady Glynn | Schlather & Birch | 2011 |
| Sarah Elizabeth Cowen | Otsego County Court | 2011 |
| Barbara Jean Durkin | SUNY Oneonta | 2012 |
| Meredith Leigh Baio | Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP | 2012 |
| Joseph Robert Membrino | 2013 | |
| Susan Marie Lettis | Mental Hygiene Legal Service | 2013 |
| Harpremjeet Kaur | Harpremjeet Kaur, ESQ. | 2014 |
| Nicole Anne Dillingham | 2014 | |
| Steven James Talevi | 2014 | |
| Catherine Mildred Hannan | 2015 | |
| Corrie Ann Damulis | The Law Office of Corrie A. Damulis | 2016 |
| Christine Smith Corrigan | 2018 | |
| Lara Sofia Romero | 2018 | |
| Dominic M. Chimera | Law Office of Victor M. Wright | 2019 |
| Nicholas Paul Fillhart | Legal Aid Society of Mid New York | 2020 |
| Sarah Elisabet Stanislawa Schmer | 2020 | |
| Lexus Marie Jahnke | Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP | 2022 |
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