There were seven more active legal licenses in St. Lawrence County in January compared to the previous month, according to the NYS Attorney Registrations.
There were 140 active legal licenses in St. Lawrence County in January, compared to 133 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 $109,218 per year.
Lawyers in St. Lawrence County with active legal licenses in January
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Year of License Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Mahlon Thompson Clements | Mahlon T. Clements, P.C. | 1960 |
| Preston C. Carlisle | Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. | 1961 |
| Robert John Leader | Case & Leader, LLP | 1963 |
| Robert John Leader | Case & Leader, LLP | 1963 |
| George E. Silver | 1970 | |
| Richard Vincent Manning | Richard V. Manning | 1970 |
| Richard Vincent Manning | Richard V. Manning | 1970 |
| Francis Peter Cappello | Cappello & Cappello, P.C. | 1973 |
| Michael Charles Crowe | Michael C. Crowe | 1973 |
| Michael Charles Crowe | Michael C. Crowe | 1973 |
| Robert J. Havens | Robert J. Havens | 1973 |
| Cathleen Ellen Ohoro | Linden Law Firm | 1974 |
| Charles Bradley Nash | Nash & Palm | 1974 |
| David R. Demarest | Demarest Mediation Services | 1974 |
| David R. Demarest | Demarest Mediation Services | 1974 |
| Thomas Blevins Wheeler | 1975 | |
| Thomas Blevins Wheeler | 1975 | |
| Charles A. Gardner | 1977 | |
| Charles A. Gardner | 1977 | |
| Mark Frederick Snider | Snider & Snider Landmark Centre | 1978 |
| Roger B. Linden | Linden Law Firm | 1978 |
| Katherine Hannan Wears | Katherine Hannan Wears | 1979 |
| Thomas John Snider | Snider & Snider | 1979 |
| Gerald Joseph Ducharme | Ducharme, Goldie & Adams, PC | 1981 |
| Robert Howard Ballan | Robert H. Ballan Attorney and Counselor at Law | 1982 |
| Gary W. Miles | 1984 | |
| Nicholas E. Fodor | Nicholas E. Fodor Attorney at Law | 1984 |
| Randy L. Peets | Law Firm of Randy L. Peets | 1984 |
| Daniel Stuart Pease | Pease & Gustafson, LLP | 1987 |
| Cynthia Ann Eyler | 1988 | |
| Cynthia Ann Eyler | 1988 | |
| Henry Joseph Leader | Case & Leader, LLP. | 1988 |
| Henry Joseph Leader | Case & Leader, LLP. | 1988 |
| John Francis Richey | Surrogate’s Court | 1988 |
| John J. Christopher | 1988 | |
| Ramona Angela Breen | The Law Offices of Ramona A. Breen, ESQ., P.C. | 1989 |
| David Daryl Willer | St. Lawrence County Public Defenders Office | 1990 |
| Lisa A. Sizeland-Ross | Lisa A. Sizeland | 1990 |
| Maureen C. McGaw | Law Office of Maureen C. Mcgaw | 1990 |
| Andrew Steven Moses | 1991 | |
| Andrew Steven Moses | 1991 | |
| Kirk Terry Robinson | Mental Hygiene Legal Service | 1991 |
| Nan B. Clingman | Mental Hygiene Legal Svce | 1991 |
| Nicole Marie Duve | St. Lawrence County Supreme Court | 1991 |
| Scott B. Goldie | Conboy Mckay Bachman & Kendall | 1991 |
| Scott B. Goldie | Conboy Mckay Bachman & Kendall | 1991 |
| Alice Jean Carrothers | Carrothers & Clough, PLLC | 1992 |
| Eric J. Gustafson | Pease and Gustafson, LLP | 1992 |
| Eric J. Gustafson | Pease and Gustafson, LLP | 1992 |
| James Lloyd Monroe | 1992 | |
| Laurie Lynn Paro | Laurie L. Paro, Atty at Law | 1992 |
| Laurie Lynn Paro | Laurie L. Paro, Atty at Law | 1992 |
| Peter Alan Ludwig | Peter Ludwig | 1992 |
| Andrew Wright Silver | Silver and Collins | 1993 |
| Jondavid Shane Delong | MacArthur Hall 424 | 1993 |
| Mary Margaret Farley | Supreme Court Chambers | 1993 |
| Frederick Eugene Paddock | Frederick E. Paddock | 1994 |
| Steven Glen Ballan | 1994 | |
| Christopher Robert Curley | 1996 | |
| Marcia Lee Lemay | Ogdensburg City Court | 1996 |
| Molly Eunice Clough | Carrothers & Clough, PLLC | 1997 |
| John Kevin Collins | Silver & Collins | 1998 |
| Natasha Billow Hill | Lekki Hill Duprey & Whitton, PC | 1998 |
| Shannon A. Bessette | Support Magistrate, St. Lawrence County Family Court | 1998 |
| Gary Richard Alford | 1999 | |
| Gary Richard Alford | 1999 | |
| Joseph Timothy Welch | Joseph T. Welch, ESQ | 1999 |
| Thomas Charles Finnerty | St. Lawrence County Office of the Public Defender | 1999 |
| Jane Sarah Garland | 2000 | |
| Jane Sarah Garland | 2000 | |
| Mathew Paul Duprey | Lekki Hill Duprey & Whitton, P.C. | 2000 |
| Michelle Holmes Ladouceur | Surrogate Judge, St. Lawrence County Surrogate’s Court | 2000 |
| Edward Francis Narrow | The Law Firm of Edward F. Narrow., PC. | 2001 |
| Virginia Ann Gettmann | Pease & Gustafson, LLP | 2001 |
| Efstathia G. Kyriakopoulos | St. Lawrence County Family Court | 2002 |
| Andrea Dawn Marotta | Law Office of Andrea D. Marotta | 2003 |
| Nicole Kathleen Avallone | Phoebus Optoelectronics, LLC | 2003 |
| Amy Lynn Dona | St. Lawrence County Conflict Defender’s Office | 2004 |
| Amy Victoria Casiuk | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | 2004 |
| Amy Victoria Casiuk | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | 2004 |
| Keith Scott Massey | St. Lawrence County Attorney’s Office | 2005 |
| Neil Tarak Bhatt | Bhatt Law Firm | 2005 |
| David Allen Haggard | St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services | 2006 |
| Heather Anne Dona | St. Lawrence County Conflict Defender’s Office | 2006 |
| Nicholas Pignone | Family Court | 2006 |
| Paula Ann Lashomb | Law Office of Paula A. Lashomb | 2006 |
| Thomas Robert Adams | Ducharme Goldie & Adams, P.C. | 2006 |
| Alison Bronwyn Appleby | St. Lawrence County Public Defender’s Office | 2007 |
| Gary Michael Pasqua | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2007 |
| Gregory Paul Storie | 2007 | |
| Benjamin George Johns | Benjamin G. Johns, Esquire | 2008 |
| Dana E. Johns | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | 2008 |
| Michael Abbruzzese | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2008 |
| Stephen Daniel Button | St. Lawrence County Attorneys Office | 2008 |
| Lloyd George Grandy | Carlisle Law Firm | 2009 |
| William Michael Duskas | Silver and Collins | 2009 |
| Edward Allen Betz | The Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. | 2010 |
| Jason Matthew Marx | St. Lawrence County, County Attorney’s Office | 2010 |
| Joshua Avi Haberkornhalm | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2010 |
| Christine Nicole Labbate | St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services | 2011 |
| Megan Jean McCarthy Whitton | Lekki, Hill, Duprey & Whitton, P.C. | 2011 |
| Rebecca Ann Simser | Carrothers & Clough, PLLC | 2011 |
| Rebecca Ann Simser | Carrothers & Clough, PLLC | 2011 |
| Denice Michelle Smith | Snider & Smith, LLP | 2012 |
| Marshall Harris Fiese | St. Lawrence-Lewis Boces | 2012 |
| James Michael McGahan | St. Lawrence County Public Defender ‘s Office | 2013 |
| Matthew James Klimasauskas | St. Lawrence County DSS | 2013 |
| Matthew James Klimasauskas | St. Lawrence County DSS | 2013 |
| Otis Emilio Simon | The Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. | 2013 |
| Patrick Joseph Cappello | Cappello & Cappello, P.C. | 2013 |
| Sara Elizabeth Clothier | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2013 |
| Thomas Robert Bundle | Atlantic Testing Laboratories, Limited | 2013 |
| Kathryn Ann Exoo | St. Lawrence County Family Court / Public Defenders Office | 2014 |
| William Webster Carlisle | Carlisle Law Firm | 2014 |
| Bethany Rose Farrell | St. Lawrence County Public Defender | 2015 |
| Daniel Charles Ramsey | Snider and Smith, LLP | 2015 |
| Gretchen Elaine Tessmer | 2015 | |
| Gretchen Elaine Tessmer | 2015 | |
| William Robert Holland | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | 2015 |
| Colin Scott Loomis | Nash & Palm | 2016 |
| Matthew Lee Peabody | St. Lawrence County District Attorney | 2016 |
| David Felix Huber | Office of the County Attorney, St. Lawrence County | 2017 |
| Jacqueline Miller Caswell | St. Lawrence County Conflict Defender’s Office | 2017 |
| Megan Rose Hartl | St. Lawrence County Conflict Defender’s Office | 2017 |
| Sasha Mascarenhas | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2017 |
| Alexander Augustus Vogel Nichols | St. Lawrence County District Attorney | 2018 |
| Alexander Augustus Vogel Nichols | St. Lawrence County District Attorney | 2018 |
| Amanda Paige Geary | Law Office of Amanda Geary | 2018 |
| Jamie Lee Biondolillo | St. Lawrence County DA Office | 2018 |
| Jamie Lee Biondolillo | St. Lawrence County DA Office | 2018 |
| Sara Elizabeth Behuniak | St. Lawrence County Conflict Defender | 2018 |
| Taylor Ashley Thomas | 2019 | |
| Taylor Ashley Thomas | Carrothers & Clough, PLLC | 2019 |
| Charee Lynne Hull | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | 2020 |
| Dillon Kane Bullard | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2020 |
| Dominik Edward Maida | St. Lawrence County District Attorney’s Office | 2020 |
| Bohang Liu | St. Law Company PD Office | 2021 |
| Stefan Leo Dufresne | 2021 | |
| Johanna Kareen Patricia Dennis | 2022 | |
| Johanna Kareen Patricia Dennis | 2022 |
